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I received the same call today about the $7,000 grant money. They didn't want me to verify any info as far as name and address, but they did want my account info to direct deposit the money.

Did not answer!!!

Received call from 202-622-2000 - identified themselves as the United States Treasury Department in a thick Indian accent - I just hung up on them.

I am getting many calls from odd numbers 254-85, +222 4, 202-735-7560, 228, 207, 1 (2) - I block them but they keep coming.  Have had several calls promising $7000 in grant money. All callers have very thick accents.  How do they keep doing this?

I just hang up.

When they first started calling they said it was about an education grant?  Or some such along that line, I told them that I was 64 years old and I wasn't interested in any grant and to quit calling me.  They said they couldn't take me off the calling list, so I just quit answering.

I could not understand him. Also telling me the government wants to give me 5 thousand dollars.

I just got a phone call----i was offered 100,000 from the us treasury dept---i knew it was a scam----told them that---told them to stop calling---he said we are going to keep callingyou-----i hung up---he called right back and i did not answer-------------i went to this website and reported it to this website
http://www.Treasury.Gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.Shtml

Stop calling they call twice or more a day

Caller hangs up when I tell them I know the call is a scam and know they are posing as Treasury agents. The callers sound east Indian.

Who and why calling me

LOL I just receive a call from this number on my land-line phone....I could hardly understand the man.   When he mention he was from the government in Washington, DC, I asked him for his Federal ID # to verify the call.  Not surprise, he hung up abruptly.  LOL

This call was immediately suspect because the party spoke with a foreign accent and offered me a $7000.00 payment, presumably from the IRS, then asked me if I wanted to receive it as a Walmart card or otherwise.

These are criminal extortionists operating in overseas boiler rooms using VOIP to alter their identities and locations and out of the reach of US law enforcement.

If someone calls saying he's an IRS agent and demands that you send money immediately, hang up.
It's a phone scam.In fact, it tops the IRS "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams this year, and it's been surging in recent months, the agency said Thursday.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), which oversees the IRS, has received reports of 290,000 scam calls since October 2013 and said nearly 3,000 victims have been swindled out of $14 million so far.

By altering their caller ID number to make it look like they're calling from an IRS office, these scammers often threaten vulnerable people like the elderly and new immigrants with things like arrest, deportation or the loss of their driver's license if they don't pay immediately for money purportedly owed.

Often leaving messages that say it's "urgent" you call them back, the scammers use common names and sometimes say they are from the IRS Criminal Division. They may even claim to know the last four digits of your Social Security number and send follow-up emails that appear to be from the IRS, TIGTA said.

They often demand that payments be made by prepaid debit card.

Once they make their threats, the scammers have been known to call back and again disguise their caller ID so it appears they are calling from the police department or the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).

Or sometimes when they call, they may say you have a refund due and ask you to provide personal information so you can claim it.

The real IRS will usually contact you by regular mail first, if it needs to contact you at all. And the agency never demands immediate payment by phone or asks for credit card or debit numbers if they do call. It also never asks for personal or financial information by email, text or social media.

If you get what you suspect is a scam call, report it to TIGTA through its Web site or call 800-366-4484.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/22/pf/taxes/irs-tax-scams/

got a call from this number today at 3:00e. claimed to be from US Treasury

Thanks to my App: Mrnumber - it automatically blocks the stupid shiot and hangs up on them. My phone never rings. It lit up and hung up stating just blocked a spam

They call and then there is no one there at the other end of the phone.  I don't know how they can call if your phone is on the no-call list.  They should fine them.

Got a call on my work number from 202-622-2000 @ 12:15. Told me I was getting a 7000.00 grant and the only way to get the money is to put in my checking/savings account or give a credit card number to put the money in that account. I told him if he had my personal info in front of him, he already knew my account numbers. He got an atitude and ask didnt I want the grant money. I told him I was calling the police and get the number traced cause I knew it was a scam. He spit and sputtered and said a bad word and I said it right back to him.......then he hung up!! it was a man with a foreign accent, and I truly could barely understand everything he was  saying.
Definitely a SCAM!!!

I received the call for this number. Sounds like male Indian. He told me that I am eligible for $ 7000 grant. I asked him that "Do u think that I am crazy to believe that". I told him that he can take that money. Scam.

Received calls on both my home number and cell phone number. Told me legal actions will be taken. when I call back no answer/r automated machine with British accent.