202-681-5502

Called from private number had all of my info said if i called the would send me 9,000 grant money so i called to see what they woukd say this guy proceeds to tell me i pay 250.00 to be sent the 9,000 ... I have heared every where about scams so i looked up the number this is where 202 brought me

This number called me today. Is this a scam thing?

I got a call yesterday from an unknown number. They gave me this number and a code to call and get a $9,000.00 grant. When I questioned them as to why, and they lied they said they had information that I had not gone bankrupt, but knew nothing about me except what I told them. They were upset that I blocked my phone number when I called them. Finally, they said have a nice day and call them when I was more co-operative.

Called me today same thing only it was I had to register something at Wal-Mart money gram and it was $200

Called saying I was getting a government grant for never filling for bankruptcy and for always paying my taxes and being a good citizen basically and that the government was sending me a $9000 Grant and I had to register some government federal reserve thing at Wal-Mart for $200... sounds like a scam

YES on a SCAM.  There is NO grant AND it is ILLEGAL to have to pay for one.   You need to APPLY for one.

Yes it is.   Common grant/loan scam coming out of India and Pakistan.  Ignore and block all 202 area code callers.

Scam told me the same thing that government was giving me a grant to call this number

Got a call from a blocked number, and was told to call 2026815502 and give them a money activation code and stayed on the phone with girls for about 30 minutes and she told me I would be getting $9,000 from the government a grant but that I did not apply for it and it's a once-in-a-lifetime deal but I would need to go to Walmart and get a $200 security deposit for a legal receipt so I didn't have to pay fines or fees to get the money... I really wish this wasn't a scam because how can you get people's hopes up that they're going to be receiving with me but yet you have to have a security deposit for legal reasons

Grant scams:

The government does not call people up and offer them free money because you paid your taxes on time, have never been arrested, have paid all your bills, or whatever excuse they can make up.  In order to get a grant you need a valid reason (not one of the above and not just because you need money), you have to fill out tons and tons of paperwork, wait a long time, and might not even get the grant in the end.  If you are lucky enough to get the grant after all that paperwork, they do not ask you to pay taxes, transfer fees, or any other types of fees.  Also, please note that the government would never ask you to pay these so called taxes or fees to some anonymous person using Western Union, Moneygram, or any of the cards such as iTunes cards which is a new favorite among foreign scammers.

http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/learn-grants/grant-fraud.html
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0113-government-grant-scams
https://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational ... rts_index2.aspx

I cant believe how bad people are my son believed it because he is in the process of registering for college. My son has his phone on speaker mode so i could hear who hi is talking to, but after i heard them asking him about if he has a seven eleven or a walgreen pharmacy near him so he could take out the money ufff no way i said this is not real and grabbed his cell phone and i started to tell them a millions thing about that they just lying, abusers that i will report them to the police they hunged up the phone on me..

The only way to get a federal grant for college is to fill out the form at https://fafsa.ed.gov/.  Any grants are paid directly to the school you specify after their financial aid department has filed whatever papers they need to file.  This way the government knows that the money is going to be used for classes, textbooks, etc.

They have called me several times from an unknown number then gives me an activation code and tells me to call 2026815502. Then they tell me to send them 200.00 and they will refund the money plus send me 9000.00 It bothers me that they have too much info about me.

Received a call , today Saying they were from the USTreasury Dept . !), that I would receive a $9,000.00 grant ,because I paid my taxes on time. I was given a confirmation number and the 202-681-5502, to call and then receive my money by wire transfer at the nearest Rite Aid . This guy also asked if I was single , like him and told me I had a very young sounding voice ..lol

Got a call from 202-681-5502, claiming they were the treasury department, Gave me a password (which I'm keeping to myself just in case) and told me I could get my $9,000.00 from western union at the local Safeway store here in Burns Oregon, told me to contact them when I got to the parking lot, at which time they instructed me to go to the gift card section and select $220 in Steam gift cards, to purchase them and keep the receipt, as that would be my security deposit and that would the money used to purchase these cards would be reimbursed to me along with the $9,000.00 Thankfully Safeway was familiar with this scam and wouldn't process the sale of the Steam gift cards. They then wanted me to try the same procedure at Rite Aid. I just came home, feeling totally stupid and defeated, I needed the money so badly that I wanted to believe it was real. Now I will be homeless in less than two weeks because I haven't enough to pay my rent.

I kept blocking all calls that came from numbers similar to this one because I could tell it was a scam and they were calling me at least seven times a day. When I told the girl to take me off the list a few minutes later a guy called me back and asked me why I wanted to be taken off the list.  When I told him because it was clearly a scam he first tried to convince me that it wasn't, then he said "F*ck you." then proceeded to very explicitly tell me how he wanted to "F#ck me" and asked me if I wanted to do the same to him. It bothered me very much because he was using my full name while saying these things to me.
I am having my phone number changed.