2062012051

We had a similar situation but the phone number was 202-621-0214 for a Mark Robinson supervisor. The gentleman that called was Spencer (Indian also) and he claimed the news was broadcasted on NBC TV and they had a bogus phone number on record for me so he called my work number. I can't believe this stuff can still happen in the US. I feel so bad for people that don't know any better and give out more info. I had requested the check and didn't provide any info. I knew it was a scam.

I just received the exact same call as described above, with the exception that they must be getting a lil smarter not to ask for a SS# off the bat, all they asked was my birth date, and they already had my address.  I never called the "accts dept" to claim my grant, knowing when I did I would be asked for more personal info.  I will b calling my banking institutions to warn of any suspicious charges.  and I'm wondering if there is a site u can report this to to help in identity theft?  Anyone know?

Got the same call stating that the Government had selected me to receive a $7,000 grant that I did not have to pay back.  However they wanted $199 to cover costs.  Are these people crazy???

Hi got the same call. When I spoke to her she asked for my bank account info. I told her to just send a check. They already had my address somehow. She said I was supposed to call 206-201-2051 to finalize things and speak to a Paula Hadley. She asked me exactly what time I was going to call. That seemed fishy to me. She also gave me a grant approval number.

I wasn't able to call at the time I told her but called the next morning and got an answering machine that just said "The person your trying to reach is unavailable. Please leave a message"

I had the same call too. number 202. I am so tempted to call the US department . I know they dont do business like that.

My wife just go this call too. They asked all the same questions. Bad thing is my wife answered most of them. "Anybody know if they did anything with there info?".  the phone numbers we got were...234 789-856? not sure why the last number didn't show. And they told her to call back 202 621-0546. I am surprised they have been doing this so long and nothing has happened to them.

I got a call with unprovided number, she told me that I was choosen by Government to get $7000.00 grant. She asked me my Credit card number and Expire date or Saving or Checking number to deposit $7000 within 45 minutes. She call me with thick accent, vary diffuclut understand. I told her how she got my cell, she said that was from government. She repeated to give my acc number serveral times, then I asked her ph number, she would give her phone number right after I give my acc. I realized that was Studpid, She wasted my time. then I hung up.

I just received this call a few minutes ago and for one I could not understand a word he was saying, but when he spoke of the grant I knew this was fake. I thought to myself why would the government have some strange foreign speaking rep call about granting money so from the get go I knew this was fake. So I sat and listened to all he had to say even though I could barely understand. Then I waited for him to ask for personal information so that could be my cue to hang up, but he already had my full name and he thought he had my address. For some reason the address he had on file was incorrect and that is when I knew for sure this was fake because how can a government agency have a wrong address on file especially one that was not familiar at all. Then when he began to ask for my real address that is when I hung up. I wanted to make sure my instincts were correct and that is how I came across this message board. Be warned that these people are not real and you won't be getting any money from them so if you or anyone you know receives this call tell them to hang up fast. They have changed it to where their number comes up private!

I just finished with them, they had me call a similar number to approve my grant and as naive as I am I did give them my account info. It wasn't until later when "Susan Smith" told me all I had to do was provide a $129 western union transfer to their charity that I asked if it was a scam, where she replied with "The federal bank of new york is sending grants to 1500 people, how could it be?" I hung up and am now going to call my bank to hopefully secure what small money I have.

I just got the same thing from # 773-920-0300

I just recieved the same call. I thought it was a scam and logged onto the internet to see if others have had the same problem. I soon after called the number I was given ad was then told that I have to send 240.00 via western union in order to verify it was me trying to get the money. I then told them that you are a scam and I will not send any money and hung up. I then had my friend call and give the same information and he told me that the lady had asked him why did he hang up when they were talking. The reason I am telling you this is cause I am a WOMAN and the so called supervisor did not realized I had changed my sex on the second call. IT IS A SCAM. My id was: MK405 and the number to call back was 425-296-7936

well...I just got off the phone with Caroline Anderson....phone number 202-559-7621.  Same deal...$7,000 for a donation through Western Union for $130 that they would give to some world charity that I didn't know.  I was on the phone with them for 45 minutes, frustrating them more I'm sure than they frustrated me.  In fact, every time I would repeat a question, Caroline would repeat the same information, not helping me at all to understand more clearly, and she spoke more quickly, almost like she was nervous. But not being willing to answer off the script was another clue for me that I didn't want to get messed up with these people.  I would assume this is a scam, but I don't know since I'm not going to Western Union and I'm not giving out my account information.  I would suggest that you don't fall for this "too good to be true" phone call.

I received that call today and the agent disconnected me when I kept insisting the name or reference number for the grant. lol

These people need to be stopped imediately.I fell for there scam because right now here in Peoria,Il times have gotten hard for me and my fiance' while taking care of 7 small children and a house.I fell for it because we are in despret need of help with paying our electricity bill so our gas and lights aon't get shut off.They took our money and ran with it.With people like this it's sad now we are out of $129 we could have put towards our bill to help with the past due balance.309309126 if anyone can help me and my family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just gotta call from unknown number that gimme an approval id of AM751 from francis & to call a (202)559-7624 for my $7000 grant.....  Called & was on & off hold w/ Indian girl named kelly (lmfao) who said i needed to give a $245 security deposit via western union then stay on phone w/ her & in 3-5 min the govt would gimme my $7000 grant for my "clean record-no bankruptcy-& something else (which are all true) but as I read all of these complaints about this SCAM the more I see how awesome America is letting all these foreign scam artists to get away w/ this crap........       FTC where are you!?!?

I can relate to you i got a call from 202-657-6965. I also fell for it because we are in desperate need of money, I am out 225$ that i could have put toward my bills if anyone has any information on how we can get our money back please let us know

I just experienced the same message as mentioned above at my work.  He kept talking about either bank transfer from Bank of New York or to a plastic card.  I thought it was fishy and hung up.

I just got the same phone call, only it was from 403-002-07087 (it really had all those digits). She had an accent and said she was calling from the Federal Government in Washington D.C. I didn't let it go far enough for her to ask for my bank account number. I told her that I didn't need $7000 and hung up on her.

Got a call from a guy. $7000 grant...yeah right. The government does not give out free lottery money.

The number 202-621-0402. Dude was Stephen Moore but sounded like Muhammed. Obviously I played along and it sounded all great and dandy until there was a $299.99 donation to charity. I asked him why they couldn't just take it out of the $7000. He rambled for a bit and then I played along and asked him what I needed to do!

He said go to WESTERN UNION and wire me the $299.99. Yeah, right. Western Union, is this dude for real. The only thing western union is for is scamming people with no trace, drugs dealers, immigrants and sending my little brother beer money because he's in college and I remember being broke.

DO NOT SEND THEM MONEY! DUHHHHHH!

I got the same thing today. They had an option of sending 'cash' as the method of payment, along with credit cards and stuff, but when I chose that they said that there was a lot of complaints about people getting checks stolen or something. He never asked me for my account number but said that I needed to take $190 in cash to Western Union, set up an account for them to wire the money into, call the second guy (after the woman) and have him take the account info and wire it then. When I said I didn't have $190 he laughed and asked when I would. By then I was pretty sure it was a scam and ended the call.The first call just came up as "unknown" on my phone and the second number was 206-317-1390. (And yea the first call was from the woman with the thick accent and the guy with the semi thick accent who she said was named, "Ernest Bonk" or something like that, I couldn't really understand her.)