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Same thing happened to me today the lady called gave me a number and told me to call it guy told me he needs a security deposit of 280 dollars and needs to be wired thru western union and from then on I just stopped listening and just said okay plus I use amazon

I just received the same call so happy I decided to look up the information before giving out my information.... I definitely thank its a scam

I received a phone call today from a man who had a very strong African accent saying I have been selected by the government to receive $7,000 to pay bills, etc.  They also had my correct address and kept asking me my age.  I told them since he said he already had all my info, they should already know my age and that I'm over 18 years old.

Also - I called the number they encouraged me to call to check on the cash money that was suppose to be processed today at Western Union.  The African man at that number told me to hold on - so I put him on my speaker phone while I was holding and working on other projects - about 15 or 20 minutes later he came back on the line and said I needed to pay $330 upfront to get the $7,000.  I told them I knew it was a scam and to take my info off their list.  Here's the numbers they are working from -

They called me from: 212-753-4581
I called them at *67-202-738-1671

I received a phone call today from a man who had a very strong African accent saying I have been selected by the government to receive $7,000 to pay bills, etc.  They also had my correct address and kept asking me my age.  I told them since he said he already had all my info, they should already know my age and that I'm over 18 years old.

Also - I called the number they encouraged me to call to check on the cash money that was suppose to be processed today at Western Union.  The African man at that number told me to hold on - so I put him on my speaker phone while I was holding and working on other projects - about 15 or 20 minutes later he came back on the line and said I needed to pay $330 upfront to get the $7,000.  I told them I knew it was a scam and to take my info off their list.  Here's the numbers they are working from -

They called me from: 212-753-4581
I called them at *67-202-738-1671

Same thing as everyone above... # is 2024705928

My call came from 530-559-1657 which comes up as a California call on my phone. A lady with a thick Indian accent told me i was eligible for $7500 worth of grant money because i paid my taxes and didnt file for bankruptcy and whatever else. She confirmed my name and mailing address and gave me a 5-character confirmation number and told me to call 202-640-5471, a DC number. She didnt ask for any personal info other than my birthday, so i went along with it just to see where it would take me. She asked if i wanted to receive the money in my bank account or western union, so i went with western union. I called the number she gave me and a guy with an equally thick Indian accent gave me the option of western union or money gram, saying western union would take about 30-40 min for me to get the money, and money gram would take only 10-15 min, while he would stay on the phone with me the whole time. Then he started saying something about a security deposit of $289 which would supposedly be paid right back to me within 10 min while he would stay on the phone with me. Apparently my $7500 would turn into $7789 that would be paid to me. Luckily i didnt have that $289 even if i WANTED to try this scam, so i told him that it would be impossible for me to put down this little "security deposit" that was supposedly coming right back to me. Smh... He gave me the option to put my grant on hold until i could find someone to loan me the money or something since $7500 was such a high amount HAHAHA. Yeah... i asked him if there was a website or something that i could look up this information. He gave me www.grant.gov. No such website lol.

Um ... how is it, that so many people do NOT know that this is a really really typical type of scam run by folks who are usually from out of the country?   You must have been fortunate enough to NOT have received hundreds of such calls by now (over the last several years).  Most anyone who calls you, and asks for ANY financial information IS a scam (and they are looking for access to YOUR money, so that they can steal it!).  There is a zero % change of you EVER seeing any grant $$$$.

I just spoke with a heavy accented man claiming to be named Mathew, he congratulated me on receiving $7,000 from the US Government for paying my bills on time, He went on to tell me I have several options in receiving the money, credit, debt, or cash through western union. I thought to myself (when was the last time you have gotten a reward for paying your bills on time?, the Government giving out that much money in this recession?? Why not send a Government check? from the department of treasury?) many alarms went off in my head but I continued to listen to get more details about this matter I asked for a government issued id # and he didn't have one so he transferred me over to his "supervisor" who also had an accept, though not as severe as his friend. He explain I needed to send 350 so he could release the money to me. THIS IS A BIG FAT SCAM and not even a very clever one don't fall for this. No one requires a deposit to give away money. I wish there was a way we could stop these criminals so more people wouldn't fall victim to their fraud.

www.grants.gov is an actual government website but clearly these people are not in anyway associated with the federal government and are probably generating USA phone numbers but we all know they are in this country

thanks for the info i had the same thing happen to me to but it was a different number and i didnt give out my information it seemed fishy as well

just got similar calls twice;  indian (country) speaking individuals who carrying christian n english names as black citizens called and said her name is malessa watson previously was shaleen and  gave a number to call a guy to get the info since i was not willing to gv my bank number n said send the check to western union. called the guy n he said to go western union but could not give me the pin number to receive the money then was told to call him while i was in the line at western union. this is fishy so he continued to xplain why i was choosen for the 7,500 grant and had to deposit 280 USD in western union first n will get the money sent plus a refund of 280...is it not stupid to do such? i told the caller and said i will put u on the police she reply is not all calls r pranked and she can put me unto the police. she hanged up the phone eventually. i did not use amozon but was searching for schools and jobs. this is a warning to plp do not give any info out on these sites...plp working in these organizations are linked to plp who r involved in fraud...be careful...this is sad though.

they r not consistant with the amount they say they r giving...its 7,500 n 7,000 because they forgot they called u b4...not intelligent people involved in this scam. these plp first language is indian oriented hence their accent. but uses english and christian names. i think the police needs to be aware of this and sort them out...

I just got the call from (530) 559-1657
CA and the guy sounded Indian.he told me exact same information and I had to call(202) 407-9059
DC to approve or whatever and that's the guy that told me about the 280 deposit and about going to nearest western union I was too excited up until the deposit smh I wouldnt have sent that deposit anyways so they wouldn't have got me!

Yes a scam. I search Jobs,School grants, and government grants. And everytime i do someone call from 202-697-9396. Aslo looked up loan they call from 651-701-0705. Be careful  im 22 years old college student just looking for school grants and job. I give them my bank account number they took out $1200 which came from school loan. I only give my information because i thought it was for my school. Sad people. Some how they txt my phone from a number in my phone( my grandma)

we also received the same call as all of yall we almost fail for it but had my doubts and try to get help or info on this to make sure it was real but i came upon this and saw all yall had to say about what happened to yall and realize all that was said to us was what was said to yall but almost cost me 310 dollars but has anyone got repid off on yalls account yet just curios

but how weird that they know when you call back is like they have a caller id because they called me when they missed my call

got the call yesturday, a women said same from us, an i would get 7500, i just heard her for a while had my info...  and i told her to send a check she said it was only cash nd only wired to credit, debit or bank.. duh im not giving that, anyways watch out for pages you suscribe, amazon neither ebay sells it, i did suscribe to some webpages for poll, and surveys a lot of them after that i started gettin the calls so im guessing they sold my info...

I just received a call around 5:30pm from a (202)697-9745 then that person gave me a comformation number so I called the number he gave me the name came up as   Sherrer  Laquita  the number is (208)392-5056 before she wanted me to go to Western Union to collect the money but she wanted $289 so I asked her why cant they just take it out of the money I'm getting and she said its for sercurity reasons she have to make sure its me and also bring your ID card SMH HOW DUMB IS THAT

I also recieved a call from 2023014406, a woman informing me that I have been selected to recieve a $7,000 Federal Grant check just for paying my taxes on time, having no outstanding balances, and no police record. All are true. She also furnished me with my address and my age and occupation. The woman then proceeded to ask me for bank and credit card information which I was not comfortable with giving. She stated that I would be recieving my check within 45 mins through Western Union, all I needed to to do was call 3158340286 and speak with Maurice Anderson the Financial Account Manager. I called the number to get more information about this scam and the man told me to hold while he spoke with another client who had just recieved their grant money. Then in a couple seconds the call hung up and I have not been able to reach anyone since then. At first I was a little gullible to think that I was actually recieving this money, then again I am happy that I did not give out any of my information. And when confronted about scamming the persons refused to comment and hung up. This is a SCAM.. Please don't let anyone you know, especially the elderly get scammed by this nonsese.

they called me saying that i was one of 1600 people picked to receive a 7500 grant from the washington dc government. they wanted me to give them my bank account number or my credit/debit card number i told them they was not getting either and they said they could said it western union gave me a number to call within 10 mins of hanging up i called and they told me i needed to send 290.00 dollars to secure my 7500 bc it was a large amount and they didnt want anything to go wrong with the transfer and i would be refunded the 290.00 dollars i agreed to everything but didnt send an money i got a the computer and looked into it when i found that it was a scam (as i figured anyway) i got a the phone and called my news channel right away...this happened only about 45 mins ago