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I had the same thing happen to me today.  A lady by the make of "Christy Lankaster" who has a very heavy Middle Eastern accent, told me that I was picked for a once in a life time,
tax free grant for $9,200. She gave me a "confirmation" number and told me to call her supervisor, Mark Williams at (206) 855-5055 ext 117 to receive my money. When I called "Mark" he said he'd call me back in 15mins to go over all the details. "Mark" had a very heavy Middle Eastern accent too. I said I don't have time for this and I know this is a scam/ hoax. He tried to assure me it wasn't, but I just hung up. Then, I googled the phone number and see that I'm not the only one who is being harassed. 😡

someone has to do something about this these people keep calling me telling me that I have $9200 out of the government giving me from paying my taxes and pay my bills and it shows very f****** aggravating so he's telling me to go to Western Union and that I gotta pay Western Union $170 and when he asked me to have the money I said no I don't have the money to Western Union right now he said well call me when you do what is that all about

United states government called about a 9400 dollar grant my parents were randomly selected for. They want a slew of information to get this grant. Its an obvious scam. Reported to fcc.gov. I suggest we get as many people to do this, and get this scum removed.

It is a scam.
The government does not offer grants to individuals for personal use.
It is a scam ran by off shore con artists to trick you into sending unrecoverable money to them.
They will say you need to get prepaid money cards, like Green Dot and load them with you own money or to wire transfer funds via companies like Western Union. Once you give the details from the card to the scammer, they clean out the card. Once you wire transfer money, you can not recover it.
You loose your money, you get nothing.

The only legitimate avenue for government grants is through www.grants.gov which is the official US government web site for grants.
From their FAQ concerning fraud:
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support/general-support/grant-fraud.html

Please note the following:

No government grant-making agency will make phone calls; send email or letters to solicit money or personal banking information from a potential grant recipient.
There are no processing fees for federal grants.
Federal grants are not issued for personal use, but are intended for institutions and non-profits to carry out projects with a public purpose.
Know who you're dealing with on the web.  Scam artists will often post a website with a name similar to a legitimate site.
If you have provided personal banking information to anyone claiming to be associated with a Federal grant agency, call your bank immediately to prevent unauthorized access to your account.

If you receive a call, mail, email, FAX, or any other form of communication soliciting you for a grant, STOP.
It is a scam.
Report it to the FTC:
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0113-government-grant-scams

File a complaint with the FTC. If you think you may have been a victim of a government grant scam, file a complaint with the FTC online https://ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ , or call toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357); TTY: 1-866-653-4261. The FTC enters Internet, telemarketing, identity theft, and other fraud-related complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure online database available to hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad.

this is a scam i  advise everyone who gets a call from those  [***]  or anyone asking u to send money in order to collect   money to report them

I believe for awhile cause I filled out few grants lately. But once they asked for $180 up front I said sorry Im broke & hung up. But they called back last few days like Im going answer.. Theses ppl are sick preying on ppl in name of govt.

This number left a computerized message stating that the IRS was suing me and to call....

306-406-4684 called me first saying he is an officer for the federal government grants and I will b receiving a grant for $9200 but I had to go to Walmart money gram and fill out a federal form so I won't get taxed but I had to pay 200 up front so I'll end up getting back 9400. I had to call the 206-206-5055 to get all the instructions...it is all a Scam!!! Thank god I found out before I went to money gram.

They gave me a different number, but it was still Mark Williams.  Crazy!

Got the same call today. Same 206 # same mark williams. I sounded all like "I'm calling to get this awesome grant money I'm so excited!"And he was all "you sound like you're not believing me that this is real" in his Indian accent. I said "well, it's all over the Internet that this us a scam", and he hung up real quick.

Called wanted me to send 200 money gram to Gary Anderson in Florida so the Federal Reserve would send me $9200, as if, I told him the cops would be calling him because this was a scam he's like "no, no " he hung up. Dude was an idiot!