"202" AREA CODE FRAUD AND SCAM CALLS

My number was 2024003795 I was jest trying to find out why I was getting so many of these numbers

I am hit with these calls frequently.   Some even state that they are able to help get you a settlement from a recent surgery.   Weird because over the last 5 yeas I have had 3 surgeries.   Once I tell them I have an attorney handling settlements for me  they hang  up quickly. And one was very nasty with me when I told him that I am not stupid and that his scam will not work on me.

Please add 202-657-4335 and 222-222-2245 to your list as well.

They are claiming to be giving away grant money based on a survey I had filled out for the city I live in.  They not only had my phone number, but my home address, and they knew I had filed my taxes on time, was not in debt and had a clean criminal record.  They offered me $7,000 in federal grant money.  They did not ask for my bank information, but gave me a long list of places and things I had to do in order to get the grant.  

Please watch out for these people, they know how to avoid the common fraud warning signs.

Add 202 304 8101 they have recently called saying they have 1000 for me and then started harassing me saying they wanna f**k me. It's some scary [***].

I just got that one and I am trying to figure out if it is true.  Any response from them?

The “information” they have on you is not surprising.  If you had actually filled out a survey, they could have obtained your address from that by some means, and if not, there are numerous web sites that allow information about people to be looked up that would include address and phone number, or if a company you do business with has outsourced customer information to another country (like India) your address and phone number could have been obtained from that.  As to the remaining three bit of information (taxes, debt and criminal record), that is just a matter of playing the odds.  Most Americans pay their taxes on time, have little debt (aside from a mortgage and/or car loan which most people would view as a normal part of adult life) and have clean criminal records.  Besides, human nature being what it is, even if someone was in arrears on their taxes or had run up a couple credit cards or had once had been arrested for something; they would be unlikely to correct the error of some stranger on the phone offering to give them money.  The scammers are counting on their victim thinking that they are being rewarded for being a good citizen or that they think they are taking advantage of a seeming error that omits one of their failings.

Fortunately, you recognized the scam for what it was and they were not able to take advantage of you.

We should nuke these [***]. That will stop it.

And drop one on the ISIS in Iraq as well. Get their attention - worked in Japan!

Rec'd voice mail yesterday from a gentleman stating he was from the IRS & asking that I call back immediately - stating I owed money.  My husband called IRS & was informed it was a scam.  They also told him that the IRS would never call, they only correspond via mail.    The call was rec'd from 202 506 8051

Add 202-552-6865 to your list. I never answer these calls.

First thing you don't do is try to scam us!

202-280-7844 & 202-239-2306 scammers claim number CM100144

Another number today from "Officer X, criminal investigation, IRS" -poo -poor English but persistent and calling back when hang up on: 202 280 7675.

i just have call form 202 210 0054 saying i won 9000dls. name in call id HOLLEY PERRY

1-202-506-8602 is also another number. The guy claimed to be Officer Johnson with the IRS after I called him back 30+ times.

202-697-9161 is another scam. Tried to get me 2 put $270 on a Geen Dot money card from 7/11. Told me the government had approved me for $7000 and getting the card and activating it would activate the $7000. After confronting him about this being a scam he got really irritated and hung up on me but not before I got the chance to call his terrorist butt out.