i also got the same call mines was2026574301 asking me for 350 dollars if the money is free why do i have to pay 350 i knew that was a lie cause two diferent peaple been calling here and one did not know who the other one was if they call again i will report the to the cops

I got called as well luckily I googled there number and found out they trying to scam me and called my bank to get it blocked just an hour later.

http://www.peopleverified.com/mobile/phone/#/ ... hone=2026979415

this is their info

The phone number that they called me on is 202-470-0094 and I f*** hate those stupid indian girl and boy b*****ds. I hope one day they will get caught and die.

They called me on December 09 2013 and told me that I won 9000 dollars from the federal grant and would get my money within 10-20 minute.Never got the call back and hope one day they will get caught and burn to hell. I feel really sad because I sent them 900 dollar on green dot money pack and I will never forgive them for what they did to me and my parents.

It was national fraud prevention center that called me.  +1 (202) 470-0949
DC, USA

Be aware now they say you owe In taxes. I've always received money the past 10 years from the gov. They call saying its agent tony or whoever, the only info they had on me was my first and last name and my cell number. Complete fraud, he hung up on me.

i did the same i gave a prepaid card number. then i immediately searched thier 202 number on google and got all this so then i called the prepaid card customer service and let them know  and asked if they could get ahold of anything on my account like my social or address but they assured me that they couldnt and they reported my card as compromised so i should be good but just wondering if you had any issues with identity theft after this??????

202  "  AREA  CODE  FRAUD  SCAMS".........have  been  going  on  forever !!!
( already  addressed   here  and  in the forums a  million  times   already.......everyone  should  know  by  now !!!  ).


202  area  code  fraud  scams !!!!!

PLEASE  NOTE !!!   THESE  SCAMMERS  ARE ALSO IMPERSONATING   THE  US  GOV'T /  SEVERAL  GOV'T  OFFICES AND   PERSONS....BEWARE !!!

-  they  are   also  impersonating  DEA  officials  /  IRS  /  FAKE  LAW  FIRMS   etc....  with  threats  to  arrest you  unless  you  immediately  send money  via  wire   transfer /  western  union   to some   offshore  country  !!!!!   obvious  scam  !!!

some  are landlines...many  are  cell phones...some  are  spoofed  and  linked  to  offshore foreign call centers  /  countries !!!!
we've  traced  back  most  of  these  numbers  to  offshore  foreign    call centers mostly  in   INDIA /  THAILAND / AFRICA  /  JAMAICA  ETC....

here's a  few  other  numbers  posted  from  the   same  area  code  offering a  wide  variety  of  scams  /  fake  emails and  scams  after  posting  something  on   craigslist   (  old  scam  )  ...... collecting  for  non  existant  "  payday  loans "....free  money / scam  giveaways /  calling  on  behalf  of  a  humane  society..... $1,000's  in  free  gov't  money.........  etc  etc.....stories  change  out  all the  time......and  the  usual  nonsense!!!

**   mysteriously  call to  claim  they  have  several  thousand  of  dollars  to  send  you....just  provide  your  bank  account and  credit  card   right  away   etc etc.........scam scam

several  of  these are  the  usual   long  ongoing  scams   such  as  :  you  have  won a  free  walmart /  bestbuy  gift  card....or  you  have  won a  free  ipad  etc......all  long  ongoing  scams............



202-470-0949
202-888-2764
202-697-9034
202-684-7931
202-582-1234
202-621-0743
202-239-6225
202-621-0436
202-478-8098
202-800-5680
202-407-7221
202-552-1545
202-657-4485
202-684-6393
202-607-2732
202-657-6800
202-905-0682
202-215-2622
202-202-0000  ( fake  #  )
202-559-4661
202-684-6796
202-615-1823
202-239-0331
202-407-7213
202-657-6252
202-559-0667
202-558-4605
202-684-8305
202-785-5534
202-827-0661
202-621-0667
202-534-3926
202-599-8726
202-286-0705
202-559-0687
202-779-8686
202-234-3930
202-683-9875
202-405-4852
202-599-7894
202-895-0900
202-779-8686
202-738-5647
202-417-7606
202-403-4812
202-379-1926
202-644-8750
202-595-9420
202-870-5859
202-380-3449
202-674-8706
202-730-9951
202-684-2191
202-674-8789
202-615-5910
202-417-4483
202-664-2228
202-506-8939
202-640-5461
202-559-4645
202-674-2106
202-239-2860
202-470-0037
202-239-1271
202-379-1935
202-470-6720
202-505-6138
202-650-6145
202-715-6610
202-684-8622
202-800-5517
202-559-4664
202-436-9919
202-241-4267
202-827-0660
202-599-8821
202-407-9217
202-280-7882
202-391-0961
202-640-5457
202-640-5495
202-640-2926
202-559-7869
202-434-1317
202-738-9778
202-644-8989
202-730-9945
202-580-8490
202-827-1692
202-747-7372
202-280-7264
202-496-0986
202-556-4418
202-709-3010
202-445-7881
202-679-4428
202-905-0699
202-896-3563
202-351-3916
202-407-9198
202-684-6540
202-695-8604
202-304-5614
202-280-5502
202-800-5537
202-234-3930
202-354-8935
202-123-4567  (  obviously  a  faked  #  by a  fraud  scammer )
202-552-4779
202-249-7541
202-684-6934
202-657-6907
202-664-0962
202-674-4728
202-666-6887
202-657-5284
202-594-8012
202-640-5471
202-280-7039
202-499-1488
202-499-1612
202-427-2537
202-427-2637
202-747-7384
202-666-3431
202-657-5308
202-740-2504
202-738-1016
202-470-1411
202-719-2244
202-808-3679
202-666-1040
202-247-0078
202-666-4401
202-666-3304
202-408-5620
202-621-7457
202-709-5391
202-738-4127
202-666-5096
202-470-3641
202-709-8562
202-738-4703
202-800-5563
Caller: 202 area  code  scams / fake calls /  bogus  calls etc.
Caller: 202 area code  fraud  scam  calls

Here's the call back # 202-580-8203. So, be aware of this number people. Maybe ur the next.... Lol

I received a phone call today sept.10 2013. That the same story that I read the comment above. So, I have peace of mind now. That was scam... That's it!!!!

Rec'd a phone call from Joel Porter a manager who claimed I received a grant in the amount of $8400.00 for not having any bankruptcy or criminal records.  He mentioned my phone number was selected out of hundreds and that they were with the United States Treasury department in Washington D.C.  When I called back to check this was what they answered as.  Why would someone call claiming to be the US Treasury department.  Be very careful.  I was fooled.

I have received his number by 202 4700 788 Andy told me to the government was going to give me $7000 and I didn't have to pay them back that it was all mine to keep to do whatever I wanted to do it, and then they told me to go to th e nearest Western Union, and I need it my ID a cell phone to call them back and $250 that's when I hung up, I knew something was really fishy about this call, I'm just happy that I knew this was had to be a scam.

The only charity they are collecting for is their own pockets! Federal grants must be applied for and I'm sure you'd know if you had done that! Secondly, paying money up front to get it is a scam, like getting a loan and paying up front.. its all scam!

You really need to go to your bank and report this and see if they can change your account etc before they wipe you out! Further more, you need to file complaints..

well I did this too and they have my bank account number they said they need $260 for a charity and to be on the phone during the transaction and that after I sent the money that I will receive $8500 dollars directly to my account (does this sound familiar)

I had got a call from a 0000000000 unknown number and then a 1033 number because we were disconnected and they have given me a call back number of 202-621-0436 and an application number that I was told to give no one of rj105 witch is what I would have put on the MoneyGram that they wanted me to send along with 270 dollars to receive the grant catch the peace of s*** plz

After a while if you do your research you will learn to f*** with them and in return scam them and if they ask you to wire money wire like 50 cents to the furthest f****ng western union from them it will cost them more to go get it than its worth also act like they just called an Interpol Agent and say that the phone call is being traced and in a matter of minutes they will be arrested they will be paranoid for the next couple of weeks trust me i f*** with people for a living.

I received the $700 federal government grant call, I was happy to hear the news. Too bad I didn't have the $330 they wanted me to wire through Western Union. I researched it online and yes It's a scam. I know the government would not ask for $ up front to give me something free.

I just rev a call from 202-470-0788 the lady name was rosé Taylor stated I was slected to rev $7000.00 bit I have to have 250.00 depoist and that I would get it back but I had to go to western union  to rev my money and not to give the western union people any information about where the money was coming from or I would be taxed they did not ask for a cc. So I just called them back for the hell of it I don't know if it is scam or not but I did not go to western union I'm not going to fall for this!

After reading these posts, it's obvious why these scammers, calling from India, keep this scam going.  BECAUSE AMERICAN'S ARE OBVIOUSLY GREEDY, NIEVE, AND STUPID, not necessarily in that order.  Do you honestly believe if you send someone $100 by Western Union, they are going to send you $7,000?  I guess P.T. Barnum was right:  There IS one born every minute.  And unfortunately, most of them live in the United States.  We have really dumbed-down this country.  A little bit of common sense would go a LONG way here.

I just got off the phone with this guy but his name today is Shawn Brown same number 202-697-9415

This is my thing about this. How come the government haven't don't anything to stop this. The phone calls are coming right from Washington. They can find a multi billionare like Osama Bin Ladin but they cant find the people who are stealing money from us right in their state. The whole thing is super f****d up and there needs to be a stop to this for sure and for some reason they do this every year around this time and I bet it was a foreigner who made all the calls. ill put yall hip to something. They  let them do this cause we are so in debt that they allow them to steal our hard working money. So for future reference cash in all the money you have in your bank and turn it to gold bars or coins and you will never have to worry about taxes or fraud like this from our own government.

Got a call from 828-303-5558 (a guy) says i am getting $8500 grant from U.S. Federal Bank. I was pressure into giving my routing/account number, age and he gave me a code and to call 202-738-4041 (James Carter). So called the number and I gave him the code and he said to call back to activate the account. But in the back of my head kept feeling it's a scam so i ask if this was the U.S. Federal Bank, but he hung up on me. Therefore I call my bank and let them know about this scam so hopefully everything turns out fine.

Some guy called named ricky jordan said i have a grant 4 7000 dollars  his# was 202-697-9415

not the same number but same area code. first got a call from man with indian accent and the number that came up was 000-000-0000. he asked me to call 202-621-0436 right away and give my id# jn134 because i was confirmed to receive a government grant for $5000. thought it was a scam but called the #. spoke to a woman named mary johnson. heavy indian accent who didn't ask for money but kept me on hold 10 mins while she looked up my records. i just hung up.

S*** THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD ME YA RIGHT THEY ASKED WHERE I WANTED TO GET MY MONEY I SAID UH WHAT 3 OPTIONS DO I HAVE THEY SAID BANK ACCOUNT FIRST I SAID NO THEY SAID WESTERN UNION I SAID SOUNDS BETTER CUZ IM NOT GIVING YOU ANY OF MY INFO OVER THE PHONE IN THE BACK GROUND YOU COULD HEAR OTHER PEOPLE TRYING TO SAY THE SAME S*** LOL IM TO OLD AN FOR YA YOUNG CATS PLEASE DONT GIVE YOUR BANK ACCOUNTS IF YOUR GONNA GET MONEY FROM YOUR TAXES IT WILL BE GONE THE DAY ITS IN HONEY LOL

The couple contacted me today its a bunch of crap the indian lady told me to go to walmart and buy a money pack that cost 200.00 & they would put the 7000.00 on it in less than twenty mins I told her I would talk to them at a later time because l know its a scam they do not sell any 200.00 money pack cards they are so stupid to think we are dummies I really thought they were telling the truth until alll this went down bumped them people in their butts

same soup just warmed over the number that called me was 202-666-7770.A fish would never get caught if he keeps his mouth closed.No comprenda

I got the same phone call, but they wanted me to pay $300 to western union guys dont fall for this scam it not real.

I just received this call although it came listed as "Unknown" number on my cell. He said he all of the same things about the $7,000. I didnt get to the part where he asked me for money since I asked him to hold while I got my credit card but instead gooled us treasury grants scams and found this site. I almost gave him the credit card number because I have no money in my account anyways but Im glad that I didnt. I work hard and barely make ends meat it is really sad that these people pray on hard up and low income people who really need money especially at the holiday season....