I received a call today from a number 20262 10948 they said for me to go to a store and buy a green dot reloadable card the paper 1 and loaded with $200 call them back and within 30 minutes they would transfer nine thousand dollars on to my visa when I asked them why couldn't I just paid them with another form of payment like from another reloadable card they said that's not the way to the pain is taken I said well I already have a green dot card they said no you have to go get the paper one I said why we already have gone through the process and I have a plastic one they said we can't take a payment from the cards that were going to put money on I said no its not the card you going to put money on it so different reloadable card he gave me all kinds of excuses and finally I said I get it you want the paper card before it can be registered that I can't make a complaint you don't want to take a payment any other kind of pain so I can trace it and yet you want me to give you a credit card and you called me from an unavailable number he then went on to say but you have my number and I'm calling from the US government the federal government that gives grant the US Treasury Department he told me that he could be found on www.usps.com if this is true why would I have to pay them $200 in order to receive $89,000 grant also what does it matter what form of payment he gets the $200 from again the number was 20262 10948 this man's name was Calvin Smith

I got the call today offering $9000 grant.  Still waiting for the email they were sending 10 min.  Definitely a SCAM!

I got a call from them to asking for a $99 donation and that I would receive a government grant of $7,000.  I asked for paper work on it and they said they didn't have any and completly avading answering why.  When I didn't want to pay the $99.00 he asked if I thought it was a scam and then tried to convince me it wasn't.   At first he said they were out of Houston then he gave an address that when I googled it came up as the U.S Dept. of Health and Human Services.  They really need to alert people to this and do something!  They are masquerading as a government service.

I don't know why govt does not look on all these postings and take action right away to scammer?
The actual website I got it is here:
http://usgrant.co/order/  Please note it is not usgrant.com but just .co and what they have done is
what exactly scammers do.   The main domain which is www.usgrant.co  does not even exist.
but they registered the domain and created hidden page (other pages without the main.html) and trying to steal the personal info through this page and then start rubbing innocent people.

i juust got this phone call from these same people an he was telling me that i had a 7000 dollar grant an he kept teliing me not to spend it on drugs an gambling am all this stuff bit it is so kreepy how he knows all my info then after i told him i was all set he told me that i needed this money cause i was a sweet girl an told me he wanted to call me back tommorrow an that he  would call from his personal call phone an i told him he could call me if he told me if this was really a scam an the idiot told me straight out that there just trying to get our money an he said that there ven tellin people the money is for cancer kids how pathetic but ne ways after that i hung up the phone an changed my phone number.......where dp these people come from seriously!!!!!do DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR LIFES WEIRDOS GET A REAL JOB AN MAKE MONEY THE RIGHT WAY!!!!!!

I got the same call about the $7,000 grant but with a wiring fee from washington to my bank of $234 i'm supposed to call them back but i looked up the number on the internet and it's just a scam problem is they already know so much about everyone they call i emailed customer service at my bank just in case they try to take anything out of my account somehow because they already have the info but i aint gonna call them back now. This number is a scam!

I recieved the same call it was a guy named Fred and spoke poor english..told me the same thing that i had been selected for a 7,000 grant from the government and i would not have to pay it back...he gave me a confirmation # as well...and asked personal questions...of course i didnt answer them and hung up and kinda blew it off. No way did i call back to confirm...So an hr later i recieve a call from the same guy asking me why I never called back to confirm. I told him i thought it was a scam...i mean who gives out money without expecting something back...he kept insisting...i told him i was not interested that they can keep their money....as i was about to hang up..he asked me if it was okay if he can call me later because he liked my voice....i just hung up and now this guy is calling me at least 3 times a day..kinda scary...please guys beware

My son and I were applying for a government loan for his school.  The moment we got a confirmation, my son was called on his cell phone saying the same thing he said to all the above.  I called him back and he hung up on me.  I feel they are hacking into the government loan web site. Any one else know anything?

I just received this same call, and am now worried about information of mine that has been stolen and/or sold with the intent of capitalizing on my personal finances. I don't don't know what to do. Help?

Just got exactly the same call as all of these people. My "grant approval number" was DA156 and he told me the US Treasury Department was giving these grants to loyal citizens. He told me in order to receive my $7,000, I needed to go to the Western Union and send $99 for a processing fee. Ha....yeah right. The scary part about this whole thing is that he knew my name, address, and cell phone number.

We were selected for a government grant for $7,000 that could be spend on anything. We are to call 1-202-621-0282 to claim the prize, clain number BA203. they also ask alot of personal questions.

Just got this call too and it freaked me out...how do they know this information! What do I do now?

I got this call also. Said i had won a gov grant and i had to call this number today because it would only last today. I had a hard time understanding him as he spoke very poor english. The application # was BM203

I got this call too - on my cell phone.  They had all my personal info including address, b-day, etc.  very scary.  Anyone have any luck in reporting it?

I got that call too.  The fcc should take action as this was done by phone. They need to put out an alert.
There is a law that protects elderly from scams.

I had got a call from an unavailable number and was asked to call on 202-621-0282.. The person called himself Raymond and asked me to contact Lee on that number.. He said that was his department number and I could talk to his accounting manager Lee. When I told him, I was not sure it were a genuine call, he got offended.. He tried convincing me that they were genuine and that was why he had given me the department number. When I asked for a website, he directed me to www.usgrants.com which is definitely not a government website.. Beware!

Said he was from the government grant office and if My mother would send $99.00 she would recieve a $7000.00 grant. said she would have to send it to the Charity Foundation. I did a search on the number and it said not found. Called the FBI and they said it was a scam. The man said his name was Richard Lee. I called him back and asked a lot of questions like more contact info, phone numbers and where the money went to, what charity and what their number was. This guy called My mother 3 times. After I asked him what the number to the charity Foundation was He said 202......... and hung up. I asked Him if the 99 bucks was going to fund terror groups or iran insurgents into Afghan. Or was the money going directly to Alqaeda or the Taliban. The FBI wouldn't even take the number down or the guys Name so calling them is a waste of time