I received a phone call stating that i qualified for a $8,400 grant i was given a confirmation number along with a telephone number to call inorder to reveive the grant so i called the number spoke with a guy by the name of Kevin Woods he said that if i sent a western union to overland parkway for the amount of $220.00 i would receive my grant on my visa card within 30-40 minutes the western union was to be sent to tiffanie williams in overland parkway in kansas the number for. the guy who called me was 202-407-7246

They r calling from 205-216-5097 saying sense I pay my bills on time an haven't filed for bankruptcies,the government was giving me dis grant that I do not have to pay back of $6500. As soon as said the government does not charge u for free grant money,the lady said ok bye and hung up. They called me from a unknown # at first!

Same $7000.00 because I pay my taxes on time and am not a criminal. They wanted nothing from though they just wanted me to call back and go to Western Union, but before I called back I came on to computer and this is what I found. So they told me there was no $ from me it was tax exempt now and forever. They did tell not to share this info with anyone until I had the $ in my hand. They said the Government had excess $ which if the government had excess $ there wouldn't be all the controversy over taxes. Dept of the Treasury Grants Dept

I just got this call from Della Adams telling me to go to a Western Union anywhere with a grant file number 5299 and call 202-621-0076 and i will get $7,800 after sending $200 for some stupid reason then I would get that back not loosing anything with a total of $8,000. I have been a victim of this type of scam before and am still paying for it dearly. I am sick of them thinking I am still an dummy to their games. Somebody ought to put a serious stop to this NOW!!! Please!!!

is this really a fraud

Why don't we all chip in and send me to India?  Why?   I will go there and hire an assasin for a few hundred dollars, provide him with the address of this company after we get it from a P.I.  Pay for a former Delta Force escort to accompany me and send a real message to this pigs...

I have called 202 558 4595 and terrorizing the people.  Call there and ask for Din Dong Die and tell him you are his father and want him to commit suicide for the shame he has brought on your family.

Also, try to call 503 457 1034 and do the same ask for Ding Dong Die.  Tell them you are the FBI.  Also go to the website that you CAN CONFIRM started this.  For me it was an auto loan site getautofinance.us and enter the local FBI office as well as a fake SSN and some BS address.  List you make 40,000.00$ per year.  Let the FBI do the rest.  I put in the name Ivanna Humpalot.

Have fun and please block your number of do it from a cell that has the app callblocker on it.

I received a call today advising me that I was one of 1700 chosen senior citizens that are being given a grant for 7000.00 from the US Government Grant Department.  It seemed the ondividual was from a foreign country..asian or arabic.  I told him that it was to good to beleive and I would request information mailed to me and I would not take any grant numer or phone number to call.  The man already had my address and state information. It seemed like a scam and I knew the government does not just hand out money so freely.  I feel bad for any senior that this happens to. Catch those scam artist.

i got a call this morning from an unknown number saying the same thing you guys are saying. after i gave them my account information they gave me a code and told me to call 2026 5762 55. AND HE COULDNT EVEN SPEAK ENGLISG CLEARLY. He said i have to wire $280 and the money will post in my account as soon as im done. i called back and asked if it was a scam and he got nasty with me. i told him to never call my phone again and he kept calling getting mad and being rude. DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCAM

Received a call from "Kevin Stewart" of the "U.S. Government Grant
Department" at 200 Independence Ave., Washington, D.C. (I asked where he was calling from).  He advised me that my husband had been awarded a "grant" of $7000 because he was a responsible citizen, hadn't declared bankrupcy and hadn't been arrested lately.

To claim the $$, we were to call 202-621-0716 and give a "code" to whoever answered the phone.

I didn't call the number, but I didn't catch the area code the first time "Keven" gave it to me and when I asked him to repeat the area code, it took him a while to figure out what an area code was.  I'm suspecting a Nigerian scheme.  He sounded more African than Spanish.  The scary thing was he had my address.  I did not give it to him.

I am so sorry to hear abut this. I am with the Government Research And Bait (GRAB) department. We will have to start by my filling out a form #1234-FU. With all the cut backs, I do not have any forms though. If you send me $89.99 I can get some forms printed and get started on this. Of course, once the form is filled out, I need to put it in a file jacket but again we are out of them. We can not do anything until the formis in a file jacket so if you send $24.50 I will be able to put the form in the jacket and file it. But to file it, it has to go into the file cabinet, which is full so we need another file cabinet. They are sale right now at STAPLES so if you send $229 your completed form, in its file jacket will be able to be filed quickly.

Once we have your form on file, I will call another agency so they can get your money back (with interest) plus a reward for your helping out. With all the cut backs by the Republicans though, we do not have phones here to call with and instead have to use carrier pigeon which can take weeks (provided they are not shot down by Homeland Security. To speed things along, send another $49.99 so I can purchase a TracPhone which will speed things up several months.

As soon as I get your $393.98 we can get moving on this. Reply back here if interested.

I was called by someone with a strong asian accent stating he was with the US Government Grants Dept and that I had been selected to receive a $7000 grant  He provided a grant approval # WG1070 and advised to me call 202-621-0716.  I was highly suspicious & wanted to determine source of the call.  (I tried to *69, but the recording stated this phone number cannot be reached.)   So I called the number & a female with a middle eastern accent answered the call stating "US Government Grants Dept".  I did not believe her & voiced my suspicion that this was a scam.  She disconnected.  I have reported this situation to the Federal Trade Commission.

Just got a call saying I would get a 7000.00 grant.  He gave me a grant approval number and a call back number of 202-621-0716. If this was ligit why would they not conclude the call the first time.  He gave me my address and called me but he said (in a very heavy foreign accent) that I needed to call that number right away after we hung up.  I didn't do it.

Well, they are still in business. We got two phone calls today in quick succession. If it wasn't so sad, it would be funny. My mother fell for the "Grandmother"  scam, and so I was suspicious immediately. I googled the telephone number, and sure enough, all this information popped up. I filled a complaint with the on-line cops but really don't expect anything to happen. The best defense is to remember that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

I received call today, heavily accented male kept saying the same thing over and over.  I was on the phone 8 minutes waiting for him to ask for bank info, but now I see that they want you to Western Union.  I didnt call the 202 number, I googled it instead :-)  I finally told him "You keep saying the same thing over and over, I got the grant #, I got the phone #.I get it, I understand, Bye!"

I was almost taken by the same phone call scam,but luckilly I have the nternet and was able to do a nmr reversal and pulled up people who was almost taken by this flim-flam scam.

I work for the Fedeal Government and this is a total scam!!!!!

OMG... we just got the same exact story today. Who do we report this too? I thought it very fishy when they said not to tell western union what it was for. I knew it was a scam from the beginning. Thanks to all the reports on the internet in helping me confirm these scam artists!!!

ATTENTION DO NOT FOLLOW ANY OF THE DIRECTIONS THA THE LADY ON THE PHONE IS TELLING YOU I RECEIVED THE PHONE CALL ON MY HOME PHONE THAT I WOULD RECIEVE $7,000 FROM THE U.S DEPARTMENT OF FIANCE AND ALL I HAD TO DO WAS SEND $180 THRU WESTERN UNION WHEN I GOT TO WESTERN UNION THE ACCENTED LADY ON THE PHONE STATED NOT TO TELL THE W.U. REP WHAT I AM DOING THEN SHE STATED GO OUTSIDE SO NO ONE COOULD HEAR ME...... THEN SHE SAID THAT $5 WOULD GO TO CHARITY OUT OF THE $180 I ASKED WHERE SHOULD I SEND THE MONEY SHE TOLD ME IRAN!!!!!!!!! DO NOT DO WHAT THEY ARE ASKING HANG UP OR GET A RECORDING TO THE POLICE!!!! I WAS ALMOST STUPID ENOUGH TO SEND THESE SCAMMERS $180 OF MY HARD EARN MONEY GOOD THING i HAVE THE INTERNET AND THE REST OF YOU GUYS REPLIES. GOD BLESS AND BE SAFE

SCAM, SCAM, SCAM!!!!  They are lower than bath tub scum!  Get a job - you maggot and leave hard working people alone!!!!!  THey have the nerve to get mad if you question them.  Hilarious!!!!!

Absolutely incredible! I've heard about these kinds of scams but never thought I'd experience it.  Yep, the same thing, an individual with a heavy accent from the US government wanting to give me $7,000 that I never had to pay back.  Just calk (202) 621-0716   Right!!!! I told the woman "no" she said "fine. It's your money" I laughed hysterically and she got mad.  People are idiots and they will get theirs just desserts.  God is faithful like that!!!!! Shame, shame shame on you heartless, greedy , lazy excuse for human beings.  Remember - if it's too good to be true...it"s too good to be true and NOBODY IS GIVING AWAY MONEY.  And lastly, if you've got to pay to get it - you won't get it.

Its a scam.dont fall for it.

Got a call from 202-621-0716 saying I was getting a government grant for $7000.   I recently applied for a loan from my credit union and applied for a home loan.  Only way they could have gotten my info.  When he called again I told him not to call and that I had called my local police department (which happens to be my employer!)

I recommend you tell them not to call again and that you would be recording any other calls they make to you for your local District Attorney's Fraud Unit.  That usually discourages them.

I'm in VA and I just got the phonecall from an unavailable number asking for my husband. Supposedly he has won a grant of $7000,00 from the goverment. They gave me this phone number to call back and claim the money. I told them I would wait for my husband to get home so he would call them back. The guy, with and Indian accent, told me not to wait. That I have to do it as soon as I hung up the phone. This is a SCAM!!
Don't fall for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will receive a phone call today told me about the $7000 also I went on line and I knew it was a scam.  The only thing that freak me out is that they knew my name and address and where



















































I got the same phone call stated that I have been awarded $7000 and that I need to call this number back.  The only thing that freak me out was that they knew my name, address, and where I worked.  I play along with the game and called my daughter and she said it was a scam.  As I am typing this I have since got 3 phone calls phone this number showing up on my call Id 1-000-000-0000.  When I picked up a eastern man continue to tell me the same thing and said I need to call this number within 30 minutes.  As I listen to the caller he continue to give me this number to call back 202-621-0716.










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I received a call today with the same info as everyone else has reported.  When this happens you need to contact your local FBI field office.  I contacted the FBI and they were unaware of this scam.  Any information you can obtain and provide to the FBI will help them in there investigation.  Should you receive this call contact your local FBI field office!!!!!

stop calling this is a scam

Got a phone call this morning from 2 ladies with Indian accents they said the U.S. Government Grant owes my husband $7,000. His needs to take $150.00 to Western Union as a security deposit. The names they used were Angela Johnson & Jennifer . He just talked to them pretending to be at Western Union and he told the lady "I told the Western Union worker that Angela Johnson from the U.S. Government Grant Dept. was going to send me $7,000" the lady on the phone said " U FOOL WHY DID U TELL THE WORKER THAT WHO TOLD U TO TELL THEM. NOW U WON'T GET SH@T!!!"

Came thru as out of area, but got my wife on the phone. She grilled him pretty good but he wanted to tlk to me. Thick Indian accent, I kept telling him he was hard to hear because of all the OTHER 'people' in the background. He kept talking....I kept letting him talk--I kept interupting him--which annoyed the daylights out him as he had to go back to where he was on the sheet of paper he was reading from--I'd suggest anyone getting this scam--it drives theme CRAZY . . .

Got to the end and wife called the 202 number in 'Washington, DC'.  The woman who answered told here they couldn't find me in the system . . .  there was a pause . . .  asked what was the problem . .  said still can't find me . . . wife got suspicious . . . the woman said she said she'd call back, and hung up.  I think--or thought they could have a phone number that charges sky-high rates when you dial IN to it . . . glad wife hung up.  We would never send them any $$$....we just love to piss them off by 'paying out the line' . . . When they said 'their calling me from DC', I tell them if you're in DC, then you're calling me ME New Delhi!

I knew it was a scam from the start, so I just mess with them until they get mad and hang up on me. Then I called the 202# and mess with them, just to give them a little back for trying to screw with our lives!!!

I got the call today and almost fell for it. It started with a call from 000-000-0000 though. I was going to get a 7,000 dollar grant. I was to call, 202-621-0716 and give them my grant approval # I spoke to carol. She said I needed to got to western union and call her from parking lot but not go in iuntill she said I would also need to make a security depositein my or someone elses name, but not to give out any of my banking info (HOW FUNNY) after I sent the deposite they would in return 7200 to me they advised me to not mention that I was getting a grant or WU would take about 1,600 of my money. I only live about five minutes away from WU good thing. It kinda felt too good to be true and both people I spoke to sounded foreign that set off red flags.I was on the fence until I googled THANK YOU for this post.I will be praying for all those that got duped and hopefully whoever they are they will be caught.