amrbrianwilliams callsmeandsaysihave7.000dollorsingrantmoneyhesadgogetagreendotmoneypakput300onitalsoididnotgetnothinginmyacc.

I knew this was a scam from the beginning and made up some phony information. Told "Ethel Jones" that my name was I. P. Freely which see repeated several times and that I was born on Feb 30th. Kept her on the phone for over half an hour asking her about movies and her recommendations, where she lived in D.C, if she had ever been to the  Smithsonian, if I left my wife would she go out with me. Since she told me she was from England I asked her about what soccer club she supported. She was so frustrated with me. So I asked her to repeat my info to make sure she it down correctly. It was awesome. I accidentally hung up on her so I hope she calls back.

telling me I have a $7500 grant free money if I come up with $300.00....Really?????

Saying I got a 7500 grant.

To report the fraud, go here:
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support/general-support/grant-fraud.html
Their number is listed , along with an email address, at the top of the page.
Also here:
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0113-government-grant-scams

Is this true am I really gonna get my grant money of 7,500 they said the state was putting a hold on it that they wanted 650.00 but I will receive that back also it's suppose to be the same way yours was but my deposit was 300.00 I done have them

Same song and spill about free grant money. People with Indian accents.

Same thing happened here

I also got the same call. When I called the 202 number the lady said the same things. I told her that I was calling the FBI.
She then hung up on me.  What can we do about these people?

Brian Thomas from (202)657-4306 called and said that I had $7,500.00 waiting for me at Western Union for paying my bills on time and they only pick 12,000 people from my state for this government grant. When I had a feeling that this was a scam it prompted him to give me another # to a sup's main line (202)738-1973 if I had any question. DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCAM ......HANG UP THE PHONE AND BLOCK THE # IF POSSIBLE !!!!!!!!

Well today was my day for the "big call" glad I have enough sense to do a little research. Besides when I'm being rushed while asking questions, there goes the big red flags!!! I'm a single mom on a fixed income with a child going off to college while unemployed. So blessed God gave me a brain and common sense. Thanks for all of your stories! I hope that others will research as well.

I just went through the same thing today. My husband told me it was a scam but as badly as we need the money I was hopeful it was the truth until just NOW when I googled the number and found these feedbacks. I will call western Union and report them and hopefully something will be done :(

I got a call from this number after I hung up on the call from 800-518-4765. Same grant money stuff as everyone else has said. The man from the first call would not tell me his name, then got very short with me a called me a b**ch. I hung up then the girl called right free. The man said I was stupid for asking questions on how did they get my number, who was he working for, and his name. He also said he would not take my name off the call list and that u was stupid for asking that. These people need to be caught and stopped!!

They got me. 6 months ago I was applying for education grants. They confirmed everything I had put in to the web site. I am a single mom on part time work. I needed the money. I gave the $300 and was shocked when they asked me for an additional $650 for taxes. Grants are tax free to the best of my knowledge. I'm out $300 that I can't get back. I should have checked first. This is just awful. And I can't believe I'm so stupid. I am thought god was giving me the money I had asked for and I trusted. I should have known better. God will help you but it won't be a miricale $7500 from the U.S. others is no such thing as free money from our government.

I have received numerous calls from them. We are in hard times and it sounded great. This number called told me I was randomly selected to receive. 7500 and that all I needed to do was go buy a green dot card and load 300 to it to activate it and then to call them and they would stay on the phone w me and I would have my money in ten to fifteen minutes. I was excited but leary thank god my gf was convinced it was a scam and googled the number. So here I am wishing it wasn't a scam but thankful she thought it was and refused to let me put out our 300 which we couldn't afford to do in the first place. Do Not fall for this scam. You shouldn't have to pay to receive free money!! Nor should you be repeatedly called by a company trying to give u free money that won't provide any validating documentation proving why and how you were selected.

Yup,thought Arab sounding people workin for the govt would be a dead giveaway

I received the call today, so I googled information about it and got the phone number for the Federal Trade Commision.  Their web site is STC.Gov. And the phone number is 1-877-382-4357.  I called them to report it and she took all my info.  Then she told me to call The Attorney General of my state and report it with them which, which I did.  Never fall for this scam.  I even asked the Foreign Man that I was speaking with, "How do I know this isn't a fraud or a scam?"  All he said was, "this isn't a scam".  It is real.  Yeh right.   Just report it and if we're all lucky these groups pretending to be calling from government offices will get caught.

Scam!! I got the same call. After I hung up I googled the number and found you guys comments THANKS! P. S. How do they get all your info (weird)

Just got this same call today. Anything that is too good to be true is really just too good to be true. : ( Good things I researched before i attempted anything else.

I got same call they told me to call 202-657-4306 and they would send my money to Wal-Mart

I received the exact same phone call!!!  I am glad I researched this before I did anything.  These people need to be stopped!!!!  I believe in Jesus Christ and He gave me a Holy Spirit warning not to proceed.  Thank You Jesus!!!!  People please don't fall for Satan's schemes to rob, steal, and destroy.  Always research these unknown callers before doing anything.

These people called me this morning got me all excited because we all know everyone could use a little extra money , TOLD ME MY GRANT WAS WORTH 7,890 , then told me i had to load a green dot card with 300 dollars before they would send me my money . They told me i could use my grant money for home remodel , medical bills , school and debt . they even knew my name , mailing address, where i live and phone number .

they called me and said that i got a gov. grant and go to walmart and get a greendot money pak depoist 200.00 but had to call them parking lot of walmart and give them the number of the card and within 10 to 15 min i would get 7500.00+ the 200.00 back on the card

Received a call about free grant money from the government in the amount of $7500. Does not sound correct.

I got a call from this same number, 202-657-4306.  I also was told that it was from the government, grant dept. I was approved. Gave me a clams #, and told me to go to Walgreen's Drug store and get a green . card and put $ 290, dollars on it and they would wire me 7500.   But this is a scam. when you try to call the number back.  The number is no longer a working number...  I got to call it on my cell phone.  But when I told the man that answered the phone he again said he was from the Gov,  grant office. I said this was just fraud. he told me i was stupid and that i was an idiot......          

I got the same phone call today  from a woman and she said that I would recieve 7500.00 in grant money to use as I see fit except that I couldn't use it for gambling and she told me to call this number in about 10 minutes so that i could set up a western union place to pick up the money. Instead, I looked on the internet and found that it is a scam like I suspected

SCREW YOU JACK A***S. I thought I would finally get money to pay off my loan but I was wrong.  Good thing I followed through before I gave you my $300

DO NOT FALL FOR THIS THIS IS A SCAM!
they fooled me :(

these sick people called me telling me that i was approved for a Grant from the goverement in the amount of 7500 dollars some how they got my information with my address

Ya they just called me Jon Wesley from my US grant dept I get 7500$ what Jon failed to realize if my government wanted to give me money I think they would have someone who could at least speak the name of my state right