Go to your bank immediately and change bank accounts. Tell them that you made a mistake and gave out your account number to somebody you think is a scam. Get a new bank account number and stop giving people over the phone your bank account number!!!

The same thing is happening to me right now. This woman (Kelly) with an accent and the man Nelson Webb.  Thank god I checked it out online.

I called the lame brad Johnson, after he told me about the $250.00 payment he would need my phone died "" I called back to discuss him sending some legit paper work & he blanked on me saying if you think this is a scam don't call me I don't need to answer any questions for you and Hung up.. smdh.

I recieved 5 calls from them today told them I didn't need the money to give it back to gov. Then I called our local police so they were aware of the fraud thank god for Google

it was brad johnson this time. bad actor w/ indian accent trying to get me to send "processing fee" of 285.00 to some charity in india.... yea, as if!

first number the woman on the phone gave me was 202-657-4742.  The number for her officer was 202-657-6252.  She said his name was Nelson Webb.  I did give my info for a prepaid card that I knew had no money just to see what happens.  Then before I called the number she gave me, I googled it.  When I read this info, I reported to the Bank for my prepaid card and cancelled the card. Thanks for the information

I got the same call saying Nelson Webb would deposit the money. They don't like questions. Just ask as many questions as possible and they will hang up

Received a call to verify my identity to receive 7000 dollars.

I got the same call. An Indian man named Zaim called that 15 people in my area qualified for this grant. I mean he knew my first and last name, my address. He said I was one of the lucky ones and wanted to know what I plan to use with the 7,000. Then told me to call another # and talk to David Cohan. So i called this David and he told me he needs to know my debit card number and the 3 numbers in the back and the expiration date. He says they will deposit it into my account. But i told them how are you gonna deposit when you guys dont have my account number. What you gonna do with my debit card # unless you are going to use it and this is a scam. David was saying it is not a scam and that he is in charge of the Grants in Washington DC and that they can deposit cus of the 3 # in the back of the card. This guy really thinks im dumb. Then he says there is a processing fee of 260.00 and i gotta send it western union. LMBO! thats when i knew it was B***S***! i told him since he is in charge send the 7000 first then i will pay the 260 and then he says he will get fired and if he were up to him he would do it. Then i told him im a single mother with 3 kids, unemployed dont know where the father of my kids are and then he asks "why you have kids and no husband" geeezzz thats when i knew this guy is from a 3rd world country asking me why im not married to the father of my kids. (kinda gettin personal) then i told him cus this is America and i can do whatever i want. haha. Then he asks if i have a FB and i said YUP! then he says" well can u at least get 200 then you get the grant and then pay 60" OMGEEZy! hella caught! i was like yeah right where u calling from? India? cus you sure sound indian. then hes like im calling from washington dc and gave me the address. and i told him anyone can look up the address to the white house. i can google it right now. LMBO! these scammers are CRAZZZYYYY! they would do anything. im mean this guy asked if i have a FB. then i told him you guys are B***S***TING then he pulled a "sorry maame? maam? i cant hear you. your voice is breaking up" whats funny is i asked him can you hear me now and he says NO! LOL. i was like well u can hear me cus you jst answered my question! wow what a waste of 30min of my life! but it sure was hella funny getting the guy caught up. but anyways ...DO NOT FALL FOR IT! cus im pretty sure you dont have to pay for a grant. Isnt that the reason why try to get one in the first place? smh. Cus i sure did ask him. Why shld i pay for a grant? thats why i need a grant or loan cus im BROKE as hell. HAHAHAHAHA....

right  on......


glad  to  see   people  with  common  sense  here !!!!   : )


p.s.


the   "  202"  area  code  fraud  scam   is  now  out  of  control..............contact    your  locla  police  department and  related  agencies  if  and  when  you  can...........


cheers

Yes, call your bank. NOW. Immediately.

You gave your account number to criminals so the first thing you must do is have the bank shut that account down and give you another account in its place. Then try to stop any transactions that these crooks may have attempted. Make sure you tell your bank that you are being defrauded, which is different than just making a mistake, and explain the situation -- your bank may already be aware of this scam, it's been going on for a while.

WHY ?  would   you   give  out  any  personal and    financial  info ?

IF  you  did ,    cancel  your  credit  cards   NOW .....inform  your  bank  (  even  better ,  close  all bank  accounts  asap )  etc........

so what should i do if i gave them my account info? call my bank does anyone know?

Service Provider   LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS
Type   CLEC
Location   RESTON, VA
Telephone Technical Information  
Central Office Code   RSTNVA91DS0
Rate Center   RESTON (VA)
LATA   236

more  than likely   (  99  %  )   the  "  202"  area  code  fraud  scams   going  around !!!

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

here's a  few  other  numbers  posted  from  the   same  area  code  offering a  wide  variety  of  scams  /  collecting  for  non  existant  "  payday  loans "....free  money / scam  giveaways /  $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  you  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

202-621-0436  ( offshore  foreign  call center ? )  poor  english and  violent on the  phone!  claim  to  be  giving  away  $1,000's  in  free cash....just  give  them all your  personal  info  etc....

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
202-688-5712
202-800-0026

yeah so i just got a call on my house phone they new my name is gave them my card info i dont have money in it but yeah i called the number back it just went beep beep beep and theres no mr. david lee haha at 202 657 6252

My mother in law got the call her from similar number his name was Steve Johnson she sent the money it was 250 and they asked her for a other 500 to get the 7500  western union I did not know until after she did it and she is and elderly lady people r sorry for doing thing like this

I just got done talking to a Andy Johnson, female who barely spoke english and mumbled  most of her words. I was approved for 7k, and at first i thought it was real..being i am about to go to school. So i listened and wad excited. Then she dropped the bomb of going to Western Union to pay 310  for processing fee. I tried to clarify her words and had her repeat it...I asked" so u want me to pay 310 to get 7k back, right? She said, "yes, a processing fee is 310 dollars" I told ner then" look here lady, i know all about government loans and grants. Not once have i ever heard of paying to get a grant. Am i right?" She didnt say anything and i hung up. No money n my acct, so not worried.....SCAM ALERT!!!!!!!

Hey all!  I just thought I would leave my comment.  I recieved 2 calls today from two different 202 numbers (but very close) one was a indian accent man telling me that we qualified for a $5,000 loan.  Lately my wife has been looking and recieved a payday loan online.  After we recieved the $650 payday loan our phones blew up and havent stopped yet.  We both really regret using a payday loan site and dont suggest this for anyone as most of them are around 350% A.P.R. which is 3 and a half times the amount you loan making it difficult to pay back unless you get a low amount installment loan, which we still dont recommend.  Anyways they wanted me to pay $240 to recieve my $5,240 in my bank account in 20 min. He even said he would stay on the line with me with the "federal bank" on the line too as he stated.  I almost laughed so hard i pee'd myself. LOL anyways when I told him he was a scam he quickly got defensive and told me to reconsider and he would call me back friday.  Well sorry to tell him its gonna be the same answer.  Then I recieved another call from same 202 area code and it sounded like same guy ( whos name the first time was Alex Johnson and the second time was Kevin Smith} HHHMMMMM sounds kinda crazy considering they barely spoke a lick of english.  Anyways same company name BOTH TIMES!! Except this time I am approved for a free $7,000 government grant for being an outstanding american citizen!  Hooraayy for me!. But the need $310 in order to process my funds.  I asked them if they realized they called me 2 hrs earlier trying to get me to send them money to recieve a $5,000 payday loan.  They just kept interupting me and trying to get me to send some charity $310 in order to recieve my $7,000 free grant!. LOL YA RIGHT..  PLEASE DONT FALL FOR THESE SCAMMERS!! I DIDNT, IF YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED A CASH LOAN THERE ARE DECENT LENDERS OUT THERE. www.magnumcashadvance.com is the best site that we have been able to find.  Got a $650 instalment loan that we are able to pay back with 8 weekly payments.  If you cant get one there the chance of getting anything other than $200 one week loan is not likely. Anyways hope this helps whoever into not giving these J@CKAS%'S your hard earned money!

said i was approved for us government grant to call this number 202-657-6252 and give them some id number but no one ever answered.

I got a call from a man with an Indian accent telling me I won a grant for $7.000. I was so excitedi just lost my apt. And have been going from place to place for a week. The man said to call this number and ask for Mary Johnsonwith my personal secret code ( jn132 ) . When I did she told me that inorder to collect my money I had to sent $210. To there specific homeless charity.  I told her I am the homeless and that she could take twice the donation amount requested if she took it out of the grant she said no it had to be my own money.  I gave her my checking account number already for the deposit my account using the minus. I didn't think I would be glad that its in the minus.   If this is a scam something needs to be done already.  If its real then they should be made to change there policies.

Yeah, got the same call today. He said he was from the US Gov. but it took me 5 times for him to explain who he said he was. I couldn't understand what the heck he was saying. I told him that the US Gov. needs to buy your office new fri**in phones. I mean these guys suck soo bad at trying to fraud somebody its hilarious. So I started giving him a huge runaround. Strung him along  and gave him a bogus credit card #.

We should all get together and hunt these scammers down and then file charges.  I suspect they are really in India with a DC phone connection.  The most they can steal from me is $100 from my protected account.  I started calling them asking them why my $7000 has not been deposited yet.  I will keep calling as long as the number is active.  In this age of technology, there is no excuse for these scammers to be violating our citizens.  WTF is going on with our do-little agencies??

So did you pay it?

Just received a phone call to my cell phone regarding a government grant under Department of Health Management Services. The fellow who called gave his name as Michael Lee his accent was definitely Asian. This man innformed me I was entitled to a Government Grant because of my good standing with U.S. Treasury department. He gave a pin number and phone number to call  of 202-657-6252. Good thing I contacted the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services provided them with the info given me. The Customer Service representative googled the number of 202-657-6252...and said it was a SCAM. He asked for me to google the number given and review the comments stated regarding phone number of 202-657-6252.

this some mothafucking bs them bi****s had thinking crzy s*** lmao wow the guy was talking aww fast n s*** lol really didnt kno wtf he was tlking about

This is a scam dont fall for it they will take your money and run iknow

I know this was a scam. Lady with Indian accent, Ms Pelsi,  called asking the information about my credit card deposit of $ 7,500 grant to my account. She gave me confirmation number LZ125 and the number to call back the manager is 202 657 6252. The managers name is Mary Johnson.  To may end, she did not know that I gave her a debit card without funds. Please follow up this scam operation. Do not answer any call with Indian Accent!!!

got the same msg was tld to call mary johnson/ i never called cause it seemed fishy. I just googled the number for info/ thanks

that is just fiucked up got my hopes up to save my moms house. those people are evil. as soon as they told me to send money i said bs no. hope they get locked up and shitbeat!