I filled out a fafsa 3 months ago and have Verizon

(202) 666-2441 DC, USA is what my caller ID says and I don't answer calls i don't know. Not sure if this is the same people as mentioned on this post. Right after I ignored their call another DC number called my fiancé (509) 646-8945 his phone said unknown but I looked it up online and it says it's a landline number.  The number that called me has done it a few times.

I got called twice from this number with a hang up.

It is a scam:
http://www.snopes.com/fraud/advancefee/grants.asp

" Regarding the government grant scam, keep these three points in mind:

   The U.S. Government does not telephone people to offer them grants.

   Grants are never guaranteed, nor are they issued for no apparent purpose, so folks should be downright suspicious of any talk of grants where the words "free" or "guarantee" are bandied about.

   Real government grants require extensive documentation with great attention to detail. There is nothing simple or painless about securing a government grant."

I got the same call twice and he told me i was going to get 8,400 from the United States Grant Department, he said to me the same things he said to you, then i asked if he could mail the check instead of me giving him my account number and he said that they could not do it, and it needed to be wired into a bank account. The first time he called i bombarded him with all these questions and this time when he called he seemed to have all the answers... it sounds fishy to me

i have been getting calls all week from 202 numbers never picked up till today. They told i was given a grant of 10,000 which later became 8,000. He told me i was chosen because i payed my taxes on time and haven't filed for bankrupt. Then he told me that all i needed to do was give him my account numbers to my bank. I told him that i don't have that info he kept on asking for it. He eventually told me he would call back later. Next time think about asking to get a check to see what the say.

Same type of call as everyone else. The phone 202-666-6600 are the same scammers. What scares me is that they called my unpublished cell and asked for me by name. The students at my college who receive these calls begin getting them 24 hrs after their FAFSA confirmation through gmail. The students who have not done their FAFSA have not received the calls. I would like to find out where the leak is from. From what I know, this has happened to people from different states and with different phone carriers. Has anyone else filled out a FAFSA or have a gmail account?

Got a call from them about an hour ago. Didn't answer this time. They called me yesterday and when I told them I didn't have a bank account they hung up.

same thing, they called me saying i won a grant of 8,400, when i told them i wasnt confortable giving them my info and if i could have a day or 2 to research them, they got mad and told me if i didnt believe them then i could do it myself and that he would not call me again because he had 1500 other people to attened i wanted my parents to hear so i asked him to repeat what he had said and he told me if i had a hearing problem i got mad so i hung up they called me back within a few seconds and asked why i hung up and blah blah blah so i hung up again they called AGAIN and i said dont yu have 1500 other people to attend dont call back or esle i will call the police this is harrasment.... this happened like 30 mins ago

U DC PP's have nothing better to do then call my #  ask my name and then HUNG UP ON ME ................... REALLY .................. UM   WHY DON'T U SPEND UR TIME  AND LEARN THE CONST , AND THE BILL OF RIGHT ,, AND DON'T PLAY GAMES WITH ME NOR MY NUMBER .....................

Same call as above. Told I was chosen to receive grant money, but I had to give a bank account. I told him I wasn't comfortable with it and I believe that was a scam. To which he immediately hung up.

Got the same call

This phone number is used by people in Washington DC who seem to be immigrants. they say they are from the United States government. they claim that they are giving away free grant money from the government. it seems to be a big ol scam