I just received a call from an unknown number, but previously from this number about 2 wks ago. They said how I had been approved out of thousands and they selected 1500 people to receive a grant for 7k. I thought it was immediately fishy. 1. accent/ 2. Saturday afternoon call/ 3. the fact they said I qualified due to the fact that I had paid all of my bills on time and never filed bankruptcy.(all of which are not true)

I asked the first representative questions regarding, how they received my information, why I would have to call another # back and give a confirmation number, and lastly what is the title of the grant it was under. The representative became VERY flustered and passed the phone to a supervisor that said he would be 'dealing' with me from now on. I preceded with questions, can I have a call back number to call you right back if you are who you say you are, where are you located, what time is it where you are call from, and do you have my address since you proclaim to have my information from the US gov't? Of course I did not receive a proper response to any of my questions. After a long pause and me saying hello, I said I am requesting that you remove my name and number from your list and this call is being recorded. They instantly hung up. Yes it is a scam, no DO NOT give them any account information. If you have, close your accounts. go to www.donotcall.gov and list all of your numbers.

I got a call from an unknown number saying i was approved for a 8400.00 grant from the government because i was randomly selected for a couple of reasons. One being i paid my taxes consistently and another being i had not filed bankruptcy in the last 20 years. I was shocked.. asked how much this is going to cost me repeatedly and was told nothing its a grant mam it doesnt have to be paid back. I had applied awhile back so i figured that it had to do with that. He said we can just directly deposit the money into your account and i sadly gave him my account info. I was given a number and told to call.. a Kelly Johnson and give them a confirmation code as soon as i hung up with them. I did that and the phone rang and rang and rang then got the message.. im sorry but this voice mail box is full. SO i then called my bank to transfer any money was in that account to my other account and will be closing the account i gave for immediately..
Scammers should be shot..
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This is a SCAM!!! We should never have to wire money to get what is really owed to you!!! I' m so pissed that someone is going to fall for this because my son almost did until I started asking questions!!!

These people are fake and need to be tryd in court they called me yesterday from this number 202-905-0699 and asked for $230 for a charity and in return i would recieve $8,400 i knew it was too good to be true im glad i googled this number and seen that this was really a scam thanks google....

I RECEVIED A PHONE CALLED SAYING MY FINICAL AID CAME THROUGH OF 7000 DLRS AND FOR THEMTO PUT MY MONEY ON MY CARD THEY NEED AN ACCOUNT NUMBER AND ITLL BE ON THERE IN 30 MIN THEN HE SAYS I NEED TO CALL 2024369677 HIS SUPERVISOR AND CONFIRM MY NUMBER AND THEMONEY WILL BE THERE THEN I CALLED NUMBER HE HAD ALL MY INFORMATION ALREADY HE SAYS SEND 280 DLRS THROUGH WESTERN UNION FOR CHARITY AND CALL HIM BACK WHEN I DO IT SO HE CAN TRANSFER MY MONEY ON THE CARD.... IDK WHATS GOIIN ON BUT THESE SCMAS NEEDS TO STOP RIGHT NOW CAUSE I WAS SO HAPPY ITS THAT TIME RENT DO TOO HELL GOT MY HOPES UP....THE WEIRD LANGUGE GUY ALSO SAYS WHENEVER I COME UP WITH MONEY CALL THE 202 NUMBER BACK AND WE CAN MAKE TRANSACTION AT SAME TIME.... HAHAHHA DONT FALL FOR IT GUYS CAUSE I NEVER HEARD OF U FINACIAL AID IS HERE BUT IN ORDER TO RECIVE U HAVE TO DONATE MONEY OUT OF YOUR POCKET FIRST.... SHAMEEEE

i want some details from you mike kindly get back to with this email so can talk better ok fgmakukula@yahoo.com. Call this number if you have got the email. +2348188470223

I have received a phone call from this number for the last 2 weeks. Every time that I would answer no one would answer on the other end and all of a sudden it would show that the call was ended. Today however, someone was on the other line. It was a lady (She was definately from India) She said she was calling from the US Government and had grant money for me in the amount of $8,400. She stated that they would need my checking account information, or my savings account information, or my credit card information. I asked her to verify my personal information and she gave my full name and address and city and state with zip code.She had stated that the money would show up in my account within 50 minutes to an hour. She asked me to call the number: (202) 905-0699 and give them the confirmation code: LE102. The man that answered was also from India and he also stated that I would be getting $8,400 and it would show up on my account in 48-56 hours. I asked the man if he had an address that I could write to, to verify if this was not a scam. He gave me this address: Jason Jackson 4325 or 4326 (I can't read the last number that I wrote.) Southern Avenue South East Washington, D.C. 20019. I asked why it would be addressed to Jason Jackson if it was the US Government. The man stated that Jason Jackson is the name of his Supervisor. I have called my state's Attorney General's Office and reported this and I was told to call the Public Utilities Commission and report this because in my state we have a Do Not Call Registry. So I reported all of this to them as well. I was told by them that these people change there number all of the time and they are calling from another country, but they have a router that would show that they are calling from the United States or Washington, D.C. 20019. THIS IS A SCAM!!! I CONFIRMED IT WITH THE COLLEGE THAT I AM ATTENDING AND ALSO CONFIRMED IT BY LOOKING ONLINE. DO NOT EVER GIVE OUT ANY OF YOUR BANKING ACCOUNT INFORMATION OR YOUR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION OVER THE PHONE TO A 3RD PARTY!!!!!

I recieved a call after 6:00pm from a lady called Hazel telling me she is calling from the US Government Grant Dept and the reason for calling is that I have been selected for a $7000 grant, i was given this number as my Money Affable # HA012 and that I should call her Manager Patrick Parker who will release this money. I asked when I could call and she said right awy after the call.... I waited for sometime and called but the line kept acting after a while as soon as it starts dialing, finally Patrick Parker picks it and hurriedly says please call me tommorrow, so i went on and asked what time tommorrow and he says 11:30 Eastern time and hungs on.......... this is too good to be true friends..... Watch out for these people.................

just gotta call from 970-589-4341 said i had a 8,400$ garnt waitin for me already had all my info. told me to call 202-905-0699 with my aproval # i did he didnt answer. it sounded like a cell phone so i went online and did a reverse phone search and it was a cell. dude called me back and gave me the scoop. lol. i hung up on him when he told me i had to donate 105$ to an over sees charity. he called back about 5 min later and told me he had missed my call apologizing. lol i told him i just hung up on him and that i was reading about his scam online. he had the nerve to yell at me and tell me he was gonna take some money out of my account. lol jokes on him i dont have money in that account. ha ha ha ha ha

I just received a call saying I had a government grant of $8400 and he took all of my information. I asked multiple times if this could be a scam but he sounded sincere. He did have an accent though... Then he gave me a grant approval number and contact information for a woman named Juliana Fisher a 202 number and I called and thats when she told me I needed to go to a western sky and wire $205. I said why can't you just subtract that from the grant money? She said it was to help third world countries. SUCH A SCAM! UGH!!

I just received a call from 234-678-7548.  It was from a guy who claimed to be a  government rep named Kevin who claimed I was suppose to collect $7000 in grant money for paying my bills and taxes on time had no trouble with the law and hadn't filed bankruptcy .  Now I knew something was up when I heard the very heavy Indian accent(Flash back to my days dealing with Sprint Customer service UGH) and about 150 other voices in the background. but I kept up the conversation to see where this was going. "Kevin" was very pushy and tried not to give me room to think and insisted that the money was free and there was no catch, he promised that after the call and grant process completion I would be given a number to call his manager Patrick Parker  who would be able to wrap things up and give me every detail behind the grant he then continued with asking my address and my age, quickly afterward unloading options to receive my wonderful $7000 grant. Direct Deposit, Visa, Master, or CASH!!!  Now you know by then I had to laugh to myself and ask "In Cash are you serious!?" I couldn't believe this guy tried to pull a scam and offered cash, so of course I said "I want CASH!" silly guy didn't know what to do with himself.  he then proceeded to give me a confirmation number PK5006 and a phone number to reach his ever so wonderful imaginary boss Patrick Parker 202-657-4837, stated it would take only 30 minutes to receive my CASH after I spoke with Parker  and rushed off the phone shamed by a failed scam.  I called the number to see if it even worked, and sure enough it rang but gave a busy signal due to all the poor souls calling that couldn't wait to see those 7Gs appear in their direct deposit. Beware

I just got the call as well...I gave them my info...she said I would have the 8400 in my account within an hour...I called the 202 number back and got a voice mail i left a message called back and no one answered......I didnt get asked for money tho...

PLEASE  NOTE !!!   THESE  SCAMMERS  ARE ALSO IMPERSONATING   THE  US  GOV'T /  SEVERAL  GOV'T  OFFICES AND   PERSONS....BEWARE !!!

-  new  twist  is  they  are   also  impersonating  DEA  officials   with  threats  to  arrest you  unless  you  immediately  send money  via  wire   transfer /  western  union   to some   offshore  country  !!!!!   obvious  scam  !!!

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 / AFRICA  /  JAMAICA  ETC....

here's a  few  other  numbers  posted  from  the   same  area  code  offering a  wide  variety  of  scams  /  fake  emails and  scams  after  posting  something  on   craigslist   (  old  scam  )  ...... 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........


202-552-1545
202-657-4485
202-684-6393
202-607-2732
202-657-6800
202-905-0682
202-215-2622
202-202-0000  ( fake  #  )
202-559-4661
202-684-6796
202-615-1823
202-239-0331
202-407-7213
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
202-239-2860
202-470-0037
202-239-1271
202-379-1935
202-470-6720
202-505-6138
202-650-6145
202-715-6610
202-684-8622
202-800-5517
202-559-4664
202-436-9919
202-241-4267
202-827-0660
202-599-8821
202-407-9217
202-280-7882
202-391-0961
202-640-5457
202-640-5495
202-640-2926
202-559-7869
202-434-1317
202-738-9778
202-644-8989
202-730-9945
202-580-8490
202-827-1692
202-747-7372
202-280-7264
202-496-0986
202-556-4418
202-709-3010
202-445-7881
202-679-4428
202-905-0699
202-896-3563



Caller: 202 AREA COD E FRAUD SCAMS

SOMEONE CALLED WITH THE BIGGEST STUPIDEST JOKE. THEY MENTIONED THEY ARE CALLING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY. BUNCHES OF BOLOGNA

This happened to me yesterday I gave the info are they going to take $ out of my account? Should I change my account?

i just rec'd a call from the 202 telling me i got a grant of 8,400k i was excited and gave her my info. then before we hung up she said i had to call another number 202 to turn in my approval code to recieve funds then the guy asked for 193.00 to be deposited into western union they didn't give me the wire transfer number they said to call back when i get there and they'll be on the phone until i send it. I think it was werid cause I asked if it's free grant money why not take it out of the grant and just deposit the rest!! i thought this is a scam....

I just got a call from 202-405-4852 and told me to call the above number. Since this is a scam, I need to know how long until my account is in jeopardy.

This needs to be easier to find somehow since it took about 20 mins to find. the only reason i found this is because the name steve mccoy. My boyfriend got a call from these people and gave them all his info and was almost out the door to go give this donation thing. To me it just sounded to good to be true and searched bbb and found nothing. Then the boyfriend gave me the guys names and i found this site and want to thank gosh that this site is here. We deff dont have 200 to lose. Does anyone know if these people have taken money out of the the account without closing your account?

So its a scam????

did anyone actually send the money? and recieve any back?

I NEED TO KNOW IF THIS  IS A SCAM

I recieved a call this afternoon from this man Steve Mccoy and he asked me to call him back this evening at the number above and asked me to go the closet Western Union and give him call and he would give me the info to wire the amount of $254 and then they would send me 8K onto my bank card today.

I too got a call from this scam. The call came from 202-001-5000 and after taking my info and letting me know how lucky I was and all the things I could do with the money, she gave me the 202-905-0699 number and said to call back and talk to Steve McCoy to receive my grant. I should have used a payphone because now I am getting all kinds of solicitations for car loans and payday loans. They must sell the phone numbers they collect.

I was called on Thanksgiven Day 2011 from a number that was 202-905-0699 and the person had a clear foreign accent. Her name was Joyce Weston, she was telling me that I qualified for a $7,000 government grant and that I was picked out from many US tax payers. She wanted my account number and routing number to deposite the funds within 45 minutes. She gave me some guide lines in how I can use the money. I told her it was odd that the US Department was open on a Holiday. Her answer to me was "We are closing shortly and I was the last to be called". She told me if I give her my information and write down my confirmation number I would have to call her supervisor Kelly Johnson and give her my confirmation. I called the above number but the call box was full. A few minutes later Kelly Johnson called and ask for my confirmation number. When I did, she was explaining about a charity program and asked for $129 for the government to help a third world country and this was the only way to receive the 7K. I would have to send the money through Western Union. I said, that was odd and I didn't want to give any money to charity but I still wanted the 7K, she than hung up on me. What a way to try to roin my Thanksgiving.

these same people called and got my imformation said I was approved for a $7,000 GRANT with a western fee of $120. I did not go through with it because I found out this is a scam by calling them back. I change my account #

I just got a call from this number. They said I was selected to recieve $7000 in grad money (that I could spend on any good cause) from the united stated government.
Told me to call 1(202)905-0699 back and speak with Kelly Johnson. I decided to come online first to find out if it's a scam. Glad I looked on here first. There are several like stories from similar phone numbers with the same area code.
Funny how she was supposedly calling on behalf of the US gov, but had an Indian (India) accent and I could barely understand her.

I just got a call today from a number that was clearly not a US number and the person had a clear foreign accent. They said the same thing, that I qualified for a $7,000 government grant and they wanted my account number and routing number. Then gave me this 202 number and told me to call a Kelly Johnson and give her a conf. number. When I did, she asked for $129 for the government to help third world countries. It was to be sent through Western Union within 25 min. I said it sounds like a scam and she said it's not a scam and something like have a nice day and hung up. Had to close my account and open a new one.

Them almost got me, but I ask to many things and they hung up on me. But I need that 7k ;)

I received a call from "Chris" stating I was entitled to a 7k grant the government gives out each year. I gave the information he asked for, and then cancelled my debit card. Where are you going to send the money now? :)

scam smae thing be warn