I was looking for a loan for $1,000.  I got online and filled out an application.  I go the same call telling me to go to Western Union and send them $85 because of my credit report.  This I could understand because my credit needs some help.  After they got this money they called me back and told me I had to send them $165 via Western Union and I would get it back minus it from my loan amount to pay back.Once I did this they wanted me to send them another $165 because the money was blocked and the only way they could get the money was for me to send the another $165 to unblock it.  Western Union said they allready got the 1st $165.  Now they said the only way they can refund my money is for me to send them another $100.  What a SCAN.  and I got took.

They are calling from Delhi, India.

it is all fake..

Just received same exact call - Is there someone trying to check who those Guys are, and stop them ?

Just received a similar call. (October 20, 2011)  I was promised $15,000, but needed to deposit $150. Said I had to go right now to the Western Union. They suggested they would stay on the line with me for about 5 minutes, that it would take to confirm my account, and then my money would be sent to me at the Western Union.  What a joke. Too good to be true!

I don't know of the government working this way. The two people who spoke to me, supposedly the agent and her supervisor also had strong Indian accents.

Just received a similar call.  Said I had to go right now to the Western Union...can't wait until tomorrow.  The location they told me to go to was a bank which was closed.  I was promised $15,000, but needed to deposit $150.  They would stay on the line with me for the 5 minutes it would take to confirm my account, and then my money would be sent to me at the Western Union.  What a joke.  She even had the nerve to call me back to see if I had left the house.

If this legit, then I just lost $15K, but I highly doubt the government works this way.  They also had strong Indian accents.

Just received call from the "IRS"(yeah right) saying I was given a grant of $20,000. All I had to do was go to my closest Western Union and deposit $149. Callers had thick Indian accents. I told them send me a check in the mail, to which they responded we've had a lot of theft with the mail. LOL. I told them how about I send you $22 instead of $149 to which they said it had to match the amount they were giving me.
I wanted to believe I won something, good thing I don't trust anyone.