Thank you to all who have given detailed information. I just want to find out which numbers to block.   I would NEVER give anyone my personal or financial information on the phone unless I made the call to a person or business that I know.  I will not even answer calls from numbers unfamiliar, I just let the answering machine get it and if it is legitimate I can call back or pick up.

I DIDN'T ANSWER, I NEVER ANSWER #'S THAT I DON'T RECOGNIZE!!!!!!!!!

I'm from PA and my scenario is the same as Lou's.  A guy with an Indian accent called to inform me that I had been selected to receive a $7000 grant and that 1700 grants were being awarded.  He knew my full name and address.  I asked for away to verify his information.  He sent me to www.govtgrants.com.  When I saw that the website had to do with Australian industry I decided to search more and ended up at this site.  The only difference from Lou is that the phone number showed as (859) 472-2043.  He is suppose to call me back in an hour.  I know I won't be answering. Hopefully this post will help someone else from getting involved.  Thanks to those of you who took the time to post your information.

I'm from St.Cloud, Minnesota, USA and I received a phone call from some guy with an Indian accent who said he was able to get me a grant. He stated that I was chosen to get a $7,000 grant check, and all he needed was my savings account number for the deposit to take place. So I asked him "how do I know if this is a scam? Then he said www.govtgrants.com was their website and to call this number (347)809-3634 so I could verify it wasn't a scam and to give them my 5 digit pin number that he just gave me and my deposit would happen with 30-35 minutes. I had to leave for an hour and then I called the number and it didn't work. I then went to Google and typed in the website and got here!  I also star 69'd the number and this #came up: (816)949-8534. This obviously a scam, so it's a good thing I didn't give him a good account number. I am reporting this to give details so that we can together catch him. Please let's stop this person for all our sakes.

I got a call from (the caller ID said) Regi Vaccarella and did I know that there is a virus in my computer? I did not stick around for the BS. This is a number that is in my neighborhood here in NYC. Apparently it is a routing number for a wide variety of scams. I reported them to the Do Not Call registry.

with an indian accent and american name, he said i was chosen to recieve 50.000 in free goverment money. i put his phone number on googlethen the website came in is this page. i hope these scammers get caught and imprisoned for long time

Just received a call from the same person James just few minutes ago. sound too good to b true. they were very unprofessional and just didn't add up. He said i was chosen to receive the sum of $50000 ant it's not payable by check only debit or credit card. beware everyone!!!!!

i got this call from james petterson who is suppositly from us gov grant , she wanted 300 dollars to get comphermaion number , in oder to get funds from wesrern un ,so i passed , don't know why any body should pay for free money from the usa.

WOW!!

I have that James guy calling me too!! what is this, sounds like a trick! he also said to me the I was chossen for 30000 grant!!

too wierd

my call came from 586-630-3436 the gentalman said his name was James Peters he
ask for my name  and address and i said to him if you are from the gov. you know all you need to know
about me  he went on to tell me that i had been choosen to receive a 50,000.00 grant
that i would not have to pay a penny back he even went as far to say you can open up a zero
balance account or put the money in a family members account so i told him to call me back in a few hours he didn't call in two hours but called the next day when i heard his voice i just hung up

I recieved a phone call from Jessica Rogers, a Rep from Gov't Grants. She stated that i was chosen to get a check from Gov't Grants, all shee needed was my checking account number for the deposit to take place. I asked her for her name and number so I could verify it wasn't a scam. I then went to Google and typed in the number and got here!

i recently applied for a job via email on craigslist.com.  the job was listed as data entry clerk.  i received an email reply from JUSTIN MORGAN stating that he and his wife would be traveling to the US from Sydney, Australia and needed someone to take care of his accounting needs while his wife was finishing her studies through the Department of Environmental Protection.  He offered two weeks wages in advance plus extra funds to pay for his "travel stuffs."  I immediately shared the email with family members to get a second opinion, because it sounded too good to be true, and while i'm desperately in need of a job, i'm not desperate enough to be taken by a fraud.  Needless to say, i did not pursue the opportunity because one family member found this site with others who have had contact with JUSTIN MORGAN.  Just wanted to place this update for all to be aware that JUSTIN MORGAN or whoever he may be is still out there, trying the same tricks with new games.  BEWARE...if it sounds to good to be true, IT IS!

Some of you people are actually stupid enough to fall for this?  If so, you deserve to lose your money.  Hey I will send you a million dollars next week if you will pay me 5,000 in taxes now.  Any takers out there?  Apparently yes.  There is a sucker born every minute.

I recieved a call from a Justin Morgan with the same parameters.   I kept him on the line as long as I could stand it to prevent him from talking to someone else.  He tried every trick in the book to get me to give him my info so he could give me 5000 from the Federal Government, and a free secret medical card.
He had a Indian accent.
  When I finally hung up after about 40 minutes, he called back and said F- you F- you, coward.
  I tried tracing the call back, but they must have a way to make wrong numbers appear on the caller id.  It didn't work, and the number he gave was from another party in a different town than he said.

An Indian with an american name like Justin Morgan?????

I laughed at him on the phone.  He didn't like that.  

  There sure are some scamers out there.

I was given this number by a friend that has received money from this program. It wasn't a scam in my eyes so i called this number myself. I gave them the information that they needed. i didn't receive the money on the day that they told me so i put a fraud alert on m account. Nothing was taken out of the account. (good thing)so i tried calling them back to ask them what was going on and they told me that i gave wrong information. So to all of you that fell for it like i did put an alert on your account.

The Unfortunate

This person, Eric Called and informed me that, I would be receiving $5,400.00 dollars and that to leave $326.76 in my Account for the Taxes on this money will frozen my Account and will not receive and call from this person. When you called them back they tell you do you want thos money. I informed them that this was a scam and they keep telling you do you want this money are not. We live in New Orleans, La and we are trying to get our life and home together and they trying to take advantage of the people in New Orleans, La. We been through enough. They just don't know how, I mib=nd are working here in New Orleans, La................the same exact thing happened to me...how could people be so cold hearted and cruel....

Please beware!! I have received several phone calls from an agent of govtgrants.com.  Believe me, if there was any truth to this transaction then you would not have to put up any money. Grants are FREE MONEY! Nothing is to be paid back and there are no fees. Put your money into something more lucrative like a piggy bank.

Yes this number is a total SCAM.  Thank God I didn't get robbed by them but I know several people that have already had money deducted from the accounts they gave these people.  The person that contacted me was Roy Caster and he is a FOREIGNER but passes an American name as his.  They promise you like about $5,000 but it is not real, even the website they give you is a fake as I already called it in Australia and they are not affliated with them whatsoever nor do they even have American clients as they only do business in Australia.  Be aware and if you are reading this and have already done it then simply call your bank to freeze your account and then go to your bank and close it and open up a NEW account.  Also, if they have already deducted money from your account then you need to inform your bank of this fraud / scam that you were in so they can investigate and return your money as this is a total scam!  Also, report them to your local FBI agency as there are different local ones depending where you live...file the complaint on ic3.gov

This person, Eric Called and informed me that, I would be receiving $5,400.00 dollars and that to leave $326.76 in my Account for the Taxes on this money will frozen my Account and will not receive and call from this person. When you called them back they tell you do you want thos money. I informed them that this was a scam and they keep telling you do you want this money are not. We live in New Orleans, La and we are trying to get our life and home together and they trying to take advantage of the people in New Orleans, La. We been through enough. They just don't know how, I mib=nd are working here in New Orleans, La.

I got a call from jessica rogers a rep grom govt grants.  She asked for my dob and account number said they would give me 5000 dollars.  It is a scam.  I will be contacting the FBI.  I issued a fraud alert on my account and I am going to my local news.  We will bust her sooner or later.  I hope you are reading this jessica rogers you have screwed the wrong person.

Olivia spears