Patrick called last week, I hung up on him.  He called back today and gave me this phone number to call and a code ac141to give to the operator when they answered.  I told them I wanted cash so the only thing they asked me for was my address.  Said they were the government giving "grants" of $7500.00 out to a selected 1700 people.  I took the information down and hung up.  I figured it was some sort of scam and did not want to call the number as directed.  Wasn't sure what would happen.  The number Patrick called from was "unknown".

I just received a phone call saying I was entitled to 7500.00 in a fed grant. She asked me if I wanted it deposited in my checking, money gram, or western union. I said western union. She gave me a confirmation number and as she started telling me the number to call back we were disconnected. A few hours later a man called and said the same thing but gave me a different confirmation number but the whole phone number. I called the number but got no answer. I then went on the web and found this site. They were not speaking well English. So beware they are still out there.

omg I AM A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE I JUST LOST EVERYTHING BECAUSE I HAD TO RUN AND START A NEW LIFE AND THEN I GET A DUMB CALL LIKE THIS. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIVING ME FREES MONEY. ARE YOU KIDDING I COULD NOT EVEN GET HELP TO GO INTO A SHELTER WHEN I NEEDED TO BE SAFE. IS SAD TO PLAY WITH PEOPLES EMOTIONS ESPECIALLY WHEN SOMEONE IS GOING THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

sounds to good to be true then it is fake

got the call today know about two sec. that it was a hoax. They're English was bad the could not till me how the got my name and why am get the money. Do not give this people a thing they are just some conartist .

They called me today said I was selected for a grant fro 7500. I know damn well aint nobody giving no free money away. They need to put a stop to this. I asked them what the catch was I have to 300 dollars on a card.Whatever they won't get me.

MY SON RECEIVED A CALL FROM THIS NUMBER.  NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES SHE CALLED SHE WAS VERY AGGRESSIVE.  SOUNDED VERY FOREIGN.  MY SON WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN HE WAS NOT INTERESTED.  HOW ARE THESE PEOPLE GETTING INFORMATION.  THEN STARTED TO YELL AT MY SON.  I THEN TRIED TO YELL AT HER BUT SHE HUNG UP.  IF THEY WERE FROM THE US GOVERNMENT THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE...AT ALL...SCAM SCAM SCAM  REPORTING THEM TO THE POLICE.

Im gladd a checked before calling, i waited to tell my wife and she said the goverment doesnt give anything,(they take everything) we just got to work hard... Very tru.

Just got a call from these people. they said they were from the government but all had foreign accents. they said i had qualified for a 7500 dollar grant that i did not have to pay back. i thought it all sounded weird so i told the lady how do i know this is real and not someone just trying to get my information and she said hold on a minute. when she came back on the phone she gave me an id number and a call back number. she said call this number give them this id number and they will explain it to you. still thinking this sounds weird i go ahead and call the 202-559-7618  number and it rings forever and finally another lady answers she takes the id number and then says that i had selected to recieve cash and i say again how do i know this is real and not a scam. she gets flustered and says hold on a minute. after about 10 minutes she gets back on and says that she has to talk to her supervisor to please hold again. before i could say anything she puts me on hold and then hangs up. Thank god i was smart enough to realise something wasnt right and not give my information. and thanks to this site for letting me know i wasnt the only one. my question is tho how did they get my name with the phone number when i have a prepaid phone? how did they get my birthdate and address? someone needs to stop theses people.

I got this call from the "Grant Department" telling me to call this number to get my $7500.00 in free grant money.
Nobody speaks English, I called back and the woman who answered told me F--K you when I asked who they were.

I got the same BS call about receiving a $7500 grant for being awesome and paying my bills. I asked a million questions and asked "if the country is in a trillion dollars in debt, how can they give away free money?" Out of curiosity I called the 202 # and the woman gave me the whole western union spill just like everyone else. I immediately check the # online and sure enough a scam like I expected. I called the # back (since the initial call comes from "unavailable") and I told the lady if they ever called me again I would report them to the FTC. She said " did I ever call you? NO!! You're a f****r" and hung up on me. Obviously a scam, but I got a great laugh out of her accent saying "f****r" hahahahaha

I got a call from this number asking to deposit a amount of money to resive money from the government a amount of 7750

Really you got to be kidding me SCAM the moment she said I had to have $290.00 it's all B***S***.

Just had them call me and I couldn't understand what they were saying.  Free $7500, sure we know the government is just wanting to give out lots of extra money.

I had the same thing. The call came in as unavailable and it was an Indian man. They gave me a confirmation # and told me to call back (202) 559-7618. I searched the number and found these posts. So I called back and gave the lady (also Indian) my confirmation number. I asked her what the catch was and she said no catch I would just have to pay a $295 release fee since the money would be going from one state to another. I said well no I would rather not pay any money. She said "OK fine!" and hung up.

same thing happened to me just now telling me they work for a government and will send me 7500 but need my information my DOB but I said I cant give this to you and he asked me how old I am so I told him. but he said to get my money I have to call this number 202 559 7618 so scam.

/don't do it

Blow their phones up , we just called and tried to sell them bogus magazine subscriptions..lol they called back and swore at us in a very ghetto slang ...lol..have some fun with it..

Just called and called and called and called the number...finally this lady called me with a worse accent than the guy who did who called me about my awesome grant....I messed with the first guy, he did a bunch of verifying of my name and phone number...I don't him all his information is wrong...he said don't worry I can have some one verify for you again. so the chick called back and said...yes I am calling for the grant information you wanted...then I told them I know they are a scam and they need to stop that they have been reported to the NSA! I was called a Bi*tch and to stop calling her at the 202-559-7618 number!

I received the call yesterday,9-19-13. A woman, speaking poor English informed me that I had been selected to receive $7500 due to a Grant Government Give-Away, a once in a life time deal!! She provided the 202-559-7618 number and she told me that I had to call back with the confirmation number that she had given me.
I knew that this was a Scam from the "Get-Go".  I called the number and another woman answered, she said she was the mananger and she was from the US Government. Again, the same verbage, " I had been selected to receive grant money."  She had no idea that I have years of experiance in grant writing and there are many rules to receive a grant, including an application.
Call the Fraud Department and your bank to report these scammers.

It seems that this is a big operation after reading in Google the number of individuals getting these calls for various years.  Why have they not been caught is my question?

Do not provide any information. Report to the authorities.
JM

I also received the same call, claiming that I had won the Grand Prize.  I followed along, aware that It could possibly be a scam. Gave me a money confirmation # and told me to call 202 559 7618.  I did as I was told and called, a women then answered. When I told her I wasn't going to pay she mumbled awhole bunch of stuff and hung up on me. I called back again just to annoy them. The same women answered, now if it really was the government chances are you won't get the same person. I told her to explain why I wasn't going to get my money, she got so pissed off and started yelling that it was a government policy and hung up. Now come on, I get a better customer service call from Walmart then I did with them. It's a scam so be careful.

To report fraud grants:

To report the fraud, go here:
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support/general-support/grant-fraud.html

Their number is listed , along with an email address, at the top of the page.

Service Provider
     LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS
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     CLEC
Location
     HYATTSVILLE, MD


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     WASHDC5J117
Rate Center
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     236

What a scam. they could at least get someone that talks with a northern or southern accent. Too bad people do fall for it or they would not keep doing it.  Be care out there

they called my wifes phone when I called back the lady got very defenseave

i have seen scams like these before. when the cashier at your bank enters the information on the check into your back account it empties your bank account into theirs. its a pretty s****y move.

Well they are still up to their SCAMMMMIN ways called me today wanted
292.00 to get 7500.00 i think not googled the number and even got an address in wisconsin gonna report tham ASAP don't send them anything................. called me from 202-559-7618 and 414-364-1111

Said i was selected for grant and number doesnt check  out a scam

I just received the same phone call from some guy with an Ontario phone # 416-364-1111 who called me about 4 times today so I finally answered the phone. He gave me the same story as the others along with the 202-559-7618 # & an ID # to give when I called as SOON AS POSSIBLE to verify my information for the FREE MONEY. My son called the # for me & I looked it up online. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for the information everyone. You know what they say, "If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is". I will be calling the Federal Trade Commission & reporting this.  This is definitely a SCAM.

def got the same call so I googled the number and wazs told that it was a scam I in returned told her that it was a scam and she told me that  she can google my number and tell me im a scam lol hilarious she then hung up and didn't answer again........ there wasn't even a automated option list in the beginning and I don't know any government agency that doesn't have a optopn list