Received call stating the govt. wanted to give me 8,500.00.. i asked to speak to supervisor...she gave me sup.. I told him if he had money to send me mail it to me! Then asked for his Fed. Id number, and he provided some BS number....I called him out on his "scam" and told him we have been watching him and all the others, and advised him to call his lawyer! He hung up mid sentence!! ;)
Calling about Government Grants....sounded weird, call center in background. I said no thanks and asked to be removed from calling list. She said thank you and good bye.
PLEASE NOTE !!! THESE SCAMMERS ARE IMPERSONATING THE US GOV'T / SEVERAL GOV'T OFFICES AND RELATED PERSONS....BEWARE !!!
- they are also impersonating DEA officials / IRS / FAKE LAW FIRMS etc.... 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 call centers / countries !!!!
we've traced back most of these numbers to offshore foreign call centers mostly 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 / calling on behalf of a humane society..... $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 / give ....just provide your 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............