I received a call from an Andrew Collins today (very thick middle-eastern accent) who said he was with the United States Federal Grant Department and I have been selected to receive $9K to use anyway I choose. I have received several calls like this and when asked to repeat themselves or when pressed for any additional information they usually hang up, so I asked how was I chosen. The caller said my name and number was drawn from several who were on a demographic survey from last year. He then confirmed my information (he gave info to me) and then asked how I wanted to receive my money saying it could be issued via cash, direct deposit to a bank account or credit card, I asked how would it work if I chose cash. He told me I would have to go to a Western Union or a MoneyGram, and proceeded to give me a grant approval #DC3344 and a long distance call back number 206/201/2174 and said I would need to call his supervisor for the Western Union tracking information. I have no intentions of calling the "supervisor"
I get these calls at no less then one a day 5-6 days a week, it is a mess the incoming caller ID changes, this call was on my home phone and the ID read 000000 a day ago it was my cell and the ID was from Ohio or something. But this was the first time asking questions and pressing them for info didn't mess them up making them hang up, so I figured I would share the info I did get.
Anybody else getting similar calls file a report, here's one place you can do that at:
They called stating they were from the US government and that I was eligible for a 9200$ grant for paying my AMERICAN taxes on time. I am a Canadian. lol When I asked questions to catch him in the lie, he got upset, starting telling me to F*** off and that I shouldn't ask questions since it was the government calling. Also, they didn't have any of my accurate info. Example: Nickname instead of real name, wrong address, wrong country. lol
I received the same call today from a woman claiming to be calling from the US government. She told me that I can receive the money through Western Union but in order to receive it I have to first pay a security deposit of $600.00, that I should put on a money pack and send to her. I asked her since when does the government send money through Western Union? These scammers are coming up with creative ways to scam people out of their money.
I'm getting that exact phone call right now they won't stop calling I even had my mom talk to them and they were like what what security deposit it's completely free..... Then they told my mom to give me my phone and my mother said I was in the grocery store and the lady goes we'll go follow her then