I got a call from these people about 10 minutes ago. I asked the guy what he wanted, and was annoyed because like everyone else I get calls from them at all hours of the day and night and it is repeatedly. Here is a direct quote of our conversation Me...What do you want?" Willie..." I don't want anything from you B*tch"
So I called them back using the numbers posted and got "Officer friendly" Who asked me if Willie had given me the pass code to his telephone number. I told him yes and then he said that he was going to talk to Willie and he put me on hold and never came back to the phone. I finally hung up and called back and just got a voice mail this time. Maybe they will stop calling. I am going to use the other number that was posted, because it seemed to me that the "Officer" got a little panicked when I got through to his phone.
I just received a phone call from ph.#202-000-9966 and the person on the other end told me that I had been selected to receive a U.S. Goverment Grant in the amount of $8400.00. The problem is that, #1, I didn't request a grant, #2, he couldn't speak very clearly so I had to ask him a couple of times to repeat himself and to slow down when he spoke and #3, he asked me how would I want the money to be transfered? The only options he gave me were, 1. transfer money to a credit card/pre-paid credit card, at that point he would need my credit card # or option 2. he would transfer the money to myt savings/checking account and also that he would need my account number to complete the transfer........WTF!! So I asked the guy on the phone, "Why don't you mail me the checkl instead?" He replied in a hurried kind of way where I couldn't understand a word that came out of his mouth and the only thing I could understand is when he tried to have me use a 'zero balanced pre-paid credit card' if I had one on me! REALLY!!!! I told him that he would have to call me back in 5 minutes and I did a little research and found this blog.
Please communicate this with everyone you know, elderly, young, rich, or poor. These f@cking crooks prey on people's emotions and I don't want anyone to be taken advantage of. The internet is the best tool that anyone can have, just type in the phone number that called you and you'll find out if there's a scam or if other peolple are having similar problems and report it.
And please remember; "If it seems to good to be true, then it's probably not!"
These people have been calling me non-stop for about 2 days now. Its easier for me to just ignore the call and hope they get the hint...Not these guys they do not take hints they will call until you answer. I called a number that someone else gave 202-407-7177 back and informed them that someone from their company called asking me for my bank info and I was inquiring what sort of operation their running over there. He, guy who answered officer something, asked me for a confirmation number? over and over until I said "Hey ya I got that number are you ready? 1,2,3,4,5,,6,7,7,8,10,11,12,13,14..." and so on until he hung up. Then I called back to be greeted again by this representative "officer" something or another asking very rudely "IS SOMETHING WRONG MA'AM?!" To which I replied "No, no, I was just wondering if I could have your bank info" He said "Sure! You ready, are you ready? I bank with Wells Fargo and my account number is..." Then he used my sequenctial counting trick and by this time his English was quite clear and he hung up :( So i had my daughter call back and she left them a message informing them to "Stop calling my Mom you scammers or shes going to come to India and tell your Mom.!!"
Total Scam bunch from India trying to scam money! Do Not Give them any information! Call your phone company and have these jerks numbers blocked! They use several and harass constantly!