Called one of our employees who is a senior citizen to tell him he had been awarded a government grant because he had paid his taxes on time and had no criminal record, and that he should call this number to claim his grant. When our employee turned down the call, the caller called back, which to me is the kind of predatory behavior of those scammers who particularly target vulnerable elders.
I contacted the FTC to make a complaint (Federal Trade Commission, https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/) , and they requested that if this group ever calls again, to gather as much information as you can, including the tel# they are calling from, a name, an address, how much $ they are asking you to pay, etc. The person I spoke to on the phone was very evasive, so I don't know if it's possible to get this info, but anyway, it's helpful to make this complaint.
called to tell me I was eligible to receive a government grant of $ 6000. wanted my name address which they had wrong on both counts if I could just give them the correct information they could connect me to the right department in order to receive my $6000. grant money.
Called one of our employees who is a senior citizen to tell him he had been awarded a government grant because he had paid his taxes on time and had no criminal record, and that he should call this number to claim his grant. When our employee turned down the call, the caller called back, which to me is the kind of predatory behavior of those scammers who particularly target vulnerable elders.
I contacted the FTC to make a complaint (Federal Trade Commission, https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/) , and they requested that if this group ever calls again, to gather as much information as you can, including the tel# they are calling from, a name, an address, how much $ they are asking you to pay, etc. The person I spoke to on the phone was very evasive, so I don't know if it's possible to get this info, but anyway, it's helpful to make this complaint.
Recieved the call and the $6000 grant offer. It was hard to understand the guy, didn't speak English well. I know these calls are bogus, but it was funny anyway. Just like the time share calls! Any real American knows the government isn't about to just hand out money at random.
I got the same call and felt the same way, they don't have their info correct, hard to understand the guy. How come this number 202.407.9116 has not been closed down yet.
I Got a call from 926-543-2116 saying I received a grant for paying my taxes on time and having not filed bankruptcy in the last 6 months. They gave me a "grant approval number" and said I needed to call their finance department to continue the process. The guys name was "alex"
I called and gave them a completely different "grant approval number" and he still went ahead with everything. This guys name was "justin" and when i asked what his last name was he said it was "Alex". huh thats familiar!! anyway it was a total scam saying that i needed to go to my local western union and call him when i was in the parking lot and not to talk to any western union worker because they would charge me a lot! He said i have to deposit $200 and then at the same exact moment i will receive my $6,000 plus $200. I asked him why the government is issuing grants through western union and not the US Treasury and he just repeated his script saying that I have to go to western union. SO i proceeded to have fun with him and asked him if hes ever had anything stolen from him. He said yes, so I asked him if he enjoyed having things stolen from him and he said no. So i proceeded to ask him why he is stealing from people and how he can sleep at night knowing he is screwing people over. he got silent and didn't respond with anything but the same scripted answer "you have to go to the western union and call me when you are in the parking lot. So i told him I would go right now and that i was so excited and it would take me 20 mins to get there. he said he would be waiting for my call from the parking lot and im sure I will get a call back in at least 15 mins.
I called the real US grant site and they gave me this website to report fraud:
www.consumeraction.gov
They gave me an address of 200 independent av. Building Southwest, Washington DC.