Received a phone call from a "Michael Fernandez" claiming to be a part of the US Federal Grant Service offering a $9000 grant for being a good citizen. Only stipulation was providing a credit card number, expiration data and security code. The individual had a heavy accent which appeared to have a French African flavor, though he claimed to be from Barcelona, Spain (but could not speak Spanish) and moved to Washington DC 5-6 years ago. Michael was additionally unable to identify the name of the person he had called. After attempting to keep the individual on the phone as long as possible to waste his time Michael became extremely aggravated and began call me a "F$^&*#@ A@@^*%#" and "C*$% S^(&@#". Eventually he figured out he could hang up the phone.
Just got the same cal this other person got. She was YOULANDA. Couldn't understand the call as she wasn't very used to using English. When I told her I couldn't understand her due to the back ground noise, she hung up. I did get the message that she was with the Federal service of some kind and offering $9,000 for nothing in return.