I have received so many calls from this number this past week I literally have lost count. I finally answered today and they asked for me by name. They told me that they are calling for the United States Government and that I was selected to receive a FREE grant of $7000 <---- Bahaha!! It took everything to not laugh at them right them. I wasnt allowed to use the money illegally (gambling, etc) but that I could use it to pay for education, home improvement, etc. Then they asked me in which way I wanted to receive it: Western Union, Direct Deposit, or American Express Card. I said Western Union since they wouldn't need very much info from me (account info-mailing address). They asked my city and state, which I didn't give them my current information because lets face it if they were the "government" and they had my phone number you would think they would have my physical information especially since they said I earned this free grant for paying my bills on time, paying my taxes on time, and never filing for bankruptcy. After verifying my fake information they then gave me a confirmation code, and another number to call to collect my free grant. I never called that number. I am suppose to ask for an Alexander Smith and give them this code. Yeah.. If my day doesn't go any better today I may just do it to get an extra laugh from the next person on the call. HAHA! Its spam. LOL
Got the same "free grant money" spill from someone that had a hard to understand accent. Western Union was my choice in receiving my money, but the catch was I had to buy a green money card and put $250 on it in order to receive the money. Alert! You don't have to pay to get FREE MONEY from the Govt. These calls are SCAMS!!!!!
Ha ha ha....I had one of these calls once, a little different than yours. They actually wanted money. They told me they will have a sherriff at my house today by 5:00 if I didn't western union $950.00 to their attorney's office. I said well "Lawdy Lawdy, Miss Clawdy!" The Sheriff....good Lord I'm shaking in my shoes. Please send the sheriff to my house, I'll invite him in for pizza and beer and you still won't get a dime from me. Even if I owed anyone that amount of money, I wouldn't pay it, see because in America we have something called legal rights.
Then he started yelling at me with his blah blah blah garbage talk and I let him ramble, then I said are you done? He said yes, I said first of all I've never known and Indian or Middle Eastern man with an accent as profound as yours with a name of Steve Smith. That alone let's me know your a fraud, don't call me ever again, I'll call you, I hung up. Went to my phone edit and blocked the calls. Haven't heard from him since and I was looking forward to meeting that sheriff for pizza and beer, he never showed up. Ironic isn't it? That was about 2 years ago.
the past few days I've been recieving 2-3 calls per day that I never answered. I did today and the conversion went like this:
caller: Hi we are calling for the United States Government and you were was selected to receive a FREE grant of $7000
Me: so this is a scam
caller: yes
Me: ok thanks please stop calling me
six months ago this happened and they wanted me to call Alexander Smith and give them a certain code
In the do not call registry the phone number is not a real number