received a call from an unavailable number - they told me that i was randomly selected to receive grant money from the government. They wanted me to call 202-470-6804 with an approval # in order to collect my grant money. When I called this number I was told all I would have to do was go a local Western Union to collect my money. Amazingly there was a $199 processing fee that I would first have to send them. This is another scam.
received a call from an unavailable number - they told me that i was randomly selected to receive grant money from the government. They wanted me to call 202-470-6804 with an approval # in order to collect my grant money. When I called this number I was told all I would have to do was go a local Western Union to collect my money. Amazingly there was a $199 processing fee that I would first have to send them. This is another scam.
PLEASE NOTE !!! THESE SCAMMERS ARE ALSO IMPERSONATING THE US GOV'T / SEVERAL GOV'T OFFICES AND PERSONS....BEWARE !!!
- new twist is they are also impersonating DEA officials with threats to arrest you unless you immediately send money via wire transfer / western union to some offshore country !!!!! obvious scam !!!
some are landlines...many are cell phones...some are spoofed and linked to offshore foreign countries !!!!
we've traced back most of these numbers to offshore foreign call centers in INDIA / THAILAND / AFRICA / JAMAICA ETC....
here's a few other numbers posted from the same area code offering a wide variety of scams / fake emails and scams after posting something on craigslist ( old scam ) ...... collecting for non existant " payday loans "....free money / scam giveaways / $1,000's in free gov't money......... etc etc.....stories change out all the time......and the usual nonsense!!!
** mysteriously call to claim they have several thousand of dollars to send you....just provide you bank account and credit card right away etc etc.........scam scam
several of these are the usual long ongoing scams such as : you have won a free walmart / bestbuy gift card....or you have won a free ipad etc......all long ongoing scams
202-621-0436 ( offshore foreign call center ? ) poor english and violent on the phone! claim to be giving away $1,000's in free cash....just give them all your personal info etc........