I got a phone call from this number saying that i was approved for a government grant of $15,000. I just had to make a $99 donation through western union to a man named Hanish Gupta over in India. It was going to fund children who have lost their parents. Once i did that i would be given my Grant money. I feel so stupid for doing it but, i did and once I transferred the money they told me that my grant would be wired to my account but i need to pay $299 as a wiring fee that the bank charges. I then new it was a fraud and hung up to try and cancel my transaction through western union but the money had already been picked up.... I am filing a police report and trying to get my money back. I should have typed the number into google before paying anything... this sucks!
I just received the same phone call, I haven't called the number back and now I won't.. They didn't ask for any money..... And I have placed my phones on the National Do Not Call List....
I received a call to my home from "the federal government" (AKA: a woman with a thick Indian accent) with my name and an address I lived at until a few months ago. They told me that I qualified for a $7000 grant through the government. They verified my phone number, name and address (asking for my new one since I told them I had moved). They had all the right info and then they told me that I needed to tell them how I was going to spend my money because the money was not to drink or buy drugs with nor was it to be used to gamble with. "Acceptable uses are paying bills, home renovation and purchasing a home or car". THEN the kicker came: due to a rise in mail fraud and people relocating because of the economy, they would be willing to wire me my money in the next hour....to my checking, savings or credit card account. Since I had told her previously I would be using it to pay bills, she offered to send it straight to the credit card I planned on paying off. This would get me my money fast (like my tax returns) and it would save them from having to deal with return checks and re-issuance due to no forwarding of official mail. When I refused to give them my account number, they gave me this phone number and a "confirmation code" and told me that I needed to call right away as the person at that number was actually her senior manager and he was the only one who had the authority to get me my money. I made a comment about how interesting it was that SHE was going to give my money had I given her my account number, but because I balked at giving my account info, suddenly only her sr. manager could give it to me. She rattled off the info again and told me I needed to call right away and to keep calling if it comes up busy as there are lots of people calling him to get their grant money and then hung up on me. NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I got a call from this number few times, stating that they work with IRS, which I work with a company that closely inter act with the IRS board. This a joke don't fall for it...
I just got a call from 202-559-7926 - some woman with a VERY HEAVY Indian accent telling me she was calling from the IRS (she had trouble with the letters) and that there was a serious problem with my recent tax return. I asked her if she spoke English several times because it seemed to be making her angry. She told me I needed to speak with her superior immediately about my serious tax problem so I asked if he spoke English, since she didn't. She slammed the phone down on me. I am reporting them / her to the IRS. That has to be a Federal crime to call someone and represent themselves as officials of the United States government.