I just got the call too at 7:35 AM, Friday Jan 20. 2012, from "U.S. Federal Grants Department in Washington D.C.". He said I was selected for a $7,000 tax-free grant because of no crminal record and paying my bills on time. I told him he's stupid if he thinks I'm going to call the number and that this is a phishing call. He ignored my remark and continued with his script. I found him difficult to understand -- Indian (?) accent with somewhat slurred speech, and he very much stuck to his script.
This guy with an asian accent keeps calling saying stuff like he wants to [***] my girlfriend and saying to [***] basically harrassing me im tired of it so I took my girlfriends hone and talked to him and basically called him back aot till he got scared and stoed caling he even ut a lady to seak for him I just want them to stop.
A call from US Grants (when asked, the caller didn't know what company he was representing), Asian accent, gave me a code # saying I qualified for a $7000 grant with no strings attached and gave me this # to call to follow up. The office was already closed when I called.
I received this same call yesterday and today. Telling me the same thing that I had gotten a grant from US Federal Grants Department. There is no such department within the Federal Government. The second call came from the Virgin Islands. Both people gave me two different confirmation numbers and the same 2026210363 number to call. I am not going to call, but I have gotten calls for the last two days for this.
I received a call from unknown number and was told that I had won a $7000 grant and had to call 202-621-0363 to verify my information. Once I called this number, I was told to go to the local Western Union office and take $200 cash and fill out paperwork and the $7000 would be sent to be within 10 minutes along with the original $200 that I had paid..