I received this same call stating I had won $9000 from the government. Do not agree to the arrangement they offer of depositing $250 in order to verify your identity haha. It is a huge scam people. Hang up the phone and don't give your information to them. While I'm here I may as well inform you of another scam that I believe are from the same people. They call claiming to be from either Dell or Windows Security about your home computer. They claim that you are having a security problem and that they received a report. Do not give them any information! They want to access your computer to obtain your personal information. DO NOT allow them to install or update anything on your computer (they will try through remote access or by email). Hang up the phone and block their number. You're welcome.
I got a call on my cell phone from this number and once they told me what it was I know it was a scam. However, they did have me address and only my first name never called me by my last name. I believe this number has called me before and probably got my name from my VM but I am not sure how they got my address.
Got a call from 258-7888 (of course non-working number) and they told me I received a grant in the amount of $9000 and to call 202-657-5337. Knew it was a scam, so I gave them false info just to see how much info I could get.
They referred to "our government" several times while trying to get info. I informed them our government does not call citizens in this manner.
Looked up the number, it is located(according to one search) at Fst & 14th St NW in DC, but they claim their address is 200 Independence.
Informed them they needed to get a legit job and quit calling the states, because we don't need their trash calling here. They hung up on me.lol
Filed a report with the FTC and the national do not call registry.
My suggestion, have fun wasting their time and resources...maybe if enough of us do it they will get the point.
I got the same call but he knew my name and address... I had a hard time understanding him because a thick accent. I wrote all the info down to find others