answered first call. Halfway through his unintelligible schpiel, I said 'I don't believe you, don't ever call me again!'. 5 more calls today. I really want to scream profanities at someone now.
They have called me non stop for about a week now at all hours of the day. Finally, I answered the call and the 'customer service rep' started saying EXTREMELY inappropriate, sexual things to me and telling me he knew where I lived, and he was outside of my home. I asked for his manager and to be removed. They told me they cannot remove my number and that they worked with the FBI.
I hung up on them and blocked the number, before I could block it they called back and left me a voicemail threatening me and saying they will be calling me 20+ times per day for the next 5+ months.
I have been receiving call everyday from a private number And I answered it today and they said...I was chose from so many people to receive free grant money for not having a police record or fileing backrupcy.....I told them I wanted to talk to a person in charge the spoke English and got another non English speaking man they gave me a conf.# and another number to Call I called and told them I would not get any info.I said it was to good to be true and I think its a scam....the lady told me no ma'am its not a scam it you go to Walmart and send 250.00 I will receive 7250.00 my money would be refunded lol I told her..Lady I live paycheck to paycheck and my momma didn't raise no dummy...
Received a call telling me I had won a grant in the amount of $7,000.00 USD, was provided a confirmation number and a call back number (202-580-8232). I knew going in this was a scam, but called the number anyway just to see what would transpire. The man who answered the phone verified the confirmation number and told me that to receive the grant, I would have to pay a $250 security deposit to reserve the funds in my name at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. I then began asking him pointed questions, about how he received my information and whether he also had my SSN. He stated that he received my information from his "Verifications Officer," and that he didn't have my SSN. I then asked who he REALLY worked for, his name, company name, and address. He got defensive, wanting to know why I needed all this information. I informed him that I thought it was a scam, and that I needed to verify he was who he said he was to prove it wasn't a scam. He got really upset, started trying to talk over me, began using swear words, and again reiterated that all I had to do was send the deposit. I should also mention that both of these men had very heavy accents. I finally pissed him off enough to wrangle the following information from him:
"Treasury Grants Department"
1500 Pennsylvania Ave NE
Washington, DC 20220
He told me his name was John Berry, and I told him I knew that wasn't his name. Finally, I told him that I would verify the information he gave and call him back. When I hung up the phone, I called and raised a complaint with the FTC. Their information is as follows:
1-877-382-4357
http://www.ftc.gov
If you receive these calls, please get as much information as you can (without providing ANY of yours), and then report them. If enough people do this, then maybe these people can be stopped for good.