Hoy me llamaron de ese numero 2 veces la segunda vez yo conteste y le dije a ese señor que yo no hablaba ingles y el señor me insultaba la palabra que comienza con """F"""" y seguia hablandome era un señor que no hablaba muy bien el ingles y me dijo mi nombre completo y tambien mi direccion anterior y me dio mucho miedo.
A gentleman called me today, Spoke English, but fast and accented. He said he was from the US governments treasury department. He said I was being awarded $8400 for having excellent credit, being a good citizen, and said some other [***] too. He ask how I wanted my prepaid card... never let him get to asking for my account info. I told him that google says he is a scam and he said "that's your opinion, and disconnected".
To report the fraud, go here:
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support/general-support/grant-fraud.html
Their number is listed , along with an email address, at the top of the page.
Also here:
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0113-government-grant-scams
Its ILLEGAL to ask for money to receive it:
Prize Offers: You Don’t Have to Pay to Play!
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel17.shtm
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/scam-alerts
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0076-telemarketing-scams
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http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0119-jam ... ng-us-consumers