Scam. They called saying that they are from the government giving a once and a lifetime grant of $8400.00. They have you call a different number then they ask you to send money through western union to feed the poor. Be careful of these calls
I just received a call from that number saying I was selected to get a $8500 grant from the government so I started asking questions and he got mad and cussed me out he said I was stupid for not taking the money.
Just got a call from whomever saying that they were from the government. Wanted my last name. I asked why and the kept on asking for my last name. I hung up and they called me back asking why I did so. Explained I asked why they needed my last name and then they called me a liar and a cheater then hung up on me.
Ah, the old poison area code "202" strikes again!People, fopr goodness sake! Stop and check your caller ID before you pick up a call. If you see a name or number you don't recognize -- or no number at all -- do not pick up the call!!!!! If you should pick up such a call, and a voice tells you to press a number, press nothing!!!! HANG UP!!!!!! These are spammers/scammers/phishers. Once you press a number, you are on their "sucker list".
Only you can be totally responsible for your own defense against these types of callers! Caller ID is your first line of defense! Use it. Think. Then answer if you will.
I have been getting phone calls from this number for weeks now and it is a scam. No government official would talk so incoherently, work on a weekend and not have the where with all to know that any government money has to have a paper trail of some sort. I refused to give my account information and immediately they hung up. Don't get duped by the thought of free money.