This is a version of the advance-fee-for-a-grant scam.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt134.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/phonefraud/government.shtml
http://www.ftc.gov/multimedia/video/scam-watc ... ams_eileen.shtm
Report to the Internet Crime Complaint Center http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx , the Federal Communications Commission http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm , the Federal Trade Commission https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ and your state AG, as appropriate.
They called today about us receiving a federal grant of 10,000 us dollars so I replied isn't this illegal bec the only way to get a federal grant is by fafsa. He got really mad at me and said no mam so I said well how did you get my number he says he got it from my old bank. Lol I only had one bank account my whole life and I still bank with them. He finally hung up on me once I called him a fake and told him I was gonna call the FBI. I started laughing bec I had him shut down.
They called today about us receiving a federal grant of 10,000 us dollars so I replied isn't this illegal bec the only way to get a federal grant is by fafsa. He got really mad at me and said no mam so I said well how did you get my number he says he got it from my old bank. Lol I only had one bank account my whole life and I still bank with them. He finally hung up on me once I called him a fake and told him I was gonna call the FBI. I started laughing bec I had him shut down.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt134.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/phonefraud/government.shtml
http://www.ftc.gov/multimedia/video/scam-watc ... ams_eileen.shtm
Report to the Internet Crime Complaint Center http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx , the Federal Communications Commission http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm , the Federal Trade Commission https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ and your state AG, as appropriate.
My mother received several phone calls from this number in the past 3 days. I have cautioned her about several phone scams and that she is NOT to give out any personal information. She spoke with someone who called himself Chris Davis from Heath & Human Services in Washington, DC. He advised her that she has been approved for a grant in the amount of $15,000 and they could put the money into her bank account or mail her the check, she told them to just mail it. (Thank god she didn't give any info.) They called back several times yesterday and at one point left a message. I was with her yesterday and called the number back to inquire about this grant. I was a former police officer so I wanted to get as much info as I could. I could hear other people talking in the background so I let the guy (Travis, Grant Supervisor) tell his tale. I finally told him that I knew that the Federal Government didn't just give grants away and that you had to apply for them....he got very loud and tried to talk over me. I told him that I was going to check out his information with DHHS in Washington, DC and report them to the proper authorities...to take my mothers # off his calling list....he hung up before I could get the last part said.