Just received the same call as other have reported today - told me I qualified for a $70000 a government grant and I did not respond he hung up. Yes a foreign voice and a ton of background noise. Was reported today to the links above.
I just received a call from the same phone number when the lady asked whom was here I couldn't understand her English so I said I'm sorry I don't understand your English and she said it again I still didn't understand her English so I asked her again and she proceeded to say F*** y** over and over and I said oh that is great customer service and she says I don't give a [***] F you. She wouldn't hang up and I asked her for her supervisor and she said in my dreams. Than proceeded to chew my [***] in Chinese yet. I am so tired of these calls. I eventually hung up since it was like arguing with a wall!!
I just got that same call and talk to a lady that I couldn't understand and she had told me that I was selected for a 7000.00 dollar grant and gave me a confirm # and a number to call and i called the first time and they hung up and called back and they had told me that I needed to put $270.00 on a green dot card and that I would have to keep it on there for ten mins. and I advised them that I was going to look into it and call my local police dept. and she told I could and I could also call better business bureau and told her I was going to and try to find if it was a scam or not im going to call
Green dot card or similar type cards is a major red flag for scams.
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