Just received a call from Mr. Smith who had the heaviest foreign accent I've ever heard on someone named Smith. The call came across as "Unknown". Mr. Smith me I qualified for a $9000 grant from the Department of the Treasury to use as I wished as long as it was not drinking or gambling and things like that. He gave me the above number (202-905-0528) to call. I immediately Googled the number and of course it comes back to no name listed. I didn't call the number but Mr. Smith called back in about 2 minutes to see if I had called yet. I responded "No. Why? Do I need to call now because I'm busy. " He said I didn't need to call right now it's just that he had sent them my number so they were awaiting my call. I wasn't busy I was trying to find the root of this scam. Unfortunately, everyone wants to charge you money to get information on the owners of these phone numbers and I wasn't buying that either.
Just received a call from Mr. Smith who had the heaviest foreign accent I've ever heard on someone named Smith. The call came across as "Unknown". Mr. Smith me I qualified for a $9000 grant from the Department of the Treasury to use as I wished as long as it was not drinking or gambling and things like that. He gave me the above number (202-905-0528) to call. I immediately Googled the number and of course it comes back to no name listed. I didn't call the number but Mr. Smith called back in about 2 minutes to see if I had called yet. I responded "No. Why? Do I need to call now because I'm busy. " He said I didn't need to call right now it's just that he had sent them my number so they were awaiting my call. I wasn't busy I was trying to find the root of this scam. Unfortunately, everyone wants to charge you money to get information on the owners of these phone numbers and I wasn't buying that either.
Just received a call from this number stating that they were from the Federal government and I was chosen to receive a $9,000 grant through the Dept. of Health and Human Services. The first person that I talked to gave me some information along with the phone number to call. He stated that his name was Sam Green, but he had a very strong foreign accent. When I called the phone number given (202-905-0528) I was told that the person was from Health and Human Services grant department. He stated that his name was Alex Bowmen and his extension at this number was 1075. He also had a very heavy foreign accent. He stated that all I would have to do to receive the grant was go to a Western Union and purchase an I-tunes card and register the card. Once the card was registered then the money would be released through Western Union. Explained that I did not have a valid state id, but had military id and birth certificate, was told that I had to have a photo id to claim the money.
Just had the identical scam run in me. These people are ruthless. Wanted my bank routing number to deposit the money. I thank God I am aware of these scams. I hate they have my number.