I received a call from a 212 area code stating that I had been selected for a grant of $8,400. They took my credit card # (which isn't really a credit card, it's prepaid with a balance of 0.11 on it and I don't use it anymore) and then was given a phone number for my grant approval officer by the name of Sara Cruze or Cruge. I called her and she verified my info, then politely told me that I would receive my funds as soon as I made a $195 donation to the 'govt' for help in poverty stricken third world countries. I told her I would be happy to donate $1000 if they would deposit the money first. She claimed that she could not take the donation from the grant $. I have asked to speak to her supervisor and have been on hold for about ten minutes...... these people are so stupid!!! Unfortunately there are some who have fallen for this. PLEASE don't let these people get you too!!!!
please always see the " forum " section first....!!! most issues and questions etc are already answered there !!
more than likely ( 99 % ) one of the several " 202" area code fraud scams going around !!!
PLEASE NOTE !!! THESE SCAMMERS ARE ALSO IMPERSONATING THE US GOV'T / SEVERAL GOV'T OFFICES AND PERSONS....BEWARE !!!
some are landlines...many are cell phones...some are spoofed and linked to offshore foreign countries !!!!
we've traced back most of these numbers to offshore foreign call centers in INDIA / THAILAND / AFRICA / JAMAICA ETC....
here's a few other numbers posted from the same area code offering a wide variety of scams / fake emails and scams after posting something on craigslist ( old scam ) ...... collecting for non existant " payday loans "....free money / scam giveaways / $1,000's in free gov't money......... etc etc.....stories change out all the time......and the usual nonsense!!!
** mysteriously call to claim they have several thousand of dollars to send you....just provide you bank account and credit card right away etc etc.........scam scam
several of these are the usual long ongoing scams such as : you have won a free walmart / bestbuy gift card....or you have won a free ipad etc......all long ongoing scams
202-621-0436 ( offshore foreign call center ? ) poor english and violent on the phone! claim to be giving away $1,000's in free cash....just give them all your personal info etc........
I keep getting phone calls from this # asking for my 90 year old father. They have claimd to be anthing from Home Land Security to representatives tyring to warn my father about Reader's Digest contest scams. I have repeatedly asked them to stop calling my phone. They in turn ask me to fwd their # to my father. Not going to happen!
This was "Charles King" - saying he was a "Federally Licensed Officer" from the Consumer Protection Agency. I called him back up and told him I looked up his number and it is reported as a scammer's phone number and told him not to call my office again. He said"You can do what you want" and hung up on me. Seriously how do these people get away with this stuff?? Terrible!