A woman with a thick accent called from 970-776-9659, saying she was from a U.S. government "grants department" and I had been chosen to receive $7,000. I confirmed my address knowing she had it anyway. Then I said I wanted it in cash, through the mail. She gave me another number to call to confirm all this. I called and they told me to call back in 5 minutes. That "confirmation" phone number was 205-419-8848. I called about and asked for "Max Williams." I gave him the conf # and he told me I would have to go to Wester Union with $310 cash, call him when I got there, and then he would give me the instructions on what to do next. I smell a scam.
I received the exact same call. It is completely a scam. They are calling from an Alabama number posing as government officials without giving any identification as to who they are and where they really work. You may also have received hangup calls from other area codes as well such as Manhattan and Washington. I reported it to the government and you should as well if you haven't already.
Had the same thing happen to me yesterday and I think someone should be stopped from doing this to all of us!!! This is so wrong and it can hurt innocent people.