I got a call saying I won a $9000.00 grant and all I had to do was call this # with a bogus reference # they gave me to get it. The kicker is they want u to send $200.00 for a "fee" and they want u to direct deposit your so called winnings in your bank. NEVER EVER do that!! SCAM!! I played along for a little while and lied about my age. He (foreign accent) did not catch it. All these people need is jail time!!
I got a call saying I won a $9000.00 grant and all I had to do was call this # with a bogus reference # they gave me to get it. The kicker is they want u to send $200.00 for a "fee" and they want u to direct deposit your so called winnings in your bank. NEVER EVER do that!! SCAM!! I played along for a little while and lied about my age. He (foreign accent) did not catch it. All these people need is jail time!!
They have moved up a notch....Now it is from the Human Health Services with the U.S. Government.....I would not give them personal info.....my application package was being sent to me via western union once I sent the $200 application fee that was refundable.....to receive my $9.200. I questioned that a person never had to pay any kind of money for any kind of program grant or otherwise from the government and was urged to call the number given along with the ID#, Unfortunately their will be people who fall for this......how sad.
My daughter received a call the number was blocked. I stated I was my daughter and said could I call you back. The person talking could hardly speak English. Had a foreign accent. Gave me a reference # to call back with and said she was getting federal grant money from the Federal Grant Department in Washington DC on SW street. The could not send me anything in writing just gave me the number. I called the number after hours and it said. The party you are trying to reach is not available again the voicemail was a foreign accent. No government agency answers in such a unprofessional way. Also the always have a paper trail. Bogus. They did say something about how depositing it into your personal accounts. Beware
5/12/15 5:32 PM Eastern. I just received the same call from the Federal Grant Department in Washington DC as everyone else and ran the number in search. Came up with this site. They told me $9,600. What a joke. I told them that no one gets access to my checking account or credit cards period! She again repeated that I should call this number and they would work something out! LOL. Please beware everyone!!!
Spam for sure, the said they were from US Federal Grant Department and start asking for my info, I told them I could not give my info over the phone, but they insist so BE CAREFUL.