Received a call reporting that she had received a call from ALEX COOPER stating she won a Gov. Grant for $5000.00. All she had to do was send $149.00 via Western Union and provide information on her account so they could deposit the money. Fortunately she did not give them any information.
just recieved a call from US Fed Grant Department selected same as above asked for personel info and gave me his name Alex Cooper and this phone #213-985-3301 to call back. looked at caller ID and nothing shows up. sounds like a scam to me.
On 5/5/2010 I get a call from an 888 area code, so I answer. A person speaking poor english says the same, I've been awarded $7000 from the US Govt. due to paying my bills on time, yada, yada. (I'm thinking scam already). He asks me how do I want to receive my money. Says he can send it to my credit cards or to my bank accounts and wants that info. What a stupid nimrod, like I'm going to give him that info. I say "mail me the $7000 to my home address." He gives me confirmation number HM*** and then another number to call 213-985-3301, to have the check mailed to me. No, I did not call the number because this IS A SCAM. They are fishing for credit card numbers or checking account numbers and believe it or not, some folks are gullable enough to give out that info. Again this IS A SCAM. The US govt does not grant people money for paying their bills on time. In fact, I think we are the ones that the US govermnent is screwing. But, thats a different story. People, do not give out personal info or financial data to these people. They will clean out your bank account or steal any money you send to them.
This just happened to me 02/19/2013 a women called saying that i was randomly chosen for a 8400.00 free grant. I believed them until I talked to alex cooper and he asked for 210.00 dollars to receive my free gov grant. Yes I was gullable enough to give them the check book numbers to deposit the money. I thought it was a real grant. I am a paraplegic and am 50 and going to college. I have applied for a grant for school and could of used the money for college and a place to live. I am homeless at this time it really would of helped. I called my bank but they still might get me. They also wanted me to go through western union to pay them. The latest phone number cooper is useing is 202-470-1406.