Omg they called me today!! I'm from Mississippi so I know this scam is spreading they got all my information and everything is there any way I CAN SUE THEM???????
Someone called me on my phone and told me that my number is picked up for $7000 for no criminal record.
She said she is calling from Federal government.They asked me to call this number 2068665663 and give the confirmation number.
My husband and I received a similar call. They will tell u that u don't hav any kind of background, then ur physical address. In addition, they calling from "Washington" but when u ask for phone number or address...they can tell u..they will continuing say "we are calling from a federal office in Washington and just want to give u $7,000 for ur school, this is a grant for u, but u need to provide them ur bank account or ur credit account." Yes a credit card, ridiculous.
I received a call today from an unknown number; I answered and played along. She had a very thick forgein accent and said her name was Shannon Shelton with the US Government and I was selected out of 6,000 people who applied for a grant to receive $8,000 (which I have not ever applied for). Well, she had my birthdate and a very old address for me... I kept playing along and she gave me a confirmation number and 253-292-2589 as the number for their accounting department to confirm. She did ask if I wanted this mailed as a check or put directly in my account. I opted for a check so I could get more information... I have not and do not plan on calling the number since I am sure this is a scheme. So, I searched the web and this is the ONLY occurance of this number....hopefully someone can confirm.