Dukd Jones said he was from US Dept of Health and Human Services. Wanted to give a 5,000 grant #SS57862. He said to call 310-933-3300 after purchasing a WalMart green Dot money Pak card for $199.54 to pay the tax to the IRS. We were to give the numbers on the back of the card. A scam of course.
My Mother received a call from a man she could not understand telling her "He was from the DHS & wanted to give they $5,000. He said they had been good tax payers and the DHS wanted to give them the money." Since she could not understand him she ask him for his phn. # and told him she would call the Police to see if this was a scam. He gave her 310-933-3300.
We feel this is a scam.
This is not actually a response to anyone. I am just placing it here because this post has been reported as a number for the Grant scam:
As per the Federal Grants website at http://www.grants.gov
YOU WILL NOT BE CONTACTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO OFFER YOU A GRANT.
The government does not contact people to offer them money. If you do qualify for a government grant, the government does not request payment for it.
THERE ARE NO FEES ASSOCIATED WITH APPLYING FOR A GOVERNMENT GRANT.
Providing financial information to prove that you qualify for a government grant is typical, but you should never pay money to apply for a grant. People who run scams often claim to provide help and sometimes claim to be "federal government" officials, don't be fooled by these scams that request money from you.
ALL GOVERNMENT GRANTS INVOLVE AN APPLICATION PROCESS
If you have not submitted an application for a government grant and someone claims you have been awarded one, it's a scam. Grant money is not given over the phone for a fee. In order to qualify for a grant you must apply for the specific opportunity that you are qualified to apply for.
GOVERNMENT GRANTS ARE AWARDED FOR EXPLICIT OPPORTUNITIES
Government Grants are typically awarded to states, cities, educational institutions, nonprofits and other organizations to fund research and other projects.
GOVERNMENT GRANT APPLICATIONS AND INFORMATION IS FREE
Be cautious of offers that ask for your personal information (especially financial) when requesting a fee to access grant information. You can always access free information about government grants and other benefits at Grants.gov and Govbenefits.gov
If you get this call, please report it to:
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support/general-support/grant-fraud.html
Sure you did. Was it one 5000$ grant (a 5000$) or more than one (grants). Stupid vocabularically challenged shill. Move along, you aren't fooling anyone.