they called telling me the same thing...that I was receiving this call because my name and number was selected by the federal grant department. Normally I would immediately think fraud but I was recently approved for a state grant that I had been working on for work...they called my work cell phone. So I though maybe its some followup call. After a few minutes I realized this guy was a scammer. Clue one, he said my NAME and number had been selected yet when he said verify your name so I said Justin...as to which he replied ok your name is Jackson correct? Then kept saying Mr. Jackson. (Not even close.) Then he said you have three options to receive the money, straight into your checking account, a prepaid visa card, or western Union. So I thought, lets see where this goes...if a prepaid card is an option they can't benefit from that. So I said prepaid visa card. Then he said ok what is your debit card number. So I replied back with how about the western Union option. At this point he kept saying hello Mr. Jackson are you there Mr. Jackson. So I hung up. Then they repeatedly called my phone back several times in a few minutes. I just kept hitting ignore. Eventually they stopped trying...onto the next potential sucker.
This caller was clearly foreign and it sounded like he was in a call center.
I just recieved a phone call from this number, saying that based on the fact I paid my taxes and bills on time, and hadn't been in trouble with the law for the past year that I was eligible to receive 9,200 dollars. Didn't ask my name and just said that my number was randomly selected and listed off my cell phone number. It sounded like he was in a call center and had a thick Indian accent. Gave me an ID number and a number to call to talk to a guy named Jim Smith. I'm super confused, and seems a little too good to be true since I have student loans coming due soon.
I just got the call from a woman. Super-heavy accent. Said she was calling from the US Government Claims Department. Something about my number was selected and $9000.Unfortunately she woke me from a nap, or I would have played with her a bit. This is a scam. Period. As wasteful as our government is, they have NOT yet sunk so low as to just give money away to random people. Don't even answer the call. It's bogus!
Also have received numerous calls from 347-467-1047. When I have asked them to stop calling, they call me right back. Very strong accent, unclear, rude, .