Also just received a message, said they were from the federal government and I owed taxes on a grant. Told the jerk he was an [***] and I knew it was a scam - he tried to bully me. Nice try, too smart for this stupid nutcase.
I missed this call on my cell phone. Thinking it was a friend of mine, I called back. A man with a heavy accent answered and said something like "Federal grant program." I said he had just called me a minute earlier. He asked for my name and number so he could "access my account information." I said I did not have an account with them and he hung up. Scam!!
Me too. When a man with a thick accent answered the ring, he stated something and I asked "Who is this? This is a government issued phone." He hung up.
This number has called me 6 times in the last 3 days. They also said I was qualified for a grant based on this and that. I have student loans so I thought maybe it was legit until they started asking very unusual questions. They also had a foreign accent. These are definite scammers. I do not know how they got my personal cell number. BEWARE of these folks!