That just happen to me i was going for it until he said go to westernunion and send $260.00 sec.deposit. this is sad when i called him back it sound like a bunch of people is in that house where he is at. Full of BS
Just happened to me this morning. A lady called with a thick accent and explained this grant to me. She then gave me the number 347 480 1548 and said to ask for frank miller. When I called, this guy answered the phone "hello". First of all our US treasury office would not answer like that ever. I kinda went along with it for a minute to see what he said..when I questioned him and told him this was a scam he just simply hung up. I contacted the authorities and gave them the phone number and name so they could further investigate. It sickens me that this goes on daily and they really think they are going to take my hard earned money!
I just got off the phone with one of these guys too, he said his name was Kenny Lol. but i googled the number while in conversation and ended up here :D It;s a scam!!!
I immediately recognized that it was a BS call when the number display came up all zeros. I have been getting a ton of phone calls from 'United Pharmacy' trying to sell me Viagara or Cialis. Anyway, I decided to have some fun with this clown. I do a pretty good hairlip immitation (sorry if I offended anyone), I used this voice, and got the same scam that everyone else is reporting. I have won a grant of $7000 yada yada yada. The voice had a foreign accent that I couldn't quite place. It was somewhat similar to the Indian accents of the United Pharmacy callers, but not quite. I continued to have him repeat himself over and over just to frustrate him, and asked him repeatedly when would I get my money. He had given me this number to call in order to speak to his 'accountant'. It got to the point that I think he was desperate to get rid of me. He had asked my age and I replied 12, then he wanted to know if I was working or retired as well as my marital status. WHAT A MORON! I asked if his accountant was going to give me the money. He said that I had to go to Western Union. I excitedly said that I'd go right now, and hung up. He called right back, but I didn't answer, so he left a voicemail. I'll check that after I post this. DON'T ANYONE SEND THESE SCAMMERS ANY MONEY!
Yeeehawww! I think I got him mad (read my previous post if you don't know what I mean). When I checked the voicemail that he left, he just kept repeating, "You f****r, You MFer and You SOB. Naturally, I am abbreviating, not him. Score 1 for the good guys.