So I had the same call and they called my work number (I did not correct them). Knowing it is a scam my office thought it would be funny to go thru and see what would happen. SO they go thru everything and then you have to register your money in you name for a fee of $210 and you will receive that back this is so you dont have to pay taxes on it. Hello didn't you just say that I was receiving this for paying my taxes. HAHAHA like I really am going to give you money or my bank info to get this your crazy.
I just got a call from this same number and they were hard to understand, and when I questioned the lady about what US Government she worked with and how did she have information about my taxes but cant tell me the company she started studdering, so I told her this is a scam she insisted it wasn't, so I call the number she gave me for the fun of it, and I was put on hold at first then she said someone will call me back and all other stuff when I told the lady I know this is a scam she hung up on me fast.
I had exactly the same experience as the first person. I have been getting calls on my cell phone number about a $9000 govt. grant which I promptly cut off.
The last time I went through the whole spiel. It was a lady with an Indian accent, who told me that because of my excellent record of paying my taxes on time and not having any criminal record, the government was rewarding 1500 lucky individuals like me a grant of $9000 to do as we pleased as long as it was not used for anything illegal.
I asked her why she was calling me on my cell phone line as all my transactions with the government and the IRS had my home phone number. She said this is the number that they had.
She asked me my age. I told her again that the government had this information. I asked her what my address was and she gave me the wrong address. She then asked me if I wanted to correct the information and I said no.
I then said I didn't think that the US Govt. employed Indian call centers. She said that she was calling from the US and that she was a US citizen. She gave me my email address as a way of telling me that she had all my information, however she pronounced @ as "at the rate of" as is commonly used in India instead of "at" as used in the US.
She gave me her supervisor's number saying that he would sort things out as she was a new hire and did not have all the answers.
The number she gave was 360-244-4592 and she gave me a conformation number with two alpha letters and 123 after that.
I promptly called the number 1-866-653-4261 which I found on the web page http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0113-government-grant-scams, and then called the do not call registry at 1-888-382-1222.
Just received same call...verbatim...scumbags!!!! Hope some elderly person does not fall for this trick..going to the IRS website and file a complaint.