Same message to me from 360 284-4884. I am to go to Western Union immediately, but the address they gave me is US bank. I need to pay $235 to receive the $5125 they "generously" will provide me for paying my taxes, etc., etc. Original call was from a non-English native - Indian. He called back in 10 minutes to see if I had called "The Grants Dept." When I called, the woman at the above number - also not American, expects me to go to the bank immediately and then call her. It reeked of a scam from the very beginning. I'm glad to see this on record as a SCAM. I will make no further move. The number comes up as "Private" - which is not possible for a govt. agency. BEWARE OF THIS SCAM!!!
The US Grants department does not exist. THIS IS A SCAM. This is a version of the advance-fee-for-something scam where something is a grant, grant paperwork, business plan, loan, scammed-money refund, lottery winnings, interest rate reduction, tax reduction, gift card, refund, doggie, cruise, vacation, free gas, etc., and the advance-fee is for tax, shipping, registration, insurance, secure handling, processing, etc. They may send you a fake check, may want your credit/debit card or bank account number, or tell you to wire cash via Western Union, Moneygram, etc. They can put recurrent difficult-to-cancel monthly charges or a 1-time charge on your card or bank account, and sell account info to other criminals and you'll have to replace accounts altogether. Wired-cash is irretrievable - once it's picked up at the other end, it's untraceable and gone. If they want you to call them up for instructions, they may tell you not to discuss the wire with Western Union desk clerks but the real reason is WU clerks are familiar with these scams and will warn you not to wire the money. If you give them the WU Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN) for the wire, they can pick up the money from anywhere in the world. Report to US Postal Service Inspectors https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/forms/MailFraudComplaint.aspx , the Federal Communications Commission http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm , the Federal Trade Commission https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ and your state AG, as appropriate.
Got call at 6:05pm 1/4/12 from again...person not speaking English so well saying I did a survey and since I pay my bills and haven't filed for bankruptcy in the last 6 months I was being given a 5000.00 grant from the government...obviously It sounds like a scam so I Google the # and here I am. If they are gonna try and get us then they should authenticate our American government with American people speaking English. rggg..do not call list is failing me here.
I received a call from some Indian dude telling me to call this number to get my $5125.00 grant. My son had fielded another attempt to contact me with a promise of $7000.00. My wife had earlier received a call that supposedly would net me $10000.00. Looks like these scammers an't even get their facts straight. Maybe we should stop letting Indians into the country if they are coming over here to participate in scamming people? Immigration was a good thing once upon a time. It's time to close the borders, folks! Give all the jobs to Americans!