This is indeed a scam. There is no such thing as a "surprise" federal grant for citizens. I'm a law enforcement officer and I called this number after a citizen reported it to me. The phone number is actually connected to Magic Jack, so they could be anywhere. I called it and the "federal employee" who answered could barely speak English, although he did speak enough to cuss me out after I revealed my real identity. Please pass this information to your family and friends to insure they don't fall for this trick. Thank you.
I just recevied a call today from this number. And myself being a repitable telemarketer, almost blindly went along with the same story I ended up reading online. Sham on you people who are feeding off of unknowing, trusting Americans. This makes me sick to think they can get away with this! This must be stopped!!!!! When they use names to you like "US government treasury grant department", "Federal reserve of new york" you alnost immediatly feel like u can trust them. However thank god I've been taught, if its too good to be true proabably is... and with my gut and googled the #. Don't be scammed like my fiance and I almost were .