Called me twice and claims to be from the U.S. Grant Department and says I am eligible for a $9000 free grant. However, just an hour or so before a call showing UNKNOWN for the caller id says the same thing and I asked the caller why there was no caller id if he was truly part of the U.S. Grant department. Then this number shows
Received a call from this number, last month. They said they were from the US Grants Dept and that I'd qualified for a grant for low-income people in the amount of $9,400. Then they gave me another number to call to receive my grant money. I called the other number. THEY told me I had to send them $214 by Western Union. This was supposedly their fee to register me with the IRS. I told them "I'm an American citizen. I've been registered with the IRS since I worked my first job. And if this were a GRANT, there'd be no fees, at all. If this were truly for low-income people, you wouldn't be trying to get money."
Now, this number is calling twice a day and leaving no messages. "
To report the fraud, go here:
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support/general-support/grant-fraud.html
Their number is listed , along with an email address, at the top of the page.
Also here:
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0113-government-grant-scams