I have just received a phone call from this number informing me that I have been selected to receive a Government grant of $ 7000. I was given choices of how I would like to receive my money, Master Card, Visa Card, Bank account or cash. I played along and opted for cash. I was given the instructions to go to Western Union where I should deposit $ 310 (refundible) for purpose of verification.
I was also told not to tell anyone about it till the transaction is done. Many desparate people have fallen into this trap. DO NOT BE ONE OF THEM. The government is not giving away any money as a reward for paying your taxes or not having any criminal records. IT IS TOTAL SCAM! This is not the first time they called.
Phone caller was claiming to be from the US Government, talked about bankrupcy tried to get us to get a loan with him, we told him we are on the do not call list and he got angry, i tried asking him who he is from again and what the intentions of his call were he yelled in some other language and hung up.
it smells like a Scam to me, traced phone number to a cell phone in Ankorage, Alaska
Got a call from 907 632 3887. It was a guy who said he worked for the US Government. He said his name was Matthew and he had a strong Afgan accent. US Goverment my [***]. Thay asked for someone named Carol I told them they had the wrong number and he said "[***]" and hung up i tried calling back but it said the number I had called was not a working number.
I just got the same old call but i let it go to vm and caller did not leave a message coincidentally this happened after I applied with several jobs on Craiglist with my resume. Did anybody here have the same experience?
YES--ALSO FOUND OUT WHEN YOU SIGN UP FOR LOYALTY CARDS THEY COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK WITH THE PHONE CALLS. LIKE PREVIOUS CALLERS I JUST LET GO TO VOICE MAIL AND 9 TIMES OUT OF 10 THESE BOTTOM FEEDING SCUM SUCKERS DO NOT LEAVE ANY MESSAGE.
Got a phone call some foreign person saying I qualified for a grant from the government in the amount of $7,000.00 and if I went to western union and paid the $310.00 fee they would wire me 7310.00 tomorrow I called his bluff and he got upset and I hung up. When have u ever known the government jobs to work on weekends and if your the government why can't u take the fee out of the 7,000.00