The same people called me yesterday, they told me to go to the Western Union and send $250, since I am in need of that same amount they say I will get, I wanted to believe them.  They got upset with me because I told them I will go to Western Union next morning, they wanted me to do it immediately!  I just cant believe there are people doing such a thing... I thought, if I have been selected to receive that money, why can they just take the $250 from it and send the remaining?  I am glad I did my research and read these posts from you guys.  Now I am certain that it is a scam, lol  These people should be reported.

Ana, the first call was from a guy and said the same thing, and said i was selected to win so much money around 7750 i believe, and to go to western union and forward the money, well i did, and now I am out of 260.00, well before all this, i sent the money the girls name was "Kimberly, and was a 202 number i did this, and she said okay the money is being wired to your account, well than she said that a higher authority would be calling me, and the women's name was Valery, and she called and said I would have to send 450 dollars because I would have to pay Ohio taxes on the Grant, well thank the good lord above i didn't do this, i thought something was up, why would you have to pay taxes on a grant that you won? So, when I started the research and all i have noticed all these complaints and such, so first thing Monday I am going to the local police department, social security department, my bank, mind you looked on my bank account and was in the hole over 2grand, my husband went to bank filed a report, since we don't have checks and they were taking my information and using checks online to get money out of my account. So this boils down to scam, and please please please people do not fall for this, people will do anything for money, and I was naive to believe it, and fell for it, and now probably will never see that 260 again. And I should of listened to the lady at the western union place when she said, " do you know who this is, and you know this could be a scam" and I said, yes, she is my financial aid advisor for school and in all reality she wasn't she stole her information. Just really mad at myself, because I borrowed the money from an uncle, and now have to come up with the money to give back to him. So sad, what people do in this world to other people, and the said part of it is, it went to India, and the person had a foreign accent, but came up on the phone a Washington dc number, and here in all reality i guess they can use websites to call from any place and be in a different country. just a said scenario. Sorry for going on and on, just want people to be aware this is a scam and don't fall for it like i did.

Hah! I knew it was a scam, others have had the same calls. They tried that stuff with me about 2 hours ago. Glad I'm doing my home work before I waste my time traveling 30 miles to a western union. Oh ya a dude that sounds middle eastern maybe Hindi. Said his name was Richard Dawson. That is an english based american name. Really. Come on.

Just had the same type of call but decided to "google" the number. They asked me to send them $250, while I was on the phone with them of course. They said the managers name was AMY WILSON !!!!!!!!!!!!!(wish I could scream it from the rooftops!)  Don't pay these scammers!

Got the same call about the $7000 grant. I told them I was uncomfortable giving my credit card information and they gave me above number to speak with the manager. I asked for an explanation, since I did not apply for said grant and also how they got my number and address. Was told to call back monday. What the heck?