Why would you give money to get money ... if they are truly giving you the gift they say they are then they can most certainly take any fees or taxes out of that money. I hope you find someone to help!

Just got the same call. The man tried to get my mastercard number over the phone so i told him to take me off his list and he immediately got very angry and hung up.

Just received a call from a lady that was hard to understand with a lot of back ground noise (telemarketer room?),
that my name was just drawn to receive $7,000 in a VISA card, deposit to my bank or cash.  Of course I chose cash.

Asked her if I had to repay this money and she said NO, but that I had to use the money to pay bills, taxes etc, but that I could not gamble or buy liquor with this money.

Her caller ID on my phone was Kelly Pope 205-210-3482 and she advised me to call 206-792-9451 and give them my approval ID.  I did a reverse search on the 206-792-9451 and it said that it was a mobile phone from Seattle, Washington.  Of course I didn't waste a call to a unknown scammer.

What a scam...

Just recieved the same call I also told them cash she told me to call right back and I told her had to think about it because of so many scams going on she was upset and said I needed to do this  and I said no way in hell.

Yes, I just received a call from the same two #'s and they said I could get $7,000 of free grant money. The first call was from a women and she said I qualified based on some demographic's and I couldn't gamble or buy alcohol with the money. Then she gave me the second # and told me to ask for some guy named Joe Climmon with a thick Indian accent and it was very hard to understand him. He instructed me to go to the Western Union so I could pick up my money, however, to do the transaction I first must pay $310.00 dollars. how crazy is that!