Mar 24, 2017
Been getting these phone calls for days. when I answered the phone these people knew everything about me such as name, address, phone number. They also asked me how old I was and if I was employed. They told me that I had been qualified for a federal grant for $9,200 all I needed to do was follow there instructions and I would have my money in less that an hour. they gave me several options in which I could receive my mony and they were, western Union, give them my debit card # or my banking information. They gave me "Grant #" and told me to call another phone number area code "206". I never called them back knowing this was a scam. Kept getting calls and today got a call from a different phone this time area code "356", i answered and received the same Finally decided today to call the company back and just see what the had to say, the number is 202-780-8403 (this number shows up as Washington D.C.), for your information. My entire being told me this was a scam and boy was I right....
I was asked how I wanted to receive my money and knowing better that to give out my personal information I told them Western Union. I gave the man on the phone my "code" and the man on the other end told after a lot of talking that I need to go to the nearest store that had a western union such as Wal-Mart and purchase an ITunes card and place $200 on it. He told me he would stay on the phone with me the entire time until i purchased the card, activated the card and gave him some information on the back of that card. I told him I was working and in no way could do this until after 5:00pm. He said he would be expecting my call. They take your money from that card, I'm sure, and leave you with nothing..
I have read on another thread that tied into one of the other numbers that i received a call from and they too were asked to go purchase cards anywhere from $200-$300.
DON'T buy into this, I am a very well educated person and I almost believed them. At first, I actually gave them a pre-paid debit card that I had with a zero balance and guess what....they called and wanted to know what other ways that I would like to receive my money. Thats when I told them I would do the Western Union, I wanted to try and figure out how this scam was working. This is funny, as I was typing this they have called me back again, I thought that I had blocked all numbers. Also beware of incomplete numbers I received several of those when they figured out my card had a zero balance. (ie: +1 (81), +1 (1) 1181, a few other variations of this same type)
Beware....