They called to tell me I had been chosen to receive a Free $8,000.00 Government Grant ... they gave me an Approval # & Security # telling me to call back on this number to give those #s to another person. I was told I needed to buy a Green VISA/Debit Card for $4.95, then add $200.00 on it ... Call them back with that information so they could automatically transfer my $8,000.00 on the card, at which time I could go to my back to deposit into my account. All this with the understanding that I was not going to use it for illegal use! Sounds like a SCAM of some kind to me. What do you think?

I just received the same call. It sounds really sketchy but at the same time I did apply for grants in the past but never got a phone call. And if it really was a government thing why would they be calling from a private number at first? I don't know the whole thing sounds fake... As much as I would love $8,000...

Also I said what if I didn't have $200 and they asked me if I could borrow it from someone if it was a government grant place I don't think they would make us do that. I say it's a scam.

I received the same call.  I am thinking it is a scam too.  They originally called from a Boston, MA number. 617.451.9999

The original number they called me from was just 000000000 and then they gave me the 360 number