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someone called me asking for my personal info to receive a governmental grant. this is a scam becareful

Please do not provide any personal information or credit card information to these people! I received a phone call from a Mike Walton (talked with an accent like he was from another country) from Government Services saying that I won $8,400 in free grant money from the Government.  I asked the gentleman how did I come about winning this and he responded and said that I was selected by the Government because I paid my taxes on time and never filed bankruptcy.  He asked for my name, date of birth, credit card or bank account information, whether or not I was married,etc......said that he needed this information so that I could be transferred to his Account Manager for final verification to receive my money; he also stated that the Account Manager would provide me with a government approval id# to verify that I will receive my money in 45 minutes to my account.  I began asking extensive questions and told him that if he was calling from the Government then he should have all of my information. I then looked up grants.gov website online and saw that this was a scam.  I immediately informed the gentleman of this and he got angry and started telling me that I was being difficult and I told him never to call my number again.  Then I hung up and this person had the nerve to call me right back and demanded that I give my personal information ASAP and said that if I hang up he will continue to call my number.  Then he said, "I know where you stay" and this made me extremely upset.  I hung up again and then called my husband who was at work.  Something has to be done about this fraud stuff! It's like we almost have no way of protecting ourselves, let alone our personal information! He even perpetrated the address saying that he was calling from his office at 202 SW Independence Avenue in Washington DC!!!