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I got a call from this number 5 minutes ago saying he worked for the government and that they give away grants every year, he verified my name and adress then asked for my birthdate

I just got phone call from this number.They looking for my husband and when I asking them how is calling, They just hung up. I wondering how they get my number and my husband name. My cell is in my husband name and is at&t.

I just got phone call from this number.They looking for my husband and when I asking them who is calling, They just hung up. I am wondering how they got my number and my husband name. My cell is in my husband name and is at&t.

i recieved a call from this number saying that i was approved for a $7,000.00 federal grant. I found out 15 minutes later that this was a scam

i to have had this call. i wonder who there targeting wat do we all have in common? are most of u guys college students?

Got ~20 calls from this and 4 other similar numbers between 9am and 10pm EST yesterday. Missed a couple more today, but caught one on the way home from work.

Telling the guy to @#$! his mother at least made it entertaining for a minute, but I eventually got tired of trading expletives, so I stepped it up a bit by telling the guy I was going to have him killed; he hung up and the calls stopped. Win?

A college student...ever since Iv'e gone back to school got a lot of scam/telemarketers phone #'s calling my cell....coincidence? This one really annoys me...and picked up once accidently and just heard murmurs...don't answer to hmmms.....don't answer & blocked them

Not a college student - AT&T phone

They call daily...many times a day....from many different phone numbers...several different countries.
I just block them on my phone as they come in..ad them to the 'auto reject' list, sends them straight to voice mail and they never leave a msg.  Annoying, very.  I too would like to know where they are getting their information!

Not a college student - AT&T phone

They call daily...many times a day....from many different phone numbers...several different countries.
I just block them on my phone as they come in..ad them to the 'auto reject' list, sends them straight to voice mail and they never leave a msg.  Annoying, very.  I too would like to know where they are getting their information!



I meant 'add', not ad, gotta love typos.

Also how coincidental their phone numbers keep changing...one comes in as +91xxxxxxxxxxxxx which is obviously from another country; the next comes in  as xxx-xxx-xxxxx...has that 5th digit on the end.  Don't they think they are just so clever??

I received a call from this woman who said that she is calling from the Dept. of Treasury and that I was entitled to a government grant in the amount of $7,000 because I pay my bills on time and I never filed for bankruptcy. I knew it was a scam but went along with it to see how far she would go. (While I she was talking, I Googled the phone number and found this website.) She wanted to verify some information and then asked me for the city to which I live I stated, "Brooklyn" she then asked, "How do you spell that, sir." I, then replied, "If you are an American especially from a government agency, you would know how to spell it since it is one of the biggest city in the U.S." She wanted to change the subject but I insisted. She then transferred me to her "supervisor" and he began with the same nonsense. I, then asked him what the phone number is he replied slowly, "9-9-5-3-7-7-5-0-9-2 and I am Jack Smith" then hung up. Piece of [***] thought he can fool a New Yorker!

Got a call from number. Lady said I was one of 15000 people who were intitled to a 7000.00 grant.. she told me that it was from the us government and then told me that my goverment was locted in washington dc.. I told her that im an american citizen and that I know were my government is locted. Then I ask why she was calling me from a india number. She told me that she was not and that she was calling from dc... I told her my phone says india and then she hung up... at that time she knew she was caught.

I have no CLUE who this was.  But anyone who shows up with that many numbers is OBVIOUSLY SCANDALOUS!

been getting calls from this number a couple times per day for over two weeks, havent answered since number appears as int'l dialing number. If everyone has smartphones has there been apps installed in past couple weeks that may have sent your number to these sh!theads?

I just recieved a phone call from this "U.S. Government Agency"  about how I will be recieveing $7000 in a government grant.  Apparently, I was too boring for the foreigner, because after a few answers like "okay" and "what"... and "Oh." i was hung up on.  This is the first time I actually picked up, but not the first time they have called.  I hope it doesn't persist.  Does anyone know how they actually got our numbers, or are we just suposed to allow whatever company who did keep on doing it?  One other thing, does a "real" goernmant agency know about this group?

Yea I just got a call from this number a few minutes ago! He said I was qualified for 7,000 grant. Had a feeling right off the back that it was a scam bc I live in the dc metro area and 916 is not a dc area code. He  verified my address and said they could transfer the money bank to bank or through my job or some crap like that. then I asked him about a website,  he said it was www.usgrantsdepartment.gov . that doesnt exist! I asked him again for the website. www.usgrantsdepartment.gov. then he hung up!! please do not let these people scam you!

For the past few days I've received a call from this number. The first time I ignored the call, the second I answered dvd sure enough the man with the accent is trying to get info outta me. so I reversed it and asked him well what info do you have. He gave me an old address but the point is he has it. So when he asked what account do I want the money deposited in I ask for a check, which of course he just can't send because it may be sent to the wrong person and the money will be forever lost. On that note I told him look, I looked this number up on the internet and this is a scam don't carol my number again!

I have received several calls from this number... why???

I have been getting calls from them for a month now. I answer every time and tell them I'm not interested. Sometimes they hang up but this last time the guy ask me why I was angry. And I told him because they kept calling me. He said well if I don't stop calling will you still be angry. And I'm like wtf just stop calling. What do u know, the next day I get a call again.

I get a call from this computer scrambled number showing up at least once a day.  My wife's identity has been stolen and used to process loans, credit card applications etc.,   I have call blocked all private numbers with my cable company phone service, but this number keeps getting through.  I have one call trace on it at this time, but the second time it came through *57 did not go through as it was a "private number".  I will file the call traces with the local PD, County Cyber Crimes Investigation Unit and State Police Cyber unit.  I have also filed complaints with the Federal Trade Commission and the National Do not call list.  

Criminals Organizations are two steps ahead of many law enforcement agencies, and in most cases the calls are coming in from abroad and little or no action is being taken at this time.  Calls from a business must have the business name and a "REAL" phone number posted on your caller ID.  I have found to shut these people down very quickly is to ask for a phone number to call them back at and an address that I can reach them at...it is usually prompted by a quick hang up.  FYI: A legit business will gladly provide you this information promptly and is required by "Law".

I got the same call just a few min and they said the same thing . I cant believe people are falling form them. don't know how they got my cell number and my address.