One Time $9,200 Grant for Paying Taxes on Time/Never Filing for Bankruptcy

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Molly Ann Howard
Country: United States
Received a call from (206) 946-817 where a woman with a very heavy Asian accent was calling to offer a one time grant in the amount of $9,200 because I pay my taxes on time and have never filed for bankruptcy.  Had the option to receive a check in the mail or have it wired immediately to my bank account.  Googled the phone number as she continued to read from her script and the screen lit up with Scam Warnings.  When I told her that the phone number she was calling from came up with all sorts of fraud warnings, she claimed that I didn't have to accept the money.  However it was a one time offer, so failure to commit on the call would mean I wouldn't have a second opportunity to take advantage of the offer.  Told her no thank you, added this entry to ComplaintWire and blocked the number on my cell.

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    It's "one time"..
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    because once you fall for it, and lose whatever they're trying to scam you out of, you probably will never fall for it again.
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      Serious scam replies to It's "one time"..
      I received the same offer from the same number. Man on phone sounded robotic.
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      Lan DeNunzio replies to It's "one time"..
      The same number is on my phone.  The number 20 is the country code for Egypt and 6 is the city in Egypt.  For some reason the cell phones are not registering 011.  (to call overseas you have to dial 011 and their country code 20 and city code 6 and their number 946-817.
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      Christina replies to It's "one time"..
      received the same call this morning, women told me the government will send me $9200, I've hang up the phone
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      BDC replies to It's "one time"..
      I've just recieved the same phone call.  I knew it was a scam from the rip....but I just let them think I was excited to hear the news!  They probably think they have a sucker in me....I'll just let them continue to think that way....lol!
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    Mason
    Just got this call from a middle eastern man. And I hung up on him he has called me three times today so finally I answered and he was saying that exact thing. I will receive 9200 from the unites states government.
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    Natalie
    Just received a call from this number twice. When I answered a after they called again, a woman began talking. I told her not to call my number again and she paused only to continue reading off a script (I could hear her papers ruffling). Knew it was a scam as soon as she continued to talk. Annoying. I hung up on her and am going to block the number.
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    Hooper
    Don't answer!  Scam! Block this caller!
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    Ray
    Got a missed call from this number as well. Too bad we don't have the politicians info, they all could use an extra $9G flux help to their advertising accounts ;-)
    (Hey....gotta think of something positive for every situation!!)
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    new york
    keeps calling my cellphone. I looked it up and found this page wow! It only spoke to me one time and it said you will get a call from washington and hung up. All the other times nothing so I just hit ignore now.
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    new york
    I received the same call. I asked for the website and the caller hung up on me.
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    Shavonn
    I took down the number to receive the money and it was none working number. They had all my information now I feel like a dummy and because I feel they have my identity
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    lwqualitiqs
    Do not call the number and do not give them any personal information....rediculous.
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    jamie
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    when the caller mispronounced my name I asked to be taken off the call list, she said f@*k you, go to hell, and hung on me.
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      Karen replies to jamie
      I think I got the same lady (and I use that term loosely).  When she got done with her spiel I asked her "How stupid do you think I am?" and her reply was "You are stupid, F*#K You, go to hell and some other rambling before I hung up on her!
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    Amanda
    This number called me 6 times today, when I finally answered a man with a heavy middle eastern accent said something about a federal grant. I said take me off your list and he responded "[***] you", when I told him I was going to report him he said he would rape me if I report him.
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    rebecca g
    Thank you so much for this information.  This number, which isnt even a full phone number, just called me.  I will not ans and block it.  Again thanks y'all!
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    B. Mitchell
    The same thing happened to me and it was middle Eastern accent I don't think it was Asian anyway they told me that I received $9,000 as a grant that I wouldn't have to pay it back and I put it on speaker so I could hear better and my wife was listening in on it and she said that I'm not giving my bank account number my bank card on my access number and the lady became all of a sudden rude and said it seems like you're wasting my time and hung up sounds like a scam to me because they wouldn't have been rude if it would have been from the government are any political office
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    Bary
    Just got a call from the same number. Told him to hang on a second because I saw it was a 9 digit number, so that was the first red flag. Then he sounded like he was ready to bomb my house or call ISIL on me, second red flag. Then told me he worked for the U.S. federal government. Told him to give me a second and Google the number. Told him that it was a scam and he needed to find a real job. He got mad at me and when I started laughing at him he got more pissed off. Then hung up in my face. Yeah, get that 9 grand if you want to. Wake up tomorrow with zero in your bank account is what's going to happen. Since when does our government want to just give us 9 grand for no reason? They'd rather bail out the banks and give the rich more money.
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