Received a call from a local phone #. Pretended to be the IRS saying that I was randomly selected to get 9000 from the government, and to call them back at 2026775472 to claim the money. Asked me to verify my employment status and age, already had my last name and zip.
They called me saying that I was randomly selected to get 9000 from the government, and to call them back at 2026775472 to claim the money.
Calls pretending to be government
FTC Data
At least 6 consumers from Texas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Oregon reported phone number 202-677-5472 to the Federal Trade Commission. 16% of complaints reported the call or text message as a robocall or recorded message. The last complaint was on February 25, 2022.
College Station, Wichita Falls
Canton
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Portland
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They now pretend to be giving out grants from the government, (apparently the first grant ever awarded without an application ha ha ha)