Scam Alert!  Some of our residents are reporting a scam where the suspect contacts them on their cell phone, from a caller I.D. blocked number, and informs them they have been selected to receive a “grant” from the Federal government.  All the potential victim has to do is provide a checking, savings, debit card, or credit card account number to the caller.  Please remind your friends and family to NEVER give sensitive information over the phone to anyone who calls you and you do not know.  Below is an account from one of our residents about the call they received:
 
“I received a phone call from an “unknown” caller.  He said that I had been selected from the Federal government to receive a $9000 grant.  I asked him how he received my number and he said that a survey was done in the area.  I told him that he could mail me a check and he said that he couldn’t do that but that I could give him a “Wal-Mart” gift card number or my debit card number and they could transfer the money to my account.  I asked him for a phone number where I could call him back and verify his information and he started yelling at me telling me that he was in Washington, D.C.“