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Below is a tiny sample of the hundreds and hundreds of complaints we receive about the many versions of this scam. It does no good to list all of the names used by these bunko artists because a.) they change all the time and b.) every single free-money government-grant offer is a scam. Period. James of Villas, NJ June 22, 2009 I requested a free grantnow CD for shipping and handling charges only. Then all of a sudden I was charged for other services which I did not agree to or order. And I have been charged monthly fees since march 2009. I contacted my credit card company and gave them all info that I did not request any additional services. But, I still have been getting billed each month. Please help me. I am a 72 year old, low income senior . How can I stop this? Hanimal of Los Angeles, CA June 18, 2009 This company is a blatant scam! They charge you 1.95 for the initial web access to their grant information which holds very little information that you could find for free anywhere on the Internet. Then they charge you 76.00 for their service afterwards without your permission stating that it is in their contract...unlike other more legitimate companies that refund your money if you are unawares of their monthly charges in 'fine print'. Then they refuse to refund the money afterwards. This company is a complete and utter scam. Stay away at all costs! They are a very bad business, obviously fleecing people for money! They refused to refund my money! nicolas of pasadena, TX June 15, 2009 ordered c d for 1.99 no strings. my card was also chrged 98.00 and 18.00 for some other service i did not authorize, way to get ur money back is simple, call ur cardholder bank and dispute these charges they cannot refuse and u will get all of ur money back. don"t expect to get ur money back any other way from these snakes. no other action on ur part required. the fraud department will take from there. threw my credit card to limit since they got me 2 times for these bogus charges Loretta of Rancho Cucamonga, CA June 9, 2009 I signed up this morning 6/09/2009 for the Easy Google Profit Trial Kit and a few minutes later, I requested cancellation for this trial kit by calling g the telephone number listed and by email, Because the website did not disclosed the monthly fees , that would apply after I purchased the trail kit for 1.97 cents. After I purchased the trail kit, I received a email from (Grant Master Online and another site called Blazing keywords) subsidiary product provider with Easy Gouge Profit, that after the 7 day trial, I would be charge a monthly free in the amount of 38.34. which I can not agree to. After responding to the confirmation email sent to me by Grant master online and Blazing keywords websites. I email then back to cancel the order. I was denied the cancellation my one of their rep. I explained to this site reprehensive that their aid was misleading and that once I received the email from their product providers, that is would cost me not only the original fee quoted in the amount of 1.97 to have access their products, it will cost me an additional 38.34 monthly to be a member; fees I am not willing to pay for and that these fees where not disclosed in the original advertisement. I was not willing to pay for, and I did not know it was going to cost monthly fees, because it was not explain on the original/ website application/ad. I was originally told it would cost only the trail fee of 1.97 cents, however, if I did not want to continue with this site, I would need to cancel before the 7 day trial ended, I call the same day, and was told, I should try the trail for at least four days before I canceled. I was not in agreement. I asked to be cancel right away, via telephone and email on thee separate occasion. I called to cancel right the charged my credit card the 1.97 cents and once I received the email, that I would be paying monthly fees after 7 day. I believe they will not cancel the account as per my request, or before they can make a profit from me. The original ad disclosure, was flawed, it did not state the monthly free on the original ad. One you paid the 1/97 for the kit, and they got you credit card number, they would then send you email to tell you about the monthly fee. I tried to cancel, however, I was unsuccessful getting this done. Nichole of oregon city, OR June 4, 2009 I was told by a friend she heard on the radio about free grant money i knew it was probably a scam but ofcourse as we all do i went on line anyhow..They asked for my name address the normal stuff then they wanted my credit card well i dont have any thats something i dont need and then today 6-03-09 some guy calls me saying i have been approved for over a hundred thousand dollars in grant money. Would be nice beacuse i could use it to pay of debt if it were real. Well i told him i dont have a credit card thats why i did not go through with it and he started being a jerk saying you dont have a credit card who does not have a card these days. Then goes on and says well does your family have one so i just hung up on him. People like that need to quit screwing people over its hard enough living day to day without them taking money that they did not wotk for. i dont see them getting up at the crack of dawn to go work for min wage. It needs to be stoped. Im sorry for all of you out there. Mary of Tracy City, TN June 1, 2009 I oredered the cd and was suppost to pay 2.95. now i have found out that they have takened out 99.95 out of my account in the last 2 mo. this has made my checks to bounce on my house dawn of sandwich, IL May 29, 2009 they are making withdraws from my account without permission two months in a row now for 58 each time. i want them to stop! kirk of salt lake city, UT May 20, 2009 in jan of '09 i was interested in getting some information on grants, i found a site that looked and seemed legit, it had 3rd party credibility from cbs , nbc , and some other familiar names so i used my credit card to pay for shipping and handling which was cheap 1 or 2 dollars not sure exactly. it was some sort of trail, to prevent any further charges it said to cancel within 30 days. i canceled the very next day, i didnt recieve a cd i was supposed to or anything else. since i never use my credit card i didnt bither to check my statement until today and realized i've been getting charged 29.95 the past 5 months, for a product i canceled and never seen. plus i have 3 different numbers and one of them 800- asks me if i've been charged for 6 other different products which after looking at my statement i've been getting charged for identity theft and never ordered it this same company that advertises for grants slips in other products too. 160 in more debt there is so many online sites to buy from i want be doing any online banking or transactions ever with any of them except amazon books. lost almost all trust Albert of Sun;and, CA May 19, 2009 I thought I was spending 1.99 for information on Government Grants. After the authorized 1.99 charge I was billed for 94.89 every month until I caught it four months later. Their phone number claims their "system was down". 379.56 and my pride are both lost. ma of Winter Park, FL May 17, 2009 Advertise 1.99 for product (cancel anytime which I did right away) & took 94.86 three times from my bank account. Advertisement
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