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If you want recourse and to find the people who lied and stole your money and then shut their doors only to open up a new scam shop under a new company and shelf corporation. They open and close grant fraud companies, Small Business Funding, then Corporate Capital [protected], then Quid Corp [protected] and Now Compass National [protected]

Some of the employees use fake names
Mike Jones uses alias - Mike Glasier
Mark Jones uses many different alias name such as Mark Andrews and Todd Mathews

Bobby Fusco & Cody Christianson are the ring leaders of the the grant fraud companies.

The Corporate Capital Team or what's left of them are at 3 locations
2 are at
[protected]
2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, Buiding 8 (one of the scam boiler rooms signs says The viking group)
Henderson, NV 89014

Quid Corp
[protected]
9089 S. Pecos, Suite 3600
Henderson, NV 89074

Compass National (many formers Quid employee scammers are at this location Todd Mathews & Mike Glasier & Bobby Fusco, Summer West)
[protected]
8915 S. Pecos Road, Suite 20
Henderson, NV 89074

Tell me scammers if you have been in business since 1999 why do you only have proof of business location for your phone boiler room since Novemeber. Liars, thieves and unethical scammers who are frauding innocent hard working people. How do you look in the mirror?

Update by whistleblowernevada
Sep 02, 2010 9:40 pm EDT

OCD, maybe a little, but only from time to time. I appreciate the honesty tho

Update by whistleblowernevada
Sep 04, 2010 9:25 pm EDT

DOES THE FOLLOWING SCRIPT BELOW SOUND FAMILIAR?

(hint scam companies script of lies, oh wait I mean scam companies rebuttals script)

REBUTTALS

Q. I read about you on a blog.

A. For starters, I'm not sure where you're getting your information, but I can tell you this. Any information that was posted on a blog is incorrect. The first thing you have to understand is that ANYONE, can say ANYTHING. One of the first things you have to ask yourseld is, who posted this info. You'll notice than on every one of these blogs, not one has both a first and a last name. There are no phone numbers of e-mail addresses. you have no information to contact them and verify if it is true. What we did, was have our I.T. department do some investigating, and what we found was pretty interestung. More than 90% of the postings all originated from 1 e-mail address, that just happens to belong to an employee of one of our competitors. The remaining post came from an e-mail address registered to a former employee, who had been terminated for lying. As I said, anyone can say anything on the internet. That doesn't mean it's true. . .blabla, lie, lie, bla, lie.

DOES THIS REBUTTAL SOUND FAMILIAR? This is the script given to employees.

Let's just say more LIES! Blog sites do NOT divulge the email addresses it is confidential information.

90% of the postings? Tell me scammers, how many postings are there? How many is 90%? Why would a company that gets people hundreds and thousands and millions of dollars NOT be the greatest company to work for on the face of this earth? Why would a company have so many upset employees? Tell me scammers could it be that you are hiring your boiler rooms with innocent people and once they discover they are lying and scamming they quit? Why wouldn't an individual quit?

None of these scam companies have an IT department. Call the numbers and ask for the IT department. They will say, what, huh? Why would a grant writing company have an IT department. These scam companies are boiler rooms with little to no computers. So where does IT come in. If you don't believe me drive to these locations and say I am looking for the IT department? They will say who are you here to see Mike Jones?

FORMER AND DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE. Hmmmmmmm. Is that the best you can come up with.

This post is to REVEAL & EXPOSE the TRUTH!

Keep posting and I will keep exposing, come on, please, I WANT the TRUTH to SAVE HUNDRED AND THOUSANDS OF COMPANIES from being scammed out of THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS!

How many employees have been terminated from these scam companies? Who wouldn't be upset for being paid to lie and scam. I'd be upset if I was paid to render fraudulent scam services.

Where are the business licenses for these companies PRIOR to their CURRENT LOCATION?

ANSWER: There is none, call Clark County Records, call the city of Henderson. It is public information and the business license for these scam companies do not exist prior to their current location.

JUST another day of GRANT SCAM COMPANIES REVEALED!

Update by whistleblowernevada
Sep 07, 2010 11:43 am EDT

HERE IS PROOF CALL THE CITY AND THEY WILL VERIFY that Compass National has NO PRIOR BUSINESS LOCATION! Call and they will verify that Quid Corp has NO PRIOR BUSINESS LOCATION!

Please find the Clark County website below:

http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/depts/business_license/Pages/index.aspx

Licensing
Have a question regarding licensing?
Email us at: chap@co.clark.nv.us
Call us at: [protected]

Business License Detail Information
License Number: 2002519.237
Business: Compass National, LLC
Ste #20
8915 S Pecos Rd
Las Vegas, NV 89074
Business Telephone: [protected]
License Category: Consultant Service
Status: Licensed
Date of License: 08/20/2010
Out of Business Date:
Business Owner(s)
Compass National, LLC

License Number: 2002298.237
Business: Quid Corp.
Suite# 3600
9089 S Pecos Rd
Las Vegas, NV 89074
Business Telephone: [protected]
License Category: Consultant Service
Status: Licensed
Date of License: 01/26/2010
Out of Business Date:
Business Owner(s)
Quid Corp.

License Number: 2001507.543
Business: Small Business Funding Services, Inc.
Ste# G
5642 S Eastern Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89120
Business Telephone: [protected]
License Category: Business Support Service
Status: Revoked - Delinquent
Date of License: 12/09/2009
Out of Business Date:
Business Owner(s)
Small Business Funding Services, Inc.

Update by whistleblowernevada
Sep 08, 2010 4:31 pm EDT

The reason they have a C rating is because the legth of time in business. There is NO prior location. As soon as the complaints start to come in they close the scam company and open another. It's what these sick and twisted people do. They have as system, Open up a brand new company under a shelf corporation. Scam as many innocent people as possible. Within a year they will open another brand new location, as people start to complain and catch on. They will shut the doors and allready be up and running under a different company.

They have been doing this for YEARS!

It's sad, hopefully business owners will see this and not get scammed.

Update by whistleblowernevada
Sep 10, 2010 6:47 pm EDT

Thank you Sara S.

I am accused of being a former employee just because I decided to post the truth and help save thousands of innocent business owners from being scammed. I know several former employees and current. It's down right sad.

YES YOU ARE 100% correct all of the companies you listed this Compass National, former Quid, Former Small Business Funding, Former Corporate Capital, Elite, Ect.

It is the same group of scammers and they just keep opening and closing scam companies and their group gets bigger and bigger. It's so sad.

Update by whistleblowernevada
Sep 10, 2010 6:58 pm EDT

Sara,

Are you with one of the scam companies? Why is the website you are promoting the same that is owned by the SCAM COMPANIES? This website is used to generate leads for the scammers to call and rip you off!

I will post a list of all websites they use to generate interest so they can rip you off! Just another day of Scammers Revealed!

Registrant:
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States

Domain Name: FREEGRANTINFOUSA.COM
Created on: 04-Aug-10
Expires on: 04-Aug-11
Last Updated on: 04-Aug-10

Administrative Contact:
Private, Registration
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
[protected] Fax -- [protected]

Technical Contact:
Private, Registration
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
[protected] Fax -- [protected]

Domain servers in listed order:
NS03.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS04.DOMAINCONTROL.COM

Registrant:
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States

Domain Name: QUIDCORP.COM
Created on: 16-Nov-09
Expires on: 16-Nov-11
Last Updated on: 16-Nov-09

Administrative Contact:
Private, Registration
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
[protected] Fax -- [protected]

Technical Contact:
Private, Registration
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
[protected] Fax -- [protected]

Domain servers in listed order:
NS13.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS14.DOMAINCONTROL.COM

Registrant:
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States

Domain Name: COMPASSNATIONAL.COM
Created on: 26-Jan-05
Expires on: 26-Jan-17
Last Updated on: 31-Aug-10

Administrative Contact:
Private, Registration
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
[protected] Fax -- [protected]

Technical Contact:
Private, Registration
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
[protected] Fax -- [protected]

Domain servers in listed order:
NS39.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS40.DOMAINCONTROL.COM

Update by whistleblowernevada
Sep 14, 2010 6:12 pm EDT

Thank you for your honesty Sara. The site is owned by the scammers. Just an FYI.

Update by whistleblowernevada
Oct 06, 2011 3:02 am EDT

Quid Corp, Compass National, Interlan Financial Corporation, Interlan Charitable Foundation, Direct Business Company are all the same scam company.

License Summary
Business Name: INTERLAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Business Address(es): 6250 MOUNTAIN VISTA ST A
HENDERSON, NV 89014
Business Phone: [protected]
Owner(s): INTERLAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
License Type: GROSS REVENUE
Scope: MISCELLANEOUS – SMALL BUSINESS CONSULTING, INTERNET SRVS, BUSINESS PLANS.
License Number: [protected]
Date Issued: 09/01/2011
Expire Date: 02/29/2012
Cancellation Date:
License Status: ACTIVE
License Summary
Business Name: DIRECT BUSINESS COMPANY, INC
Business Address(es): 6250 MOUNTAIN VISTA ST A
HENDERSON, NV 89014
Business Phone: [protected]
Owner(s): DIRECT BUSINESS COMPANY, INC
License Type: GROSS REVENUE
Scope: MISCELLANEOUS – INTERNET MARKETING/CONSULTING
License Number: [protected]
Date Issued: 09/28/2011
Expire Date: 03/31/2012
Cancellation Date:
License Status: ACTIVE

Direct Business Company, Interlan Financial Corporation, Interlan Charitable Foundation, Compass National, Quid Corp, Las Vegas Funding Group, Corporate Capitol are all the same companies.

None of these companies have ever helped a single business get a penny of grant funding. If you were ripped off by any of these companies please contact the authorities immediately.

These are all companies that lie and take your money without ever getting you a dollar of grant funding.

If you are a victim please come forward, the only way to shut a fraud company down is if victims come forward and tell the authorities how they were ripped off.

Please contact FBI immediately
[protected]

Please contact the Attorney General
[protected]
[protected]

Please contact the District Attorney
[protected]

Please contact City of Henderson
[protected]

Please contact the FTC
[protected]

Please contact the FCC
[protected]

Please contact the Better Business Bureau
[protected]

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Mysticangel827
somewhere, US
Mar 31, 2011 9:19 pm EDT

Carol Andrade at extention 855 correction

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Mysticangel827
somewhere, US
Mar 31, 2011 8:44 pm EDT

Its simple, call the FBI...Talk to them to see if a company is legitimate or fraud. Since they say they work beside the FBI, we called the FBI to see how true that was. Of course the FBI had heard of no such company. They asked for all the information as to how much money they wanted and even took the names and numbers of the reps. we talked to at Compass. They tried to approve us for a 280, 000 dollar grant as well. When I talked to the operator I asked her if the company was legitimate and she had no response, except "Do you want me to connect you up to so and so" If you look the company Compass up on Manta, they have only been in business since August of 2010...and as well with the BBB...and had five complaints. Anyways the Operater connected us up to a Carol Andrade at extention 355. Already at that time though, we already knew it was fradulent which led us to call the FBI in the first place. Not to mention the countless slandering on this sight, from the employees defending the company...OH and the 35 year old private eye up above (Abigail Rivera) She looks no older than 18 but has been in business being a private eye for 35 years and just so happens to just go work for a client. yeah right. Tell the mumbo to somene who will believe you. Anyways, call the FBI, maybe the more compaints they get the sooner this place can be shut down. Here is the number for the FBI in Nevada Phone: [protected]

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Be careful
Birmingham, US
Mar 31, 2011 4:49 pm EDT

I was smart not to loose $10, 000.00 to pay to get a grant. The stafff names have changed time to time with the company name. Compass national is now inner circle when you call [protected] or [protected].
Steven Christopher was my grant contact person...this guy is no limit, he will find your spouse number, your work number and he is inappropriate. If you have any contact with them, please let your work to be aware about scamed calls otherwise it might cost you to loose your job.
PLEASE STOP THE SCAM!

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Feeling guilty
Henderson, US
Mar 30, 2011 7:54 pm EDT

To the owner of this blog, I am a "current" employee of Compas National and can tell you for a fact that you are absolutely correct in your claims that Compass National is a scam. I can not afford to lose my job, but I can tell you this, those that claim that Compas National (as of just a couple of weeks ago, is now known as Interlan Financial Corporation), are people who have paid the full $9600 dollar upfront fee for the full service (eventhough they still can not make any promises, about being able to get the grants). I also know that some of these pro Compass comments are written by Compass National employees (not all but some). I can tell you I know that anyone who pays less than the the full $9600 upfront fee gets their application dropped on a desk and gets regular followup calls, untill the day they are able to pay the full upfront fee, until then nothing at all is done with the file, except the making of empty attempts. If you take a moment, to think about the application process and research it (which they try hard not to do), you will see that the questions asked are not geared towards whether you can qualify for a grant or not, but they are purposely designed to weed out those who can pay the full $9600 upfront and those who can not.
The mentallity of the company is shovel it in and make it look honest for as long as possible. Their attempt to start a partnership with "Habitat For Humanity" is an attempt to create the appeareance of an honest company. At a meeting held by the owner of the company (BoB, but who really knows), he claimed that he would love to try to copy the structure of Habitat For Humanity, because they did not want to help the homeless only those who are hardworking and deserving. Can anyone please tell me when the homeless became non-deserving. Whether this is true or not, what does it say about the company with this man at the head of it. The "big" project ahead to build the first Solar Farm in NV, is another attempt to scam their way through to receiving themselves grant funds, that they will squander. Sometimes throwing money away is very profitable (in terms of appearence), especially if it is not your money you are throwing away. I would recommend that everyone seriously stop and take a look at the people in charge of/and making decisions for this company. Companies can appear one day and disappear the next and leave no trace of where they came from or where the went, very easily. It is not as easy for people. I would recommend that if you can not afford the full upfront fee of the $9600 (to throw away on a maybe), that you run from these people and dont look back. Also for all their claims of the excellent grant writers they have on staff (having written grants for the government, ect...), it is kept very quite that they are like homerun kings in baseball (while they often hold the record for most homeruns hit, they usually also hold the record for leading in strikeouts and often they have more strikeouts then they do homeruns), otherwise they would still be keeping their sweet jobs with the government or would have been in business for themselves where they could get a percentage write off the top of any grant they helped get. To the owner of this blog feel free to use any and/or all of this comment in any way you see fit to help enlighten as many people as possible about this company. Also to any one in business or connected to any business venture that they are involved with, I would suggest that you wear your hard hat re'ligiously around them, they make it no secrect amoung staff, that when the time comes to haul ###, the dominoes will fall where they will fall.

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kishme
Marysville, US
Mar 07, 2011 11:02 pm EST

Our business is hurting financially and recently compass national called and went thru the process of Qualifying us for grant money. They want 2, 400$ to do it tho. In return we should recieve $275, 000 grant monies. Now the logical part of me screams SCAM! but the rest of me wants to beleive this to be true because it would save our business.

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saxonscrew
San Andreas, US
Feb 15, 2011 8:02 pm EST

just the word las vegas rings a bell for easy come easy go the fact they want the 6800.00 up front seems like a few fishing trips ive been on where the boat never left the dock ive got time to look into grants for free before i put my money on the craps table

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Abigail Rivera
, PH
Jan 28, 2011 7:56 am EST

Before "working" at Compass National/Interlan Financial I knew practically nothing about grants or how to obtain them. However after 35 years as a police detective and private investigator (still active) I do know a fraudulent company when I see one. My real job is with a well known Private Security and Investigative company in California with many celebrity and well-to-do clients. My firm was hired by a group seeking a rather large grant and my assignment was to investigate Compass/Interlan to determine if they were a scam or not. Much of my job had already been done by a federal law enforcement agency with whom I have made several contacts over the years. Though we don't often get credit for it, many raids on fraudulent companies are initiated by private investigators. One such raid was conducted in Oct. '09 and several companies were shut down. I was told by a trusted contact that Compass/Interlan appeared to be doing exactly what they say they do and they could find no evidence to the contrary and they looked very hard. My preliminary investigation revealed no complaints or litigations with the Secretary of State or Attorney General's Offices of Nevada or the District Attorneys Office. There are NO investigations taking place by any law enforcement agency. If they were a scam company there would certainly be a plethora of complaints registered with legitimate enforcement agencies or at the very least lawsuits filed with the DA's office. None such exist. I got a "job", as I often times do with companies I am investigating, answering phones and explaining the services. There was about a week of training and at no time was I instructed to lie to potential clients and in fact just the opposite occurred. Everyone was told to be as truthful as possible and if they didn't know the answer to something, don't talk out of your butt, get a manager to help. My professional opinion is that this company does everything possible to honor its contracts with clients by employing grant writers with the most impressive credentials who truly want to get the maximum amounts for their clients. Scam companies simply do not have this kind of overhead with over 100 employees, housed in a 20, 000 sq.ft. building, all with the latest computers, half of whom are doing research, composing very professional looking business plans, writing grants, doing non-profit filings, are teamed up with well known charities like Habitats For Humanity or are building wind farms to generate revenue in order to fund grants in house. I believe the negative comments made against this company are from one or two individuals who are trying to appear to be a mob and have a personal vendetta for a reason I was unable to determine. There is no evidence at any legitimate source that supports their allegations. It reminds me of a case I worked two years ago where a terminated employee made false allegations against the owner of a swim school. They posed as a parent who had talked to other parents about instructors fondling their children inappropriately. These false accusations nearly ruined the company and due to the nature of the allegations, through a forensic computer search, we were able to prove who was responsible and had them arrested and prosecuted. My advice is if you have doubts about the validity of a company, go visit them unannounced and see for yourself. I have never responded to a "blog" before and after much debate with my employer I was finally given permission to do so. I am not nearly as concerned about the company losing revenue as I am about the people who truly need this grant money in order for their businesses to survive but are afraid to do so out of fear of being taken. My two weeks "on the job" talking to a lot of people certainly gave me a perspective of the plight of many small business owners and farmers and it is these innocents that the blogger is doing the most harm to. You have no idea and probably don't care how many people you've caused harm to just so you can get your "pound of flesh" for getting dumped or jilted or whatever the real reason is.

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John Longo
sdsdf, US
Jan 24, 2011 4:52 pm EST

I have their sales calls on tapes - lies and all. If any lawyer or agency wants a copy, contact me: John Longo, 681 Smith Street, Providence, RI 02908.

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Cathielasvegas
Las Vegas, US
Jan 08, 2011 2:44 pm EST

I work for Compass National and they do exactly what they say they are doing. We have two senior grant writers, one who has 2 Phd's with 17 years with the Department of Defense (Navy) writing over $69 Billion in Federal Grants and the other PHD writing grants for the private and public sector. There is a ton of work involved in writing Letters of Intent to each and every funding source who our clients qualify for and then following up with the actual grant. Our Business Plan writers (there are about 8 to 10 in this department) write comprehensive Business Plans with an Executive Summary, corporate structure, mission statement, marketing overview, description of products and services, charts and graphs, and a 3 year financial projection. They even go two steps further and put it on CD's and a powerpoint presentation for the Grant Administrator and board members to review.

This person who is writing all these blogs is a former employee. I don't know what she did but she was fired. She is angry as you can guess. She is spewing lies and mistruths. I understand she has hooked up with one of our manager's sons, is now pregnant and they are starting their own grant writing service.

Anyone can say anything about any business in blogs. It doesn't make it true. This is a real and viable company and they are getting grants for our clients.

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ex- employee
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Jan 07, 2011 3:59 pm EST

its a fraud, i used to work there.

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reese2000
southfield, US
Dec 29, 2010 3:53 am EST

It amazes me how many of the "Compass National "employees are on this blog defending the name of a company that hides behind phone lines and keystrokes in order to "scam" people out of thousands. I was recently called by "Alice " from Compass... she said she got my info from a website saying I was interested in grant funding. Then she told me a fee of $3200 retaining fee and $3200 grant proposal writing fee. She then asked me if i had a business proposal and i told her yes, she totally disregarded my answer and said it was included and they would do it for me! I decided to do research and went to BBB, they had one complaint. But it red flagged my attention when it said try only bean in business since August 2010! When Alice called me today I asked her how long they have been in business, surprisingly she said 6 Years! Someone is lying... Then she said she got me approved for $223, 000 when the asking price was $243, 000 then she went up on the fee and said they would need $6200 after i receive $113, 000 . When i asked why can't the total fee be deducted from my "grant funding" she stated a smart comment. She wanted me to fax a "blank check". Truth is if most people could afford to pay $9000 upfront for a service they would not be requesting for funding. and if these ppl that work for these scam companies are so good why don't they write themselves some grant proposals and stop working for others?!?!?!... if i could write proposals to get people $200, 000 or more I would not be working for any company I would own my own! Do not be stupid people! The only ones defending this company are obviously employed! Smh God bless the liars!

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AnnieandJeff
Old Hickory, US
Dec 27, 2010 5:36 pm EST

Help, I just got a call from Compass National saying I qualify for a 289, 000 loan but I need to give them 6, 000 retainer and eventually have to pay 20, 000. I own a small coffee shop and I am in need of some help. Does anyone know of a legit company I can locate?
Peace~
Annie

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AnnieandJeff
Old Hickory, US
Dec 27, 2010 5:33 pm EST

I was informed by compass by a woman named MJ that my women owned company also qualified for a loan of 289, 000. They want 6, 000 up front. I am in need of a grant to save my small coffee shop and the offer sounds tempting but it sounds like a mistake from what the post say. Does anyone know of a legit grant writing company that can assist me.
Peace~
Annie

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BlogMythBuster
Las Vegas, US
Dec 24, 2010 8:06 pm EST
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k, folks. Here is the nitty gritty:
It CAN, in fact, be free to request grant funding. However, because of the amount of research involved and the sheer specifics required by the funders/foundations awarding those grants, it is NECESSARY to enlist the assistance of someone who knows what they are doing to write the LOI's and RFP's. There are a plethora of sites on the 'net that offer free grant funding and help finding the grantors - but, I DARE you to actually visit a site and follow their "few simple" steps and actually receive funding. It would take an individual with no knowledge of the process of obtaining a grant YEARS to write a proposal on their own and the proposal MUST BE exactly right or the folks that award grants won't even look at the requests. I can only say this because I, myself, tried to go it alone. No luck at all. The money that would be required of you to retain the services of Compass National is FAR less than what you would spend to attempt the process on your own.
Scam? O.K. - there is no history of the companies location prior to 1999. It saddens me to think that not one person would look at this information and think to themselves "maybe that's because that's when they STARTED DOING BUSINESS!" We are all so focused on the negative aspect of all in the world that we CANNOT for one moment see that there might be someone willing to go to bat for us and obtain for us a piece of th 1.8 TRILLION dollars that WILL be given away this year. whether it is given to me or to someone else, these monies ARE BEING AWARDED TO SOMEONE! Next, I ask you this; how many services do you -as a business owner- provide for free? Attorneys don't work without retainers. You don't get to drive a new car for 8 months without making a payment. For those of you who visit this blog and believe for one moment that you should not have to pay a single cent to obtain funding - you are FOOLS. I'm not at all trying to be rude, just honest. It is, after all, a grant. . . . . Not welfare. Do a little research on the process. Find out how much it would cost you to do this on YOUR own. researching and writing your business plan. writing an LOI or an RFP. Find out that you don't receive a lump sum of money from one funder but that there are actually SEVERAL different sources funding your $100, 00 grant. AND that you must submit a different LOI and RFP to each organization you are requesting these monies from. There is no cookie cutter template that is sent to all the foundations I would request the money from. Yes, it is required that you spend a little money to make some big money. It hasn't changed since the beginning of time. Being grown people, we should have learned LOOOOOOONG ago that there is absolutely N O T H I N G for free. And to pay a couple thousand dollars to have a professional, QUALIFIED team (with years of experience doing naught else BUT writing grant proposals) in exchange for an infusion of monies to either expand my business, start a new one or simply keep my years old company from going under in this economy seems more than fair to me. Don't pay attention to my post or any others you may read on this or any other page - positive or negative. Grow the hell up and think for yourself. The proof is in the pudding. Hell, There are countless negative blogs pertaining to Disney World. Really?! People love to complain. Whether a disgruntled employee or just some ### with nothing better to do. Don't let a fool stop YOU from receiving your blessing. I stand behind my post and welcome any calls so that I might answer any questions or put to rest any concerns you may have pertaining to these posts. [protected] - yes, that IS my real cell phone number. There are your facts.

Oh, and whistleblower - I can see the busted vessels in your eyes and the spittle splashed in the corner of your mouth. calm down, baby. you're gonna give yourself a heart attack typing that hard.

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truespirit
pobox2011, US
Dec 19, 2010 6:16 pm EST

I am in the process of doing business with Compass/Interlan Finacial currently. We have been talking for several months. I is difficult to get a hold of them most of the time. They also go by many names such as Compass National, Quid, Interlan Financial. When I aske about all the different names, I received no answer. They have offered to fly me out there and many other free bees, but they also want ten of thousands of dollars down as well. I will continue to do research on them, so thamk you for this information. Who is Dr. Michael Spheres? Does anyone know?

Gloria

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deemery
Reston, US
Dec 07, 2010 11:04 pm EST

Auto-dialed a number on the do-not-call list. When I started to ask questions about the company, they hung up on me. Not the behavior of a reputable company. I reported them to the DoNotCall registry.

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Sheldon Soosman
Las Vegas, US
Nov 21, 2010 2:25 am EST
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Complaints Board can’t verify consumer complaints are legitimate. This is a dangerous site. This society is a social wilderness, and there is no gate, no fence nor block at this open field. In many cases the complainants use false contact information or fictitious names when making reports. Annoying someone via the Internet including email is a federal crime. Penalties for posting annoying messages without disclosing your identity include stiff fines and prison.
Let's face facts. As long as there is a corporate world there will be people who complain about it, using such words as too high, ring leaders, rip-offs, scammers, crooks, and fraud. Take a few moments to call to mind all the people that you know. Think of your relatives, co-workers, friends, and acquaintances. Now divide them into two separate categories: the complainers and the non-complainers.

The chances are probably quite high that you were able to place at least two or three of them into the complainer’s category, and it most likely did not take you very long to do so.
Now that we've established who the complainers are, the next obvious step is to ask why they complain so much. After all, complaining serves little, if any purpose. The majority of people who complain do so because they believe that repeatedly expressing their dissatisfaction will get them whatever it is they want. Few people have patience for individuals who complain above and beyond what might be considered purely human nature. The unfortunate result of this type of behavior is that complainers alienate people by using such words as ring-leaders, rip-offs, scammers, crooks, and fraud which of course give them even more to complain about.
Open your ears and you'll find that complaining is an integral part of most people's daily exchanges. "For example, we use complaints as icebreakers, " says Robin Kowalski, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at Clemson University. "We start a conversation with a negative observation because we know that will get us a bigger response than saying something positive would." But here's the downside: Some people abuse expressive complaining, grumbling incessantly with no real interest in dialogue, problem solving, or human connection.

Michael Cunningham, Ph.D., a psychologist at the University of Louisville, says that "we mammals are a squealing species. We talk about things that bother us as a way of getting help or seeking a posse to mount a counterattack”. When that counterattack does not work fast enough they continue to multiply and mask the complaints to have the appearance of coming from different sources.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWVmpp02tx0

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brokeass.bloggers.lol...
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Nov 11, 2010 6:46 pm EST

Just admitt "hi there" n "dan" You are both broke ### mofo's. You [censored]s know nothing about grants. Poor ### ### want sumthin for nothing. Sad sad sad...

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Dan66
Chico, US
Nov 09, 2010 7:16 pm EST

Add Charles at 232 - definitely a scam - They want to charge between $3, 600-$9, 000 to write grants for programs that do not fund small businesses. Please understand. THERE ARE NO GRANTS TO START BUSINESSES! There are lots of people out there who will take your money if you think otherwise.

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HI There
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Nov 09, 2010 6:08 pm EST

Hi,

I received a call from these chuckle heads today on my home line. When I asked how they got my number (as I am on the do not call list) they stated that they could call us because we are a business. When I asked "David" for his telephone number, he responded 1-800-Goodbye, and hung up. Now working in customer service I found this to be a bit frustrating. So, I searched found this post, so as my addition to this love fest here are some extensions as well.

222- customer service
224 Chris Harvey
225 Jenny Knowles
226 David Geller

Also, they state that customer service is handled @ another number, [protected], but when you call that number (Interland financial Corp) they state that they only process the applications for Compass. However, you hear the same chatter in the background as from the Compass Call, and the woman's voice who answered can be heard on the 222 extension VM. To sum up my story, I called and left Chris a VM that he should hire smarter employees, ones that if they decide to give a smart ### answer won't give the company name right before they mouth off, and I left a VM for "David" letting him know that the 1-800-Goodbye number works great and took me right to his desk.

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Compassislegir
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Nov 02, 2010 10:43 pm EDT

You type like an Indian. Go worship your sacred cow

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draravind
, IN
Oct 27, 2010 8:21 pm EDT
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Hi People-

I came here through Amazon Mechanical Turk. They are paying me 0.08 cents to mark this complaint as not useful. I am sure they would have spent so much just to make the complaint not useful. If the complaint is really not useful why would a company spend so much just to show to others?

This clearly states the nature of the company. I don't know anything about the company, but the way they are making people to vote here is not a good way to make people believe.

I am from India and if you still have any doubts over my above statements, you can check mturk.com and search for the title 'Quickly help us test our Site Analytics' posted by Ajonque.

They may have my HIT rejected there by reducing my accuracy %, but i would be more happy if i save some people of their dear money. Guess there may be some truth behind 'whistleblowernevada' comments above.

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DA Brooklyn
New York, US
Oct 22, 2010 3:20 pm EDT

Be very careful what you read. After speaking with represetatives at Compass in Las Vegas, it is easy to conclude that the attacks against those like whistleblower are these same employees or reps (of Compass). It is way too coincidental that these writings (of what I just heard over the phone) are exactly the same. As for Sara...she is obviously soliciting on behalf of the website she is tauting, which happens to be EXACTLY these same "scammers".
In conclusion use your head...be smart..learn from other's mistakes. Unless a company can give references, and asks for money upfront your instinct should tell you to stay away. What an amazing concept to steal hard earned dollars in these tough economic times.

Assistant District Attorney Brooklyn, NY

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Alex the Consultant
Henderson, US
Oct 10, 2010 3:32 am EDT
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COMPASS NATIONAL" seems to have a few complaints about grant fraud so I decided to look into possible court filings in courts at the state and federal level to get more exact and specific information, about fraudulent activities by this Grant Company. I was not surprised to find that there were no court cases pending, nor were there ever any court case on the docket EVER against "Compass National" for any type of fraud whatsoever. I also checked to see who the owners of the various companies were that a blogger mentioned, and found that there were no associations, at least legally. Now I figured that there must be some valid reason why people were complaining. Was it because they did not receive a grant or grants that they thought that they were entitled to, or was it that they did not qualify, or was there some sort of fraudulent documentation on their part?

As I investigated further I found that some disgruntled clients had actually contacted foundations that "Compass National" was working with on their behalf. Your relationship with funders is professional and your behavior should be professional at all times. At no time should you contact the trustee of a foundation or speak with a trustee about a foundation grant making decision, even if the trustee is your own father or mother.

The biggest mistake that grantees make in their interactions with funders is to be ungrateful. It's surprising, but program officers will tell you that they most often hear bitter COMPLAINTS, not when a grant is denied at all, but when a proposal receives a smaller grant award than requested. The proper response is not "well, why'd they do that?" or "how am I supposed to raise a match for that?" or "I can't possibly complete the project with that." The proper response is "thank you."

Maxine Goldblatt

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Alex the Consultant
Henderson, US
Oct 10, 2010 1:51 am EDT
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"COMPASS NATIONAL" seems to have a few complaints about grant fraud so I decided to look into possible court filings in courts at the state and federal level to get more exact and specific information, about fraudulent activities by this Grant Company. I was not surprised to find that there were no court cases pending, nor were there ever any court case on the docket EVER against "Compass National" for any type of fraud whatsoever. Now I figured that there must be some valid reason why people were complaining. Was it because they did not receive a grant or grants that they thought that they were entitled to, or was it that they did not qualify, or was there some sort of fraudulent documentation on their part?

As I investigated further I found that some disgruntled clients had actually contacted foundations that "Compass National" was working with on their behalf. Your relationship with funders is professional and your behavior should be professional at all times. At no time should you contact the trustee of a foundation or speak with a trustee about a foundation grant making decision, even if the trustee is your own father or mother.

The biggest mistake that grantees make in their interactions with funders is to be ungrateful. It's surprising, but program officers will tell you that they most often hear bitter COMPLAINTS, not when a grant is denied at all, but when a proposal receives a smaller grant award than requested. The proper response is not "well, why'd they do that?" or "how am I supposed to raise a match for that?" or "I can't possibly complete the project with that." The proper response is "thank you."

Maxine Goldblatt

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SaraStnr
Elwood, US
Oct 06, 2010 2:54 pm EDT
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I honestly wouldn't like to waste my money on something that is not going to get me anywhere, like they say "If you want something done right, you got to do it yourself"... freegrantinfousa.com is giving all the steps that I need to get a grant for free... And I know how hard is to make time for all this, is easier to pay somebody to do it for you right?, but from what I read on other pages these people don't do anything for you but give you more stress and headaches and the running around...Seriously people don’t get fooled! It is so wrong what they are doing to people...I also checked on Secretary of the State of NV and Quid Corp and National Compass where filed in the same company (NFH, Inc)...So there is no doubt in my mind that they are the same owners...

I hope you all don’t waste your $$

Sara S.

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Oldschoolscammer
Miami Beach, US
Sep 30, 2010 5:33 pm EDT
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Thank you for the advise. These people are professional crooks and very agressive.

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ME.
, US
Sep 28, 2010 9:49 pm EDT

I checked Compass National with Henderson BBB. They have no complaints because they have only been licensed there since Aug 2010. They have been doing licensed business since 2005 in Nevada. I can not find a site that lists any complaints against them. I also find no testimonials regarding grants awarded. How has this company not been prosecuted for fraud in 5 years, if they have been illegally bilking people? Have they? I am an out of stater who does not want to be scammed. Is there any evidence out there? So far I have searched many sites with no real answer. BTW- the site for free grants isn't free-a $49 dollar a month fee to access it and who can wade through all the pages to do the grant? If these companies are scams I hope NV finds a better way to protect people. I found the blog only confuses the issue more. If anyone on your site has proof, why aren't you contacting state authorities to stop this? ME.

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poppy1002
Summerlin, US
Sep 26, 2010 9:22 pm EDT

I was speaking of whistleblower

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poppy1002
Summerlin, US
Sep 26, 2010 9:15 pm EDT

This former employee is Stephanie Weston. Stephanie has a lot of personal problems with an employee that works there. So, to get back at him ( who still works there) she has to slander the whole company. Stephanie, your not hurting the company, your hurting employees. We have wives, husbands and children. We are here to make a living, and what we do is an honest job. I'm sure you will respond back but please, get a life and move on! Good luck to you.

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Rebecca Morrison
Overland Park, US
Sep 26, 2010 5:43 pm EDT

A grant is free & a grant does come from the governement as well as the private sector, or corporate America. Large companies give grants to get tax benefits.

Here's the bottom line, you get what you pay for. You can either hire an attorney to handle your traffic ticket so it's off your record, or pay the fine and have your insurance go up. That's the great thing about America, you have choices.

The grant process is hard, long & extremely tedious. You first have to write Letters of Intent to multiple companies and government agencies (and hope you get noticed), if they request more information, you need to send them a very detailed business plan. Trust me, a 10 or 20 pager will not do. These foundations want to be sure they are giving their grant to someone who knows exactly how they're going to spend this money over the next 3 years.

The real challenge is, who do you send this information to? I have been unsuccessfully trying to apply and receive a grant. I am a female, minority and starting a non-profit. Perfect profile, right? It's supposed to be but I'm still getting nowhere. I am to the point where I'm prepared to try a company to do this for me. Win or lose, it's got to be better than my process. Either way, it is a business write off. Hopefully it will work out. My fingers are crossed and I'll keep you posted.

Desperate in KC.

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fastforward hurricaneteam
Matthews, US
Sep 23, 2010 12:11 am EDT

I agree withthese compies being fraudlent. A true grant comes from the goverment not a foundation. Finding and applying a grant is diffacult and time comsuming if you don't know where to begin or where to look. My advice is talk to a local fincial advisor to get information. A bank is good way to start. They will be able to recommend somebody they, at least professionally, and trust or at least get you pointed in the right direction. It is always important to stay vigilante during any of process. If you are being asked to for any service so they get you a grant I would rethink about using them.

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SaraStnr
Elwood, US
Sep 22, 2010 9:37 pm EDT
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Godislove,

From what foundation?

Sara S.

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Godislove
, US
Sep 22, 2010 7:48 pm EDT

I got funded.

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SaraStnr
Elwood, US
Sep 22, 2010 1:21 pm EDT
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Elnor,

Please do not throw your money away, this is not a legitimate company, they will NOT fund anybody period.

Next time you talk to them ask them for a client reference, IF they have funded anybody they should be able to give you, (1)The client's name and contact information and (2) The name of the foundation and contact information where the funds came from, of course they might say to you that they cannot show you this information because is "private", which is a lie because the foundation will post the companies that they have funded in their website.
All the information that Compass National will sell you for thousands of dollars, this website is giving it for free; www.freegrantinfousa.com

I hope you don't fall for this people. Good luck!

Sara S.

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elnor
pg, US
Sep 21, 2010 9:59 pm EDT

I have had nothing but pleasant interaction with the people at Compass National. And was recently notified that I qualified for a grant. So what will they do next? They want money upfront . Which I did not give them. I am smarter than that. But $289, 000 is temping.

The only negative thing I have found is that their is no proof of there history. I am on the fence here. need to research more.

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elnor
pg, US
Sep 21, 2010 9:50 pm EDT

Has anyone here actually applied for and received grant money?

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virginia0946
Roanoke, US
Sep 20, 2010 1:57 pm EDT

Dear "whistleblowernevada",
I really appreciate your information but just for your own sake, so that you can continue to write informative posts, you need to calm down. As it is, I'll use your information to do some more research but because you sound like a crazy, you don't have much credibility which is hurting your overall goal of exposing any truths.

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kgb80
Towson, US
Sep 18, 2010 5:00 pm EDT
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I just had some guy named CHARLES send me info and keep telling me to check them out on the BBB. I was actually going with them! My wife took ill, was admitted into the hospital so I couldn't get back to them. He left me a nasty message saying I was "unprofessional" because I didn't return his calls! GET this, He left the wrong return number for his OWN company! LOL

Who does that? Glad I found out! saved me thousands. He wanted me to fly to Las Vegas to "check them out". This guy, I found out was so bad it became funny!
My name is Kevin. Dispute that! I live in CT so I clearly don't work there.

So what is your retort going to be now?

in case everyone doesn't understand, the others posting for the company are either employees, owners or paid to post. I would run, don't walk from this company!

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SaraStnr
Elwood, US
Sep 13, 2010 9:58 am EDT
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No I am not, like you I am trying to show people that there is ways to get all of the services for free...and they don't have to throw away their money on these companies. And I came across this website and I thought it would be nice to share it.