Grant Funding Search review: Fraud 334

I can't believe that this company can get away with this. I requested the CD on January 4, 2009 and on January 7, 2009 they charged my credit card for $69.95. I called the company and was told that I requested this "Membership". I was very diligent in reading over the information before I gave then my credit card # for the $1.98 shipping cost. They said that I would not be receiving my money back and I asked to speak to her supervisor about 25 times. Then she hung up on me. They then charged my card again in February for another $69.95.

Today, March 9, 2009 I called the 800 # and requested the name of the President/CEO of the Company and they told me that they could not give out that information. How can they get away with this? I am disputing the charges with my Credit Card Company, but obviously it takes so long.

Since reading all of these comments, I am now on a mission to make sure they do not do this to anyone else.

EVERYONE GO TO THE FTC< LETS GET THE GOV ON THEM>>>DO IT NOW..
Thank you for contacting the FTC. Your complaint has been entered into Consumer Sentinel, a secure online database available to thousands of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies worldwide. Your reference number is:
219XXXXXXXXXXX

I have the exact complaint as the ones above. I also got charged $69.95 which I did not authorize and have received no response from them.

OK< my bak gave me a letter saying. They are reversing the credit because I gave them insufficient evidence. WAMU sucks people they will not help you. I emailed and cenceled the first day. They did not accept it until 3 weeks later. SO they totally scamed me.
I will email yuiko_n_covy@hotmail.com and try to get a lawsuit going. screw my 69 bux I want real money for this headache.

I am writing in regards to $94.00 being took ou of my account. It was not a authorized charge and I want a refund.

Thanks Christy Brown
Contact me at christybrown45@aol.com

I along with the rest of you all, recieved my bank statement today 3/04/09 and noticed a deduction of 69.95 taken out of my account spoke with representative Brenda id #1301 she told me no one in this office can or will refund my money back to me...i still have not recieved my CD so how can my trial period begin...i'm now waiting an hour for a supervisor to call me back...this is so so so sad that they are scam artist out here like these people, we are in need and seeking help, but instead people are stealing from us and our families...HORRIBLE...IF ANYONE GET SATISFACTION & A REFUND FROM THESE PEOPLE PLEASE CONTACT ME AT eeluvgrier@yahoo.com...it would greatly be appreciated..thanks

I ordered a cd from this company for 1.98. I had the option to sign up for a free trial of their website but I did not do the free trial because I wanted to wait and see what the cd was about. Well they took the 69.95 out of my account saying that I signed up for the free trial and did not cancel before the trial was over. Now when I call them they said they will put the 69.95 back in my account but what about the 128.00 in oiver draft charges they have caused me to get when 4 things so far have not went through because of them taking the 69.95 out in the first place. When I ask to talk to a supervisor they say she will have to call me back and in the background I can hear other workers telling other people the same thing over and over again.
I have more stuff that could come through my account so the overdraft charges could get much worse before this is over.

On February 16, 2009 I ordered the free"Grant Funding Search" CD and was charged $1.98 for shipping and handling, and was told that I had 7 days to try their CD and after my free trial period of 7days that they would charge my account $69.95 for a month worth of access and use of their Grant Writing Web Site. The CD arrived on Monday March 2, 2009 and my checking account was charged the amount of $69.95 on the very same day. So, in fact I had no "Trial Period" at all. I called "Grant Funding Search", and after a long wait on hold, I was told that "If I had read the fine print on their web site, that I would have known that by ordering the free CD and giving them my Visa Debit Card number, that I was authorizing them to deduct the $1.98 immediately, and then the #69.95 from my account within 7 days. Which is not what they said when I ordered the CD. THEY DO NOT TELL THE TRUTH, AND THEN REFUSE TO REFUND THE $69.95, BECAUSE IT IS PRINTED IN THE FINE PRINT ON THEIR WEB SITE. "IT IS NO WONDER THAT THEY ARE RATED AS THE ABSOLUTE WORST COMPANY ON THE INTERNET TO DO BUSINESS WITH." I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE LIARS AND THIEVES!
*** CHEATED *** IN CITRUS HEIGHTS, CA

I think this is the same company as Grants-one-day
and grantmemberservices

Same mo.

Think definitely the F.B.I should get involved.
They may be working out of Nevada.
From Victoria

I also was a victim to this company. I was supposedly paying for shipping of a CD. For 1.98.
Then a few days later $69.95 was taken out of my account. I am disabled and only get so much a month to live on. This threw me into all kinds of overdrafts and X-tra fee's. I phoned the company on my banks request after I asked to speak to a manager and insisted that I never saw or agreed to anything for $69.95. I was told well you are not getting your money back and if you dispute, we will just show the bank that you agreed to our terms and conditions. You don't know how happy I was to find here on this site that I am not alone with this injustice. How can a class action lawsuit be started?

"I also got charged $69.95 to my checking account without my authorization. I got the telephone from another person here and contacted DRI.NET REG and the phone number is [protected]. I spoke with a young man and he was very helpful. He processed a refund request for me. He said if I didn't here from Grant Funding by email in two days then call back and another cancellation order would be put in. I was also given an email address for Grant Funding Search, it is INFO@verifyyourorder.com. I hope this will help. They finally sent me an email and said they would refund the charges. I also specified that I wanted them to refund the overdraft charges caused by them taking the money out of my account. We will see what happens with that, rather or not they will refund the overdraft charges. I wish everyone the best of luck in getting your issues resolved."

Just wanted to let everyone know i called this number in the post and DRI.NET REG actually refunded my 69.95. I guess they are the vendor that handles all the transactions. They were very nice. It was a little strange calling. I just told them the scenario and without any real questions they said you should see your refund within 5-7 business days. I recieved the refund today. Now maybe I have a chance with my bank and the the overdraft fees.

I think this is all true, This should be brought to a laywer for a class action law suit.
I do belive it is illegiel.
They called me to confrim. I tryed to cancle at that time. Then they said well most pepole wait till they get the cd in the mail. and then they said the special of the week was, Ideal finacale solations. Phone #[protected], that must be the 29.95 a month charge.
I called [protected] to cancle the gov. grant search, com.
But whebn I call the outher number for Ideal could not talk to any one yet.
This is a scame have never found any thing on line yet that is not.

If anyone thought this was helpfuly. or want my records of the above scame emaile me @ kleppi@comcast.net

If you will go to Grants.Gov you will soon learn that ALL of these programs are SCAMS. The Govt does NOT give grants to individuals PERIOD. There are some programs for individuals but they are not plain and simple grants. All of these are scams as is the "let us reduce your taxes" scams. Grants.gov and do your homework. Info-mercials = SCAM ! Billy Mays junk, Loud-n-Clear junk. The info-mercial should be outlawed if the merchandise is Sub-Par and a scam

I also purchsed the Grant Funding Search CD with a cost of only $1.98. However, I was further charged $69.95 without my authorization. This just simply is obsurd that this so-called company (which indefinately is a SCAM!) would do this to me, a law-abiding and productive citizen of my community and country as well as countless othes that are simmilar to my unfortunate situation. Something must be done about these people that are conducting this scam. I have also contacted my credit card companies Fraud Depament in a Good Faith attempt to recover these stolen and unauthoized fees to be refunded back into my account. I hope that others that are in my sitution will follow in my footsteps to do the same. I wish all of you the best.

These bunch of SOB's should be put in Jail. Yeah I lost the 69.95 also. I wish i could meet just an employee of this Bogus Company. Grant Funding my but.

It happened to me too. I just called and they said the exact same thing above you all said. I'm just a college student trying to pay for my college tuition and I get ripped off. I just got my pay check and I'll be spending more than half of what I earned because of this. There are so many victims before me and there probably are more victims. This needs to be stopped. These people ripping off from people who are working hard for their future deserve nothing but payment for their crime. How unashamed they are to casually take people's money. I'm going to report this to BBB, FTC, IC3, and any other goverment organizations I can.

Grant Funding Search
Address: 2850 Horizon Ridge Parkway Suite 200 Henderson, NV 89052
Phone: [protected]
Email: support@grantfundingsearch.com

The phone number worked when I called just few minutes ago. (as of 3/1/09)
Anyone who were ripped off from this fraud and don't have contact info, here it is.

I too ordered a cd for $1.98 and today they took $69.95 out of my credit card and that was all the money I had to live on for the next two weeks. I called them and they said because I clicked on button that says get my money and they tell me in that next screen there is a link that says agreement terms and no where on that page does it say that they are going to charge you. Now I am out that money. It has not posted to my account but they are holding that money. Once it posts I will have to dispute the charge. I will get my money back and also report them to the BBB. Someone needs to shut this company down.

When you don't have enough in your bank account to even cover ~70.00, maybe you should concentrate on getting a job instead of looking for "free" money from the government.

Lazy and greedy will get you every time.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I have been informed by my uncle which is a lawyer to take all matters at hand but to ensure that every option we have before any legal matters can taken be subsided. He imposed on me to wirte a written statement to the following company and mail it the fastest way and by purchasing a comfirmation of recievement by the company to make sure that they have recieve the statement of cancelation before the seven day period is up. By tracking the letter to the compnay it can be used against the company in when the letter was recieve just in case the company decides to bill me anyway. It would help in having sustantial evidence in a criminal case. Again if anyone needs any help or advice please e-mail me at the following e-mail and I will help to the best of my ability to see that this does not go un-solve. yuiko_n_covy@hotmail.com

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I have just contact the iwbclub if any of you were charge from this company as a bonus under the government grant solutions, their number is [protected] and let them know that you would like to cancel if this applies to you. Thanks to my uncle he got them to cancel.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I am fortunate to ensure to you that I have members of my family who works for the government. One is a lawyer and one is a FBI agent. Lucky me. I've recently purchased the same product of service falling under the same cercumstances that you all have fall victim to. I recently sent all terms and aggreements to both family members. I know that you all notice the seven day trial period and month to month billing after the seven day trial period. The seven day trial period is once you receive the CD and access it. The company affiliate with the product charges you on a month to month right after the purchased in whence the seven day trial begins and on the eigth day you are charged in which is wrong. I have printed out all terms and agreements and highlighted respected areas so that my family members could see. Going back into the sight to gain access to my seven day trial period I could not because that access did not exist anymore. You have to re-initate the purchase again and also the terms and agreements changed again in which I printed out and highlighted for my family member to see that the fees have changed to 69.95 a month and also there was an added bonus for a 21 free trial period with a club that I did not agree to and will charge you 29.95 after the 21 free trial period. So far I have contacted the numbers affiliate with this site and have yet not able to recieve any contact to settle the matter. I have contacted the club that eneded in being a bonus and their number exist and will be contacting them to cancel. If you have all necessary documents and kept all records of your purchase to obtain legal matters with product I encourage you to please do so. Keeping necessary information is evident I can't stress that enough, and I will get mines. I will do everything in my power to eliminate such sites that produce scams like these even if i have to start a petition. If any of you have any questions or need any assistance in any way I can help please e-mail me at the following e-mail address below and I will do what I can.
yuiko_n_covy@hotmail.com

Update to post containing the copy and paste text for website. ($1.98 Grant CD.) Contacted Ideal Wealth Builders, spoke with a very pleasant gentleman named David, have a confirmation email stating the membership has been canceled.

Now, received a phone call from Florida for grantfinderpro.net. I guess I signed up for that too! What a freakin' headache. All this grief just for a $1.98. I guess I have to go poke around and see if I can find grantfinderpro.net's "Terms and Conditions".

https://www.federalgovernmentgrantsolutions.com/ggs/0120/shipping.php?subid=200040&subid2=446973&hitid=661427247

Copy and paste to check out this website scam I fell for. Bottom of page "fine print" first paragraph "Terms and Conditions" underlined link is for JRS Media Solutions. (Their terms only refer to possible offers of "bonus material" which is never fully described. ) The second paragraph of fine print on bottom of website is very important. "Click here for complete terms and conditions for trail membership." This link does not work...so you and I, the buyers are unable to be fully informed about what we are purchasing as "bonus offers" along with the CD. I thought I was purchasing a grant CD for $1.98 shipping and handling. I was automatically enrolled in two trial memberships! One for 7 day trail to Grant Funding Search Resource Center with the automatic monthly charge of $69.95 if not canceled. Second trial membership for 21 days to Ideal Wealth Builder Club (www.iwbclub.com) with an automatic monthly charge of $29.95 - $70.00 if you don't cancel membership. Contacted JRS Media via phone number in their terms and conditions. I was informed they had no record of the CD purchase and it was not their CD with "bonus offers" I bought. Contacted Grant Funding Search Center at [protected] and have an email that membership has been canceled. Still working on Ideal Wealth Builders to cancel that membership. Purchased CD on 2/25/09

I also paid a so called small amount for FREE GRANT FINDER the CD was supposed to be delivered in 2 to 3 days however it took nearly three weeks I figured it got lost but the clincher was when my checking account was charged $99.00 no kidding. I called my bank because all of a sudden I couldn't use my debit card without showing ID and the store where I was using it calling the bank as well. So the bank told me there had been several charges to my account from what appeared to be the Internet, well to shorten this up when I called the company, the bank supplied their number, they said because I hadn't called within 14 days I was billed the $99.00. He never said what it was for. I told him I did not authorize this and I wanted my account credited he tried to argue and I said my CD just got here and I haven't even had time to see it so I repeat close my account and credit my money back. He said OK I will flag your account and you need to call back in 48 hours speak to a supervisor which I will do and everyone who does this whom ever you speak too remember to get a confirmation number for your efforts, this confirms they have done what they said or at least it has been true for me.Don't be afraid to call your credit card company or bank they can always get you the number of these guys and demand they credit your account as well as close it, they do not have the right to charge you for something you did not authorize! I have learned my lesson do not fall for these gimmicks that you either get on your email or see on the internetif it sounds to good to be true it usually is just a way to get your money and hope that you are one of those that don't check youe accounts.

Hope this is helpful
Nanc

I had the same thing happen to me in January of 2009. I paid $1.98 for the CD, but the woman spoke so fast-even though I repeatedly asked her to slow down and told her I could not understand her-so I was under the impression that I had time to check the CD. And they took $69.95 out of my account one week later, and I had not even received the CD yet. I have been on the phone with them for the last three weeks, I have been yelled at, hung up on, and finally told it would be refunded; but it still has not happened. According to them they claim they are having problems with their accounting system. I am contacting the BBB, attorney general and am giving serious thought to getting a lawyer, too. I refuse to be a victim, and want to get my money back. I wish I had researched these people sooner! I hope nobody else falls for this scam!

i also have been scammed by these people. i called 3 (three) different phone numbers([protected], [protected], -[protected]) these our the same people in the same room, office jor whatever. i talked to the same man 2 times out of 3. when i commented on this he had nothing to say. someone needs to make these people pay for ripping us off. so if this is happening to you, here are the numbers. they will keep taking your money and use different numbers so they can say it was not them. call and call now!

They have ads on this site for these scams. Noticed most are under the Google ads. Seems kind of wrong to have advertising for these scams on the same site where you all are informing the rest of us how they took your money. Thanks for the heads up though, I almost got the Google Disc until I saw all the credit card charges. Good luck to you on getting your money back.

Hey Grant Fund A HOLES
Thank you for filing a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).

Your complaint has been submitted. Once processed by the IC3, you will be sent an email containing your complaint id and password to be used for future contacts with the IC3. This process can take several hours.

This is just the start for me..

this happen to me also. my husband and i are on disability. so we can't afford to throw away money. my account is now overdrawn. now i have extra fees to pay. some one needs to bring this people to justice and get our money back.

Fraudinvest, you are an idiot. Getting a CD to learn about how to make money is not FREE. Getting agrant takes hard work. That time is not free. Us people who are trying to make money are the people who propped up the economy. The people who do nothing are the losers, in the end we pay for those losers with taxes. The Dems screwed the game..Blame them..they allowed free money to be given. You can't blame people for taking free cash. Blame the guys who offered it knowing it would go bad.

This is why our credit card fees are so high.

Idiots like this who think that they're going to get, or somehow deserve, free money, but cannot be bothered to read the fine print or even stop for a minute and think about what they are doing. Pure greed.

Of course these companies are going to charge you. Do you really think that you are going to get something for free?

Regular, intelligent people now have to pay for your stupidity and greed in the form of higher interest rates/fee on their credit cards. Visa/Mastercard may return your charge, but do you really think that they are going to eat those charges? No. Everyone else has to pay because you are an idiot/can't read/ or are too dazzled by the idea of free money to care..

You, and other irresponsible people, are the reason that this nation is economically bankrupt.

THANKS A LOT!

I also got charged $69.95 to my checking account without my authorization. I got the telephone from another person here and contacted DRI.NET REG and the phone number is [protected]. I spoke with a young man and he was very helpful. He processed a refund request for me. He said if I didn't here from Grant Funding by email in two days then call back and another cancellation order would be put in. I was also given an email address for Grant Funding Search, it is INFO@verifyyourorder.com. I hope this will help. They finally sent me an email and said they would refund the charges. I also specified that I wanted them to refund the overdraft charges caused by them taking the money out of my account. We will see what happens with that, rather or not they will refund the overdraft charges. I wish everyone the best of luck in getting your issues resolved.

Debra

Me too! What do we do? Waited for 45 min for them to answer my call, but gave up. So who do u call. I cancelled my debit card and now have to go without it for 7-10 days! GRRR!

Some of the sites when thinking to order a c.d only were throwing up a cover page to order from, these did not state anything about a free trial period or access to their website information for charges such as $69.95. I read it completely, also i have noticed trying to find that very similar cover page is impossible now. Almost as if they have the external i.p tracked to hide itself from orders completed within that area. If it is the same sites that are making the same offers are legit then why are they changing their cover advertisement page around so much? That very page is what lures many into the site order form. Very misleading in my opinion. Also the charge was within 2 days of the initial order, if there was a free trial period then why was the charge so soon? The c.d also never arrived so that alone which was paid 2.98 for something that i never received is thievery in my opinion. These sites need to crash and burn because to those that say we never read are totally wrong. Let me ask those one question. Why are you here in this particular complaint forum defending those sites? Unless you yourself had a problem and did see a legit site that had those rules does not mean we did, especially those who do read. or maybe you are hiding something. Why are you here? Some of us do read and very thorough as well. I get the feeling most of those who say that we are too illiterate to read are affiliated with them sites and jumping in here to defend themselves. Now those sites may have made preparations to their site and have it there in fine print now to cover their butts or have run across this complaint forum and said (crap! I better go put that on the site!) but you certainly did not when it was first ordered. Only one word have have for you...Thieves

give this all back to everyone

I was checking this site out as well. I thought I was only going to pay ONLY the shipping too but if you read down a little further & read the terms & agreements there is addiction product that will be charged to you in a few days! BE CAREFUL! READ EVERYTHING! THE BOX IS ALREADY CHECKED!

Dri Grant Consultant is a fraudulent company. They tried to rip me off also for $69.95

The company is located at: 2850 W Horizon Ridge Pkwy, Henderson, NV 89052

Here is what you need to do: Contact the FBI on their web page and wright a report it takes 5

min. contact fbi at :http://ic3.gov/ Also call the Henderson NV Police dept and file a report

their # is: [protected] Also call MCI at [protected] they are the issuers of their 888

number [protected]) and complain.

I would like to see this business out of business, we need to all get involved and file a law suit

against DRI Grant Consultants. If interested contact me at brybre@gmail.com

I gave them a written email statement and they still charged me..Mine was on the day I ordered the DVD.
My email said something like this.
Your site is a scam, send me my money back.
I heard 3 weeks later that my subscription was canceled. long after the 7 day period.
Lawsuit time..I have all the emails.
If you [censored]es from GrantDVD Are reading this..
Don't fight my bank when we ask for the refund.
vader131*@yahoo.com

I to had been scamed, has anyone recieved a refund of the 69.95

Bill,

I don't think anyone is actually trying to defend this site, just trying to make people aware. As most of the non-complaining posts I've read, including my own, the point that is trying to be made here is that most people who ordered from these sites (and there are many different ones out there) did not thoroughlyread the terms initially prior to making their purchase. If they had done so I doubt anyone with any subjectivity would have completed the transaction.

I also have nothing to do with the company either. After reading the full terms and agreement on this web page it also states that it is fraudulant to even try to reverse the charges on your card or basically try to get out of your obligation listed in the terms and they will pursue legal action.
In the terms and agreement- cancelation and refund policy it states you must notify them of cancelation 7 days prior by WRITTEN statment to cancel your contract. Under the monthly fees paragraph about 2/3 the way down it does state the dollar amount of sixtynine dollars and ninty five cents (which is spelled out like this) on a monthly basis which may be the reason you didn't see it.

The small print on the feature webpage under *Results may very* is where they get you. They guarantee you are getting the CD of free software but by submitting the form you are agreeing to the terms and conditions od their website.

The terms go on to state that by ordering the free CD you are also agreeing to be charged a monthly fee for the use of their website and services whether you use them or not. It CLEARLY states in the first paragraph that if you do not agree to any of the terms listed there, then you should NOT use the website. (don't order the CD)

I understand well that you are all upset because you felt as though you were mislead but even Judge Judy would point out to you that you should have read the contract/agreement and because you didn't ready it will not get you out of the obligation. Please go back and read the terms completely.
(https://grantsearch.securemediabox.com/terms.html)

One more quick story and I will forever stop posting on this matter.
A few years back my friends and I went to a county fair and came upon a booth that was holding a drawing for a free brand new silver Transam (the distractor) as we excitedly grabbed a form and begain filling in the required details one of my friends looked on the back of the form. In very small print was a disclaimer that read: by filling out this form you were agreeing to switch your long distance carrier to their company! (the scam) There was no rep around the booth and for good reason I'm sure but we stayed around for a while and warned everyone else who came up to read the back of the form which then they quickly threw them in the garbage. Illegal? probably not since it stated on the paper what you were about to do. Unethical? Definitely...in my opinion.