US Financial Resources review: Wont return money 151

I receive a phone call from an unusual number the format was [protected]. I picked it up because of this reason. I was informed that I had been awarded the grant that I had applied for and congratulation were extended by the caller.

The man asked if I could understand him and please don't hang up.

The individual calling had a foreign accent so I asked for his name again, though he had mentioned it at the beginning of the call, he told me his name was Paul Smith. Okay this may have been true but in my experience persons with accents have names that go with the accent. Red Flag.

As the call progressed he said I would have to pay $3.87 for the service, strange amount, another Red Flag. I told him I had received a school grant way back when and never had to pay a fee. A grant is free money after all. I also told him this would require me giving him my financial information and I was not going to do that. At this point he began to hem and haw so I said couldn't you come up with a more believable name then Paul Smith maybe Jones would have worked better. He said I don't know what you mean about Jones.

I then told him your company is a fraud, goodbye.

I then put the company in a search and found this page.

I had hoped to apply for a grant to pay for some overdue bills I have due to helping my daughter and grandchildren from becoming homeless. But I must have gone about it the wrong way to receive a call from this company.

Fortunately I know enough about the workings of scams not to have fallen for it-one to the lessons we learned from the scams from Nigeria.

Received the same call today, refused to give my cc info to someone I don't know. Austin "East Indian?" stated "I'm telling you who I am now." OK, I'm really that stupid? Said I would call him back as we were at the store shopping. Googled the company and not to my surprise, SCAM. Sorry to read some here were naive enough to fall for their line.

Martin C. LaChance

For a about a month I 've been getting strange call from various phone numbers that used to hang up every time I was picking up the phone. Eventually, today, I received a phone call, and a woman introduces herself as Lei somthing. So, she said she was from US Financial Resources, and said that i qualify for the unlimited grant money. She asked why would I need the money and mentioned that i filled out some grant request info online. She said that ONLY TODAY I have a chance to receive the money and IT IS ONLY TODAY that i need to have MY CREDIT CARD CHARGED! And you know, I almost believed her! I went on google quickly and found out that it is a scam. SO I told her that my Credit Card is not on me, and that I would prefer to make the payment by myself online, but she immediately started asking for my debit cards, or any other card that could pay that $3.87. I said I don;t know I don't have money on me, and than she kept on saying please pay with any other card you have we need that payment. I refused paying to her because I found out that unfortunately many people got caught on that, and I said that I don't have my credit card on me. Please, people, be cautious!

Unbelievable. This guy with a Indian accent so thick you could bonce bowling balls on ... kept trying to convince me I should get free government grants. ( that which I supposedly requested or signed up for) I kept telling him I didn't want any and I don't steal from my government and fellow tax payers. It was funny to listen to him trying to find an answer to that on his canned script.. I finally got him to give me the web site address. It was not a surprise when I Binged it up. . This site came up also on the Bing search so I figured I would check it out.

They are out there folks. Watch out.

Well, yet another phone call from these jerks. The number they called from, doesnt work and the number they give you, you tell the people and they are just the rudest a person can be. Dont fall for it and if you do, straight to bank and cancel the mf.

i had someone call me to try the same scam. i knew when the guy, whatever his name was, told me that i can receive free grant money to get training for a cdl license that it was a lie & all i had to do was to use my cc # for $3.87 to register for this packet. if you dont know, you can always apply for grant money on your own & dont have to pay for the info from any company at all.ill tell anyone that get all the info on the company, then get in touch with them & research before you give out any important info.

I just got the same call as well. I did give them my cc number and as soon as I got off the phone something inside me told me to look them up. I just had that feeling. so glad I did. I called my bank and hopefully they will stop everything before it is to late. Has anyone reported these ppl to the better business bural? it needs to be done

THEY ARE SCAMMERS!
I TALKED TO A LAWYER B
ECAUSE I AM ONDO NOT CALL LIST AND IF THEY SOUND LIKE THEY ARE FROM INDIA THESE PEOPLE ARE SCAMMERS GO TO ... IC3.GOV TO FILE COMPLANT WITH FBI

i also go contacted by an indian men today with smilar issue described by TNDawn. Since i knew that i did nof file any thing for grants, he keep saying that i did. also the home address he had was wrong. i asked him that where did he got my info and he said that i m the one who put the application. also, he said that its the goverment site. he told me that he is calling from US Finanacial and Grant Resources. He did not know what i applied for so he was keep saying its for house and school, business and so on. i know right way that its a scam. Be aware of this type of called. if they ask for Money, please do not sign up for anything.

I was contacted today by an indian gentleman who first told me my phone number had been chosen to qualify me for free free government/grant money. After I listened to his pitch I told him I wanted to research it first and could he call later, which he was happy to do. When I asked for their website and he said freemoney.com, which I googled right away and it seemed pretty legit, so when he called back I asked again about the process involved and he said all I needed to do was give him my credit/debit card number and they would only take $3.87 cents, which "was just a small fee, no risk to me and totally free money". He also kept saying "I will be with you through the entire process, if you want to call me 10, 000 times with 10, 000 questions I will be there". I still was very skeptical and I asked for the website again. This time he said it was usfinancialresources.com, but he was talking really fast and asking over and over if I wanted to go ahead and give him my card number. All the while I was quickly researching the new site while he talked and then...shazam! I found them and all kinds of red flags went up. He never mentioned that there was a reoccurring monthly $59.95 charge to your card if you failed to cancel in time (which I had previously asked him about additional charges and he said no - liar!). I asked him to call me back tomorrow so I could get all my information written down and when he calls I am going to tell him I have reported them to the Better Business Bureau and posted comments about them everywhere I can because they are thieves! PLEASE ANYONE READING THIS...DO NOT GIVE YOUR INFORMATION TO THESE PEOPLE! I was on the brink of giving my information up, but something kept making me feel very uncomfortable. Remember the old saying ":if it sounds too good to be true...it is!

woah! I got a call today, I'm pretty stupid I actually fell for it. The guy was so kind and all but his accent is definitely weird. Thank goodness I read this so I was able to tell my brother not to authorize his credit card. Thanks a bunch. I should have looked on it earlier. I hope they will never call again.

I also ask if i can do the application online, he said no we do over phone, and that he will provide you username and password and Confirmation number.! If they call me again all i'm going to do is curse at them stop stop calling.
Jus tell them to F**k off! and they still calling me lol.!

I also ask if i can do online, he said heere is our website, . gave me the website and i said i will do it online he said "NO, i prode you username and password and then confirmation #"
DOn't do it

THANK GOD YOU ALL POST THIS! They call me serveral times unknown and by this number :[protected]. they will call you serveral times with different number and going by different names. Okay this guy sounds like hes from india. No freaken india guy has an American Name, He goes by Victor Smith LOL! he calls me on the number then he calls me on unknown. okay. i answer then tries to offer me. I told him "Sir below your website, it says it's a scam?" he trys to pretend he couln't hear me. i hung up and he calls back and offer me, and i said no. then says something else and i said no, your company is a scam. f**k u stop calling"
Thank you for all those who reported,
without your concern, i would of gotten ripped off too!

I just read these comment... They gave me a pss nd username of the usfanicial site don't work and I just pay only 3.87$ with bf account but he didn't authorize it. So I guess dats good he could dispute it. My bf asking why r they charging u anything if they going to give u such much money? Honestly idk, bush now I do

I also got a call and told the guy I didn't have a credit card, so he suggested to me to go to WalMart and get a Visa Card and put $4.00 on it and he would call back on Monday. I think the BBB would like very much to get to know this company, what do you think! I'm glad I found you guys, because I think I may have did this stupid mistake and ended up kicking myself in the a**.

Just got a call (1/3/13) from a man who said his name was Jack, but he had a very thick Indian accent and was very hard to understand. Told me I had filled out an application on their website (I had never been to "www.usfinancial.com" in my life and that I had qualified for a $5, 000.00 grant (and explained that it was FREE government money). Said all I had to do was pay $3.87 to get the paperwork started. I asked him to send me an email, and he kept telling me I had to go to his website. He did give me a return phone number of: [protected] and insisted to know when I would call back after I told him I needed to do some research first before I would go any further. I will be reporting this to my Attorney General for the State of Washington also. Naida Bacon

To Have charges taken off your bank account or other the phone # is usually listed next to the charge.( I've had to do it 5 times in the last week). If you dn't get the company who put it there to refund it the bank will generally list it as a scam and give your $ back.

First of all grants.gov will supply u with all the tools you need to do grants. You can also call SCORE of the Plam beaches pop it into your browser and you can get all the info you need . The government has all these tools available for free. I have researched and never applied 4 a grant as I was told by a really good source it's difficult to get a grant and it is time consuming. Like writing a business plan. But I still mastered that 7 months ago. And managed to open a businss. If it weren't for being robbed and taken advantage of financially I would still have that business open with a storefront. Now I have moved into a spot with a decent business person and am still building my customer base for my tobacco shop.Anyhow any time you are asked to give $ to anyone for free services, it's generally a scam. As a matter of fact i have norton which checks all the sites I find questionable. All these things are there for our taking. I have also had this company calling me for 3 weeks now. i also tried to get a payday loan b4 closing and moving my business and found more scams and made more phone calls to retrieve my money it was nuts. The worst was a guy from UK that wanted $410.00 via moneygram for a $35, 000.00 loan. Uk doesn't supply loans to the US.but none the less he tried, Oh Baby I want to get to know you better Yada yada. LOL.calling me @ 130am ie: time difference 6am his time. Anyway we ended the loan scam with $100.00 down and then I finally told him I had an overdrawn account. Now my overhead is no longer $3000.00 a month and I am rebuilding. I wish I could find a loan or grant but it's hard to run the business and take care of customer needs. I am agreeing with the person who said if It Sounds Too Good To Be True It Is anyhow i hope my info has helped and The scams are everywhere in 6 months all the way down to my insurance company clipped me, But I may lose a battle but I will WIN the WAR. Push On. I f you give up yu have already lost. so here I am. Save 50 to 70% off your current Tobacco Budget. I can help you do that. Call Dee [protected] Anyhow I let off some steam I feel better when I help You I help Myself. Go to My Facebook Page The Village Tobacco Shop North Palm Bch. Good Luck to all of you. As Far as putting banking info on the internet, safe or not, a good way around it is greendot prepaid credit card. $5-$6 a month to maintain no interest and they can't take anything more than the amount left on the card. I also just opened a letter where the local ambulance company had an employee who tried to steal my personal info and was fired . i don't see where they were able to do any damage but I will see Monday. This has been my year for education. i am still the most fortunate woman I know you have no idea. God Bless. Here are some pix from my Dream Business The countertops are for sale. Also have tattoo beds stationary for a good price.

i had this call too but i knew it could be a fraud when they ask for money
don`t give your inf to any one who call you because something wrong can come with it
12/08/2012

I just got the call about grant money 10: 15am I know its a FRAUD, SCAM The man on the phone ask, if i would send 3.87 no way.

So glad i came to this site, as with everybody else. a man called with a indian accent telling me a been approved for this grant. I would get any where between 10, 000 to 50, 000 dollars. I'm a mother of five who works odd jobs here and there. That money sounds damn good, knowing that my family could really use. To find that this is a scam pissing me off more then anything, these people are pretending to be from the government, and taking are hard earned money. I don't care if it was only a dollar, all americans need very penny they make. And when you don't make much like me, ### like this really sets me off. Don't be fooled people keep whatever you make to yourself and hopefully something happens to this company.

how can we stop this company from taking money every month can we close the account and open a new one with diffrent card # will that work or say the card was lost and get a new account they won't have the new one, they will have the old caed # will that work ?

what # can i call to get help for this i used my husbands card and the just took 59 dollars from his card fml i want my money back i got a number from 431 area code i want my money back can some one help plse.

I got a call on Tuesday saying that i was approved for the grant application that i did and i remembered doing one last year September. This man suppose to call me back today for a $3.87 fee. My husband told me to ask him when will I get my check because the man explained that i should receive it before Christmas and I could think about was "A Great Christmas for my kids". I will ask before giving any of my account info!

I just received a phone call from them, glad that i googled the company before I decided to hand out any cc information. Too many red flags went up during that conversation.

Just got a call 5 minutes ago. I asked for the organization behind the grant and the guy said "US Financial Resources." He said I applied online and my application was chosen. I said I just need to give a cc# so they can charge $3.87 to give me a user name and password to log on a site, print an application to sign, and submit. I told him that I don't feel comfortable giving my info over the phone. I asked that he give me 10 minutes to investigate on the web, and he said he'd call back. He said if I felt sceptical, he can put his manager on the phone... I'm thinking, how is that going to change that fact that you are calling from India offering a "US Financial" grant? Glad I found this page before I became a victim. Thanks all!

Wow! I'm glad I found this site while on the phone with them! So true about the accent, Utah, $3.80 ($50 monthly membership) unbelievable! The Indian sounding guy did not give up on trying to get a "processing fee". Even asked about someone else using their card, going to the store buy a prepaid card or just using my card lol. I told him I was on this site and was reading the comments out loud and he acted like I said nothing at all. Needless to say he didn't get my information and I'm so sorry for those they did get something from. Thank you all for sharing your experiences and saving me from any loss at an already financially stressful time.

Got two calls today. Same as others here. I told him no thank you and politely hung up.

today someone called me and told me tha same thing they were asking me for my c.c number for $ 3.87 and they were sound like indian but he and she was telling me there name was mike and her name was Shirley .and when i asked them Q. so then they try to ignore my Q . and they were calling me from no caller id and [protected]. [protected].so someome plzz stop them .and my Q how they get our numer .some one plzz tell us .

I am stumped that I have received the call that several of you have received and I am beyond thankful that I gave no information to the person that called me. I have applied for grant monies but all of my correspondence had been thru the mail, never a phone call. Well, when it came down to releasing c.c info, I informed the caller that I had no c.c.(like I would release that to a complete stranger) He then instructed me to go my local Wal-Mart and deposit $4 on the card to handle the processing fee. They are set to call me back so that they can get cc info...from the sounds of previous messages, I wont hold my breathe. Thankful to all of you for posting your comments and concerns about the US FInancial Resources.

Looks like we were taking for a ride, Now I do not know how the rest of you handle people like these, but down here we take our skills learned my UNCLE SAM track them down cut them up and feed them to the gators If good old uncle sam wishes to do nothing about good old american boys being RIPPED off then I guess they won't mind a little old fashion justice .IF I COULD GET MY HANDS AROUND EVERYONE OF THOSE FK, .;'/S NOT EVEN GOD himself would want to help them...My heart goes out to all of you...BOBBY LEE

Yeagh, same for me. I got a call from them today, I was trolling them for a solid 10 minutes, while they were telling me that they were the government of the state of florida. I asked them what the current president of the U.S. was (AND GET THIS) they said he was "florida" at that point I realized that I should end it hilariously and had him transfer me to his manager...20 seconds after the manager picked up the phone I said exactly this "This is Agent Lawrence of the FBI your phone location has just been triangulated all network connections to your operating systems have been tapped and you are going to experience EMP blackouts via satellite within the next 15 seconds, A FBI Special Service team will be arriving very shortly to crush this operation, Have a nice day!

i proceeded further wid dem..its a great programmeto find d funding u lukng fr

I PROCCEDED further wid dem..n i gt my grant..it really works..m njoyng ma grant..!

I also received a phone call from a woman stating that she was with us financial resources and claim that this phone call wasn't a scam. She said her name was Erica and I'm not sure how to spell her last name it's a name I've never heard of. I just know it began with a B. Anyway She said in order for me to receive my grant money I would be charged $3.75 but to make sure I have at least $5.00 in my account to make sure the charge goes through. I just don't understand why I would be charged for money I don't have to pay back. She said she would call back tomorrow because I didn't have the money in my account, but little does she know the c.c. number will no longer exist after tomorrow and the card will not have any money on there.

ok, I just reviewed my paypal account and there is a charge on there that I definitely do not recognize or remember authorizing. I have a phone number to contact US FUNDING SOLUTIONS L [protected] UT I called this number and received a message. In the message it said to cancel memberships go to easyhelpcenter.com I went to this and entered my email information. It showed an account trial membership since Apr 23, 2012. Oh my God, they have taken $50 for 6 months for some membership I did not agree to and I just now caught it. I am sure I will never be able to recoup any of those funds, but I will file a complaint.

They called my phone too asking for my boyfriend when he got on the phone they told him that he had been approved for a grant money he wouldn't have to pay back said they couldn't give him the info he needed as far as a user name and account number until he gave them his cc #. He said he didn't have info on him they asked was there anyone around that will let him use their cc he said no said they will call back when they called back he told them i would give my cc # for the 3.87 when i got on phone they immediately asked for my card # i asked the name of company sounded like a scam so i didn't give my card # i hung up on them he called right back i did not answer. I then googled the company and saw this site and all these complaints. I'm so glad i didn't give him my card #.

Same thing here, luckily I googled it cause I kept asking him why didn't I receive an e-mail or something in the mail before this phone call. He pretty much didn't have a response other than "this is a legitimate business", which he continued to say every time I asked a legitimate question, that's the only answer he could give not the actual answers to my questions. SCAM!

They called today 09/04/2012. US Financial Resources.
The number was Nestle Waters [protected]
Strong Indian Accent. They wanted a credit card number. Of course I said no. There were many words that the person on the phone could not pronounce correctly like the State she said her company was in Utah. Another big hint was all the people I heard in the background talking. I would guess hundreds of people on phones doing what they can to get credit card numbers.