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Government grants and scams
Missouri consumer writes:
I received an e-mail from a grantsready.com telling me about government grants available for various things. It asks you to pay them $19.99 to get a list of grants...is this a scam? It also says that they can show you how to apply for them. Also, is there actually somewhere you can find out about government grants for small business, home improvement for energy, or education?
Don't know anything about this company. If you want to pay someone $19.99 for a list of grants, you're free to do that, and they may give you helpful information. The scam is when they say "You have won - send us $19.99." Don't fall for any claim you've won a grant you never applied for. And don't fall for any claim that says they can guarantee you a government grant. Yes, there is a legitimate source of info: grants.gov.
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Posted by on October 30, 2007 10:11 am :: Comments (3) :: Permalink
3 Responses to "Government grants and scams"
says:
April 25, 2008 2:22 pm
have anyone here of www.grant consultant.com they want $3.95 2 ship me info one getting a gov. grant that does not have 2 be payed back & it sounds 2 good 2 b true whatca think any words of wisdom will b greatly apprecated
says:
April 25, 2008 2:59 pm
To Drew:
As it says in the original post, we recommend you check out the government's Web site for grant information.
says:
January 5, 2009 4:19 pm
id like to know who has received a grant from any of these companies there are over 6 million of them that have a site and claim that they have helped thousnds and thousands but cant find any one that has really received it except for college and science highway roads etc not for anything else and if they did want to help they should be able to email you the one peice of paper that you can fill in and get a grant for 10000 or 15000 thousand dollors to get that business started or get caught up on bills its very interesting. it seems like they are making the money free grants is true
