Complaint / Review
Cash Grant
Received Grant check for $4,980. Then needing to send commission for $398.40 to receive last check for $4,980. Malibu, CA 90265

I received this check for $4,980 telling me that i needed to pay a commission of $398.40 to receive the final payment of $4,980. I went to their web site to see the following information to take care of the commission. See the following.

Hello, Im Grant Broker Jim Welch,

If I acquired your grant for you you must choose me to send the 10% commission to.

I had to fly to Europe on an emergency business errand and I will not be back in the United States office in Malibu, California until late next month. However, the deadline to pay the commission and qualify to receive the other half of your payment is still 5-days after you cash or deposit the check. I have your checks with me in Europe. Please follow the instructions below to allot me the10% commission of your first payment and I will still send your other check for the same amount as the first check you received by Next Day Air from Europe!

I Accept Commission Payments Via: GREENDOT A New Way To Send Cash

You can send me a cash payment by adding money onto a GREENDOT Universal Reload Card or a GRENDOT MoneyPak (same thing) and sending me the card number. This will allow me to load the money into my bank account instantly. You can purchase these cards in the prepaid section of any Right Aid, Walgreens, CVS, Ralphs and many other smaller retailers throughout the United States. The prepaid section is the section with the gift cards, cell phone cards and etc.

Here is what the cards look like:

Notice that Ive circled in red the words MoneyPak on one card and MoneyPak Universal Reload on the other card. This is because GREENDOT also sells Pre-Paid Visa & MasterCard Credit Cards as shown below.

Warning: Here Is What The Cards DO NOT Look Like:

Notice that none of these cards says MoneyPak or Universal Reload! They say Prepaid Visa or Prepaid MasterCard as Ive also circled in red. You DO NOT want to get any of these cards as I cannot accept them. Again the card you want Must Say, MoneyPak or MoneyPak & Universal Reload near the GREENDOT logo. If you ask the cashier for a GREENDOT MoneyPak or Universal Reload card they may hand you a Pre-Paid Visa or MasterCard by mistake, because many of them dont know the difference. It is your responsibility to make sure the card you load funds onto says either MoneyPak or MoneyPak and Universal Reload.

It cost only $4.95 to load up to $500 on one of these cards. If the 10% commission your paying is over $500 because your first check was over $5,000, simply load money onto additional cards.

Lets Start

If you dont know where a local RiteAid, CVS Drugs, Walgreens, Ralphs or Albertsons supermarket is, Click Here to find the nearest GREENDOT Universal Reload Card or GREENDOT MoneyPak vender in you aria.
Come back to this page once you have the card and Click Here electronically send me the number which will be located on the back of this card along with your name and the amount you loaded onto the card. I can then instantly transfer the funds to my bank account and Ill send you your other check, which is being held in waiting, by Next Day Express Airmail.

I have run into scams before and this one is clearly a scamm from the moment you open the check and start reading instructions. Please do not fall for it. Do not be a victum fight back and don't let these people take your money.

Thanks