Complaint / Review
U.S. Government Grant Processing Center
Ripoff They said I was qualified for an $8,000 grant and only needed to pay $257 to process application everything would arrive in 2 to 3 weeks, Nevada

11.13.04
6:14 pm

I got a call on my CELLPHONE (how did they get my cell number?) from a man with an accent claiming to be from the U.S. Government grant processing center in las vegas. They wanted to give me a personal (not educational) grant for $8000 with a small processing fee of $257. All i had to do was make a verbal authorization of this processing fee. Immediately i was skeptical, as my mom always told me not to believe in these types of things. I asked him many questions and explained that i was raised to be skeptical of frauds. He responded by saying that if this was a fraud, they would have asked for much information, which i agreed, they hadn't YET. Anyways, as i was getting suspicious, i asked for the full name of the company, typed it into google and i saw this consumer complaints page. THANK YOU (other reporters) for reporting that this EXACT same thing happened to you guys. I immediately said i would not give verbal authorization and hung up. Thank you... Because really my defenses were starting to fall as i thought about all my graduate school tuition payments and loans i have to pay. Thank you thank you...