Call received at my home for free government grant money offered with no upfront cost involved from me until money deposited into my bank account. I was told so many families a year were chosen for these grants offered.
All they required from me was to fill out some forms for prior approval to be sent in to them and to give some personal information now so if approved money would be put into my account within a few days and any fees required to get grant moneys would at that time be taken away from initial amount deposited and if I planned to receive money in the future from this same government grant offer there would be a yearly fee removed each year thereafter to allow it to continue.
I inquired about what the amount would be for these said fees and asked repeatedly about these fees not being removed from my account until money deposited into my account. They assured me no money would be removed until grant was received into my account. I was also told that I would be offered a bonus of $1,000 if I referred my family and friends to this great offer. They would then call said family right after getting off phone with me and would call me back to let me know if they had gotten through to them and would get my bonus when approval allowed to receive grant.
They said I'd receive my packet of info within a few weeks. Friend who referred our name to this offer talked to my husband that same day and told us her sister went and changed her account info that day that she thought it was a scam and told us we probably shouldnt do it. We had already received the call and it was already done. My friend went to her bank the following week and threatened lawyer intervention if bank didnt reimburse her money immediately. Waited a few weeks and then in Dec saw a $49.95 fee removed from my account but no packet arrived and no money seen in my account for grant.
I immediately went to bank and filed a dispute to recover the $50. It was granted the woman at the bank had said there were others she was hearing about this happening to so she was aware of it at the time it was brought to her attention. Thought that would be the last I'd see of this company removing money from my account but it wasn't.
Again looking at my monthly statements from my bank a few weeks later I see a withdraw of $299.95 come out of my account and know it's this same company again surprised to see it's the amount they said would be taken for the yearly grant fee amount. I have contacted company since then by phone to inquire why had not received packet yet in mail and to see why money was taken and if they had received all money necessary to send info to me.
I also questioned what exactly the two amounts they had given me were being taken out for several times. At first told me I needed to send copy of bank statement by fax to ensure money was received cause they were experiencing technical difficulties the day I called about this. I received a call from them at one point and they had asked if I had received my money yet from them and had again asked for my info for bank gave me a confirmation # even for the supposed deposit still no money.
Didn't send them the bank statement waited a few more weeks and still no packet came. At one point I was told that the $300 was for a gov grant guide to help me fill out the applications for grants for different things I may need the money for and the letter they sent also confirms that. Finally tried to reach them again by phone and this time no person answered and was told to go to their site and found these complaints. So total amount taken from me so far has been $350
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