DEAN GRAZIOSI: GRANT SCAM - DEAN GRAZIOSI SCAM ALERT – DEAN GRAZIOSI AVOID GRANT SCAM

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I’m not sharing this with you to brag. I simply want you to have a little background on me so you will know that I am a credible person. If you’re not familiar with me, you wouldn’t know the majority of my daily life revolves around teaching everyday people how to do what I’ve done.

Over the years I’ve seen my share of grant scams promising people money for nothing. Every day in this country, people are being victimized by these grant scams and wind up suffering tremendously! So I decided to hire a writer to research the grant scam problem and create this site for my readers and the general public. It’s my contribution to help inform and protect you from becoming the next victim of a grant scam. I sincerely hope this information helps you stay safe from grant scam and make smart decisions.

Grant Scams

What Are Grant Scams?

Offers of "money for nothing" grants usually are scams, whether you hear about them on the phone or see them in your local paper, a national magazine, or a slick looking website.

You may receive a call from a person claiming to represent a government "grant association" or a federal "grant association". The caller will offer to help you get a government grant somewhere in the neighborhood of $5000.00 and help you learn to get it for Free!

Sometimes they will direct you to a website but they all have the same purpose... taking your hard earned cash. Usually they will get you to sign up to their member’s area where they provide you with some poorly written instructions, and a few phone numbers or web sites for government offices. Typically none of the links take you to the right web page, and none of the phone numbers are even real. Sometimes they give you links to sites that want you to pay more to join their web site too

How to Identify a Grant Scam

Scam Advertisement includes expressive language referring to Government Grant.

Look for these official sounding words and phrases that have been used by the most ruthless of scammers.

Scam Advertisement common qualities.

If you notice any of the following qualities from organizations or individuals offering help to get grants.

Old out dated grant web site and phone number information
No help with filling out grant applications
No organization, just a huge list of unsorted grant programs, with addresses
No customer service or help available, sometimes not even an email address!
No refunds. Most of these fly-by-night companies just take your money, and when they get enough complaints they simply close the site and start up a new one. (a common scam site tactic)
Amateur web sites with broken links. (this is a dead give away to a scam site)
Guarantees to get you grants just by making a phone call (this is just not possible)
You'll be asked to pay a fee for their service. This fee could be any amount but it's usually small enough in relation to the grant so as not to raise suspicion. The will also ask for your bank account number and perhaps your mother's maiden name, and any other information that they can use to bilk you out of your money. Getting personal information out of you over the phone is typical of almost any telemarketing scam. Think twice before you give any out. If the person on the other end of the phone is a crook, you've got big problems.

How To Stay Safe From Scam

YOU WILL NOT BE CONTACTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO OFFER YOU A GRANT.
1. The government does not contact people to offer them money. If you do qualify for a government grant, the government does not request payment for it.
THERE ARE NO FEES ASSOCIATED WITH APPLYING FOR A GOVERNMENT GRANT.
1. Providing financial information to prove that you qualify for a government grant is typical, but you should never pay money to apply for a grant. People who run scams often claim to provide help and sometimes claim to be "federal government" officials, don't be fooled by these scams that request money from you.
ALL GOVERNMENT GRANTS INVOLVE AN APPLICATION PROCESS
1. If you have not submitted an application for a government grant and someone claims you have been awarded one, it's a scam. Grant money is not given over the phone for a fee. In order to qualify for a grant you must apply for the specific opportunity that you are qualified to apply for.
GOVERNMENT GRANTS ARE AWARDED FOR EXPLICIT OPPORTUNITIES
1. Government Grants are typically awarded to states, cities, educational institutions, nonprofits and other organizations to fund research and other projects.
GOVERNMENT GRANT APPLICATIONS AND INFORMATION IS FREE
1. Be cautious of offers that ask for your personal information (especially financial) when requesting a fee to access grant information. You can always access free information about government grants and other benefits at Grants.gov and Govbenefits.gov.
Don’t give out your bank account information to anyone you don’t know.
1. Scammers pressure people to divulge their bank account information so that they can steal the money in the account. Always keep your bank account information confidential. Don’t share it unless you are familiar with the company and know why the information is necessary.
Don’t pay any money for a “free” government grant.
1. If you have to pay money to claim a “free” government grant, it isn’t really free. A real government agency won’t ask you to pay a processing fee for a grant that you have already been awarded — or to pay for a list of grant-making institutions. The names of agencies and foundations that award grants are available for free at any public library or on the Internet. The only official access point for all federal grant-making agencies is www.grants.gov.
Look-alikes aren’t the real thing.
1. Just because the caller says he’s from the “Federal Grants Administration” doesn’t mean that he is. There is no such government agency. Take a moment to check the blue pages in your telephone directory to bear out your hunch — or not.
Phone numbers can deceive.
1. Some con artists use Internet technology to disguise their area code in caller ID systems. Although it may look like they’re calling from Washington, DC, they could be calling from anywhere in the world.
Take control of the calls you receive.
1. If you want to reduce the number of telemarketing calls you receive, place your telephone number on the National Do Not Call Registry. To register online, visit www.donotcall.gov. To register by phone, call 1-888-382-1222 (TTY: 1-866-290-4236) from the phone number you wish to register.
File a complaint with the FTC.
1. If you think you may have been a victim of a government grant scam, file a complaint with the FTC online at www.ftc.gov, or call toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357); TTY: 1-866-653-4261. The FTC enters Internet, telemarketing, identity theft, and other fraud-related complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure online database available to hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad.

You may be eligible for a government grant, but it won’t come quick or easy through a few calls or by paying some individual or company a handful of dollars to secure it for you. Please don’t fall for any offer that sounds quick and easy…when you think about it, what is EVER quick and easy with the government?

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