Comments on: Obama Checks and Government Grants – New Facebook Ad Scam

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:29:50 +0000

Facebook is not a scam, but there is no point to advertise on that platform.
Same goes with twitter.
Most of the people there are not trying to buy anything, and the majority of people on Facebook are college students with no money.

By: Maybelle Vanson

Maybelle Vanson — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 08:44:19 +0000

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By: George

George — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:04:51 +0000

This kind of ads are everywhere robbing people of their hard-earned money. If only people will use some sense and think that the offer is too good to be true.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:26:56 +0000

I do see these ads quite often on Facebook and I should admit they’re very convincing. Glad to know now that one shouldn’t easily fall pray to ads. Thanks for the heads up.

By: Eduard Dawson

Eduard Dawson — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:55:00 +0000

Sad thing is, people are likely to just jump the quick cash bandwagon because money is scarce and so are the chances for it. So once they see something inviting, it’s likely they’d jump it because they’re using someone reputable to ‘advertise’ -Obama at that!- and then some other John Smiths and Jane Does that god only knows if they truly exist.

Grants and all info pertaining to them are for free. Even the grant itself is for free.

But it’s the no free lunch principle here. You can’t get anything from nothing. Sure you get free grants but there is an appropriate exchange for it: usually something from your end to give back to the community.

I hope more get to read about this so they don’t fall for these obvious phonies.

Eduard Dawson

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:40:30 +0000

Hi There Heather,
If you read this, my name is Susan Schafer and I am very interested in hearing your story. I can be contacted at scha0119@algonquincellege.com. You could privately send me your number and I could give you a call.
Or for anyone else reading this that has been scammed, the same deal.
Any help is much appreciated!
Susan

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:25:55 +0000

I got scammed? I’m smart, college educated, how could it happen? I’ll tell you why…because I’m a grants professional, and I KNOW that government grant listings are free and should be free because it’s public information, like OMB circulars and the like. However, I thought, well it’s fair to charge S and H. I never thought they would hit me with these recurrent ‘subscription fees’ for services I did not order! I saw the first charge today, canceled my card (this was Jeff’s Grants Blog, who is the dweeb they have a photo of?). I have now read that they operate out of India and Pakistan, is that correct.

i don’t NEED to tell you that they don’t answer their 1800 number.

I feel stupid, but why is Google and Facebook allowing this? TO be honest, I don’t feel so stupid, because I thought it was just a free listing of publicly available grants, witha lot of hoopla jargon for the dumb folks.

Argh.

Me?????

By: whaa

whaa — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:31:23 +0000

wow

By: admin

admin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:59:33 +0000

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By: Digital Diva

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