I called them back and they give me an option to press 2 to take  # off the phone list. will see

calls me every day...

Hello, I got the call from this #, too
They call me 10 times today. And the 11th time I got it. I answered the phone and talked with one lady. She said she froms Government grants bla bla bla. She will send the packet that has grant information. It's free. But you need to pay the postage $1.40 for she can send it to me. But I said I don't have credit card. Then She told me I can cancle it by call other number she give me. But I didn't write it down. And I try to call her again. But it said it's not available at this time.


It's scammmm. I can tell that maybe she isn't American, because her accent is not American accent.

We're getting dozens of calls all week.  I finally answered the phone after reading some of these posted messages.  This time, they are calling themself "Grant Funding Search".  I'm not sure how they got so much information on us.

I've also been getting their calls, but I've never signed up for anthing. I've gotten a total of 64 calls from these people in the last 3 days. they also call from the number 1-973-210-7616...

1-973-210-7591 has called a total of 38 times since Friday (now Monday) - and I took option 2, to be removed from the list - which I think was the biggest mistake as they now know its a genuine number - yeah real smart of me.

All I heard was Customner Service and then options

This is from Google Kit [ makegooglefastcash.com ] and Govt Grant scams. The company is using the name L14 Wie Natural Products LLC but their terms and conditions link (which doesn't work) mentions  performanceproductsusa.com

They have an address of 881 West State Street Suite 140 - 112, Pleasant Grove, UT 84062 but this may just be a mailbox etc address.

Another address is: 51 West Center Street #622, Orem, UT, 84057

and also: 701 N Green Valley Parkway, Suite 200, Henderson, NV 89074

Here are the results of a reverse ip search:

Found 85 domains hosted on the same web server as performanceproductsusa.com (209.90.113.88).

1resvpro.com

acai-delight.com

acai.performanceproductsusa.com

acaifire4men.com

acaivas.com

broomfieldperformancehealthusa.com

broomfieldperformanceproducts.com

brooomfieldperformancehealth.com

defederal.com

elglendaleperformancelife.com

englewoodperformancehealth.com

englewoodperformanceproducts.com

ergreenwood.com

federalgrantexperts.com

federalheightsperformanceproducts.com

glendaleperformancehealth.com

gnenglewood.com

greentea-light.com

greenteadesire.com

greenwoodperformancehealth.com

greenwoodperformanceproducts.com

hendersonperformancehealth.com

hendersonperformanceproducts.com

hoodia-delight.com

hoodia-patch-pro.com

hpphoenixusa.com

lakemeadperformancehealth.com

lakemeadperformanceproducts.com

lasvegasperformancehealth.com

lasvegasperformanceproducts.com

littletonperformancehealth.com

littletonperformanceproducts.com

maquiberryburn.com

media.performanceproductsusa.com

mesavalleyperformanceproducts.com

mlmead.com

money-starter.com

nhhenderson.com

nvperformancehealth.com

ocscottsdale.com

ohthorton.com

orbroomfield.com

performancehealthusa.com

performanceproductsusa.com

phoenixperformancehealth.com

phoenixperformanceproducts.com

pomegranate-weightloss.com

products.vzw.com

pttempe.com

pure-amazon-acai.com

pure-pomegranate.com

pureacaiberries.com

purecleanse-weightloss.com

purecolon1000.com

realestatenutz.com

resvpro.com

resvpure.com

scottsdaleperformancehealth.com

scottsdaleperformanceproducts.com

sewestminister.com

sewestminster.com

supportservicesofutah.com

tempeperformancehealth.com

tempeperformanceproducts.com

thortonoperformanceproducts.com

thortonperformancehealth.com

tilittleton.com

treeblur.com

ultimahoodia.com

ultimate-acai.com

ultrarelief.com

vas4life.com

vegreenvalley.com

vlvegas.com

vmmesa.com

westministerperformancehealth.com

westministerperformanceproducts.com

westminsterperformancehealth.com

westminsterperformanceproducts.com

white-smiles.com

www.greentea.performancehealthusa.com

www.performanceproductsusa.com

They probably own all those sites.


For refunds - get your bank to do a chargeback:
http://www.chrismalta.com/scamtip1.asp

And file a complaint with the FTC: http://www.FTC.gov

or www.ic3.gov

These numbers 973-250-4543 and 973-210-7591 I believe are associated.  I kept getting calls from the 250-4543 for 3 weeks several times a night between the hours of 7:00pm and 9:30pm.  I reported them to my phone company and also went to the donotcall.gov website and filled out a complaint.  (You have to be registered on the donotcall.gov website for this part)  Finally after 3 weeks the first number is done and now the 2nd number is calling.  I will be listed complaints on this one as well.  Have to get the police involved to get rid of these bad boys.

I signed up for the service to block calls and put this number on the block. So far I have not had a call today. If it stops the calls, it's worth the 4.99 (plan to cancel after 1 month).

I have got about 4-5 calls in 2 hours from this number and let the answering machine pick up.  They never leave a message.  Decided to see if I could find out who it was.

I received I believe it was 9 calls from this number yesterday afternoon on my cell phone. One time I called back and they gave me the option to remove my number from their call list. However, after I did that I received more calls. Perhaps it will take effect now and I won't receive any more. I hope so, it is very annoying.

These b*****ds do not comprehend what the DO NOT CALL means. I have been called so many times to be hung up on. FINALLY after answering right away I got connected. After screaming at them and threating lawsuit they called 5 more times with different idiots. I got one dumb f*** to give me an address. HERE IT IS FOR ALL THAT ARE TIRED OF THE B***S***.

Government Grants
221 22nd Street
Northwest Atlantic City, NJ 02252

HANG THESE F****NG IDIOTS!

had the nerve to call back, got there voice mail, clicked #2

Calls all the time on my cell phone...when i answer there is no one there...when I call the number it either A-doesn't answer or B-says the menue of press #2 to be removed from the call list...which they still call or #1 to speak to a representative...never comes to the phone due to high volume and to call back later...This number calls about 6 times a day.

i started receiving these calls yesterday - at least 8 a day. I stopped answering. My cell phone company says the only options are to change my phone number or sign up for call blocking at $4.99 a month. I'm going to try blocking and hope they give up after a month.

I tried to do a reverse phone lookup - for free all I get is the location is Newark, NJ. If I want more info, it costs.

I entered a complaint on ftc.gov. At least I felt like I was doing something.

This is what happened to me too!! Exact same thing. Started filling in info for the grant info packet, they asked for credit card, I googled "Scam," and there were plenty of mad people saying their credit card was charged without permission for like, $40. So, I didn't go through with it, left the website. Then I started getting the calls. Talk about effin annoying!!! I started answering and telling them multiple different ways, NO, I am not interested. And then I started getting meaner (I'm not a mean person) and told them to stop calling me.
"NO. NO. NO. STOP CALLING ME!" (I hung up). (The called back with different number 4 days later)
"Yeah, you guys keep calling me. I'm not interested. STOP CALLING." (They called back 3 days later with different number).
"I told you to take me off your call list. STOP CALLING."
I don't answer, and they keep calling.

They stopped calling for a week, and they're calling again today and I haven't answered-- they called FIVE TIMES ALREADY! I'm trying to think up my next thing to say. Possibly mentioning the Better Business Bureau(BBB)?

I found it!

**And here's ?DIANE!? (AND HER "MOM")- GEE ?DIANE?, I AM NOT SURE YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO BE USING THE GRANT MONEY FOR THOSE PURPOSES!
http://dianesbailoutblog.com/?t202id=92134&t202kw=

"DIANE'S" SITE HAS TWO LINKS:

#1: AND HER IS HER FORM,
http://makegooglefastcash.com/index.php?T=2&D ... &P=61&X=CD57384
with a copyright notice,
"All Content Copyright © 2005-2008, L14 Wie Natural Products LLC. All Rights Reserved Worldwide."

Humm, "L14 Wie Natural Products LLC," I wonder where and what that IS??? And I just have to wonder, if I duplicated their page/website, would they *really* come after me???
(Could tis be the same as, "U22 Wie Natural Products"? Their site, "http://acaifire4men.com/contact.php?cmd=terms" links to more forms. And the copyright notice,
"All Content Copyright © 2005-2008, U22 Wie Natural Products . All Rights Reserved Worldwide."). The professionals can investigate the WhoIs.



#2: AND Daina's site links to this site too, another form,
https://mysearchforgrants.secureauthority1.co ... liateid=CD57384
with a copyright tag, "Copyright © 2009 - MySearch4GrantsAndFunding.com - All Rights Reserved."

(Humm, I guess, "MySearch4GrantsAndFunding.com" is the Parent Company of "mysearchforgrants.secureauthority1.com").


We'll I am not sure whether I filled out Form #1 or #2 but nither are legit and one or other (or both) have put my TELE into a revenged based re-calling D-base.

Well, I leave the WHOIS search on this to the experts since the web addy since the information provided in the registration form will be fake anyway.

After entering my tele # (but not entering a credit card) I surfed around to see what was said about the "google money making system" and found,
this Google discussion Board topic, "Has Anyone Heard of the 'Google Money System,' Is it a Scam Or Is It Real?"... Obviously a CON, but was an interesting 8 page read of what goes on with these CON GAME related to this fictious "product".
http://www.googlecommunity.com/forum/all-abou ... ney-system.html

CON:
http://google-cash-system.com

CON:
http://google-money-system.org/

CON:
http://www.googlemoneysystem.net/
http://google-money-system.net/google-biz-kit-review/

I'D LIKE TO SEE HIS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS!
http://www.googlemoneysystemblog.com/2009/02/four-grand-for-posting-links-on-google/

CON:
http://indianonlineblog.blogspot.com/

A GUY JUST TRYING TO MAKE MONEY- DOES NOT SEEM TO BE SELLING ANYTHING- JUST CLICKS
http://addurlsubmit.blogspot.com/

AND IN ADDITION TO LAMET'S AWESOME POST, I AM POSTING BELOW WHAT SEEMS TO BE LEGIT SITES.
LEMET, please tell me the spammers, hackers, CONS are not able to duplicate and surpass the ".gov"
http://www.govbenefits.gov/
http://www.govloans.gov
http://www.usa.gov/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
http://www.govsales.gov/
http://www.grants.gov/
http://www.gsaauctions.gov
http://www.hud.gov/
http://www.homesales.gov/
http://www.imls.gov/
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=180280,00.html
http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/
ETC.

You know, MER, it is interesting... I don't answer it and it just hangs up after the 3rd ring. It never leavs a message. After reading your post it makes me wonder how many of us did *not* complete the credit card portion when we realized it was a SCAM, and instead of the form erasing our numbers, the form collects and deposits it into a redail-database, obviously for the purpose of revenge and annoyance. What half-baked, loosers!!! I am still looking for that link.

Lamet, Thank you for posting such detailed and important information. I think it is worth copying and pasting into a Word doc and saving it on my computer for future reference. I should even paste it into an email and forward it to all my friends.

To other posters, It is absolutely in connection with the grants! When I submitted my initial post to this board (above) I thought it may have been in connection with a fraudulent Google Links site, but I omitted to mention that the very same site was also pushing the grants! I will try and find the link again, but in the meantime, I can say that it had a picture of a female, hugging her 80+ year old mother, explaining how she had worked the auto industry her whole life before loosing her job but then the clouds parted (my sarcasm) when she discovered and received a grant to that paid off all her debts and then funded her new online business- I believe a Google Links/Ads/Master business. The first part of the form asks for you name, possibly address (I only ever enter a PO), and Telephone#- of course that gave them permission to call me.  When it came to the second part of the form that asks for the credit card information, of course I did not enter and had assumed that by not completing thier form my other information was erased- apparently not so! I have receiving calls 5 times an hours, all day, every day, for the past 3-4 days.- Sigh, "Me Too"

I have gotten at least 40 calls from them today am getting pissed.

I sent complaint on donotcall.gov but says they are not on list.

Calls my cell everyday 4 or 5 times!!

I also looed into the grant program, and this number hass been calling me NON-STOP since 9am. Average 3-4 times per hour. I answered, and it just hangs up...I called back, requested to speak to a representative, and it just kept saying "no representatives available due to large call volume." I pressed 2 to have my number removed, but it didn't work. REALLY TIRED OF THIS!

ALL GRANT OFFERS VIA PHONE AND WEBSITES ARE SCAMS - DON'T FALL FOR THEM

Government Grant Scams
The "free money" scam has been around almost as long as the human species.
It has more variations than a bulldog has wrinkles but you can count on one thing: the government (any government) does not simply give money away to individuals. Anyone who tells you differently has larceny in his heart.
If you give him your bank account number, he will soon have your funds in his pocket.
It does no good to list all of the names used by these bunko artists because a.) they change all the time and b.) every single free-money government-grant offer is a scam. Period.
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/03/grant_scam_ads.html
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/scam_alerts/grant.html
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/03/ftc_stimulus_scam.html

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION WEBSITE      
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt134.shtm

?Free Government Grants?: Don?t Take Them For Grant-ed
?Because you pay your income taxes on time, you have been awarded a free $12,500 government grant! To get your grant, simply give us your checking account information, and we will direct-deposit the grant into your bank account!?
Sometimes, it?s an ad that claims you will qualify to receive a ?free grant? to pay for education costs, home repairs, home business expenses, or unpaid bills. Other times, it?s a phone call supposedly from a ?government? agency or some other organization with an official sounding name. In either case, the claim is the same: your application for a grant is guaranteed to be accepted, and you?ll never have to pay the money back.
But the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation?s consumer protection agency, says that ?money for nothing? grant offers usually are scams, whether you see them in your local paper or a national magazine, or hear about them on the phone.
Some scam artists advertise ?free grants? in the classifieds, inviting readers to call a toll-free number for more information. Others are more bold: they call you out of the blue. They lie about where they?re calling from, or they claim legitimacy using an official-sounding name like the ?Federal Grants Administration.? They may ask you some basic questions to determine if you ?qualify? to receive a grant. FTC attorneys say calls and come-ons for free money invariably are rip offs.
Grant scammers generally follow a script: they congratulate you on your eligibility, then ask for your checking account information so they can ?deposit your grant directly into your account,? or cover a one-time ?processing fee.? The caller may even reassure you that you can get a refund if you?re not satisfied. In fact, you?ll never see the grant they promise; they will disappear with your money.
The FTC says following a few basic rules can keep consumers from losing money to these ?government grant? scams:
    Don?t give out your bank account information to anyone you don?t know. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help consumers spot, stop, and avoid them. To file a complaint or to get free information on consumer issues, visit ftc.gov or call toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357); TTY: 1-866-653-4261. The FTC enters consumer complaints into the Consumer Sentinel Network, a secure online database and investigative tool used by hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad.
September 2006



ADVERTISEMENTS ? from the Federal Trade Commission website:

The appearance of ads in media outlets that you recognize - like your local newspaper or radio station - is no guarantee of the legitimacy of the company behind the ad.

Mike, was it Government Grant Solutions? I can get through to the number, but they don't identfy themselves.  They give you an option to add to the do not call list, which I did, but that probably takes a while.  I tried to get through 3 times to a "representative", but they were all busy and couldn't take my call at this time; no option to hold or anything.

Just missed 2 calls from this number in the last 2 hours. When I called the number back it said the number is no longer in service. I had also signed up for a grant program yesterday

I have been getting these calls every hour since 9 am, today, on my cell.  Yesterday, I filled out an application for a scholarship and left my cell #.  I also asked for an information packet about grant information.  This was all yesterday and I never give out my cell, so I know that one of these things has something to do with it. Good luck everyone.

Did any of you sign up for a scam "google" links program? I started to then thought it was fishy so did not put in my credit card info. However, my tele # may have gone into their d-base. This is the only think I think of that I did out of the ordinary- and it was yesterday. 4 calls in the last hour- I just press "reject" without answering the call. We'll see.