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Grants360.com Class Action Investigation
An investigation is currently being conducted regarding possible unauthorized credit card transactions being made by Grants360.com and/or one or more of its business partners. Consumers may be first alerted to the possible unauthorized credit card transactions when they notice a cryptic recurring monthly charge on their credit card bill.

You should check your credit card and bank statements for suspicious charges. If you feel you have been the victim of an unauthorized credit card transaction by Grants360.com or one of its business partners, please fill out the contact form below.

This website is not associated with nor authorized by Grants360.com.

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unauthorized charge

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Company information:
incomepeer.com
unknown/360 grants alt name
Apache Junction, Arizona
United States
Phone: 1-866-955-1669
incomepeer.com

I only authorized them to remove $1.95 but they charged me $57.61 and $1.95 for a total of $59.56 plus my bank charged me a $38.00 bounce fee.i am disabled i now have no money and my electric is being shut off.thanks alot incomepeer.com how do u people sleep at night.I WANT MY MONEY BACK NOW!CREDIT IT BACK TO THE SAME CARD YOU CHARGED IMMEDIATELY.I WILL NOT LET THIS GO I NEED MY MONEY I AM POOR.-------AILEEN BISHOP--REDACTED@gmail.com

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I am a single mother of three and just lost my job. With no where to turn I thought 360grants would help me, but when it rains it sure does pour. They say they are taking 1.95 out for shipping and handl, but really they STEAL more then that. As soon as I did it I checked my account and not only was 1.95 missing which was fine but also 38.21 had been unauthorized illegally and taken out. i called the number which was provided and spoke with an operator (which by the way is the only one who works there) she is a freak and can't speak english. She let me know that she would cancel my membership but could not put my money back because it would not authorize her to do so, wich is a crock of shit!!!! I told her that if she did not put my money back in my account I would turn her and the company over to the FBI. It was the only thing I could think of because I was so freaken mad. She told me that the only way to get a hold of taxrefundguide.com was to email them since they were the ones who took the 38.21 right......Wrong! They are one and the same company who do not tell you that they are taking 38.21 out along with the 1.95 the site answered none of my questions anyway and was not helpful to my situation. Warning: ALL GRANT SITES ARE FRAUDS!

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When I received my bank statment on Friday, May 15th, I noticed there were a couple of charges that were not approved charges by me or my husband. There was a number to call, so I called the number, I was told to go to refunds@grants 360 to get a refund. When I got to work this morning, I tried to get on-line, but received an error message. There were 2 charges to my account, 1 from grants360.com for 58.07 and another one from turbo-irs-ta.com for 38.52. The phone numbers on my statement for these 2 charges are: turbo-irs-ta-1-866-978-1126 and grants360.com-1-866-955-1669. When I called both numbers, the same girls answered for both companies! I did not order anything and defineatey did not give them permission to debit my checking account.

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>https://www.grants360.com/signup/gateways/signup.php?memberid=504704&gateway=CUREPAY

form method="post" action="signup.php" onsubmit="hidepay(); areYouReallySure = true;"

input type="hidden" name="memberid" value="504704"
input type="hidden" name="natssess" value=""
input type="hidden" name="gateway" value="CUREPAY"

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said by MGD :

You should contact your local media who are accepting commercials from these scammers and complain. In fact in this case they could become a party to a potnetial class action:

Doubt they would be liable - no more so than a tv station plays the "Make millions selling ads" commercials.
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FTC to Web Publishers: Get Rid of Stimulus Scam Ads

By Kate Kaye, ClickZ, Mar 4, 2009

Web site publishers and ad networks are on the Federal Trade Commission's radar, but this time it's not for behavioral targeting or data privacy related concerns. The FTC warned it is cracking down on misleading ads and e-mails promoting access to economic stimulus related grants, and the media firms enabling those ads. Some of the scams are promoted through display ads featuring photos of President Obama, Google sponsored listings featuring the president's name, or sites displaying his 2008 campaign logo or logos of popular news outlets.

Facebook has already agreed to ban such ads, and Google is working with the FTC to investigate ads that violate its advertiser policies, according to the commission.

The FTC is asking "online media companies to monitor their sites for scam ads and get rid of them," said Eileen Harrington, acting director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, this morning during a press conference.

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"Our AdWords Content Policy does not permit ads for sites that make false claims, and we investigate and remove any ads that violate our policies," said Google in a statement e-mailed to ClickZ News. "We have discussed these issues with the Federal Trade Commission and reaffirmed our commitment to protecting users from scam ads."

Facebook has agreed to ban stimulus-related scam ads from its site. "Ads touting free stimulus money were on Facebook," said Harrington, who said the company pulled the ads on its own volition, and following conversations with the FTC. "We absolutely salute Facebook for being so proactive in this regard," she added.

But it may not be easy for publishers and ad sellers to rid the Web of such nefarious advertising. Exactly who's behind such ads is difficult to determine. Many lead to domains that differ from the ones featured in the ad copy, and transfer from one domain to another. For instance, ObamaStimulusPlan.info features news headlines and links to economic stimulus information, and an ad promoting "free money in government grants," which leads the user to a site associated with Grant Stimulus Source; the site also features CNN and CNBC logos.
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