Grant Masters review: Unauthorized debit card charge 201

I have a problem I do little call to cancellé my subscription, I am not speaking English have it an address web tanks

It's funny you mentioned that. I had the exact amount taken from my account. They were supposed to refund my money within 10 days and I have yet to see any type of refund from grant masters! They are just a bunch of freakin liars! I"m going to give them a couple of more days to refund my money before I contact them again and file a police report. They are so ridiculous!

Hi I just got off of the phone with Bank of America because of the exact things above except I got nothing for my original $1.97 so never had an opportunity to cancel. Now they are charging my card for $72.21 for Blazing Words and $38.34 for Grant Masters which I did not sign up for.

The bank is aware of the situation and I suppose that is why they are pushing their temporary cards so hard now. Their advice was nothing is free on the internet so beware those solicitations. However, Like the guy above stated it all started from reading the story on the Google solicitation for home business.

Fortunately, I was able to get through on the line to these companies (which I believe are being serviced somewhere in India) and the bank will try to help retreive what I have lost and try to deal with them for any future charges.

So beware all...LG

The same thing happened to me. How do I get my money back?

Jeff Nance
4800 Grand Ave
Davenport, Ia 52807

My daughter thought she was renewing her magazine subscription and some how these loosers got her debit card number. She never accepted any trial membership, no ads nothing just renewing her magazine. She had four charges show up that she never authorized. We have cancelled the debit card and the bank has filed a fraud claim. These people need to get real jobs and stop taking advantage of the hard working people!

Total Scam! I also signed up for the work from home Google kit- and seeing the well known name "Google", figured it would be legit. Obviously I was wrong. After entering my information, I went through the website runaround and saw that this was not a straight forward thing. The next day I recieved a call from the people to get my address and additional information so they could send me the "kit"; I told the man on the phone that I changed my mind and I no longer wanted their kit and not to charge me for it. Of course he said okay. Here I am a month later on the phone with my bank cancelling my credit card and disputing about 8 charges. I have 3 "currency exchange fee" charges, 2 charges from Grant Masters for 38.84, 1 charge from Powersale for 72.21, and a charge for "search assistant support" - - - and also have higher finance charges now due to all of these unautharized transactions. Luckily the people at my bank are very understanding and they are taking care of all of this for me. But like all of you, even after cancelling was charged way more than I even should have been if I hadn't cancelled. I wish we could figure out a way to find these people and have them prosecuted for their actions. We are hard working people just trying to get a break and being taken advantage of by some greedy lazy ###. They deserve to have all their money taken from them and be thrown in jail!

I also paid the $1.97 and got nothing for it. Then Google Ads took out $78.84 off my credit card(stupid me). I called my credit card company and they gave me the name of the company and the phone number. I called and was told that I had signed up for this, whatever it was no idea, I said I had not and told them to put my money back on my card. They did within a about a week. Then a month later Grant Masters took out $38.84. I again got hold of my credit card company and reported them to the fraud department and the recovery department, with the recovery department the company has 45 to refund the money. So I got on to the phone with them on June 26 and was again told I had applied for something with Grant Masters. Again I told them that I never did and to refund my money, which he said he would do. Hasn't happened and when I called tonight was told to send email to them for refund. For anyone interested the email is support@grantmastersonline.com. So will be trying this. Oh and I cancelled my credit card, not taking any more chances. What kind of advertisement does facebook allow, anything under the sun and all scammers.

Debbie

This company has taken 38.84 from my checking account. I wish they would put my hard earned money back! GRANT MASTERS $38.84

I was charged for twice for this fraudulent program twice, I have not recieved my money back, I have called twice and the say it will be put through today, but I have called them twice and no money has been credited back! I want my money back!

Same thing happened to me! My bank, Bank of America, called this place on 6/23 with me on the line and they said they would credit the money, 77.82 and 2.33, back into my account within 7 days. Lo and behold, it is 7/8 and the money has not been credited. I called GrantMasters this morning and the person said they had already credited me, which is a bunch of ****. I was sitting there looking at my account on-line as we spoke. So, now she says she will "investigate it" - this place needs to be SHUT DOWN. I have also re-sent an email to Bank of America again regarding this so that they can once again get involved with these ###s (Grant Masters)

This has just happened to me! What the heck are they doing and what is this company? I have disputed the charges with my credit card. I feel raped!

Holy Crow. I never even heard of these creeps and they debited by checking account 3 times. When I called the number on my statement they wanted me to provide personal information so they could "check on my account". Can you guess what I told them? No freaking way! I'm lucky. My daughter works for my bank. Gave her all the info and, viola, taken care of.

These people debited one of my credit cards for $38.84. I don't even know who they are. I called the 800 number and requested cancellation and a refund. I will keep you informed. I never authorized any debit. I don't even know how they got my information!

It all started from reading the story on the Google solicitation for home business. I got nothing for my original $1.97 so never had an opportunity to cancel. Now they are charging my card $38.34 and e-tax hotline charging my card $19.95, never dealt with either one of these companies. Phoned the numer for Grant Masters and got a message saying the office was not open and the e-tax hotline number, there was no answer. Credit card company will do nothing until I cancell with these companies but I can not get in touch with either one. I did send a e-mail to e-tax hotline but have not heard back and I will send one to Grant Masters and see what happens.

Your company has 2 charges on my credit card for $38.34 for June 20th which I never purchased services. Please credit.

cc: Federal Bureau of Business Regulations
Ct. State Attorney, Richard Blumenthal

such company made unauthorized charges to my visa of $38.34

Both my husband and I were scammed too, we both ordered the Google Kit in May for 1.98 and never received either one. Little did we know, ever since May we have been charged over $450.00 from various fraudulent "so called companies"! My husband was laid off from his IT job in April and had been trying to seek employment and I just figured these were job search related charges...ha! Not! We were being scammed (shame on us!) We finally got together and started looking back over the last few months and have found 7 fraudulent charges on our bank statement. Our bank, Wells Fargo has opened a Fraudulent charges investigation and I believe they will reimburse us for the charges, however am not certain what the outcome on that will be, as we just filed the claims today. But both of us had to cancel our debit cards and will now have to go through the hassle of changing all our auto-pays, etc! Kind of a "one-two" punch for us as we were already victims of the economy with the lay off and now victims of fraud as well! Definitely money we couldn't afford. Here are the various charges we found...on both 5/12 and 6/12 DRI eAuction charged $69.90, on 5/22 Google Chest - $72.21, on 6/05 Grant Masters - $38.84, on 6/22 a $72.21 charge from OnlineMemberAreaSupport, on 6/29 PowerSale charged $38.84, then finally we were cued in today when we were charged 69.90 (again) from TW/IPAuction Salt Lake City 01. Matching charge amounts but the company name kept changing...very cleaver! I just wish we would have figured this out sooner, but hope you can learn from our mistake! Communicate with your spouse or family and make sure all charges on your account are valid, so something like this doesn't go on for several months like it did for us. I sure hope they find these people and put them away! Google should issue a CEASE and DESIST order, as this is giving them a bag name.

I think we're all heading in the same direction - Google's solicitation for home business. Losing $1.97 is no big deal. Being scammed and having money taken from your ATM Debit/Credit account without your knowledge or consent is a very big deal. I, too, have been nailed by Grant Masters. They put in two charges for $38.34, plus international ATM transfer fees.

BEWARE - THESE GUYS ARE NOT WORKING ALONE. I've also been scammed by POWERSALE and ADWORD, both in the amount of $72.21. Make your voices heard. Report these thieves to your police department and the FBI's internet crime unit (www.IC3.gov).

Now, how do we kick some dirt at Google and get them to pay us back?

I also requested the Google cd for 1.97 and called in a few days I found 2 charges from grant masters for 38.65 Well I Called Them And Told them that I had Cancelled My Account on 6-29 and they refunded me as they say but have not recieved it. And when I asked Them About the 2nd 38.65 charge they say that they did not charge me 2 times Bull! and they said that the first that was refunded was only 36.34 this is a bunch of bull.
I am a disabled Person And cannot afford this bull so I suggest that anyone readin g this do not purchase anything from either google or grant masters youll get ripped off!

They Are the biggest ripoff and I will get a lawyer cause the moneys of mine that they took are Social Security Disability funds witch are fedral funds.
Steve

My most recent CapitalOne Credit Card statement included the following item:

20 Jun Grant Masters [protected] $38.34.

I did not recognize this charge and called the 800 number to cancel whatever it was and demand a refund. I was assured that I would receive a refund in "7 to 10 days". My confirmation number is 071309-[protected].

Shortly thereafter, I received an e-mail confirming my cancellation. This e-mail said, in part,

"Per your request, we have canceled your automatic payments as of Monday, July 13th 2009 and no further action is required on your behalf. Your cancellation number is: 071309-[protected]."

I received this e-mail at 1:04 P.M.

At 4:35 P.M. I received another e-mail which stated (in whole):

"Our records indicate you recently contacted GrantMastersOnline.com Customer Support regarding the status of your membership.

"If you requested to cancel your membership with GrantMastersOnline.com, you should receive an additional email confirming such.

"If you requested a refund, it will be reviewed by our escalation department and, if approved, the refund will be submitted. Please allow 2 to 4 weeks for approved refunds to post to your bank account. Please let us know if you need further assistance.

Sincerely,
GrantMastersOnline.com Customer Support
Phone: [protected]
Email: support@grantmastersonline.com"

I called the 888 number and informed them that "2 to 4 weeks" was absolutely unacceptable, and that if I did not receive a refund in 7 to 10 days, I would inform my credit card company that the charge was fraudulent.

At that point, the person to whom I was talking ("Toby") stated that apparently there was another person with exactly the same name, and that I had received the 2 to 4 week e-mail in error. Toby further assured me that I would receive a different e-mail consistent with the 7 to 10 day time frame. I reiterated my determination to charge them with fraud if I did not receive the refund within that time frame.

Mack Harrell
West Orange, NJ

Somebody hacked into my pc over a month ago and the next thing I knew, I had a $79.00+ charge on my account for something called Blazing Words (which I had no idea about). I called their number and explained that my info had been hacked and requested and got a refund. About 2 wks later a $38.34 charge from MC-Grantmasters showed up on my account.

These crooks operate out of the Philipines and are, apparently, immune to US prosecution. I still plan to file a complaint with the FTC. There's also a link on the FTC site where you can file a complaint re: an entity operating outside of the US. (http://www.econsumer.gov/).

These crooks operate this scam on a grand scale, apparently. The real scam is, even if they refund your money eventually, they are drawing interest off of YOUR money for that period of time before you get it back. Multiply that interest by hundreds of thousands (or millions?)...and that's where they make their $$$. That, plus the fact that many people just don't bother to fight it.

This is nothing but deceptive trade practice. Report it!

You people are luckier than I am. I have been charged $38.34 and have been trying to cancelling it since May. In fact, I was double-charged in June. Today the person "supposedly" cancelled it, but only deducted one charge of $38.34. The only people who are making money are not us, but Grant Masters!

Add me to the list. I will contact the Connecticut Attorney General and see if we can find some jail time here.

June 2009 I signed up for a $4.50 charge to get information on government grants money. I was called per my caller ID twelve
times the next day about the grants. The caller ID said New Jersey.
I was asked to okay a charge of $2.99 for S & H. I said no and I was
no longer interested. I recieved more calls about the grants, I still
said no. Now my July credit card bill has a $77.82 card for membership with grant masters. I called 7/15/09 for reasons for charge and a refund. They cancelled the membership but I may ?get a refund from a online source only.

Unauthorized charges on June 20/09 in amount of $44.56 on credit card statement. THIS CHARGE WAS PROCESSED TWICE ON THE SAME DAY FOR THE SAME AMOUNT.

I attempted to purchase something from them. They never sent me the product then proceeded to charge me for it, sold my credit card info, and refused to help me with a credit.

BP is sky high! Ordered the $1.97 Google CD...Canceled the same day. Got charged $72.21 from Blazing Words...got my refund from them and then lo and behold here comes Scam Masters. Got ripped off for $38.34. Called them and they gave me a cancellation number and a refund number; was told I would be refunded. Called back...said it should be there any day. Just called again...was told I waited too long to cancel and she would not refund my money. Canceled my checking account and told the b**** that karma would get her in the end.

Humanity has sunk to such a new low. It is hard to fathom that people like us walk the same Earth as these scambags. We paid a rather small price to be reminded once again that we aren't in Kansas anymore. In our hopes of finding something that would help us be productive so that we, too, could support our families with dignity; we were assaulted by the growing segment in our society that has no soul. I'm glad I grew up in the fifties so I can fondly remember what real honesty & integrity felt like; when we could sleep peacefully with our front doors unlocked; when neighbors were friends and kids could play without fear. I have my memories;unfortunately my children and granchildren will not know or recognize these virtues. They have long since passed.

GRANT MASTERS TOOK MY MONEY 38.34$ AND WILL NOT REFUND IT I HAVE CALL AND CALL E-MAIL AFTER E-MAIL FAX AFTER FAX AND STILL NO REFUND ITS ###...AND THE GOV LET GRANT MASTERS KEEP RIPOFF PEOPLE ### LIKE THIS MUST BE STOP YOUR MONEY IS TO HARD TO COME BY.ON THE STREET ### LIKE THAT WILL GET YOU SHOT THE ### UP!BELIVE THAT

I have discovered TWO unauthorized pending charges on my Visa Debit card of $38.34 each for a total of $76.68. I have never visited their web site or inquired of their services. When I called the foriegn operater said i had to e-mail for a refund. I do not trust them, but I will try for my refund.

All I can say is, I'm glad that I'm with Bank of America. They sent and email to my account and I called to verify that there was fraudulent charges on my credit card and they closed it out immediately. This website also helped me out a lot!

Based in the Philippines, with an office in Nevada, Grant Masters Online appears to be running a huge scam: They hook buyers with bogus offers in order to obtain ATM or credit card numbers then debit unsuspecting consumers for a “membership” that purportedly allows access to their grant writing information. (No information is sent about the service, either by e-mail or USPS.) Unfortunately, the scam doesn’t stop there: They automatically enroll the customer in additional “promotional offers” with companies they either own or with which they are affiliated, including but not limited to Powersale and BlazingKeyWords. Not only are consumers unaware of these offers, they are never given an opportunity to “Opt Out” of the service or contract(s).

May 28, 2009, I made an on-line purchase for a CD offering information about internet job opportunities with Google. My ATM card was debited $1.97 for this item, which I never received. A month later, on June 24, 2009, I noticed my bank statement had two unauthorized debits, each in the amount of $38.34, and two, 31 cent ATM/Special CHK/ATM international transfer fees. Charges were billed by Grant Masters. The following day there was an additional 58 cent ATM international transfer fee and an unauthorized debit made by Powersale in the amount of $72.21. To date I have not been able to contact Powersale since their phone number is not in service. On Saturday, July 11, I discovered yet another unauthorized debit pending in the amount of $72.21. This transaction was initiated by BlazingKeyWords. A user comment that I discovered online during the weekend led me to contact Google customer service on the morning of July 13. The representative said he would cancel this transaction and the charge was dropped.

These transactions appear to tie in with various Google offers and their link with Grant Masters. According to an Executive Officer at my bank, ALL CHARGES POINT TO GRANT MASTERS, including those billed by POWERSALE and BLAZINGKEYWORDS (BLAZINGWORDS). I have contacted Grant Masters regarding these charges, however, a refund has not been issued.

Contact Numbers:

Grant Masters [protected] support@grantmastersonline.com

Google Support Service [protected]

Powersale [protected] - not a working number (may be able to contact through Grant Masters)

Blazing Key Words [protected]

Write a letter to your State Attorney Generals office and the FTC (Federal Trade Commission):

Federal Trade Commission
Consumer Response Center
600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20580

RE: Grant Masters Online
Unauthorized Use of Debit/Credit Cards

File a complaint with the FBI Internet Crimes Division (www.ic3.gov)

I have a similar problem with Blazing Keywords, however, I have NEVER ordered anything from Grant Masters. I did contact Blazing Keywords because of the $1.97 offer by Google and got a refund after getting my bank involved. As far as I knew that was the end of the matter, however, for the month of June there is a charge from Grant Masters in the amount of $38.34 and another $.31 charge. Until reading this post, I didn't even know who Grant Master was.

I will be contacting Grant Masters ASAP and Google as well as my bank for the fraudulent charges. I will also be contacting our state Attorney General's office as well.

Ces noms portent a croire qu'il n'y a aucun cote d'étique chez Google . De par les expériences négatives écrites par d’anciens qui ce sont exprimés sur le Web a propos de Blazing Keywords et Google ainsi que Grants Masters accompagné de mon expérience avec eux, soyez prudent et tenez vous très loin d'eux, et deux distances valent mieux qu’une .

En mai dernier, malgré l'essai a 99 cents et un avis de cancellation dans les 24 heures et une certification de leurs parts que tous est ok et réglé que je ne recevrai aucun compte et qu'aucun payement ne sera retiré de mon compte master card, j'ai portant reçue mon compte rendu de carte de crédit sur lequel apparaissait deux fois 1, 99 $ de base au lieu de 99cent ainsi qu’une charge de payement de mai a Blazing Keyords mais pas au montant de la mensualité mentionné(légèrement inférieure ), . J'ai alors de nouveau communiquer avec eux via téléphone car aucun email et aucune adresse n’est valide, ils m’ont alors encore une fois confirmer qu’ils allaient s'en charger mais il s’avère qu’aucun deux n’a de parole et encore sans succès, car a ce jour j'ai reçue le compte de juin 2009 mais aucun remboursement et en plus un autre charge au nom de Grants Masters qui sont du même acabit un peu plus de 50 .00 . Je me suis alors fié qu’à moi et j’ai fait une plainte de fraude à la banque et j’ai cancellé cette carte puisqu’ils ont pris le temps d’écouter sans rien entendre.
Depuis ce temps je reçois des appel que je me permet de me délester aisément en les envoyant chez le bonhomme sept heures
Ne faites confiance a personne sous ces noms de Cie et personnels, en effet ce sont des fraudeurs d’affaire .

et ce Ryan est l’une des marionnettes de cette gigantesque fraude, pour lui avoir écrit et ayant jamais reçu de réponse.
Ils ont le gros bout du manche car les sommes retirés ne peuvent faire l’objet de poursuite au canada ou d’autres états et, tant les américains que d’autres pays les hébergent et ne font absolument rien . Dites je ne sais pas s’ils ramassaient de l’argent pour le terrorisme s’il seraient vues de la même manière par les autorités

Christian de Montréal

SAME HERE! They 'said' they would cancel my charges last month, but returned the amount, less $.30? THEN DID IT AGAIN this month!? HOWEVER, I am STILL awaiting the return.

When I do get through on the phone #, they quote me a refund less $.30 again!? Twice I've been told the refund must not have gone through due to my bank?

LIAR, CHEATS. Most dishonest company I have ever dealt with.

I have been hung up on? Didn't know good companies did this. NEVER will transfer to a supervisor or manager.

I RECENTLY SIGNED UP FOR THIS GRANT MASTERS SCAM. NOT ONLY DID I GET AN AMOUNT OF MONEY TAKEN OUT OF MY ACCOUNT, AND NOT RETURNED, BUT BLAZING WORDS TOOK OUT AN AMOUNT FROM MY ACCOUNT. I CALLED GRANT MASTERS AND SPOKE TO A BADLY SPOKEN PERSON.SHE APOLOGIZED FOR THE ERROR AND GAVE ME A REFERENCE NUMBER FOR CANCELLATION. SHE SAID TO CONTACT THEM ONLINE AT SUPPORT@GRANT MASTERS ONLINE. COM FOR REMITTANCE, AND I RECEIVED THIS WEBSITE. I THINK THIS COMPANY SHOULD BE BANNED FROM THE WORLD.THE REFERENCE # IS 072109-[protected].

Then done the same thing took money out of my account at the total of 77.82 and I have been calling every other day trying to get this replaced. There answer is to give it another 7 to 10 days and it will be back in my account. That has been a month ago and still no money to been replaced. I keep telling them I want to speak with a supervisor and still have not gotten to speak to one yet...
Does anyone have anyway of getting your money back with this company?

Unauthorized charses to my account on 6/15/09 and 7/17/09

I have found 2 debits to my account in the amount of $38.84, and have no idea what this is for, never heard of these people, and never signed up for anything, although I did have something to do with Blazing Keywords and cancelled that immediately...NOW this...seems they might be connected somehow.
I've called the 800 number, always closed...

Was looking on my bank account and saw a charge for $38.34 to be taken out. Called and asked what it was for. They said Grant Masters. I told them that I had no idea who that was. They said ok what would you like us to do. I for a refund. They said it would be 7 - 10 days for it to be put back into my account. And gave me a confirmation number. How can they do stuff like this?

Bless the internet, thank god I am not the only one. It all started when a story popped up on my screen. It looked real, wrong! It was a fake pop-up probably from those people themselves. But i didn't think about that at the time. I paid the 1.97 where i never received an e-mail or anything. I called to cancel right after the 2nd day. Then out of now where i get charged 72.21?!?!? So I e-mailed them fast enough and was able to receive a refund. After this I even thought about canceling this card. That's what I recommend for anyone. But I was about to go on vacation and I was in a rush. First I didn't even take this card with me to vacation so i know nobody stole it or wrote down the number or anything. And then I come home to find 38.34 from GRANT FINDERS?!?! Then me and my daughter started to think and made sense it was the same people from Google Kit. So far my bank provided me with "[protected]" but no one answers. I'll keep trying and see if I can get a refund. But if I don't I'll have to cancel this card.