I have received two billings for $94.89. Both charges in March of 2009. I called the company (IDS Grants) yesterday (3-19-09) at approx 1:00 PM and the second time at 1:45 Pm. I complained to them that I did not know who they were and was not responsible for the these charges. I was told that they would send me an e-mail requesting a refund. The first e-mail never arrived and the same thing happened the second time. In both cases I was told that the e-mail would arrive within 5 minutes. This never occured.
When you call the number I have listed it does not say who they are and your call is put through a person who will take care of the call. No name is given and the companies name is never mentioned or stated.
I just called my card company and have started a complaint against this company.
When I accessed the web this morning to find this company - I discovederd numerous complaints from people and this company is listed as a fraud. According to the online research the company is a scam..
I will be submittting my Master Card dispute form this AM (3-20-09).
I did recall asking for information that was offered on the interent for information about grants. I did not complete any forms outside of giving my address and name and did pay them a charge of I believe $2.75 cents or so for this information. outside of that i requested nothing else.
When i talked to the representative on the phone the first time the woman told me that i had signed up for a membership and the charge was $94.89 a month. I dispute that with her and told I did not ever seek a membership for this service. I explained to her that the request I sent in for was never sent to me and I had not received any information about a membership. I did not even recognize the name of the company!!
I am also sending a copy of this to be given to the attorney general for potential fraud..
Thad Owens
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Fort Myers, Florida - 33908
239-243-5762