Grant Scam Site Blacklist

GrantReviewer.org aka Crisis Grants

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:25:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: grantreviewer.org

IP Address: 67.225.163.19

Hosted by: Liquid Web, Inc (Lansing, MI)

Related sites: -

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to several grant scam sites:

Government Grant Solutions
Government Money Secrets - JRS Media Solutions / Philippines
Grant Line Pro

Whois information, private registration (here)

Created On:21-Jul-2009 09:42:56 UTC
Last Updated On:21-Jul-2009 09:43:09 UTC
Expiration Date:21-Jul-2010 09:42:56 UTC

Sponsoring Registrar:eNom, Inc. (R39-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:ef9ea29020239e0e
Registrant Name:WhoisGuard Protected
Registrant Organization:WhoisGuard
Registrant Street1:8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #110 -
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Westchester
Registrant State/Province:CA
Registrant Postal Code:90045
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.6613102107
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:

Other Info:

This guy was advertising his well-designed site on my blog via Adsense. Even after publishing this article exposing him as a scam his ad appeared right under the article. Poetic!

Well here you go dude, free exposure for you. Your 'reviews' are excellent examples of crapola on a stick.

Just look at the page title: 'Crisis Grants - Helping Americans Claim Free Money In Times Of Economic Crisis'. Did you smirk when you came up with that winning motto? Feel proud of yourself? Asswipe.

The three grant scam merchants he tries to funnel the user to are each using a different affiliate network, Ads4Dough, ROIRocket and WebTraffic2Go. I'll be writing about this fresh set of scam-facilitating affiliate networks in some posts on the main grant scams blog.

Neverpayitback.com

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:31:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: neverpayitback.com

IP Address: 174.120.19.252

Hosted by: The Planet Internet Services (Dallas, TX)

Related sites: nevergiveitback.com, mygrantfunds.com, mygrantfunds.org, mygrantsource.com

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam site:

Grant Seeker Secrets

Whois information, private registration (here)

Administrative Contact:
Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Whois Agent (jpmgtkwlvj@whoisprivacyprotect.com)
Fax: +1.4256960234
PMB 368, 14150 NE 20th St - F1
C/O neverpayitback.com
Bellevue, WA 98007
US

Technical Contact:
Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Whois Agent ((jpmgtkwlvj@whoisprivacyprotect.com))
+1.4252740657
Fax: +1.4256960234
PMB 368, 14150 NE 20th St - F1
C/O neverpayitback.com
Bellevue, WA 98007
US

Registrant Contact:
Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Whois Agent ((jpmgtkwlvj@whoisprivacyprotect.com))

Fax:
PMB 368, 14150 NE 20th St - F1
C/O neverpayitback.com
Bellevue, WA 98007
US

Status: Locked

Name Servers:
ns1707.hostgator.com
ns1708.hostgator.com

Creation date: 23 Apr 2009 22:18:31
Expiration date: 23 Apr 2010 22:18:00

Other Info:

I wrote a more detailed article about this grant scam affiliate site, New Twist to Grant Scams : Neverpayitback.com.

The people behind this site have been advertising on radio stations throughout the country. Their initial setup was a an affiliate rotator script redirecting to a couple of grant scam merchants' sites, but it seems they currently only funnel the user through to grant scam site Grant Seeker Secrets, which is operated by JRS Media Solutions in the Philippines.

The affiliate link used by neverpayitback.com runs through affiliate network HydraNetwork.com, a company that condones this type of grant scam by managing the advertising program for JRS Media Solutions' grant scam operation.

Here are some of Compete's referral statistics:

What these statistics show you is that they most likely have been actively advertising their crap via Yahoo, Google, Facebook and Microsoft's ad network.

If we take a 2% conversion at a CPA of $30 (these are just guesstimates) you can see that within a very short time these folks got paid roughly 2000x$30 = $60.000 for their grant scam affiliate efforts. It is probably a lot more.

Consumeradvocategroup.org

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:49:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: consumeradvocategroup.org

IP Address: 67.192.186.232

Hosted by: Rackspace (San Antonio, TX)

Related sites: consumer-consultant.com

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam sites:

Grant Funding Search
Grant Now

Whois information (here)

Domain Name:CONSUMERADVOCATEGROUP.ORG

Created On:15-Dec-2006 17:40:57 UTC
Last Updated On:25-Nov-2008 00:29:37 UTC
Expiration Date:15-Dec-2009 17:40:57 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:GoDaddy.com, Inc. (R91-LROR)

Registrant ID:GODA-053396184
Registrant Name:Josh Prewitt
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street1:319 E. Klein
Registrant City:New Braunfels
Registrant State/Province:Texas
Registrant Postal Code:78130
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.8308328307
Registrant Email: joshprewitt@satx.rr.com

Admin ID:GODA-253396184
Admin Name:Josh Prewitt
Admin Organization:Result$
Admin Street1:319 E. Klein
Admin City:New Braunfels
Admin State/Province:Texas
Admin Postal Code:78130
Admin Country:US
Admin Phone:+1.8308328307
Admin Email: joshprewitt@satx.rr.com

Tech ID:GODA-153396184
Tech Name:Technical Support
Tech Organization:LNH Inc.
Tech Street1:260 Chapman Road
Tech Street2:Suite 205
Tech Street3:
Tech City:Newark
Tech State/Province:Delaware
Tech Postal Code:19702
Tech Country:US
Tech Phone:+1.3027314948

Other Info:

This affiliate marketer uses a domain name that is intended to gain the unsuspecting consumer's trust. The site is being actively advertised on the Microsoft Ad Network:

The owners of this site maintain a main affiliate marketing hub at domain consumer-consultant.com which also contains a grants page:

The described programs do not correspond to the grant scam merchants that are actually linked, as we have seen a lot with these types of grant scam affiliate marketers.

Trustedgrantsources.com

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:52:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: trustedgrantsources.com

IP Address: 69.16.221.118

Hosted by: Liquid Web, Inc (Lansing, MI)

Related sites: verifiedgrants.com, grantmoneydirect.com

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam sites:

Grant Seeker Secrets
Grant Funding Express
Grant Now

Whois information: private registration, see here

Other Info:

This site was made by the same folks behind verifiedgrants.com and grantmoneydirect.com. The site has the form of a blog with fluff posts to make things look 'trustworthy. Their 'senior grant researcher' as seen in the screenshot is fake - it is a stock image of a model posing as a businesswoman.

I wrote a blog post about this particular set of sites and their deceitful grant scam affiliate marketing practices.

Applyforgovernmentgrant.org

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:15:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: applyforgovernmentgrant.org

IP Address: 174.132.168.253

Hosted by: The Planet Internet Services Inc (Dallas, TX)

Related sites: trustedgrantsources.com, grantmoneydirect.com

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam sites:

Grant Seeker Secrets
Federal Grant Connection
Grant Now

Whois information (here)

Domain ID:D155600693-LROR
Domain Name:APPLYFORGOVERNMENTGRANT.ORG
Created On:12-Mar-2009 20:55:50 UTC
Last Updated On:12-Mar-2009 21:06:32 UTC
Expiration Date:12-Mar-2010 20:55:50 UTC

Sponsoring Registrar:GoDaddy.com, Inc. (R91-LROR)

Registrant ID:GODA-060893046
Registrant Name:Eugene Rozum
Registrant Organization:Megatel GmbH
Registrant Street1:General-Guisan 32
Registrant City:Fribourg
Registrant State/Province:Fribourg
Registrant Postal Code:1700
Registrant Country:CH
Registrant Phone:+41.794645709
Registrant Email: eugene.rozum@gmail.com

Admin ID:GODA-260893046
Admin Name:Eugene Rozum
Admin Organization:Megatel GmbH
Admin Street1:General-Guisan 32
Admin City:Fribourg
Admin State/Province:Fribourg
Admin Postal Code:1700
Admin Country:CH
Admin Phone:+41.794645709
Admin Email:eugene.rozum@gmail.com

Tech ID:GODA-160893046
Tech Name:Eugene Rozum
Tech Organization:Megatel GmbH
Tech Street1:General-Guisan 32
Tech City:Fribourg
Tech State/Province:Fribourg
Tech Postal Code:1700
Tech Country:CH
Tech Phone:+41.794645709
Tech Email: eugene.rozum@gmail.com

Name Server:NS1.WEBPROLE.COM
Name Server:NS2.WEBPROLE.COM

Other Info:

Here we have another foreign grant scam affiliate, this one operating out of Switzerland. I found this site advertising on the Microsoft Ad Network:

This affiliate marketer is bidding for the top position as can be seen from the image above.

Verifiedgrants.com

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:01:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: verifiedgrants.com

IP Address: 69.16.221.119

Hosted by: Liquid Web, Inc (Lansing, MI)

Related sites: trustedgrantsources.com, grantmoneydirect.com

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam sites:

Grant Seeker Secrets
Grant Funding Express
Grant Now

Whois information (here)

Domain name: verifiedgrants.com

Registrant Contact:
VerifiedGrants.com
Verified Grants ()

Fax:
13428 Maxella Ave
Marina del Rey, CA 90292
US

Administrative Contact:
VerifiedGrants.com
Verified Grants (verifiedgrants@yahoo.com)
+1.3109397339
Fax: +1.5555555555
13428 Maxella Ave
Marina del Rey, CA 90292
US

Technical Contact:
VerifiedGrants.com
Verified Grants (verifiedgrants@yahoo.com)
+1.3109397339
Fax: +1.5555555555
13428 Maxella Ave
Marina del Rey, CA 90292
US

Status: Locked

Name Servers:
ns1.faceplant.net
ns2.faceplant.net

Creation date: 16 Mar 2009 17:22:57
Expiration date: 16 Mar 2010 17:22:57

Other Info:

This site is an example of ultimate scam affiliate marketing deception. I wrote a blog entry about it called Verifiedgrants.com is a verified scam on the grant scams blog.

Found the site advertising on the Microsoft Ad Network:

The traffic pattern indicates they've been pretty busy advertising with PPC ads:

If you read the blog post about this grant scam affiliate site you'll understand just how far affiliate marketers are willing to go to con the US Consumer.

Onlygrants.com

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: onlygrants.com

IP Address: 174.132.139.113

Hosted by: The Planet, Inc (Dallas, TX)

Related sites: unknown

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam site:

Grant Seeker Secrets

Whois information (here)

Registrant:
h smits
7221 Rustic
Dayton, Ohio 41552
United States

Domain Name: ONLYGRANTS.COM
Created on: 19-Dec-08
Expires on: 19-Dec-09
Last Updated on: 06-Feb-09

Administrative Contact:
smits, h (hsmits@rano.com)
7221 Rustic
Dayton, Ohio 41552
United States
9372355547 Fax --

Technical Contact:
smits, h (hsmits@rano.com)
7221 Rustic
Dayton, Ohio 41552
United States
9372355547 Fax --

Domain servers in listed order:
DNS.SITE5.COM
DNS2.SITE5.COM

Other Info:

This has got to be the laziest grant scam affiliate I have seen to date; the site uses an iframe with a tracking redirect and simply shows the Grant Seeker Secrets homepage.

Found via PPC ad on Yahoo Ad network:

No Compete traffic data available but the domaintools whois page shows:

Alexa Trend/Rank: #1,392,517: Up 5,987,116 ranks over the last three months.

This shows that traffic has greatly increased recently, presumably through PPC driven traffic.

Governmentgrantlist.com

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:09:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: governmentgrantlist.com

IP Address: 67.225.178.25

Hosted by: The Planet, Inc (Dallas, TX)

Related sites: unknown

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam sites:

Grant Seeker Secrets
Federal Grant Connection
Grant Funding Place

Whois information: private registration; see here

Other Info:

Found via PPC ads on Yahoo Ad network:

This site appears to have been up and running for quite a while now with steady traffic of about 200K visitors per month.

The trend is upwards due to increased PPC ad spending, I guess. They link to two grant scam sites that are run by a foreign entity (Pasig City, Philippines based JRS Media Solutions), and one grant scam company from the US - one I had not seen before so that's a good catch for this blacklist.

Governmentgrantreview.org

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:08:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: governmentgrantreview.org

IP Address: 67.225.178.25

Hosted by: Liquid Web (Lansing, MI)

Related sites: unknown

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam site:

Grant Secrets Club

Whois information: private registration; see here

Other Info:

Their headline reads: 'Don't get scammed!'. Yeah well in that case let's just close the window and move on to grants.gov.

With a claim that you can get a 'free grant' to start a business, this site is advertised on the Yahoo Ad Network:

The traffic spike in Jan / February is considerable:

I guess they are upping their PPC advertising campaigns again.

The site orignally linked to two other grant scam merchants 'Grant Doctor' and 'Free Grant Network' but they removed the links though the 'reviews' are still there.

Egrantfinder.com

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:05:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: egrantfinder.com

IP Address: 67.15.220.41

Hosted by: Deerfield Hosting, Inc

Related sites: unknown

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam site by:

JRS Media Solutions

Whois information: private registration; see here

Other Info:

The owners of this affiliate site are actively promoting their site via PPC on the Yahoo Ad Network:

Does not get a lot of traffic:

It is obvious traffic spiked in February / March.

In the mean time, the owners of this site changed their sales funnel. While the landing page still touts grants, and the click-through page obviously shows grant related marketing material by the hands of JRS Media Solutions, the final page after 'qualifying' now is some Clickbank '50K' program that can be purchased for $49.95.

See, some affiliate marketers are just lazy.

Governmentgrant.com

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:45:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: governmentgrant.com

IP Address: 67.212.80.137

Hosted by: Netelligent Hosting Services Inc (Colorado Springs, CO)

Related sites: unknown

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam site:

Grant Line Professional

Whois information: private registration; see here

Other Info:

The owners of this affiliate site are actively promoting their site via PPC on the Yahoo Ad Network:
Traffic has been steadily increasing with well over 40K visitors in March:

At a 3.5% conversion rate and $30 per sign-up, this grant scam affiliate site possible makes 30-40 thousand dollars per month for the owner. Easy money, ripped from your credit card account.

Government Money Secrets - JRS Media Solutions

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:51:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: Government Money Secrets

IP Address: 69.59.153.227

Hosted by: ServePath, LLC (San Francisco, California)

Owner / Location info from terms:

JRS Media Solutions
22nd Floor Raffles Corporate Center Emerald Avenue,
Ortigas Center
Pasig City, Philippines

Related domain names:

https://secure.ravenmediainc.com/sites/GrantFundingSuccess/default.cfm , AKA Free Grant Connection, AKA Grant Funding Success
https://secure.securesiteorders.com/grants AKA Grant Seeker Secrets
http://www.grantmembersite.com
http://www.mygransite.net
https://grantdoctor.securepagehost.com/
https://uscashhelp.securepagehost.com/
https://secure.securesiteorders.com/fgc/

Type: Grant Scam Merchant that bills your credit card

Whois information: see entry for Grant Seeker Secrets

More Info:

As expected, here is another grant scam landing page by Philippines-based JRS Media Solutions. If you have not read previous entries for this company, they are one of the major foreign grant scam companies, receiving a lot of affiliate traffic sent to their sites by a group of money hungry, zero moral US affiliate marketers who - in their own words - are just killing it. Just take a look at this traffic:

That is close to 2 million visitors a month. I am not sure whether the subdomain secure.securesiteorders.com just handles JRS Media grant scam sites, but assuming it does I can make a calculation like I did before, based on a 3.5% conversion rate:

(2.000.000 visitors * 3.5% conversion) * $60.80 in fees = US$ 4,500,000 per month

That is four-and-a-half million dollars scammed from US Consumers. Maybe it's time to send an email to the Mayor of Pasig City? Would he be able to help out in this matter?

To read fine print details, which appear to be the same for all JRS Media grant scam sites, go to the Grant Seeker Secrets blacklist entry or list all pages tagged JRS Media Solutions.

Instantgrantsearch.com

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:45:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: instantgrantsearch.com

IP Address: 38.102.255.195

Hosted by: PSINet , Inc (Lost Angeles, CA)

Related sites: unknown

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam site Government Money Secrets (yet another Philippines-based JRS Media Solutions site)

Whois information: private registration, but the private registration was done via a company in CHINA? (see here)

Registrant:
Domain Leasing Co-Leased to: InstantGrantSearch.com
+86.75533944260
Domain Leasing Company
Shenzhen Futian Anlian - 4018 Jin Tian Road
Shenzhen,Futian District,CN 518026

Domain Name:instantgrantsearch.com
Record last updated at 2008-05-15 21:05:24
Record created on 2005/6/11
Record expired on 2009/6/11

Domain servers in listed order:
ns1.fsn.org ns2.fsn.org

Administrator:
name: Domain Leasing Company
mail: reg@domainleasingcompany.com
tel: +86.75533944260
org: Domain Leasing Company

address:
Shenzhen Futian Anlian - 4018 Jin Tian Road
city: Shenzhen
province: Futian District
country: CN
postcode: 518026

Technical Contactor:
name: Domain Leasing Company
mail: tech@domainleasingcompany.com
tel: +86.75533944260
org: Domain Leasing Company

address:
Shenzhen Futian Anlian - 4018 Jin Tian Road
city: Shenzhen
province: Futian District
country: CHINA
postcode: 518026

Billing Contactor:
name: Domain Leasing Company
mail: billing@domainleasingcompany.com
tel: +86.75533944260
org: Domain Leasing Company

address:
Shenzhen Futian Anlian - 4018 Jin Tian Road
city: Shenzhen
province: Futian District
country: CN
postcode: 518026

Registration Service Provider:
name: Domain Leasing Company
tel: +86.75533944260
fax: +86.75533944260
web:http://DomainLeasingCompany.com

Other Info:

Looks like an anti-US Chinese-Philippine conspiracy going on. Chinese affiliate holding hands with Philippine grant scam company to fool US Consumers in paying dearly for grant kits / 'services'.

This site has a Compete rank of 7553 which is fairly significant. Just look at the amount of traffic:

Traffic is on a downwards slope but it still shows > 250K US visitors for February / March. That is a lot of folks looking for a 'free grant'. The site is cleverly designed with all kinds of other affiliate offers in the form of a wizard-type interface, but promoting US Government Grant kits provided by a Philippines based negative option grant scampany is not so clever. Or maybe it is, depending on who you ask the question to.

US Consumer beware!

Easygrantaccess.com

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:38:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: easygrantaccess.com

IP Address: 98.129.146.140

Hosted by: In Deep Services, Inc (Rancho Cucamonga, CA)

Related sites:

instantgrantaccess.com (membership site)

Type: grant scam merchant that bills your credit card

Whois information: private registration, see here

Contact Info:

1-866-860-8335 (customer service)

support@instantgrantaccess.com

Fine Print:

7 day shipping / trial fee: $1.95

Recurring monthly fee after trial period ends: $75.77

'Bonus' Charges: Membership to 'Google Profit Program' @ $19.12.

Other Info:

Appears to be a fairly new grant scam site with traffic starting to spike in January. Not a whole lot though.

However, looking at the traffic pattern developing I expect this site to get a lot more traffic soon due to affiliate activity.

Top5governmentgrants.com

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:15:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: top5governmentgrants.com

IP Address: 70.87.126.162

Hosted by: The Planet Internet Services, Inc (Dallas, TX)

Related sites: unknown

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam sites:

Grant Funding Express
Grant Connect
Easy Gant Access

Whois information: private registration; see here

Other Info:

These guys can't count. Their 'top 5' site recommends three programs. Actively promoting their site via PPC on Yahoo Ad Network:

Traffic pattern is indicative of a new affiliate site:

Again we see a new site with traffic spike due to active PPC marketing in an effort to get people to sign up for one of these grant scams.

Usgov-grants.org

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:01:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: usgov-grants.org

IP Address: 208.109.181.27

Hosted by: Godaddy, Inc (Scottsdale, AZ)

Related sites: unknown

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam sites:

Grant Secrets Club
EarnCashFromGrants
GrantConnect

Whois information (here)

Domain ID:D155340403-LROR
Domain Name:USGOV-GRANTS.ORG
Created On:11-Feb-2009 19:35:04 UTC
Last Updated On:13-Apr-2009 03:54:37 UTC
Expiration Date:11-Feb-2010 19:35:04 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:GoDaddy.com, Inc. (R91-LROR)

Registrant ID:GODA-059441854
Registrant Name:Brainsell Developments, LLC
Registrant Organization:Brainsell Developments, LLC
Registrant Street1:PO Box 66261
Registrant City:Roseville
Registrant State/Province:Michigan
Registrant Postal Code:48066
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.5862024262
Registrant Email: admin@brainsell.org

Admin ID:GODA-259441854
Admin Name:Brainsell Developments, LLC
Admin Organization:Brainsell Developments, LLC
Admin Street1:PO Box 66261
Admin City:Roseville
Admin State/Province:Michigan
Admin Postal Code:48066
Admin Country:US
Admin Phone:+1.5862024262
Admin Email: admin@brainsell.org

Tech ID:GODA-159441854
Tech Name:Brainsell Developments, LLC
Tech Organization:Brainsell Developments, LLC
Tech Street1:PO Box 66261
Tech City:Roseville
Tech State/Province:Michigan
Tech Postal Code:48066
Tech Country:US
Tech Phone:+1.5862024262
Tech Email: admin@brainsell.org

Name Server:NS07.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Name Server:NS08.DOMAINCONTROL.COM

Other Info:

The owners of this site are actively promoting it via PPC ads on the Yahoo Ad network, appearing in top postion in the right hand column next to the search results:

This is another example of a new site with rather explosive traffic spike due to PPC marketing, even more apparent than the previous example.

That's a lot of PPC clicks.

The ~~funny~~ stupid thing is, these guys are apparently in a legal fight with Chase over a site that 'exposes' apparent fraud / issues related to Chase accounts. And at the same time they pull this crap on people. Good luck with that lawsuit.

Thegovernmentgrantreview.com

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:00:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: thegovernmentgrantreview.com

IP Address: 174.133.39.100

Hosted by: The Planet Internet Services, Inc (Dallas, TX)

Related sites: unknown

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam sites:

US Financial Resources
GrantNow

Whois information: private registration; see here

Other Info:

Found this grant scam affiliate site advertising in primo position on the Yahoo Ad Network:

As you can see these guys still try to connect the new Obama Administration to obtaining 'free grants'.

They link to three different programs including Government Grant Solutions, but two of the links are forwarded to US Financial Resources and the GrantNow link does not work anymore. I hope that is a sign of FTC action in progress.

Govgrantsfast.com

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:58:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: govgrantsfast.com

IP Address: 174.132.167.124

Hosted by: The Planet Internet Services, Inc (Dallas, TX)

Related sites: unknown

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam sites:

EarnMoneyFromGrants
Grant Instructor
Grant Line Pro

Whois information: private registration; see here

Other Info:

Found this grant scam affiliate site advertising in prime position on the Yahoo Ad Network, just below the top postion:

While traffic to many of the grant scam and related affiliate sites shows a downward trend starting somewhere in February, this site appears to be a fresh one, registered in January with traffic pattern going upwards:

(via Compete.com)

What all of this shows is that they're shelling out $ for PPC driven traffic, and it apparently still pays off.

Grantwritingexpress.com

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:50:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: grantwritingexpress.com

IP Address: 66.116.103.188

Hosted by: MacMiniColo (Las Vegas, NV)

Related sites:

grantwritingexpress.net
grantfundingexpress.com
grantfundingexpress.net
granthelpcenter.com
granthelporder.com
secureservercenter.com

Type: grant scam merchant that bills your credit card

Whois information (here):

domain: grantwritingexpress.com
created: 21-Nov-2006
last-changed: 08-Apr-2009
registration-expiration: 21-Nov-2009

nserver: ns51.1and1.com 74.208.2.8
nserver: ns52.1and1.com 74.208.3.7

status: CLIENT-TRANSFER-PROHIBITED

registrant-firstname: Support
registrant-lastname: Team
registrant-organization: Grant Writing Express
registrant-street1: 473 South River Rd
registrant-street2: #1-398
registrant-pcode: 84790
registrant-state: UT
registrant-city: Saint George
registrant-ccode: US
registrant-phone: +1.8886628762
registrant-email: admin@grantwritingexpress.com

admin-c-firstname: Support
admin-c-lastname: Team
admin-c-organization: Grant Writing Express
admin-c-street1: 473 South River Rd
admin-c-street2: #1-398
admin-c-pcode: 84790
admin-c-state: UT
admin-c-city: Saint George
admin-c-ccode: US
admin-c-phone: +1.8886628762
admin-c-email: admin@grantwritingexpress.com

tech-c-firstname: Support
tech-c-lastname: Team
tech-c-organization: Grant Writing Express
tech-c-street1: 473 South River Rd
tech-c-street2: #1-398
tech-c-pcode: 84790
tech-c-state: UT
tech-c-city: Saint George
tech-c-ccode: US
tech-c-phone: +1.8886628762
tech-c-email: admin@grantwritingexpress.com

bill-c-firstname: Support
bill-c-lastname: Team
bill-c-organization: Grant Writing Express
bill-c-street1: 473 South River Rd
bill-c-street2: #1-398
bill-c-pcode: 84790
bill-c-state: UT
bill-c-city: Saint George
bill-c-ccode: US
bill-c-phone: +1.8886628762
bill-c-email: admin@grantwritingexpress.com

Contact Info:

1-866-960-0858

'Contact Form' via www.granthelporder.com

Fine print mentions

"Arbitration shall be conducted pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association, which are in effect on the date a dispute is submitted to the American Arbitration Association. Hearings will take place in Laramie County, Wyoming. "

Fine Print:

7 day shipping / trial fee: $3.95

Recurring monthly fee after trial period ends: $74.95

'Bonus' Charges: 14 day bonus trial to 'Grant Mentoring Center' @ $29.95 recurring.

Other Info:

I can't believe I did not list this grant scampany before; it is one of the major players. I thought I had listed it, but did not. Instead I only listed related site by same company: grantfundingexpress.com. The traffic spike in the early months of 2009 is very significant:

(graph via compete.com)

If I make a calculation like I did before, taking 900.000 visitor with a 3.5% conversion rate, this web site alone generated a total of (31.500 victims) * ($108.85 in fees) = US$ 3,428,775 for our friends from Laramie County, Wyoming.

That is close to three-and-a-half-MILLION dollars. The largest 'revenue' from a grant scampany I've seen since starting this list.

Once again, FTC TAKE NOTE

Top3grantsusa.com

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:32:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: top3grantsusa.com

IP Address: 64.131.75.209

Hosted by: SMV (Mc Clean, VA)

Related sites: unknown

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam sites:

Earnmoneyfromgrants.com AKA Government Funded Grants
Grantnow.com
Grant Writing Express (but links to Grantnow.com)

Whois information: private registration; see here

Other Info:

Another one I found by reviewing Google Ads via the 'more sponsored links' feature when searching for 'grants':
'Enter Your CC Info' the ad says. Sure. Not.

Govgrantreview.org

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:56:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: govgrantreview.org

IP Address: 74.52.48.158

Hosted by: The Planet Internet Services, Inc (Dallas, TX)

Related sites: unknown

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam sites:

Grant Line Pro
Earnmoneyfromgrants.com AKA Government Funded Grants

Whois information: private registration; see here

Other Info:

As of April 2009 most of the Obama / Stimuls style ads have disappeared, but here's one that led to govgrantreview.org. Guess they have not been reading the news lately, or they don't care to expose themselves to being shut down:

I followed the ad, and of course there's nothing about Obama, let alone 'the truth' about grants.

Franksmoneyblog.com

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:49:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: franksmoneyblog.com

IP Address: 69.10.32.154

Hosted by: Interserver, Inc (Secaucus, NJ)

Related sites: unknown

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam site Grant Solution Finder

Whois information (here):

Registrant:
Joe Helewa
1101 Tenakill
ChillinCash, New Jersey 00000
United States

Domain Name: FRANKSMONEYBLOG.COM
Created on: 23-Mar-09
Expires on: 23-Mar-10
Last Updated on: 24-Mar-09

Administrative Contact:
Helewa, Joe (admin@chillincash.com)
1101 Tenakill
ChillinCash, New Jersey 00000
United States
(201) 684-8130 Fax --

Technical Contact:
Helewa, Joe (admin@chillincash.com)
1101 Tenakill
ChillinCash, New Jersey 00000
United States
(201) 684-8130 Fax --

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.T35.NET
NS2.T35.NET

Other Info:

This is appears to be a surviving remnant of the stimulus check / grant style fake blog affiliate sites. Actively advertising via Google triggered by search for 'grant':

Looks like 'Frank' also needs to learn what a sentence is.

Specialgovernmentgrants.com

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:42:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: specialgovernmentgrants.com

IP Address: 174.132.77.61

Related sites: unknown

Hosted by: The Planet, Inc Internet Services (Dallas, TX)

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam sites

Whois information: private registration; see here.

Other Info:

Found this affiliate marketer advertising his minimalistic site via Google Adwords:

This site has the dubious honor of being the 50th in the grant scam site blacklist. As such, as well as due to an affiliate marketer fail, I dedicated a special entry to it on the main blog. Congratulations, specialgovernmentgrants.com!

2009freegrants.com

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:25:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: 2009freegrants.com

IP Address: 72.52.195.61

Hosted by: Liquid Web, Inc (Lansing, MI)

Related sites: grantshelp.org - same IP, same 'design', same affiliate links, same 'Melanie Chu'

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam sites:

Government Grant Solutions
Government Funded Grants
US Financial Resources

Whois information: private registration; see here

Other Info:

This appears to be the same as recent blacklist entry grantshelp.org.

Found this site advertising in via Google when searching for 'grant scam':

And yes that looks like a visited link in the picture - I need to verify that the ad leads to a scam affiliate site, not? Hope that was an expensive click.

Federalgrantconnection.com

freegrantkitscams@gmail.com (Blog Admin) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:02:00 +0000

Site Info:

Domain name: federalgrantconnection.com

IP Address: 174.132.169.6

Related sites: unknown

Hosted by: The Planet Internet Services, Inc (Dallas, TX)

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam sites

Whois information (here):

Registrant:
Hite Technologies
6175 Rt 240 Hwy
Cherry Tree, PA 15724
US

Domain name: FEDERALGRANTCONNECTION.COM

Administrative Contact:
Woodside, Derek great_games_forver@yahoo.com
6175 Rt 240 Hwy
Cherry Tree, PA 15724
US
+1.8147435262
Technical Contact:
Admin, DNS team@namesarecheap.com
P.O. Box 2694
Monterey, CA 93942
US
+1.8313244598 Fax: +1.7604066131

Registration Service Provider:
http://NamesAreCheap.com,
831-324-4598
760-406-6131 (fax)
http://www.namesarecheap.com
Register your domain at
http://NamesAreCheap.com ! Customers may contact us for domain
login/passwords, DNS/Nameserver changes, and general domain support
questions at http://namesarecheap.com/namesupport/

Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
Record last updated on 07-Feb-2009.
Record expires on 25-Jan-2011.
Record created on 25-Jan-2009.

Registrar Domain Name Help Center:
http://domainhelp.tucows.com

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1420.HOSTGATOR.COM
NS1419.HOSTGATOR.COM

Other Info:

The picture of that lady looked familiar. I had seen it before, a quick glance at the blacklist showed that indeed, I had seen it before. See entry for Government-grants-review.net

Found this site advertising on Google when searching for 'grants', with an inviting but misleading and deceptive headline "The Truth about Grants":

Guess what, another grant scam affiliate marketer that had a lead today. Conversion? Nah.