I Paid $300.00 TO GET THE PACKET For a Grant, For Potomac Fidelity Group, HowDo I Get There PhoneNumber?

Question

THEY GIVE ME THE RUN AROUND AND IM STARTING TO GET PISSED,,, SHOULD I JUST GET A LAWYER?

Answer 1

You have been duped. Potomac Fidelity Group is a SCAM - search for YA and you will find several people complaining about this company.

This company preys on people's tendency to believe that there are grants available for whatever purpose you can think of -- which is ABSOLUTELY FALSE. Plus, the government has NOT authorized any website or company to process and apply grants for them.

. The government is NOT in the business of giving away free money for the sake of giving away money. There are no grants for paying bills, no grants for paying off credit cards, no grants for getting out of debt and no grants for simply fattening your wallet.

Grants are free, but it means OBLIGATION. You will be obligated to do as the grant sets out to do. Grants have objectives, and your purpose must fit the objective of the grant.

For one, you have to write the grant application and the grant application is not a simple document - you have to explain how your purpose for applying for the grant fits well with the objectives set out by the grant.

There is a stringent review process through a committee. You will compete with other applicants for the grant money, and this grant review committee will evaluate the merits of each proposal. Only those that they feel exemplifies the objective of the grant will be approved.

You can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support your purposes.

Even if you buy books on "how to get grants" or list that supposedly has information on grants -- all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently.

Note though that these grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments. Most of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT - Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program. Individuals especially for personal purposes are not eligible for federal grants.

Grants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women's business center that will train women entrepreneurs

I suggest you start the procedure of recovering your money, though I doubt if you can get it

Answer 2

If you pay me $300.00, I will provide you a list of excellent lawyers.

Answer 3

Yes sounds like a scam.