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Official-grants.org

Monday, March 23, 2009

Site Info:

Domain name: official-grants.org

Related sites: unknown

Type: Affiliate landing page leading to grant scam sites.

Another example of a deceptive site claiming to have 'researched 100+ grant programs', and of course they picked the best three for you!

Whois information: private registration, but here.


Other Info:

This appears to be another player in the grant scammer-affiliate arena that advertises itself in premium positions on Live Search (position 3):


Traffic does not seem to be staggering, though:


Interestingly, as of this writing, none of the links work anymore. Link 1 (Government Funded Grants') now leads to a Video Professor sales page. Links 2 ('Grants for you Now') and 3 ('Grant Every Day') do not work anymore either. Apparently, both grant scamhole affiliate programs were run though the Hydra Affiliate Network; when we click on the links, these appear:


Hopefully, that is a good sign. Hopefully, it is a sign that the FTC is making progress in weeding out these scamhole sites.

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