Site Info:Domain name: grantconnectoffer.com
IP Address: 209.85.14.87
Hosted by: The Planet Internet Services Inc, (Dallas, TX)
Related sites: grantconnect.com @ 174.132.174.164 (membership site):
Type: Grant Scam Merchant that bills your credit cardWhois information (here):
Registrant:
Vantex Group, LLC
6060 W Elton Ave
Suite A
Las Vegas, NV 89107
US
Domain name: GRANTCONNECTOFFER.COM
Administrative Contact:
Master, Domain (admin@vantexgroup.com)
6060 W Elton Ave
Suite A
Las Vegas, NV 89107
US
7024510003
Technical Contact:
Master, Domain (admin@vantexgroup.com)
6060 W Elton Ave
Suite A
Las Vegas, NV 89107
US
7024510003
Registrar of Record: The Planet Internet Services, Inc.
Record last updated on 24-Feb-2009.
Record expires on 02-Aug-2009.
Record created on 02-Aug-2008.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.VANTEXLPE.COM 74.55.127.210
NS2.VANTEXLPE.COM 74.55.127.211
Domain status: clientTransferProhibited
clientUpdateProhibited
Contact Info:
1-888-573-6126
customerservice@grantconnect.com
Grant Connect,
PO Box 7180,
Reno NV 89510-7180
Fine Print:
7 day trial fee: $2.78
Recurring monthly fee after trial period ends: $30 + $9.95 'maintenance fee'
'Bonus' Charges:
As an additional bonus, you will also receive a 14 day trial of SmartHealth Gold medical and lifestyle benefits for a processing fee of $1.95. Unless you cancel, SmartHealth Gold will bill your account $19.95 for the services each month thereafter. You have the right to cancel by calling the number listed at smarthealthgold.comOther Info:
As an additional bonus, I agree to receive a 14 day trial to MemberLegalNet. After the trial period, unless I cancel, MemberLegalNet will charge my account $12.95 a month thereafter. I may cancel by calling the toll free number located at memberlegalnet.com.
This site is run by a company called 'The Vantex Group' based out of Las Vegas. They run a couple of other, similar sites and are actively recruiting affiliates.
Besides the page shown in the screenshot above, this grant scampany employs several landing pages with different layouts and styles. Here is several of them (there may be others):
This company has driven a lot of traffic to its web site in recent months, most likely all affiliate-driven:
As you can see they've managed to pull in more than half a million prospective victims. At about $75 in combined processing- and monthly charges, a 3.7% conversion (as mentioned on the company's affiliate program page) would mean that this scampany is responsible for taking in excess of (18.500 victims * US$75 =) US$ 1.375 million from US consumers in recent months.
Based on the numbers above, grantconnectoffer.com / The Vantex Group seems to be one of the bigger players in the grant money scheme, much like Grant Funding Search LLC described in the article How to make 3 million dollars (in a month).
FTC, take note.
4 comments:
Why can't we file a class action lawsuit against them? They should be required to disclose the hidden fees.
owners mark bullock (edudebtsolutions.com)
rick crosby (rcacredit.com)and (internationalplatinum.com
deepak agarwal (deecash.com)
depak has around 8000 registered companies out of Nevada. nice scam
all calls from "Premier asia" in phillipines
These people aslo have several scam credit sites like "First Plus Platinum" and "First World Platinum". They all lie and take advantage of people. There is nothing we can do. Vantex Media Group has been scamming people for years. Eventually it will all catch up to them and the FTC will do something. The FTC is just waiting for their pockets to get fat so they can come in and take it.
depak also runs porno sites and has been buying up porn companies left and right. he runs the same scams on his porn sites, bangs cards, doesn't let members cancel, signs you up at multiple sites without consumer knowledge and consent. it is also rumoured he just bought a billing company called localbilling. Watch out! I wouldn't want to be a member or merchant of any billing company associated with this scammer / scum bag!
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