DON'T GET FOOLED BY THE OBAMA GRANTS EMAIL SCAMS

There are a new rash of emails going around that lead you to one of the usual Obama government grants scams. These email all say something like this one that I got this morning:

** Urgent! Your Action Is Needed! ** Millions of dollars in federal & private grants may soon go unrewarded! The Government is now Mailing Checks!‏ You must act now if you want to apply for this money: >> CLICK HERE

1) See which grants you are eligible for!
2) Learn how to apply in seconds!
3) You could get a check in the mail! You DON'T have to pay this grant money back!


They then have an ad that might be this one or any one of a number of other ads:

These grant ads take you to a sales page that has all the usual verbage about the government is now mailing out lots of checks and it is easy to get one. In addition they show the logo of MSN, CNN, FOX, CBS, ABC, and NBC as though these news outlets have all talked about and endorsed their grants program.

The scam is that in the fine print they say that if you don't cancel your "free trial" after 3 days or 7 days or one week, your credit card will be charged some big amount like $85.95 or $89.95, or $49.99 or some other substantial amount.

They make it sound like a free trial with just a small handling fee but they will make it near impossible for you to cancel. These "hidden" charges in the fine print are only seen by people who know enough to always read the terms and conditions. They are really trying to trick you into some government grants program that will give you no different information than you can get for free.

The important thing is that there are no special Obama stimulus grants and this is not some special time where you can get money from the government like these emails want you to believe. The government is NOT mailing out grant checks just because Obama is in office and you shouldn't be fooled by these emails.