My information comes from my antivirus company, Invisus a Utah based company. I have used them for 2 years and always found them reliable.
I am unable to copy and paste from their warning so I will share the nuts and bolts of what they say.
Internet users beware of emails and websites that tell you they can help you get your share of the $800 billion stimulus package. acting director Eileen Harrington of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection has singled out a few sites as part of the scam, presidentobamasgrants, jessicasmoneyblog.com and officialstimulusgrants.co are just a few.
What they do is offer you a kit and to help walk you through the system for only $1.99, What happens is
when you sign up for this kit you are also being signed up for a membership if you do not cancel in 14 days that will cost you an additional one time fee of $99.00. also you will be signed up to another site for $49.95 per month and a debt site for $29.95 monthly.
Harrington told a news conference not to sign up for any sites offering help to get part of the stimulus package, that if you do you will be scammed.
Please be ware and use common sense, as times get tighter, the scammers will be more clever. Don't sign up for any of these sites.
I do hope this posting will help people from being scammed. Thanks for reading it. If you know of other scams, please leave a comment so we can further protect hard working people.
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