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  2. Beware Latest Government Grant Scams — Warning Signs ... - AOL

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    Free money always comes at a cost. Many are now learning this the hard way, as scammers are increasingly trying to trick potential victims with offers of fraudulent government grants. Consider: 5 ...

  3. Feds Shut Down 'Free Government Grants' Scam - AOL

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    The Federal Trade Commission says it has permanently shut down an online scam that lured consumers into signing up for phony "free government grants" and debited their bank accounts without their ...

  4. Federal grants in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, federal grants are economic aid issued by the United States government out of the general federal revenue. A federal grant is an award of financial assistance from a federal agency to a recipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States.

  5. Community Services Block Grant - Wikipedia

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    President Reagan had requested the consolidation of 85 existing anti-poverty grants into seven categorical grants; Congress agreed to consolidate 77 grants into nine. The nine new block grants were budgeted about 25% less than the programs they replaced (Conlan, qtd. in [2]). The CSBG legislation was amended in 1998 by the Coates Human Services ...

  6. Syndicate Accused in Phony 'Free' Grants Scam Has ... - AOL

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    A federal court has frozen the bank accounts of Jeremy Johnson and his associates, along with 61 phony companies the Federal Trade Commission says bilked people out of more than $275 million with ...

  7. Matthew Lesko - Wikipedia

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    Critics claim that Lesko is misleading in his advertisements. A 2004 report by the New York State Consumer Protection Board claimed that most of the grants mentioned in Lesko's books were actually public assistance programs that many people were not eligible for, and that Lesko misrepresented examples of people who had taken advantage of government programs.

  8. Mississippi welfare funds scandal - Wikipedia

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    From 2017 to 2019, DiBiase Jr.'s companies Priceless Ventures LLC and Familiae Orientem were paid over $3 million by the organizations. During Davis' tenure, the Department of Human Services also awarded grants totaling over $2 million to the Heart of David Ministry, a nonprofit owned by Ted DiBiase. [1]

  9. Top 10 Job Scams That Target the Unemployed - AOL

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