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Nexus Financial Rick Allen Small Business Grant Fraud Tampa, Florida
I applied for a grant online at www.grants.gov thinking that was safe. I had heard that women might be eligible for small business start up grants that would not have to be paid back. I received a call from Kim Brown with the Grant office in Washington DC. She told me I was approved and would need to fill out a 9 page contract. Once that was approved by the federal government, I would receive a grant near the end of February. She referred me to a Certified Grant Writer. Nexus Financial in Florida. I called and left a message. The next day I received a call from Rick Allen. Very nice, very professional and took care to walk me through everything step by step. It all seemed legit. I had to pay the grant writer. That didn't seem odd to me. To pay someone for their services is normal. So I sent a certified cashier's check with return receipt in the amount of $490.00. They received it because I got the return receipt. My 9 page contract was supposed to come in the mail. It didn't. It was due this week. 12/5 thru 12/9. I called every day last week and left messages with Rick Allen. No return phone call. Today I called every department at every extension and got voicemail. I had researched Rick Allen. I had researched Grant Fraud. I had researched Nexus Financial. Nothing I found led me to believe this was a scam. Even the BBB gave Nexus Financial an A rating. How on earth did they do that? When I searched the name Kim Brown, that's when I started seeing scam notices online. My heart sank. I realized for sure that I had been scammed. Their phone number is still active. I want to shout to the world not to fall for this! I am a radio personality and I will tell my listening audience what happened to me and at least save them. But I can't save the entire country. So the only way I can get the message out is to report it on every scam website that I can, hoping that someone will see this and avoid the same mistake I just made. The Government does not give grants to small business start-ups or expansions. They do have some for medical, educational and a few other categories. But not random small businesses. This was a good scam. I am normally pretty cautious. But they got me. I had the American dream and they got me for it. Sucker. That's me.
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jilted
Orting,Washington,
United States of America
Nexus Finacial scams Rick Allen and Ryan Duncan
#2Consumer Comment
Fri, December 16, 2011
I file a report after I read this one form the same company I do not have any thing good to say about this company other than good job on the scams I really hope you get yours in the end of all of this. I have contacted the police and the attorney as well as the federal trade commission and they tell me that it will not be tomorrow it will take some time and will go faster if there are more complaints about this company. Again I am not reputing any information this report has brought forth