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I've received a call from one of their agents, after a short interview they told me that I am qualified for the grant. After two days a gentleman name "Robert Steinberg" I believe that was his last name, contacted me and asked me to expedite the process of completing the documents, and sign it ASAP along with a check of $2,500. I just wanted to know is anybody out there who has received the money as they promised? Please do let me know, I am waiting for someone to witness their promises and integrity.

this message is total [***] i got my grant in four months from the company so knock it unless you have actually gone through with it.

Ok people here is the REAL story... Mark Linberg is really Roger Allen and Dustin Shapiro is really Buffy Shapiro those are the only two names I know for sure but everyone in that office uses fake names except for the secretaries Tonya and Diane... This co is a SCAM!!! All u will ever get is a buisness plan, you will never get any grants... this co was called us grants before and they shut it down for fraud so they moved locations and started a new company.. DO NOT SEND THESE PEOPLE YOUR MONEY!!!!!

dont do it... i know the people who run that co and it is definetly a scam.. u will never get a grant..they just want your money

Don't do it.... this is a scam!!!!

this company hasn't even been in business for 3 yrs... try about 6 months... I bet it's all of you crooks that write on here that ur rip off company is legit..what a joke... i hope the law catches up with all of you liars eventually

I have also been contacted by telephone the week of 12/8/08 and it was a recorded message that I usually hang up on. This time I listened and pressed the number when prompted. I was then asked a few questions and was told somebody will get back in touch with me. Sure enough on 12/17/08 from National Financial Advisors-Mr. Frank Powers- Grant Research Specialist. We spoke for a few minutes, asked me several questions including how long I've been in business, what would I do with the $$, and how much would I like. Ok then, how about I cool 250K.

I was told it is year end and things will happen fast because these corporations need to give away grant money by the end of the year or they pay a lot of extra taxes. It's better that they give away some of their profits, than to keep them. Two days later just as I was told, Frank called me back and said well, we could not get you the 250K as asked, but we did manage to get you confirmed for $187,000. Now come on! How can this be possible. Sounds way too good to be true. Can someone that actually received grant money respond. We all want to know.

You seem to be the only one that was "lucky".

How can we believe you're not from NFA????

Re: you oct. 9 posting.  You stated you were promised something in 30 to 45 days.   Any result?  (Our church has been approached about funding for  minority outreach.)

Re: your posting in July 2008 about National Financial Advisors.  Will you share an update?  A non-profit I volunteer for has been approached by these folks and I am having trouble finding any positives.  Bob- in Irving

Everyone reading this! i have just entered into my 2nd yr with the company.
They are not a scam! For obvious reasons i do not wish to disclose my personal info but just thought id drop in my 2 cents.

This is crazy i have already recieved 32,000 for my construction company from national financial advisors and i have been with them for 8 months so i know there are grants out there. I am sure glad i did not see this before signing up with their company.

When I saw this I called National Financial Advisors to find out what was going on since I had already signed up with this company about 5 months ago.  They told me it was an ex employee who had been fired from the company for whatever reason and they where currently in court with that person pursuing slander charges.  I was shocked and i could not belive it because if I had seen this before I would never have paid them my money.  This would have been a huge mistake because I have already recieved 2 grants for 18k and i dont know where I would be without this money and I just recently checked the better buisness bureau and they said there are absolutly no complaints against their company so i hope the person who wrote this stuff gets what they deserve because this service is greatly needed in the community.

Ok folks, it goes like this: telemarketers ring the phones of potential "customers" all day long.  They know that usually less than 1-2% of the people they contact will have anything to do with them or thier product. The 1-2 % that do make them tons of money.  A majority of telemarketers do have a product and will deliver the tangable item i.e. a mini fishing pole to a space age plant fertalizer etc.  These guys somehow picked you out of a hat? No, they use the city, county and state records of your company license, or DBA etc.  Then they start dialing.  Odds are that 80% of small businesses will fail in the first 2 years.  

So now they have a guy with a small biz and a likelyhood the guy is ripe for the scam.  The rep's from companies that scam folks are extremely polished. He is a con-man (con is dirived from confidence.  scams are called confidence crimes) he has to build your confidence in him and his scam.  They come armed with bogus claims, and usually tons of already prepared "proof" that they are legit.  Letters, business licenses, BBB phone number etc.  FYI, the Better Business Bureau only collects complaints on companies.  If you look a company up and they have a BBB rating this means they have paid to be a member of BBB.  They can still get complaints but most scammers dont pay the $ it takes to join.  This company has been around for what appears to be about 6 months in this edition.  There appear to have been other names and websites etc from the folks here telling their stories.  They keep you strung along for as long as they can months and months until the complaints start to add up and finally they fold and start up a new biz under a new name and the cycle starts over.  

Most have the accounts and set ups in foriegn countries outside the reach of US law enforcement.  The Nevada State Attorney Gen has published an article trying to warn people.  The very contents of the article describe the NFA scam perfectly, down to the $ amount you must pledge to get in on the grant.  If this is not enough I dont know what is.  The postings in the thread, no doubt from our friends at NFA listing all of the great Govt grants given out recently neglected to say if any of those were ones they worked on.  Sure those grants are real and can be verified.  But they had nothing to do with NFA.  Also did you notice that none of them were for Joe's Diner, Sallys Flower shack etc.  They were for universities and cancer research etc.  

If you want to pay $2500 to have someone make a website for you and help YOU write YOUR OWN biz plan then maybe this is for you.  But keep in mind the way they string you along is just stalling for the inevitable.  

Ask them to give you a reference of a few small companies that got grants and what the name of those businesses are.  Check with the govt grant lists to see if they did get a grant, it is public record.  If you talk to someone who says they got one, get them name of their business and when the grant was given and by whom. then call the county in which they claim to operate and see 1) if they exist and 2) when were they licensed.  Think about this...if you really did this and really got a grant, you would be happy to tell anyone all about your story and your bussiness.  None of this shady, "can't or wont give you the company name or contact info or name of the owner"

I have taken the time to write this not just to warn people about bums like NFA but also other scams that are out there.  They all share common traits and I have listed many of them.  Do not EVER give anyone your check / bank account number for anything site unseen, unless you are willing to lose that money from the moment you put it in the mail.  

If even one thing sounds too good to be true...it probably is.  Do your homework.  There are plenty of Govt Grants out there...check with the Govt sites and see what they are for and who is getting them.  If it doesnt sound like they are giving them to businesses like yours then be wary of anyone who says that you are pre-approved, There is no such thing.  They will also fall back on the weak excuse of "we never guaranteed you would get a grant".  Just hang up or report them to the state or county in which they claim to do business in.  Let the fraud investigators sort it out, before you are a victim.  Good Luck and pay attention.  sorry I was so long winded, hope this helps

Has anyone actually received money from this company?  They  want $2500.  down from us.

Catherine Cortez Masto, Attorney General
Eric Witkoski, Consumer Advocate/Chief Deputy Attorney General
555 E. Washington Avenue, Suite 3900
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Telephone - (702) 486-3420
Fax - (702) 486-3283
Web - http://ag.state.nv.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: October 3, 2007
CONTACT: JOHN McGLAMERY
Senior Deputy Attorney General
Bureau of Consumer Protection
(775) 684-1169
CONSUMER ALERT REGARDING GRANT WRITING SCAMS
DIRECTED AT SMALL BUSINESSES
The following consumer advisory is offered by the Office of the Nevada Attorney General,
Bureau of Consumer Protection, as part of an ongoing effort to educate consumers.
The Nevada Attorney General has received information from consumers regarding grant
writing schemes for small businesses which appear to be originating from Las Vegas. The
consumers received an unsolicited fax concerning grant money, primarily for small
businesses, indicating that "no one has been turned down for a grant in 10 years of
business." The “service” must be prepaid at a cost of $2500. Those who have paid money
have not received any services. The Nevada Attorney General has also received information
from consumers about similar companies making telemarketing calls offering assistance with
obtaining grants.
Grant writing scams have become commonplace. No one can “guarantee” that any applicant
will receive a grant upon application. Government grants are usually aimed at the needy,
educational institutions, or specialists who can provide assistance to the government. A list of
information about government grants and how to apply can be found at www.grants.gov, a
service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Private grants are almost
always specifically directed at charitable, educational, or scientific research organizations
and, with the exception of scholarship funds, are not generally available to the public at large.
Whenever paying anyone for information or services relating to public or private grant
assistance, always research the company. Such companies almost never telemarket, send
unsolicited fax advertisements, or advertise by bulk mail to the general public. If the service
has an internet website, check out the domain registration at www.whois.net. If the website is
registered to a “proxy” address, question why the company does not wish to disclose its
identity. Check the company out at the Better Business Bureau at www.bbb.org. Check to
see if the company provides a local telephone number, not just a toll-free number. Scammers
specifically use toll-free numbers to hide their true identity and location. In all cases, ask for
copies of their business license, a list of their grant writers, a list of their past successful grant
applications, the names of the agencies which awarded grants, and a list of references.
Eric Witkoski, the Nevada Consumer Advocate, warns consumers to never give out personal
information to people you don’t know, especially unsolicited telemarketers and unsolicited fax
advertisers. Never pay money to get money. In this scam, it appears that all the victim has to
do is pay $2500 to get a “guaranteed” grant, which unfortunately will probably never
materialize or be refundable. Deal face to face with local companies with a good reputation.
When dealing only over the telephone or over the internet, you do not know if the person or
company you are dealing with is who or where they say they are. Many times, such persons
are calling from or are located in a foreign country, placing themselves out of the reach of law
enforcement in this country.
If you would like further information, please call the Attorney General’s Bureau of Consumer
Protection in Las Vegas at (702) 486-3420; or in Carson City at (775) 684-1180. Consumer
protection information can also be found on the Attorney General’s Web site at
ag.state.nv.us.

I just posted the Consumer Alert from the Attorney General's Office.  I also called the town of Henderson and they said NATFINA does not even have a license to practice business in the State of Nevada.  I then called Tonya to explain all the research I have done and she hung up on me.  We actually spoke to the Attorney General and they said NATFINA is a scam and "to proceed with extreme caution" if we wanted to.  The numbers in the Consumer Alert as well as the people are all legit...we called them all.  DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THESE PEOPLE!

Another scam.  Wouldn't you know, our gut feelings were correct....
For several days and a rush to collect our $1,995.00 from this company and having Tanya Aero call us two-three times a day to claim, funding is waiting send the check today- Didn't set right with us.  As Tanya claimed we only had a 72 hour window for the grant.  With this "Demand Rush" we felt something was wrong.....When we questioned them on not being able to find the NFA company on the address listing or other state listings, Tanya tried to sweet talk us to claim, they have the highest success rate in getting grant funds and her company was awared to be recognized by the State Commissioners and the Better Business Bureau. We placed a "stop check" and glad we did when discovering this site.  As any hard worker knows, making money is not easy and if they make sound easy for you---Chances are IT'S NOT TRUE.  These people should be arrested and the state needs to help in making sure people like this get busted.

You are right. We had to place a "STOP CHECK" since we noticed the site and messages and even the name change on Tonya to see Tanya Aero that put up red flags. Our bank is working with us to stop our check from getting in the wrong hands of them trying to cash it. We hope to get the police involved to arrest these people if they try to cash our check.

I have been calling them on a daily basis.  Usually "Diane" answers the phone and I ask her repeatedly "how can you sleep at night knowing you work for a bunch of scumbags"  It takes her a second before she hangs up on me.  I'm going to start asking for Bernie Madoff when I call now.