howard stellman, indicating with american public grant consultants,  indicating get a grant for home remodeling , etc., secured $200.00 up front if decide want to get grant for up to $65k, call by 1 pm on 1-13-09, provide inital paperwork, then $185.00 in 15 days, get estimates needed to removal house and they would do rest of information and send 14 pkg, to complete necessary info. to submit to govt for grant request.   He said he was out of washington D.C.

Gentlemen name Sam Levine phoned me in Seattle WA and claimed that I needed to return his phone call by the next day. When I mentioned it would be a problem to come with $385 to pay for the fee, he said, "Have a good day." And HUNG UP on me! I do not feel that he had my best intersts at heart and will move onto the next person that can give him the $385.

He said my grant would cover 10-30% of my loan and could grant me up to 30K. Asked that I provide a copy of my deed, account statements from my lenders, and $200 up front with the remaining balance of $185 in 15 days.

ODD!

I received a call from Josh Matthews with American Public Grant Consultants (1-888-576-8451)stating that I had qualified for a grant to help start my business. I was told that after I send in money, along with a disclosure agreement, and a business plan that I would receive a detailed business plan from a grant writer and that I would recieve my grant within 2 mo nths. The guy was very convincing and made the company seem totally legit. I have called Mr. Matthews for the last week, twice a day with no response. I have filed with the BBB and am considering taking further legal action if necessary. Any one else had these problems with these guys?

I also was scammed by Sam Levine, I gave him my $385.00, and now I can't get a call back from him.  APCG is a company that is scamming people out of their money.  

Once, a Howard Stellman called me on behalf of Sam Levine who was very rude and also confirmed that I would be receiving a package in the mail, I am still waiting to receive this package.

I was told by Sam Levine to send a cashiers check to a Catherine Freiburghaus, (but I sent a money order instead) and did so, but have not received anything other than a fax that took a week to be sent in its entirety.

My money order was sent to an address in Washington, but they use an answering service to retrieve their calls that located in New York.

Whenever I called, I could never get through to Sam Levine, I always had to leave a message and wait for him to return my call.

Yes, I was also scammed by these guys.  I was told that if I sent in $358 all at one time I would receive my grant check that much sooner.

I should've know better, but was desperate to get some much needed repairs done to my house.

I let Sam Levine know that I was on the verge of losing my house and was disabled, but that didn't stop him from taking my $385.

I also, let him know that I have to wait on disabled transportation to go and get this cashiers check and do all of the running around that was needed, that didn't deter him either.

When I called Sam Levine to inquire as to why I haven't received the package in the mail yet, he kept saying that it was coming and that they hadn't received their tax exempt I.D. # yet, so there was no hurry or deadline and that I was still in good standing to receive grant money.

I also, will report them to the BBB, and I also noticed when looking on the internet that these crooks have several names for their company, they also have changed their website since I first initially contacted them.

These people are heartless and I will be too, when their time comes to be prosecuted.