UK Business Funding Centre www.ukbusinessgrants.org Review

UK Business Funding Centre www.ukbusinessgrants.org
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selinap's review of UK Business Funding Centre www.ukbusinessgrants.org

“As usual, a very fast talking lady, first thing in the...”

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written by selinap on 02/06/2014

As usual, a very fast talking lady, first thing in the morning, so it was a little confusing to start, so beware. Then she said I could get access to £10,000-£20,000 funding for expansion of my business, however there was going to be a £189 membership fee (or something along the lines of that), and asked for my card details. I've been on other funding/ grant sites and successfully received grants and there has always been a membership fee, so i wasn't surprised. However, taking my card details over the phone was a little disconcerting. I gave it anyway. After i gave it she said there was going to be a £14.99 direct debit for a monthly magazine from this card, which set my alarm bells going.

After the phone conversation with this very fast talking lady, i called back the phone line on their site, and was sent to a voice mail, to leave a message and request for a call back. Not a good sign.

I googled "Business Funding Phone Scam" and was directed here.

I immediately called my bank to report the case, luckily i was fast and they had not debited my account, so I reported my card as STOLEN, and had it cancelled immediately.

I just got 6 continuous missed calls from this fast talking lady, which i have ignored and eventually blocked. .

BEWARE.

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Mtw76's Response to selinap's Review

Written on: 08/07/2014

I can relate to this almost to the word. I called for funding advice and it all sounded promising until she asked for £189 before I'd even seen what funding was available. Alarm bells rang and I told her I wasn't happy about parting with any money after just one call. She said that's fine I'll just move onto the next business who's waiting to qualify for the funding and ended the call! Very suspicious.

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