ICFinancials, Tom Reed & Rebecca Stien ICFinancials- Supposedly a grant preparer,charges a small fee then closes up shop Ripoff Reno Nevada

In May of 2007, I found this company through a government web sight on business grants.

I e-mailed them about what I was looking for. I recieved a phone call from them the next day. They sent me a contract that I needed to sign and send back with a money order for $ 479.00 to cover costs of them doing the paperwork.

I checked out the company and they seemed to be ligitimate. So I got a loan thinking I would pay it off after I got the grant.

I sent off the Contract and the money on 6-5-07. About a week later I get a call from Rebecca Stien saying that I needed to do an 80 page business plan,I was told not worry about it being too proffessional because thier people would fix it up. They just needed the basic info on what I was doing.

I have called them a few times and spoke with them each time. I never had a problem with that .

Today, I went to call them to make sure I had the right E-mail address or fax # to send them my business plan. When I dialed the phone number it rang twice and a computer came on saying " This number is blocked BPBS1015".

I called information and had them look up the company and the toll-free phone number.They couldn't find them or any proof that they ever existed.

Know what do I do. I tryed their e-mail as well and now it does not exist either

Kristina
Iowa City, Iowa
U.S.A.