February 8, 2001
Foundations, Consumers Victimized by Growing "Free Cash Grant" Scam
By DEBRA E. BLUMDisabled and on welfare, Bruce Eckelberry could not resist the magazine advertisement he saw a couple of years ago touting "free cash grants" from foundations across the country. He mailed $19.95 to the company that promised to match him with grant makers that might give him the $23,000 he needed to buy a trailer home and start a business.
Mr. Eckelberry, who has not had a job since he injured his back in 1988 working as a truck driver, received
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