Author: /u/CookieBobojiBuggo

Hello Houston!

Hope you’ve all been well and enjoying your afternoon!

Today’s post is a little different. Im not gonna be dissecting a scam center, this is more informational.

The reason this post is a liiiiittle different is the past 2-3 weeks I’ve had the HIGHEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE REACHING OUT to tell me they’ve been employed by or been to interviews with these scam centers and that they have an uneasy feeling about what they are involved with and want clarification on being able to identify these places. Your gut talks to you for a reason folks!

So today’s post

HOW CAN I TELL IF IM APPLYING FOR AN MLM SCHEME OR NOT?

Im going to divide this into 3 parts; Job application, Interview, Post-Interview.

1) The Job Application:

If you pay any attention to these “marketing”, “Events coordinator”, “Entry level marketing” job postings, you will notice a pattern appearing in a few of them. As of recently, a lot of these pseudo-businesses have started to hide their names just so people will submit their resume, giving them a reason to call back to try to set up an interview. Here are the red flags, words, and patterns to look out for, REMINDER: THESE PEOPLE PREY ON THOSE WHO DON’T HAVE PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE, RECENT GRADUATES, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE DESPERATE FOR A JOB, I KINDLY ASK THAT YOU DON’T JUDGE THOSE WHO FALL FOR THESE SCAMS, IT COMES FROM NOT KNOWING. ANYONE CAN BE SCAMMED. ;

-Jobs are titled :Marketing Coordinator, Entry level marketing, Junior Marketing Coordinator, Events Marketing Specialist. ,Entry level Account Manager etc.

-Ambiguous language under the posts; “Working with World Class Non-profits”, “Our Fortune 500 clients”, “Drive client acquisitions in events (you will setup in front of stores and ask people for donations)”,” Face to Face client acquisitions through marketing initiatives (you’re going to go door to door)”

– They will be looking for; Student Mentality, Willingness to go above and beyond, “Team Player”, Positive Attitude, Go through the Management Training Program (HUGE RED FLAG, pretty much a guarantee that its a scam center)

-They will be very ambiguous about what they do, it will be a bunch of words without saying any of the responsibilities. Here is a job post with real responsibilities. You know exactly what you will be doing and how you will be doing it. Looks solid right? A real marketing job with marketing responsibilities. Now compare it with a scam center job responsibilities . You get the idea.

-Their Website: A redditor once commented on one of my posts : I’ll add my 2 cents for anyone who wants additional “warning signs” to help them avoid wasting time while they job hunt:

A company’s website exists for 1 primary reason – advertising their services to potential customers so they can make sales.

When you look at “Third Coast Events” – they make ZERO efforts to sell their “marketing and sales” services to anyone. They do however make A LOT of effort to promote why you should work there.

Why? Because scams like this are profitable by sucking in as many people as they can. A legitimate business will use that valuable home page to sell their business to customers, not for recruitment. That stuff will be buried under “About Us” or “Careers” sections.

The sole purpose of a business’ website is to be a storefront for the products. The services offered and the business’ products are clearly labeled, and stated. If you pay attention to these scam business’ websites, you will see that everything is geared toward enticing a potential applicant to join them. Here is an example from a scam center website, notice the language and how nothing is listed, except “why you should join us” Here is another one It may feel like they are saying what they do, but there is nothing concrete. Besides Face-to-Face which means you will have to go up to people.

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Let’s say you didn’t know any better and applied to one of these jobs. They get back to you the same day or the day after you reply. Wow! Crazy how easy it was! They call you over for an interview, they tell you to dress in business attire and bring a copy of your resume.

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2) The Interview:

The first thing you will notice is the bare bones office. There’s a printer room, and some games around. No chairs. There is music playing. They will usually book interviews for 3-4 people back to back, to give the illusion that this is some kind of highly desired job. And everyone is being very smiling, positive, and friendly…almost too positive. Your interviewer pulls you into an office and you guys start going over your resume:

-They will ask you questions that are clearly stated on your resume.

-They will tell you that they work with Fortune 500 clients, big companies, etc.

-Then they will show you the pyramid (it wont be called that but its a step by step of the MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM) and they will tell you all the crazy money you will earn by owning your own business and building your team and HOW THEY WILL TEACH YOU. There is no management training program…You’ll be groomed into becoming an “owner” for one of these DevilCorp Companies (Cydcor, Credico, Smart Circle, Cobra Group, etc.)

-This is when they will explain you the Pyramid The Social Enterprise Inc. Scam center actually lists the pyramid out in their website.

-Any questions you ask will be met with ambiguous answers. Especially regarding compensation.

-They will end the interview by scheduling a second round interview which will go more in-depth with another (usually a higher up) scam center member, or sometimes “the owner”.

-If you can breathe, have two legs, and a working car you’re pretty much hired.

It’s here that i’d like to point out THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW PROCESS IS SCRIPTED FOR THEM. THEY LEARN HOW TO INTERVIEW AND PLAY ON PEOPLES WANTS WHEN THEY BECOME A SR. ACCOUNT MANAGER. So no matter what answers you give, they are following a script. And this script is cleaned and perfected so those who don’t have experience do not notice anything odd, but those who have any real work experience can tell is a joke.

Let’s say you still didn’t see the red flags…Don’t worry, I didn’t either at one point, and ended up wasting 3 months of my life. So you decide to take the job and go in for your first day, YAY.

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3)Post- Interview:

First thing you will notice on your first day is after you fill your paperwork, they ask you how you want to be paid….You have two options 1) full commission (this is sold as you earn what you are worth), 2) a fix amount if you hit a certain amount of sales in one week. (For example $500 if you get 4 successful sales).

Then you go into the “Atmosphere Room”, there are no chairs. There is music blasting.

-They chant, and scream in excitement.

-They have phrases that they repeat.

-They will talk about “High Rollers”, “Business Trips” and “The Owner” will come in and give some passionate speech about their rags to riches, or stickin it to the man stories to hype the new ones up, and how this business is better than those “9-5 shmucks” before sending them out to “The field” for their first day.

-You will be assigned a “Team Leader” who will be your teacher. You are encouraged to spend as much time with them as possible to learn as much as possible. In a way its smart indoctrination.

-You will be given a small booklet with things such as “Law of Averages”, ” Jones Effect” ETC. and you are told to study, study, study, there is a test coming!

This cult-like environment can change those who don’t know into believing they are doing something good and noble and not wasting their time on a “regular job”…But they don’t know that those regular jobs will bring more stability into their lives than any scam center can…It comes from a place of ignorance….

Here is the brilliant devilcorp website that explains all of this step by step.

And the slave circle documentary that saved so many people, and continues to do so.

So good people of Houston. Please please and pretty please, Reach out to friends, family, loved ones, those who know someone in this business, and inform them. The only way to get on top of these scam centers that operate within the Gray Zone of the law is through education and information.

Share this with those who need it.

As always, thank you for your support, and thanks for reading!

Hello Houston!

Hope you’ve all had a wonderful holiday season.

Ready to hear about another “opportunity” that can increase your income, and you can not have to work in a few years because you’re gonna accumulate ungodly amounts of wealth and never have to work again? (This is how a pyramid scheme is usually pitched btw)

This clown show is called Revolve Marketing Executives (lol they really thought this name sounded like a “Big business” , but they did use revolve due to their revolving door of people they prey on). It’s ran by Jocelin. I will leave a link to their open corporates page below.

If you really want to laugh, go and read their website, where they claim they’ve developed multiple successful marketing campaigns. Their website also goes over the steps of their pyramid very clearly.

Here is an excerpt from their “professional” website: *Our approach within large retail venues allows us to target shoppers live in a spending money frame of mind already. We are able to market the product or service more effectively because of this.* ….yeah they actually wrote this thinking people won’t be able to tell that its bs. To the untrained eye this might look normal, but anyone who knows remotely anything about marketing and business will be able to see right through this. But they don’t care about you people who know better, they want recent graduates and people that lack experience.

Whats their marketing campaign you ask?

It’s walking up and down the aisles in walmart and sams club and signing people onto Just Energy…Yep, thats right. This is “marketing” to them. Unfortunately people without prior work experience don’t know the difference between sales and marketing.

Work from 7am-8pm, 6 days a week

Commissions only,

Carpooling with people you don’t know,

No reimbursement for gas, food, time etc.

You’re constantly told that it’s not a sales job, and its a marketing job. But everything depends on you to make sales. No sales= no pay, no promotion, no moving up the ladder, no creating your own team, etc.

You’re supposed to also join their team nights and other after work activities, because they WILL try to make this business your entire life, and if you act otherwise, you will be shunned.

They have 5 starts on google reviews. Thats right! They are so good that they have exactly 0 negative reviews over the past year!!!

They follow the Social Enterprises Inc. model where they will flag and report every real review, and only allow reviews they force the people they hire and/or sell to, to write. A quick look through their reviews though and things get even weirder. Former employees writing about how “amazing the business and sales classes” are. (It’s their morning cult meetings). If you look through the comments you will soon see the pattern. “*Employee name* did an amazing job, they were very helpful, I didn’t know about Just energy and what they offer, im happy i switched” bla bla bla. It’s eeirly similar….and there is a reason, The reps will make the people they sell to write these. It’s all a sales pitch to find more people to recruit.

2 former workers have reached out to me to talk about them. They were roped in because of desperation and a lack of realistic explanation of what they do. One of the individuals who reached out to me has quoted ” I needed a job, and I was blindly applying to everything. They reached back the same day. I didn’t know what the job was until the first day out on the field. My questions were met with vague answers, and the website, reviews and employees couldn’t give me a clear answer until i was at a Walmart flagging people down to talk about Just Energy”.

Beware of positions advertised as: Junior Marketing Coordinator, Entry Level Marketer, Management Trainee (lmao) , Product Marketing Associate, Entry Level Marketing Coordinator.

Their job postings, exactly like Social Enterprises, are only on LinkedIn and WayUp.

Beware Houston Jobseekers, DONT WASTE YOUR TIME ON THESE LOSERS.

Here’s their open corporates page, and Here is their linkedin page

As always thank you and spread the word around.

Hello Houston! I swear I will never run out of these. But best thing I can do is to let all of you know.

Today’s clown show comes to you in the form of G&G consulting. A bit more aggressive than the other scam centers in the sense that, they have managed to go under the radar for a long time, and have created multiple offices in different cities.

WHO ARE THEY?

This scam center is headed by Kristina G., she is originally from Southern California. Apparently got into this “business” after graduating college and wanting an “entry level marketing” job. She has operated various successful and unsuccessful scam centers since 2017 in multiple states. She has also started a scam center in Virginia called D.C. Promotions inc. But the business is registered in the same placce as G&G.

Their address is : 3100 Timmons Ln, Suite 510

Her lackeys treat her as some business guru, meanwhile all she does is feed off the overpriced cable and internet (ATT) her lackeys sell door-to-door.

They are very active on their instagram, and upload pictures of the lackeys having fun regularly. Funny thing is most of them disappear after 2-3 photos lmao.

They have been operating for around a year and half.

WHAT DO THEY DO?

Door-to-Door cable and internet. Att. Surprised? Me neither. However, the ultimate sales pitch to people they are trying to recruit is : Management training program in which within 6-8 months you will open your own business (from which Kristina will make more money, and you are required to hire and promote others to open their own offices, from which you AND Kristina will make money….See the pyramid forming?) They all do the same s**t, nothing to be surprised about here.

– NO reimbursement for gas, food, or time.

-You are expected to drive your car everywhere

-Commissions only. If you don’t sell , you are told that: “You’re not following the systems correctly”

-Cultish morning “business” meetings in which you are hyped up to be a salesman.

-You’re told its 9-5 but its actually 7am-8pm.

-“Optional” team nights, but in reality you are expected to attend, if you don’t you are shunned by Kristina.

-“Business trips to random towns in Texas, 4+ people in one hotel room, no allowance for gas or food.

sounds familiar?

THEIR JOB POSTINGS/SOCIALS/WEBSITE/REVIEWS

The job is only posted on indeed, since it’s the most widely used platform for these clowns to operate and Indeed’s horrible response rate to reports.

When you go to their website (here) you will realize that nothing about what they do is discussed. It’s just fancy jargon. None of the services they provide are clearly stated. Once you know a few of these scam centers you realize the website, just like everything they do, is just a SALES PITCH to get more recruits. So if the unexpecting recent graduate tries to do some research about them, on the surface level everything will seem ok.

Their instagram page is full of them “having fun” all the time. LOOK AT US, WE ARE SUCH A FUN COMPANY, COME WORK WITH US, CAN’T YOU SEE HOW MUCH FUN WE ARE HAVING? oh and the typical motivational bs randomly scattered around.

Conveniently they have 0 google reviews, but after some digging I found the following glassdoor review:

I was explicitly lied to during the interview, then stuck shilling for cable TV packages. Had to drive all over the city but wasn’t reimbursed for gas. I was told 9-5 but ended up working 7am-8pm. Constantly had to listen to their marketing meetings which were just cultish and obnoxious. The ultimate goal was for me to ‘start my own company’ that they would make money from. They take advantage of gullible college kids for exploitation. These people are disgusting.

Be careful out there fine folk of Houston.

TLDR: G&G CONSULTING INC. IN HOUSTON IS AN MLM RECRUITMENT SCAM OPERATED BY KRISTINA G. BEWARE!

Thanks as always!

Also do not forget to leave a google review to Social Enterprises Inc. to let them know how collecting charities doesn’t change the fact that they are scammers.

BOOOooooooo Scary Door-to-Door scam center coming near you!

Happy Halloween Houston!

Today I am bringing to you another one of these crap-shows (I swear we will never run out of these).

The name of the scam center is Third Coast Events Inc.

The person who runs the scam center is Dana I. . This scam center has been around for a bit over 4 years. The reason how they were able to get away with being open for 4 years (They used to sell useless crap in Costco and Sam’s Club), they are very quick at shutting down any kind of dissent or criticism. They reply to each and every single review. Feel free to leave one.

So what do they do?

They sell door-to-door water. Nestle water. Like door-to-door not even to businesses but also to residential areas as well. They promote Nestle to poor neighborhoods…

When you are interviewing they will talk to you about the management training program, and how they will help you own your own business (lol). But that you’ve got to start from “the field” because “that’s how everyone starts in this business, so we all get the same opportunity”. Dana tricks people by saying its a salary position in the first interview, and when you get to the first day you are told its commission only.

Of course, like any of these, you are told to wear a suit and show up. You won’t know what you are going to be doing until you get piled up into cars and get told to go to mid to low income neighborhoods to sell water door to door. No food, water, or gas reimbursement.

Strictly Commissions.

6 days a week, 8 am to 8 pm.

First 3 hours is indoctrination and the rest of the hours are in the field.

Your weekly pay will be around 180$

How do I know this? They came to my door! The kid, who I felt really bad for, was definitely not made for this job and seemed like it was his first or second day. I told the kid to look into them.

Here are some reviews:

” Literally the biggest waste of time for consumers and as an “employment opportunity”… and I use that term very loosely. If the company has to have a meeting frequently explaining to you why it is different than a pyramid scheme and an MLM, that a clear red flag*.*

It is hard for consumers to know if they are buying from this company because they will pose as representatives from the companies they are selling. But if you are reading this review searching for a job… work at Chick-Fil-A and you will make more money. “

here is another one:

” Not truthful. This company wasted my brothers time, and were not truthful about what the job was. You will be selling water door-to-door in residential neighborhoods, not business to business. Door to door sales is already a dying medium of sales, but mix that with a global pandemic and what you get is a massive waste of time. The person giving the interview made it sound like this was business to business sales convincing businesses to switch their water/snack services over to Nestle. My brother asked great questions, but nothing can prevent the interviewer from not being transparent. So to sum it up, this is residential door to door sales. If that’s what you’re looking for then this is the job for you! If not then pass on this “opportunity” “

They advertise on linkedin and other job boards under “event marketing assistant” or “entry level marketing”.

https://www.thirdcoastevents.com/

heres their website.

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Now for a quick and fun update.

Social Enterprise Inc. is not at all happy with me spreading the word and have been dealing with people that find my posts that waste their time. Thank you to all of those who do.

Bryce claims that I’ve been harassing his family. And that I’ve followed him here from Austin. LOL. All I do is present the information to the people, they make their own conclusions. But in case you guys wanted to see how manipulative this loser is:

Here is an in depth explanation from a redditor about the Social Enterprise Inc’s hiring process.

Here is a screenshot of Bryce trying to Guilttrip someone into staying.

^ this is the screams of someone who is trying to con people.

Bryce, if you are reading this, you are a loser. Stop telling people to stick to the systems when they have questions and be honest for once in your life. Your “business” isn’t yours, its owned by another company. They can shut you down at any time, you know you’re not making what you were once promised. Turn to the light side. Stop scamming people.

Stay safe, happy Halloween.

Thanks again.

Hello Houston, Happy Friday.

I hope everyones had a good week and are looking forward to cooler days.

Today we will be looking at Social Enterprise Inc. again, and also take a look at Mindesto. The reason why we are looking at Social Enterprise Inc. again, is that over the last month, they have done everything they can to:

• Take down real reviews on google that show them for who they are
• Purchase/Promote over 100+ fake reviews to make their “business” look legit
• Post on every single job platform including LinkedIn
• Try to pull a curtain over jobseekers eyes and pretend to be a legitimate company.

The amount of people that have reached out to me because they’ve been lied to, scammed and not paid by them is staggering.

A little recap of the information: The owner is BRYCE (**Social Enterprises Inc., The little local book inc.). Jennifer (Solve Inc., elevation105 ) , Brandon(The little local book, elevation 105, Social Enterprise Inc) are the other henchmen involved. These jokers have opened offices in Austin(Social Enterprise Inc) and Aurora,CO (Solve,Inc.). Multiple red flags are present on their websites and in their reviews. All of this information will be listed below for you to look at. Even though these con-men operate this scam, they are NOT listed in their website, and all the information is hidden.

They have a 10-12 month “management training program” where at the end you will open up your own office, and scam others. This is sold as a “business opportunity” where they will teach you “how to own your business”. Obviously its a scam, you become a Credico/Smart Circle/Cydcor/ Cobra Group franchise and have to slave away for pennies. These thieves work with a charity, and run a charity campaign(Anti-Bullying and Anti-Drug) and you are required to talk up to 35 people a day, and sign on 2 customers. If you don’t, you don’t get paid. The typical red flag words are around; Student Mentality, Positive Attitude, Fear of Loss, Jones Effect. These manipulators want you to “persuade” ,but really force, people to give charity donations so the bosses can make money.

Here is an anonymous person who reached out to me on here: ” it’s basically a pitch. The “event” is going to some store and standing outside. Flagging people down to pitch them the little speech for the charity. For example: you’re outside a chipotle and you just pitch every single person who comes outside. Its basically begging for money “

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” All in all I was told very vague things during the interview process and orientation. And when I tried to ask questions of people there the answers were always super vague. I also hate how it’s labeled marketing. When it’s literally a sales job. And there is zero help for gas money. When they’ll send you almost 2 hours away to an “event”.

Please beware, and if you would like, go ahead and leave them an actual review of their scam center.

THESE PEOPLE ARE RUNNING A SERIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO MAKE SURE YOU, THE JOBSEEKERS, DONT KNOW THAT THEY ARE A SCAM.

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Mindesto is based out of Webster. They are a DOOR-TO-DOOR AT&T sales. They have been posting job postings such as “marketing associate” “events marketing” “events marketing coordinator” which is all a bunch of bs. They make you go door to door in lower income neighborhoods trying to sell small businesses AT&T.

All commission. No gas or food reimbursment. Be prepared to drive 2 hours away just to make no money.

You are forced to be at the office at 7am, sell until 5, drive back to the office, and have your day recapped, before you get to go home at 7pm. All for the promise of “Being your own boss”

A redditor reached out to me and said the following: ” Both(Consulting 88 inc. another scam) took me through a two step interview then offered me the job a few hours after the second interview. I asked for more time to think about it and they both pretty much pressured me by saying they have so many different applicants and I need to say yes or no ” (This is called the Jones Effect and Fear of Loss, its a psychological manipulation technique that they utilize against unsuspecting business owners to sell them AT&T “the offer is only here for today”)

DO NOT FALL FOR THIS. MINDESTO IS AN MLM SCAM.

Thanks as always, Please SHARE

Here are the links for all that are involved:

Social Enterprises Inc: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_tx/0804133561

Social Enterprises Website (Which conveniently doesnt have the owners’ names): https://socialenterprisetx.com/

Solve Inc. (The colorado office that these guys are related to): https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_co/20211612201

The Little Local Book(the registered business at the address, even though they run SE Inc.): https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_tx/0804429534

Elevation 105: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_tx/0804213040

Mindesto: https://www.mindesto.com/

Mindesto Pyramid and Pay Structure: https://imgur.com/a/nSzR3Cg

Mindesto Info: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_tx/0804042606

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Hello Houston,

I am bringing you the second one this month! I may have to take a break for a month here, but I will be doing research.

This MLM Scam Center has strings that tie all the way to Austin and under 2 different company names that aren’t even in operation. This place is registered under a different name online. And its registered out of Austin and Aurora,CO. I believe that there are 2 separate offices acting out as one under this office. The “owner” and the “assistant manager” have their own offices but when you search for both of them you find nothing. Through following the little scattered clues (These people were very secretive about who is in charge and the other associated public info), I was able to come to a conclusion and connect all the dots. This shows you how deep the rabbit hole goes. These scammers get kicked from town to town to go scam. When enough people know about your scam, its time to move to another town.

The owner is Bryce (Social Enterprises Inc., The little local book inc.). Jennifer (Solve Inc., elevation
105 ) , Brandon(The little local book, elevation 105, Social Enterprise Inc) are the other henchmen involved. These jokers have opened offices in Austin(Social Enterprise Inc) and Aurora,CO (Solve,Inc.). Multiple red flags are present on their websites and in their reviews. All of this information will be listed below for you to look at.

Bryce is revered by all the upper management (the 3 people that have been there for longer than 6 months). And this sentiment is pushed down to the newcomers. You must look up to this sleezebag if you want to move up in the company.

At the interview, you wont be told what you will be doing, but this “OPPORTUNITY” will be dangled in front of your face. All your questions will be carefully passed or avoided.

They have a 10-12 month “management training program”, which is where they brainwash/indoctrinate you into becoming one of these manipulators. Great isnt it? Well you get commissions until you get there, and once you become an “owner”…..well you still have to work for comissions yourself. And on top of it, you are required to get workers and have them slave away for close to 4$ an hour and not pay them for gas, food, miles, etc.

These thieves work with a charity, and run a charity campaign(Anti-Bullying and Anti-Drug) and you are required to talk up to 35 people a day, and sign on 2 customers. If you don’t, you don’t get paid. The typical red flag words are around; Student Mentality, Positive Attitude, Fear of Loss, Jones Effect. These manipulators want you to “persuade” ,but really force, people to give charity donations so the bosses can make money.

10 hour workdays, standing under the heat, food and gas paid from your pocket, and all that for tiny commissions, only for the hopes of “if you do this for a year, you might get your own office”. When you become a manager, the head corporation starts to manipulate you as well. So you have no choice but to lie and cheat.

These people are really adamant that they arent doing anything wrong, and they routinely spam fake 5 star ratings on google reviews, so feel free to leave a real review so people can know what it is like before getting into this scam and can be prepared if they still choose to go along with it.

TLDR:SOCIAL ENTERPRISE INC. IS AN MLM RECRUITMENT PYRAMID SCHEME, JOBSEEKERS BEWARE.

Here are the links for all that are involved:

Social Enterprises Inc: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_tx/0804133561

Social Enterprises Website (Which conveniently doesnt have the owners’ names): https://socialenterprisetx.com/

Solve Inc. (The colorado office that these guys are related to): https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_co/20211612201

The Little Local Book(the registered business at the address, even though they run SE Inc.): https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_tx/0804429534

Elevation 105: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_tx/0804213040

Pay attention to the names of the people. Once on closes they are ready to use the other names. These people are some serious scammers, and they are looking to prey on innocent people who are desperate for a job. Please spread the word around.

Happy Humpday Houston!

Hope everyone is staying hydrated.

Today’s clown show is a very careful one that hides almost every single detail about themselves. But I snoop, and I was able to get enough concrete information that was enough to put on a post. The reason I chose these clowns this time is due to their secrecy. There is barely any information on them online, so if you apply to their ads on career builder, or indeed, etc. there is a very high chance to confuse them with a legitimate business. The lack of reviews and information enables this specific operation to thrive.

The FWRD Creative, not to be confused with FWRD, is an MLM Recruitment Scheme based over at Savoy Drive. They do not go door-to-door, but what they make you do is run a charity campaign where you are standing around in the heat talking to people in the blistering summer heat. The charity they work with is called “Heifer International”. The charity is legit, but why they work with Cydcor, Smart Circle, etc. is beyond me.

Their job postings advertise as; Sales Associate, Customer Service Rep, Events Sales, Sales Team Member etc. Sales is prominently featured in their job postings, which credit where its due, they do advertise positions for sales. Their LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram pages are blank with barely any information. They do not have google reviews, and have not claimed their physical address as a business so you are not able to leave any reviews. You have to really dig through to find a post by a redditor to get any kind of honest review.

The typical “You need to do X amount of sales to interview people and grow your team to move up in the company” scam.

• You are required to drive your own car.
• No expenses are covered (food, gas, etc. ).
• Its commission or a 415$ weekly base pay.
• The position is advertised as 8-5, but with the driving and the mandatory meeting with the boss after work(on what you can do better tomorrow), and the driving back home, realistically its 8-8:30/9
• You MUST keep a positive attitude, if you as much as sigh be prepared to get checked on your behavior, and over time, shunned.
• Various manipulation and sales techniques are taught you so you can use them on people to get them to donate.
• There are various Numbers you have to hit. Talk to 30-40 people, close 1-2 customers etc. If you dont, whether you are on commision or not, you dont get paid.
• Typical Checks for a week of 10 hour workdays are around 180$

If you quit this type of business or mention someone you know who quit, you/they are labeled as losers, quitters and “weren’t meant for the business”. Motivational Speakers are brought to the office in the morning (no a/c and chairs in the office btw[This is a form of behavior control] ) and give inspirational speeches trying to sell you the point that “This business will save your life and help you achieve your dreams”. They categorize peoples wants into 4 F’s : Family, Fame, Fortune and Freedom. And whatever your goals are, will be used against you to guilt trip you into staying in this dead end operation where you are wasting gas, money and time.

The “owner” goes by Mo, and on their website you can see the names of the other scammers that are in the office.

Thank you, please beware and share

TLDR: THE FWRD CREATIVE IS AN MLM SCAM, THEY HAVE 0 BAD REVIEWS AND VERY SECRETIVE ONLINE. BEWARE!

Here is their website: https://www.thefwrdcreative.com/

PS. The next post will be on Social Enterprise Inc. if you’ve been employed by them or know of someone who has been, please feel free to contact me.

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