Mobile-Workforce101, Steve Jones, Susan King, Michael Barrington, Paul Terrance, C. Wilson, Etc... Scam, Promised to Certify me as a Laptop Distribution Agent for $199, it's been over 4 months and nothing but more requests for money, and now they are threatening me!!! Woodland Hills, CA Internet
In Feburary of this year (2009) I responded to an ad to become a Certified Laptop Distribution Agent with this company. I called the number and was told it could be done in 12 to 14 days after they recieved my money by Michael Barrington. He also said after I was Certified they would get me amy first batch of laptops with 120 days to pay for them. He stated the economic slowdown was NOT affecting this industry, people were still buying laptops. I sent the money order and started getting emails they called "Training Modules" (these can all be found on the internet free) I was told not to call them. Any corespondence would only be answered via email, and I was given a # to put in the subject line when I emailed them. Things went fine at first (I thought) then I stopped getting the "Training Modules".
When I emailed my "Trainer" Paul Terrence to ask why I wasn't getting any "Training Modules" my email was answered by Susan King. She said they were backed up due to the economic slowdown and to send $59 to expidite my Certification Aplication. I chose not to send any more money after their not following through with the original time frame. Still no more "Training Modules".
Last week I got an email from them saying the economic slowdown has caused a backup with the manufacturers and they would now be takeing 5 to 6 MORE months to get me the 120 days to pay for my first batch of laptops. But if I would send them $997 by 5-15 as a downpayment/release/ship fee they would get me a batch of laptops and I would have 60 days to pay them the balance (they didn't say how much the balance would be).
I wrote them an email explaining I don't have that much money and reminding them of the promises they had made to me both before and after I had sent my money.
They state on their web page and in several of the "Training Modules" that the economic slowdown is NOT affecting this industry and their associates are makeing BIG money selling these laptops. Yet they use the economy as an excuse whenever they are questioned about not following through on the promises they have made!
Here are the last couple emails I sent to them and recieved from them just today!
My email to them On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:58 AM,
I have sent a couple emails and received no response. You already know I am upset about how you have handled my affiliation with your business, but you don't seem to care.
Now we are at a point where I am really pissed off with how I have been treated. You should also know I taped my original phone call before I sent you my money, and I have saved every email I have sent to you or received from you, including all training modules.
The way I see things you have 3 choices on how you are going to handle this situation....
1. You will get me the product with 120 days to pay as promised.
2. You will refund my money.
3. I will file a scam/rip off report and contact the other person who has already filed one and I will start filling reports and claims against you with every business/agency I can find.
If I don't get a resolution to this within the next 7 days I will choose option 3.
I really hope you choose option 1, as I know I would be good at this and could make good money, I would settle for option 2, but wouldn't be very happy, and I really don't want to have to resort to option 3 but I will if you choose not to do the right thing by the people who trust you to do what you promise them you will.
Amanda
On Thu, 5/14/09, peter michael wrote:
hi....well, bye, bye...I spoke to paul and steve, ANYONE that "get's sneaky" and "tapes" calls is automatically suspended for three months...ANY email that comes from you NOW goes into "spam"...contact paul at end of summer...thanks...susan...p.s. b*tch...we saw your "negative" on the web...thanks, but, since we are probably going out of business anyway, well, then......
f*ck you....susan and kelly.....
My Response On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 5:53 PM, wrote:
Well since I haven't put anything on the web about you YET you didn't see anything from me, there are things from other people out there though, and I always tape a first phone call to someone I don't know who wants me to send them money, I learned to cover my butt because I have been scammed by people like you too many times. That isn't considered sneaky unless you have something to hide. Obviously I did the right thing by taping the call and saving all the emails, now with this email I really have what I need to file all the claims against you. ANYONE who conducts a "business" email by calling people names and swearing at them deserves to go out of business. And to think this email was your first course of action, you didn't even try to talk to me or offer me any other promises before swearing at me and calling me names. This email will help me in so many ways against you. Obviously your "business" was just a scam to steal money from honest hardworking people trying to find a legitimate way to make extra income. I will get my money back from you, even if I have to spend money to do it. I will make it my Priority to do so now. Along with that I will also make it my second priority to do everything I can to help you go out of business. I will be filling every claim I can with every agency I can. I will use your business name and also the names of everyone involved in any of the emails I have recieved from your scam business.
Thank You for the extra ammunition you provided in this email!
On Thu, 5/14/09, peter michael wrote:
we will report you too...IF you keep f*cking with us...and, stop calling susan and kelly and making physical threats...or, was that you husband? if you do not IMMEDIATELY cease "hassling" us, WE WILL REPORT YOU TOO! We have ways to do so too...once again (last time) bye bye...any more email to us from you will GO TO SPAM AND BE REPORTED AS A THREAT....steve CEO
It's obvious to me that they don't even bother to make sure who is emailing them before they fire off emails full of cussing and name calling!!! And a "Threat"??? Because I said I would file rip off reports? or file with other agencies? That is my right here in the USA, and it's what those agencies are there for, people who have been ripped off!
For one I have ever only placed one call to them, back in Fecruary before I sent my money (I can prove it with my phone records), and for two I am not married (I can prove it!), for three I don't think wanting my money back from scammers is hassling, it was 2 or 3 emails, and fourth I have never made any physical threats to anyone affiliated with their company (or anyone else) by phone or email. The only thing I have done that might be taken as a threat was saying I would file a rip off report and file various reports with various agencies if I didn't get what they promised or my money back. That to me is everyones right as a consumer who feels they didn't get what they paid for.
The people who are behind this company want us to think they have power over us because we sent them our money, but the truth is they have no power, only our money. We have the power, and if enough of us get fed up enough and take a stand we can win this fight and get our money back.
Barmaid
Salem, Oregon
U.S.A.
4 Updates & Rebuttals
Turbo6girl
Havelock,North Carolina,
U.S.A.
Expose More!
#5Consumer Suggestion
Mon, May 18, 2009
We all need to get together. & get these theives put behind bars. My fear is, is that they will move on to many other scams, & if I'm not wrong, some website appeared to be tracking their website, & it looks as if they have changed domain names as many as 11 times over the last several years. I'm not saying that is a for sure thing, because I haven't paid the money yet to track things out there, but these people are looking like major scammers. It looks as if on one website, that Paul guy is some uneducated 21 year old looking for a way to just be a part of this scam. It shows 2 phone numbers for him under the second link, & an address, that he claims is his. This would explain why these people don't have common business sense to not cuss & swear & talk to people the way they have. When they do that, it shows their undereducated, irresponsible, & immature sides. & If this Steve Jones is as wealthy & as good of a business man as they want it to appear on their website, & wasting all that money jet-setting all around the world for a bunch of laptops, then he has enough money to pay back all the people his scam company has scammed out of people. If I was hoping to keep a good name, & not lose a "good reputation" (if you just appearing out of nowhere with no marks against your name yet) you would pay people back to keep them quiet & not telling people what theives you are.
http://www.blogyourjourney.com/Travel-Leisure/blu-ray-drives-are-big.html
http://www.blogyourjourney.com/paul/profile.html
Also, how many people do you think may be involved in this little ring? I'm seeing more & more names. Never heard of that Kelly before either. When you have such a good product, (so they claim) why on earth would you just let it go in just a couple months, & not pay people back their money if your company is making so much money selling these computers also. Oh wait, maybe it's because Mobile-Workforce101 doesn't actually want any competitors who might undersell them, & do more successfully in the long run. & in that case, they probably took the money from all of us people that they scammed to pay for a bunch of cheap computers upfront for themselves so they could do a markup online, & sell them under a different name. Seen a few companies from the California that seem to have some shady computer selling practices, that people have also complained about, that also only want people to email them, & not call if they have a complaint or want a refund. I wonder if one of those companies is them too?
Anybody wondering, this following link is good! These scammers are really exposed now. This is awesome!
http://www.katu.com/news/specialreports/45224842.html
Turbo6girl
Havelock,North Carolina,
U.S.A.
You must file Mail Fraud Charges with your local Post Master & take all of your emails & any proof of payment & contact with these people to the P.O.
#5Consumer Suggestion
Mon, May 18, 2009
Isn't it funny how this company is going off on people for getting their complaints out about this company, yet when these scammer/theives trash talk everyone who has this same exact complaint, for some reason, they have no valid way to talk their way out of this. Have you noticed that we all have complaints about them, & they have not put any rebuttles online, because people who research them are going to realize that this many people who don't even know each other have the exact same problems with these scammers, & no one who is in their right state of mind will believe these liars. These people need to be thrown in jail before they move on to a different scam. (If they don't already have additional scams goint on as well.) I can't help but notice, that when different people emailed you, it came from one person's email, yet they signed off with a different name (such as the CEO). My questions on these people are growing stronger by the day, wondering if they are actually just a couple of people using fake names. Who knows, maybe they have stolen identities, & opened the bank account that they use to cash the checks & money orders using the stolen identity? & I also noticed another person's name singned off on their emails from Susan, so that other lady will be another name that I turn over to the Feds. Don't feel bad, these jokers have had my money since the middle of December. What about that 5 or 6 months MOBILE WORKFORCE?????? I have waited more than my fair share of time, & you told these other poor people you scammed to wait up to 5 or 6 months because of this 'economic downturn'. Well, then if you were legit, first of all you wouldn't make these rediculous promises, & then expect decent people to wait that dang long, & you hold on to their money! People, I think another thing that these jokers are doing, is trying to get you to wait just long enough, to where the statute of limitations prevents you or other people from going after these scammers. Don't wait too long, otherwise they will scam you out of all of your money, & they will get away with it. If you actually look well enough, you can still do this business WITHOUT these phony promises for them to do what they are promising you. I have found proof, & you don't have to pay these stupid fees these theives expect you to. ANYONE, WHO MAY BE DOING RESEARCH ON THIS COMPANY & STUMBLES ACROSS THIS SITE, PLEASE BE FOREWARNED, YOU WILL BE HURT BY THIS COMPANY IF YOU PUT YOUR TRUST IN THEM. SO, FAR, IF YOU LOOK AT COMPLAINTS #450791, 435462, 448829, 449314, 451687, 450288, 445152, YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS IS SERIOUSLY NO JOKE. IF I MISSED ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS COMPANY, I AM SORRY, & IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN GETTING TOGETHER, & GOING AFTER THIS COMPANY, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME. (I am trying to get ahold of you through your local newstation, Through KATU Newstation there in Oregon) so, if they tell you someone else called wanting to get in touch, it was probably me. & hopefully, others scammed by those theives will follow suit. Anyways, have a good day, & don't let this get you down. These kind of things have a way of working themselves out for the best.
Barmaid
Salem,Oregon,
U.S.A.
Update, New Info on this Scam...
#5Author of original report
Thu, May 14, 2009
After the nasty emails yesterday, and telling me to stop "hassling" them or they would report me, someone from their company actualy called my home last night!!! I was out and they didn't leave a message, but it was a cell phone they have been known to use that showed up on my caller ID at 8:26pm.
I also was told by someone (who has been scammed by them) that what they have been doing is "mail fraud" (a Federal Offense) and the post office told her to file a report with her local police office. If I am understanding her right they could do Federal Prison Time for this.
I also checked with the BBB (online)and they have one claim filled against them and a rateing of "D" with that agency. They never responded to the letters sent from the BBB trying to check out the claim.
I think if enough of us who have been scammed by them would file police reports and claims with the BBB it would make sure they don't get to continue ripping off hard working people and getting away with it. In the reports we should use not just the business name, but also the names of all persons who are connected with the business. If their names get put on file in places like the BBB they won't be able to open new scam businesses. And if enough police reports are filed maybe they will go to jail where they belong.
Sara
Denver,Colorado,
U.S.A.
You've Been Ripped Off
#5Consumer Comment
Thu, May 14, 2009
Hate to tell you this but you won't be getting your money back. The company is a sham and if you stop to think about it, does it make sense that you would have to pay them to be certified to sell laptops? Any job that makes YOU pay money or has no telephone contact information is highly suspect.
Good for you for not sending any additional money. Be cautious what you apply for on the internet. Another company to watch for is the FEX Corporation. They place ads in the paper and internet looking for couriers. People apply through their website, giving out ALL of their financial and personal info. Then that info is used to open bogus accounts across the country. Or, people will actually do some work while someone else deposits counterfeit "paychecks" into their account. Then, they send money back to FEX via MoneyGram or Western Union.
Always remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it is.