51, Report:
#893306
Posted Date:
Jun 05 2012
Magnetic Consulting Group Deceptive practice, shady operations. Lies, lies and more lies. Sacramento, California
This is my second and more detailed
RipOff report about this company. They are called Magnetic Consulting
Group, Inc. They are based in Sacramento, and they are another Cydcor
satellite office. This office is headed by a loser named Eric
Dvorak, a possible college dropout. Y...
Entity
Categories: Multi-Level Marketing
52, Report:
#877152
Posted Date:
May 12 2012
FFA FFA Southington, Forefront Advertising Granton, Smart Circle, 100% commission door to door SCAM Southington, Connecticut
Right off the bat, you are lied to by this company. They will tell you that you were 1 out of 80 candidates selected for the job. Yeah right.
This job is a cult-like, dead end, commissioned based nightmare. All these promises are made that within a year, you will ...
Entity
Categories: Advertising Agencies
53, Report:
#868099
Posted Date:
Apr 13 2012
Team One, INC Marketing FX, Inc Team One is owned by the same person who owned Marketing FX in Rosemont Schamburg, Illinois
Team One, Incorperated in Schamburg, Illinois is the new name that the owner of Marketing FX has taken up to dupe unsuspecting jobless folks into working for them. Marketing FX was an independent office under Cydcor, a multi level marketing organization specializing in o...
Entity
Categories: Multi Level Marketing
54, Report:
#433964
Posted Date:
Feb 23 2012
Sports Marketing International, Sports Marketing Is Apart Of DS-MAX, Just Bad Newa!!!! An Employment Scam! Sherman Oaks, California
Sports Marketing International, formerly known as the landers group is about helping high school college students find great entry-level jobs.
Sports Marketing International is an EMPLOYMENT SCAMwhich has been identified as a scam by people online and in the media. As it gets l...
Entity
Categories: Employees
55, Report:
#817226
Posted Date:
Jan 03 2012
Jacksonville Events, Inc WM, LLC Low pay, withholding paychecks, Smart Circle affiliate scam, MLM, poor management, Jax Events, Ashlea, Paul, liars Internet
This is another Smart Circle, SCAM. You will go on your first-round interview where the fake hiring manager, Paul, will ask you questions, tell you oh your a great candidate, lie about having to route your resume through Human Resources, or HR (the HR person is Ashlea, who sits on h...
Entity
Categories: Business Consulting
56, Report:
#805763
Posted Date:
Dec 06 2011
Franklin Insights Marketing, Inc. Cydcor, DS-MAX Door-to-Door Sales, Scam, Deceptive, Preying on Recent College Grads, 100% Commission, Lies St. Louis, Missouri
There is an ad on careerbuilder.com for Franklin Insights Marketing in St. Louis. Do not get tricked into working for this company. It involves door-to-door sales for office supplies. 100% commission. You pay all expenses: gas, cell phone, food. This is another C...
Entity
Categories: Sales People
57, Report:
#793856
Posted Date:
Oct 31 2011
Vivid Marketing INC Cydcor, DSMAX Cult, Scam, Deception Columbia, Maryland
Vivid Marketing in Columbia Maryland is exactly the cult that is described being related to Cydcor and DSMAX. I have worked there for over a month and started to do some searching online to find out what is really going on.
I had my first round interview that lasted 10minut...
Entity
Categories: Questionable Activities
58, Report:
#302241
Posted Date:
Oct 09 2011
CRH PROMOTIONS Aka INNOVAGE Aka DSMAX BRAINWASHING CULT -SALARY LIES - COMMISSION SALES - 16 HOUR DAYS DARTMOUTH Nova Scotia Canada
TO ALL MARITIMERS: SAVE YOUR BUSFARE OR YOUR GAS MOENY AND DO NOT GO TO THESE PEOPLE!!
All they want you to do is sell cheap kids toys, make up, laminated posters and light up key chains door to door or business to business. You'll work for commission and they tell you that y...
Entity
Categories: Multi Level Marketing
59, Report:
#34556
Posted Date:
Jun 03 2011
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Q4 Marketing AKA Cydcor AKA DS Max ripoff Super deceptive company Concord California
Well, I'm not going to say this is a big time scam or anything but I only worked for them for 4 hours and quit, and I sure am glad that I did.
I responded to an ad on craigslist for advertising and marketing in the sports and entertainment industries. I went in expecting to see ...
Entity
Categories: Multi Level Marketing
60, Report:
#655161
Posted Date:
Apr 12 2011
Berkeley Inc. Toronto Events/Keith Certo, CEO Berkeley Inc. in Toronto is a new upstart Ds-max/Quantum scam Toronto, Ontario
I am writing to report to Toronto residents the emergence of this office space registered to a Berkeley Inc. (www.berkeleyinc.ca), which is a new face of the scam previously implicated (and well-documented) below:http://www.ripoffreport.com/cult/quantum-events-ds-ma/quantum-events-u...
Entity
Categories: Non-Profit Charities
61, Report:
#53470
Posted Date:
Mar 15 2011
DS MAX Aka WW Industries Cobra Import Export & Granton Marketing IF IT LOOKS LIKE A SCAM, TALKS LIKE A SCAM, SOUNDS LIKE A SCAM AND ACTS LIKE A SCAM; YOU HAVE EVRY RIGHT TO CALL IT A SCAM From an old employee Worldwide
Maybe calling it a scam is too harsh a word. It's not really a scam; it's just a no, I suppose it is a scam.
I worked for DS MAX in Australia for about 6 years. I was promoted to Assistant Manager four months after starting and shortly therafter opened my own office in a new city...
Entity
Categories: Employment Services
62, Report:
#702203
Posted Date:
Mar 03 2011
Archetype, Inc. Integrated Acquisitions, Archetype Solutions, Cydcor, DS-Max, Melissa White, Zane Abato Honestly, even in this economy you can do better than work as a door-to-door salesman for what is essentially a legalized pyramid scheme . Tigard, Oregon
First off, I want to say that this report is not in any way intended to lambaste either Zane or Melissa or accuse them of being the devil incarnate. Personally, I think they themselves are just as much victims of this scam as their employees.
I’m also not making this ...
Entity
Categories: Employers
63, Report:
#693548
Posted Date:
Feb 10 2011
TMG Solutions ,Stephen Kordella, Formerly The Merl Group Don't be tricked by TMG and other Cydcor Companies they're very good liers!!! Indianapolis, Indiana
If you have worked at TMG or any other Cydcor Affiliate this will blow your mind. This report depicts there M/O from start to finish. It's almost scary how true it is.
What do you mean DOOR TO DOOR!?! Months of just scraping by on the edge of poverty. Not being paid. Losing My S...
Entity
Categories: Multi-Level Marketing
64, Report:
#663485
Posted Date:
Feb 03 2011
Integrated Concepts Hartford CT Cydcor Office Deceptive Hiring practices, in hiring people. Integrated Conepts lured me to try and come in with their lies. Call and ask what the compensation is, ask what the position is about and she lies. Just s Internet
If your reading this you most likely stumbled on an ad or received a phone call from Jennifer at Integrated Concepts in Hartford and got the feeling like you weren't quite sure about what they did but were invited back for a second or maybe even a first interview. Did...
Entity
Categories: Multi Level Marketing
65, Report:
#660271
Posted Date:
Nov 10 2010
Cobra, Innovage, DS Max Red Square Direct, Jessie Young, Larry Tennenbaum Companies that make money off the employee London, Nationwide
Where do I begin? I worked for a company called Red Square Direct in London for four months.....and it felt like the longest four months of my life. I never thought I would be brainwashed by a company, but I was broken down and moulded into a sheep. The company worked on the basis o...
Entity
Categories: Satellite Companies
66, Report:
#64330
Posted Date:
Oct 06 2010
Apex Marketing And Promotions, Inc. lies, deception, manipulation, exploitation Upper Darby Pennsylvania
Apex Marketing and Promotions, Inc., an affiliate of Cydcor/DS-MAX is presented as a full scale management position. They say that you will be cross-trained in all aspects of the company but refuse to answer any questions about compensation and exact responsibilities. The first roun...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
67, Report:
#279750
Posted Date:
Oct 06 2010
Infinity Marketing Group two more marketing Groups you should know about Roseville Michigan
I also was a victim of the ds-max and innovage marketing scams, i worked for infinity marketing group in roseville when you go for your inteview they ask you standard questions after you fill out a questionar then the next day you will get a phone call saying that we want you to co...
Entity
Categories: Sales People
69, Report:
#185917
Posted Date:
May 20 2010
CYDCOR, GRANTON, DSMAXX, MAC MARKETING INTL, MIAMI MARKETING WORKS, LEXERO, INNOVATIVE, CYDCOR, GRANTON, DSMAXX, MAC MARKETING INTL LOW PAY, LONG HOURS, FALSE PROMISES, FAILING COMPANY, LYING CEO, NO REIMBURSEMENT, 100% COMMISSION, ENCOURAGE LYING ON TAX FORMS. DO NOT WORK FOR RAFAEL DIAZ, SARABETH KING...wolf in sheeps clothing Richmond Virginia, Florida, Tennesee, Maryland, Rhode Island, ALL OVER THE DAMN USA Nationwide
All i gotta say is before you work for any of these companies under Cydcor, Granton, or DSMaxx....DO YOUR RESEARCH!!
Some of these companies include Amy Connelly @ MAC MARKETING INTL,Sarabeth King @ MIAMI MARKETING WORKS, Alex Ferero @ LEXERO INC., INNOVATIVE, DYNAMIC, JOHNSTON,...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
70, Report:
#600532
Posted Date:
May 06 2010
NY Promotional Events Island Events MLM, SCAM, DS MAX Deer Park, New York
Don't waste your time or get involved in this scam. Read this link first before taking time to go in for an interview. READ FIRST http://wolfram.org/scam/ds_max/1.htmlGood luck out there....
Entity
Categories: Employers
71, Report:
#442718
Posted Date:
May 05 2010
Green Light Marketing For wasting people's time, for getting their hopes up, for being a white collar multi-level marketing cult, and most of all, for acts of deception GREEN LIGHT MARKETING & Cydcor is on my list. This information was updated as of APR 2009. Chicago illinois
The charges
For wasting people's time, for getting their hopes up, for being a white collar multi-level marketing cult, and most of all, for acts of deception GREEN LIGHT MARKETING & Cydcor is on my list. This information was updated as of APR 2009.
The Proof
I went to an inte...
Entity
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
72, Report:
#597228
Posted Date:
Apr 28 2010
CYDCOR Cydcor Money Cult westlake, Ohio
Vanguard Innovations is promoted as a residential division of AT&T but really is just a reseller. My boyfriend got hooked and was a golden boy there. He was earning on average $600 a week and was promoted to Leadership quickly. He had people working under him who he was tr...
Entity
Categories: Sales People
73, Report:
#590606
Posted Date:
Apr 22 2010
Quantum Events, DS-Max, Innovage, Smart Circle Quantum, Smart Circle, FW1 Companies are hurting Internet
FYI Folks, keep posting on here, these companies are hurting, getting smaller everyday....If you have worked for one of these divisions, you will be happy to know, Innovage is changing all thier staff over to smartcircle email addresses, cause thats the only division with a somewhat...
Entity
Categories: Cult
74, Report:
#492112
Posted Date:
Mar 23 2010
Cydcor, Smart Circle, Quantum, DS Max, Innovage Red Phoenix Intl., Empire Promotional Events, Polaris Inc., The 1080 Group, Eagle Eye Expecations, Protege Marketing Group Door to Door sales, misleading job postings on the internet New Brunswick, New Jersey
I just recently began looking for work in the Central New Jersey area and came across these job postings for a few companies that are involved in the DS Max, Cydcor, Smart Circle, Quantum, Innovage network. The job postings and the descriptions you will be given when interview...
Entity
Categories: Door to Door Sales
75, Report:
#161920
Posted Date:
Mar 05 2010
Symmetry Direct - Genesis Recruiting Fraud, Ripoff Hillard Ohio
Well, it seems as if I am reporting the first of (what will probably be) many rip off reports on this company. I fealt defrauded because I answered a newspaper add (Columbus Dispatch)for costumer service reps. Now this add had no dollar amount or no big promises (unlike a Ds max t...
Entity
Categories: Employers