Give Scentura credit.. despite conning people for over 10 years with bogus offers of managers’ jobs, these folks won’t quit. The scam has not changed one bit in 10 years and all the con men read from the same playbook. They advertise, offering positions as managers, you take the bait and go for an interview where you get hired, but when you report for work you find yourself hustling bottles of cheap perfume on street corners. The scam has victimized thousands and thousands. Nine months ago we did the story, and now we have found out the scam is still spreading. Be warned and let us know what you think of the scam and our story. 
BELOW ARE JUST A FEW OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE COME IN REGARDING THE SCAM
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scentura creations has once again opened an office and its in my part of town st. charles missouri, i noticed you did a story on this and thought you may want to do another because these offices are still poping up and i fell for it along with others that are still not aware its a scam but now they are making us sign a paper saying we will not talk bad about the company or we will be sued so i do not want to give out my name
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I was employed by SYNERGY EXPANSION, located at 1425 Koll Ciecle Suite #101 in San Jose, CA 95116.
I was there for one week because I found out they were liying to me, I was hired for the Maneger Position, and ended up saleing Scentura Creations fragances on Parkinglots all over the City. I was told that I was going to get paid on Friday the 14th, but nothing happend and they did’nt mention anything about it in our meeting that same day Evan & Liz, that’s how that Office’s Owners are called. I know I did something really wrong because I kept 7 bottles of Perfume, but I am very Overwhelmed by what they did to me, I was their number one seller in their office and they keot telling me that I was going to get Promoted on that comming Saturday, But when I started conecting their lies I did’nt know what to do, I’m a Single Mother of two Beautiful Children, and they made me work for them from 9:00 to 6:00pm
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Hello! I have 1 of your best scam artist new location in Atlanta,Ga.Once again Mr.Larry Hahn Scenteura Creations.They almost got me.My training start this monday at 10:30 everything you said is true.I wanted not to think anything bad about the business but,I just could not help to look and research for myself and others that will be there monday.If you can please got catch them to save the others.I was able to meet some very cool hard working new people that will be starting training monday & 1 girl even is a young single mother catching the bus and a college student, other are just out of high school & married with a family like me looking for extra income.I seen you on youtube I know what you are about so please crack down on them again
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I’m 32 and been looking for a job for way to long now. The scentura scam caught my wife’s eye, (we have 4 kids to feed also), so she set up an interview for me. They’re still doing it. The a so called “Business” by the name Coastal Promotions in Mira Mesa, CA. Here’s their phone number and address if you can use it. Hopefully this Larry Hahn Douchebag will get his soon for wasting honest peoples time.
858-554-1156 ph.
6790 Top Gun Street #5
San Diego California 92121
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HI I was a victim of Scentura Creations they made everything sound good but im glad i did research and found out some things they not even liscensed by the BBB.I need u to investigate.there in Palose Hills,Il 10661 Roberts Road.Im willing to help this company need to be SHUT DOWN!!!!!!!!
I believe there is a Scentura going on in San Diego by the name of “COASTAL
PROMOTIONS” offering to train people to be managers. Its my second day and
they are wanting us to try and
sell perfumes and colognes on the street. It would be awesome if you could
pay them a visit.
The location is: 6790 Top Gun street San Diego, California
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I am currently caught in the middle of one of these scams. I think it would be great if you helped me humiliate them like they’ve humiliated me. I would love to see them get completely shut down. Here’s the address to “S&G Enterprise” (scentura)
2751 Fruitridge rd. 95820 suite 14
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I have been scammed by another Scentura Creations office out of Baymeadows FL. They posted an ad saying that the job was not commission based, but in fact, thats the only way they payed you, if they even had the money to pay you that week. They need to be stopped for good, Larry Huhn has started a crooked pyramid and someone needs to knock it down.
They are now at 11452 Martin Street, Coon Rapids, MN. They are calling themselves “T&T Associates”. Will, Rob, Tracy, Deb, Kerri, Jez, and Tiffany. 612-910-2284 and 320-455-1783 are their associated numbers.
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Scentura and world perfume are now in rhode island with the name eastcoastmanagement. I went to the second interview and immediatly knew it was a scam. I looked around the room thinking did anyone else think this guy was a joke? But everyone was sucked in i guess im one of the lucky few who actually trusted their gut. Sure enough i looked them up in the internet and confirmed they were a fraud. Hope you can get the word out their address is 461 main st the guy has a partner and one named jeremy, other is marvin say
I was targeted by the same scam however under a different name then scentura. I was targeted by Southern Distribution Group in Deerfield Beach Florida. They have the same exact MO as scentura and i have found others who have been targeted by this group of individuals under different company names. The people involved in the Deerfild beach location are Dan Long regional manager, Dan Chasin Branch Manager, Neil Johnston Personal Director, and Roweena (no last name) office manager. Thses people have gone and done this scam many times over i have found just some of the names of the companies they have done this under:
National Marketing Aurora Colorado
SMC Management Group Indianapolis Indiana
Sentre Management National Management Worthington Ohio
Executive Management llc Arizona
Innovative Managment Inc Arizona
Imi Innovative management Colorado
National Marketing Colorado
Imi world perfume Arizona
Sara Carl Management LLC Arizona
Perfume world Arizona
Executive Image Colorado
Right now they are basing themselves out of Deerfiled beach florida, address 10 fairway dr deerfield beach fl 33441 and phone number 9546354401.
I am thankful i did my research before giving these scammers any of my personal info. Thank you Investigative guy for the video that sounded all too familiar. ,,
Fortunate,,
thanks for your comments. i ran across the ad in craiglist and gave them a call today and supposedly set up an interview for tomorrow at noon. since ive read this i wont be going… although i was thinking of maybe going and showing whoever might be there what theyre really doing. Anyhow i was supposed to go to 7798 nw 64 st doral, fl. i spoke to “George” by 7864161673. Thanks for your help.
Investigativeguy John Mattes here
I have included the comment below just to show how mean-spirited and pathetic the Scentura con artists really are.They are afraid of the truth and that is why they keep trying to post here.
ATTENTION!!!!
YOU ALLEGEDLY MISLEAD LOSERS!!!!
We don’t have to read your resume, your unemployed.
You don’t do us a favor by showing up,you don’t even have a job.
You complain about nothing.
Probably because you are nothing.
Half of you are probably still jobless, living at home, or scraping up 5$ and making life decisions between putting it in your gas tank or buying noodles.
While we still have a job.
We OWN the job.
No one scammed you. No one took advantage of you.(your broke)
When are you going to realize your stupid threats don’t phase us.
We just replace you..
Just like they do at walmart(where you probably work at)
Do you want cheese with your whine.Lol
(but your probably to broke to get the joke)
Some people just can’t work for themselves.
Your life’s rejects..
But hey,someone has to detail my car :}
I can’t believe I almost fell for this SCAM!! I wasted 2 days on fake promises. They made me feel so foolish!! but I’m so glad I was smart enough to look up the address on google and come across this site! This saved me from quitting my recent job…good thing I found out before I turned in my 2 weeks. BE AWARE of this address 7798 NW 64th Miami Fl 33166 this is nothing but a SCAM!!!! There lucky I had to go to work today otherwise I would be in the first training ripping there heads of for playing me!!! Karma will come back on those cruel people one day!!
Thanks for the warning guys(:
I just came home from the ecact same place Jon Doe below me described on his message. Damon was the one who conducted the first interview (if you can even call it that).. it was after that encounter that I ran home and did a quick search for ‘South Regional Management Company’; That was a name written on a sheet of paper and taped to the inside of the front door.
I found it strange that even though i was more then happy to provide my resume he barely looked at it, and never asked me anything about my qualifications. Although I must say that my first red flag was the blaring music when I entered and the dishovled appearance of the ‘office’. I dont know any corporate office that would have that ambiance.
Anyway, 5 minutes into the supposed first interview he invites me to a second interview about an hour and a half later (At 12:30 p.m.). I ran home and researched the company, low and behold, it didnt have a website. I checked on sunbiz.org and the name did appear there.. but for nowhere near 33 years (the supposed about of time that the company has ben in business.. over 900 locations globally).. it was more like 8 months.
Anyway I went to the ‘second interview’ out of morbid curiosity. First Damon came in and told us that we had all been selected, congratulated us, and then made some jokes. Then Shanelle came in (not sure on that spelling) and gave us a breakdown as to what the company is (finally). She started talking about perfume. ‘Bootleg’ perfume as she lovingly referred to it. Once I heard her mention it I knew that it was totally bogus. I stayed just to see where it would all go.
She went on about the benifits: after 90 days you get health care, 180 days you get simple dental, she never mentioned the car insurance but she did mention the 20 weeks (unpaid) vacation after a year. She explained that it was not paid because you’ll be traveling 10 times a year for rally’s and cruises.
After her presentation was over Damon came back and closed the ‘interview’ up by telling us about the training schedule: 9-5:30ish monday through friday. Saturdays were ‘Promotion Days’ where we could move ahead in our training.
I remember there was a part of the ‘interview’ where Damon stated: I dont care if you have commited any crimes, gone to jail, where you worked before, what experience you have, if you use drugs.. we dont care about your past, we only care about today forward. Apparently they dont want to spend the money on standard drug tests because it costs the company too much money.
I couldnt believe that someone would actually want to appoint another person as a ‘manager’ without even glancing at their employment history, let alone their criminal records.
Bleh… sad I wasted so much of my time here.
Thanks for the video it was really helpful.
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I applied for a ‘Manager’ job with a perfume company. They were hesitant with telling me the name of the company during my first and second interview. Everything just didn’t seem right. My wife had a gut feeling that this was some kind of scam job full time job. After a few days of training with them, they finally showed me the products that I will be in charge of and then proceed to tell me that I will have to sell 5 bottles of perfume to family and friends first before I get a promotion. I brought the perfumes home, my wife looked up the company named on the perfume and we found that it was a scam. I live in Minnesota and the “managers” had promised me a paid training; I was only there for a week, what are the chances that I will get a paycheck from these douche bags? Should I contact the police? Thank you for investigative reports, otherwie I would not have known (and my wife was right).
Hello Mr. Mattes. I ran across this same ad on Craigslist earlier this week and responded to it. I am currently unemployed and a college student studying Journalism, and I quickly called the number to see what the company was all about. It was already kind of fishy when they didn’t put the name of the company or what product they were selling in the ad.
This is the exact ad from Craigslist:
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*OFFICE EXPANDING, IN AND AROUND THE TRI-COUNTY AREA!!!
*NEED TO FILL 18-25 POSITIONS IMMEDIATELY!!!
*MUST HAVE A GREAT ATTITUDE AND ENJOY WORKING WITH PEOPLE!!!
(POSITIONS AVAILABLE):
*FRONT DESK HELP- Answering heavy phones
-Handling paperwork
-Filing and Faxing
-Handling Money
*MANAGERS -Overseeing an office of 15-20 people
-Deligating job duties
-Make sure duties are done
-Must love working with people!!!
*STOCK ROOM -Handling inventory
-Ordering etc…..
*SALES TEAM LEADERS-Must be able to lead by example!!!!
NO EXPERIENCE NECCESSARY!! WILL TRAIN FOR ALL POSITIONS…
STARTING SALARY AFTER TRAINING UP TO $40K…..
CALL FOR IMMEDIATE INTERVIEW!!!
786 416-1673
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I called the number posted here and left a message responding to the job. Surprisingly, they called me back within the hour, and told me to come in for an interview at 12:45 PM the following day. I went in yesterday, October 13, 2011 for my first interview… and when I arrived to the office I was already having second thoughts. The office they had was basically empty. The first floor contained a waiting room with chairs. The bathroom had a broken sink on the floor an no lights, and for a company that offers 40K to their employees after training, it was hard to believe there were no computers or televisions in the facility. After waiting for half an hour , instead of having a one-on-one interview as expected, this guy named Damon called four people at a time into a small crammed office. He then told us about how the company is in 900+ locations for 33 years and they are an “International Wholesale Distribution Company” looking to expand and opening 25 new offices soon. He then began “interviewing” everyone in the room, I being the only one with a resume might I add. He basically read a questionnaire and asked us our age, if we wanted a “job or opportunity”, and if we were available Monday-Friday from 9AM-5PM. Mind you, not once did he look over my resume and ask about past experience in sales or management. What already got me suspicious was that he was saying he would choose people he felt capable for the tasks at hand, yet he selected everyone for a “second interview” the following day.
This morning was my 2nd interview. I walked in to the same office, after waiting for about 45 minutes in the waiting room (with about 30+ people), Damon told all of us to go upstairs into the “conference room.” Instead of an interview, a current “lead manager” who was in the training program for 5 weeks (supposedly) ran the ORIENTATION rather than an experienced person in the company as you would expect. After breaking down what the company distributes (cheap knockoff perfumes), she told us we had an 8 week training program, but that it could be as short as two weeks. She broke it down into a “CROSS-TRAINING” program for people who wanted to do Administration and Management. There were two levels of this 8 week course broken down into 4 parts:
BASIC TRAINING
1. Marketing (2 weeks)
2. Training/Evaluation Phase (2 weeks)
HANDS-ON
3. Administrative (2 weeks)
4. Management (2 weeks)
After she explained the levels, the first thing they said was we could cut the Marketing part of the training process down to 1 day instead of two weeks if we did an “assignment” with our family and friends. Basically at that point, I figured it was a scam. They wanted us to sell their cheap perfumes to our family & friends. This lady then walks in, claiming to be the CEO of the company and tells us her “success story” of being homeless, then joining the company and becoming a millionaire all of a sudden, living in a mansion and driving a Benz.
When the entire charade finally ended, Damon gave us an “information sheet” trying to get our names and security contacts & references down. It asked for our License #, type of car we drive, License plate #, had a line for our Bank, Account number and our signatures. He told us not to put any of the bank information down, but I still found it suspicious it would be on the paper to begin with. They told us it would be a paid training, (in cash), cash bonuses for showing improvement in training, and that after you passed the training you would begin receiving your checks and automatic 40K a year.
They also promised:
1. Company Healthcare after 90 days
2. Simple Dental after 120 days
3. Car Allowance after 190 days
4. Two week vacation after 1 year with the company
5. Company rally in Las Vegas at the end of June, beginning of July.
That was the basic breaking of the “Interview” process of this company. I noticed the name of the company at the door said South Regional Management, it had no number or address on it. Also, in the conference room, there were a bunch of makeshift certificates with random peoples names who made “sales” with the name D.V.A printed under it.
I quickly came home and checked the name and company and saw a bunch of SCENTURY SCAM headlines in Google and saw your video. I’m glad I didn’t get sucked into the “Training Program” waste of time, but as a Journalist, I would love to write a story about this and present it to the head editor at my school with your help if you would be interested in helping me.
The Address of the company is:
7798 NW 64th Street. Miami-Doral, FL. Zip: 33166
Phone: 786 416-1673
Thanks for your report!
Jon
My name is Matt Marshall. I am currently caught up in the scentura scam in Saint Louis, calling themselves American (with an American flag on the sign in sheet no less) but they don’t know I am on to them. I want to help bring them down. I will gladly wear a wire or hidden camera and continue on in the program to help expose them and save people from the damage they are causing. I feel violated because I did the first week and bought the BS hook line and sinker, fortunately I DID take good notes and some of what they said didn’t add up so I did some digging and found out about the lies and your website. God Bless you!
I went through the first interview, which was very short and the office was dirty and poorly kept. As soon as I opened the door I could hear loud rap music, people shouting and cheering and young people walking around using vulgar language. Tracy was the lady that interviewed me. She briefly gave me an overview of the company and said it is a fragrance company, which caught me by suprise because nothing in the entire office hinted at that. Tracy asked me some brief questions about my experience, made some comments about how cool I was and wanted me to rate my customer service skills on a 1-10 scale. Then she told me to call back later in the day to find out if I was accepted for a second interview, which I was. Upon showing up to the second interview, there were several other people in the office waiting for it to start. When they escorted us to the room, he had the movie “Dont mess with the Zohan” playing as to “relax
us”. I will admit that I was only a little skeptical on the procedure of all this but I still was eager to make $30,000 so I sat through the entire thing.
Jez entered with tons of enthusiasm and a really loud voice and tons of jokes and relatable subjects like partying, drinking and rap music (as most of us were 20 somethings). He went on about how a good attitude is the most important thing to him when hiring new “superstars”. He also said he was watching for skepticism in our faces and whether we were taking good notes. I took it seriously and wrote several pages of notes, making sure he could see my participation. As you already know, he educated us about the company’s history with vague facts, some stuff about perfume and the differences between PARFUME and TOILETTE spray blah blah. He even pulled out two wads of cash from his pocket and teased one of the other applicants with a $100 dollar bill telling him he could get it easily in one day of the “Learning Program” as long as you stick with it and dont display a bad attitude/skepticism/crybaby etc. Jez also said he could see that out of the
12-15 of us, 4 of us were skeptics and we know who we are and we should walk out of the room, to my suprise, 2 people walked out of the room! This is when I started to get suspicious, I even thought about walking out myself but I stuck through the rest of the 3 hour spiel and continued to take notes. I found it weird that at the very end, and I must add that I was exhausted at this point, so much information was spewed out of his fat mouth that I felt a bit disoriented in the head. He brought up the fact that people like to talk and nothing is private anymore because of the internet, and that (his exact words) “you can talk about me all you want, because I’m happy with myself, but if you talk about my company or my people, I WILL GET YOU” It was also clearly stated in those words on a “disclaimer” he had us all sign before we left the room. I did sign it. He gave everyone a time to call back and find out if we were accepted, not asking any of us
any questions or attempt to get to know anyone. I left feeling a bit dizzy and tired, and I found it odd that one of his employees stood outside the building as we were all exiting to say goodbye and “high five” us. My assumption for the reason for this was so that we wouldn’t talk to eachother about the “interview”.
I was told to call back that afternoon at 4:30. Having a couple hours to kill, I called all my friends and family to tell them I may have gotten a new job and found myself unable to clearly describe exactly what I would be doing or what the company was called. I knew it was called Executive Associates, but there was no business name on the door or on the directory in the lobby of the building.
I made the call at 4:30 and got an automated response from Magic Jack saying that the line was busy, no voicemail, nothing. All of a sudden my phone rang and it was Jez, he told me he was interested in having me come in for the orientation and start the “Learning Program”. I was a bit hesitant as he was talking so fast (just as before) and he kept saying that I should not take the job if I was skeptical or self consious. I corrected him and said I am not self consious, just nervous because I didn’t have any experience in running an office. I wish I would have told him to kick rocks now but I said I would take the job and be at the first orientation in 2 weeks when I put in my notice at my current job.
I called my Dad immediately and expressed my excitement and nervousness. While on the phone with me, he asked if I had researched this company on the internet and I said no. He had difficulty finding anything under “Executive Associates” but when he did, he started reading off several posts calling it a scam, fraudulent, non licensed etc…
I felt had. I was angry but my skepticism was warrented. All of the crazy things Jez said in the interview started to come together as I was reading multiple testimony’s that were similar to mine, thank God I didn’t quit my job. I fully know now that every person in that 2nd “interview” was “hired”. There’s no way Jez knew all of our names and faces by heart after meeting most of us just that one time.
The address I interviewed both times was at:
9220 Bass Lake Road
Executive Suite E
Crystal, MN 55428
763-270-8507
Let me know if there is anything else I can add or help with. I know that all those managers (Jez, Tracy, Will, Rob and Karrie) will get what they deserve, I just don’t want anyone else to fall for it.
Well hi my name is myrrna. i have a story about scentura i saw an add in the penny saver about a manager position in anaheim California when i went in there was like 10 other people there waiting on their interview i stuck around just to see what it was about. i got the second interview when i got there Wednesday morning i saw that all the people that were in the first interview were all there. i really didnt think nothing of it until i went to the first day of training which i really didn’t like it cause they really didn’t tell us much about the company the girl bella said she was making 300,000$ a year but shes driving and old beat car. your report really helped me thank you
I was viewing some of your reports about sentura creations, well I too was duked into working for Big Schott Management in Metairie, LA they promised me that if i came everyday and produced well then that I will be on my way to first be a manager and then own my own office, I thought that my break had finally came I even told alexis hernandez aka alex and Pat the two people who run the office at 4617 Sanford St Suite B, Metairie , LA 70006 upstairs from the bar and grille, that I really needed that chance because me and my family were staying in a motel and we needed the money or become homeless, so after being hired they told me that since i dont live in a house or apartment then i cant take any bottles home. I have no idea why, I also was wondering why we couldnt let the people filling out apps to even see us, they would try to schedule interviews after our morning meeting and after we had left, also they have pamphlets stating that the product is oil based but when I lo
oked on the back of the boxes that the bottles were in it states that it is based with alcohol and water. Also, when me and 3 other guys drove to mississippi the cops were called on us and we were told to leave the city and not to come back (i have never heard of being kicked out of an entire city before. When I asked to see the business lic. Alex told me that its put up but we are covered, although officials told me that each individual has to carry one on them at all times. There is a lot more to it please feel free to call me and i hope u will expose them to everyone including the ppl in the office that they have brain washed. Thank u!!!
Scentura in Fort Lauderdale, FL. I went for 2 days straight then just watched your video. I’m 19, a white male, and they tried to target 20 other african american women. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Thanks again, Shane. http://miami.craigslist.org/brw/csr/2606242337.html
2 days ago I went to an interview with this company called Designers International. I wasted my gas and spent 4 hours there just to listen to these evil people trying to brain wash and scam honest desperate people that are just trying to find a job. I came home angry as a hornet and desided to do some thorough research on this company and found that they where call Scentura creations and that they go from city to city to scam desperate people using differant company names. I saw your video on youtube when you busted these guys. The name of the person that interviewed me and did the orientation was Rob Zuckert, if thats even his real name, anyways he is one of those guys that was in your video when you busted this company. At the orientation, all they talked about is money and this guy named Larry Hahn, and that we should worship him because he’s the founder of the company. The whole time i was there, it felt like i wa
s in a cult, and every one was just eating it up. I was told that my training starts 10:30 on monday, I already know that this is a scam but my question to you is should i still show up on monday to expose their scam to all the others that show up for training? I could just not go and forget i ever came there in the first place but that would be on my conscience for a while. I really want to save those people that where at that orientaion. Please give me some advice as to what i should do. Thank You
Scentura in Fort Lauderdale, FL. I went for 2 days straight then just watched your video. I’m 19, a white male, and they tried to target 20 other african american women. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Thanks again, Shane. http://miami.craigslist.org/brw/csr/2606242337.html
I was viewing some of your reports about sentura creations, well I too was duked into working for Big Schott Management in Metairie, LA they promised me that if i came everyday and produced well then that I will be on my way to first be a manager and then own my own office, I thought that my break had finally came I even told alexis hernandez aka alex and Pat the two people who run the office at 4617 Sanford St Suite B, Metairie , LA 70006 upstairs from the bar and grille, that I really needed that chance because me and my family were staying in a motel and we needed the money or become homeless, so after being hired they told me that since i dont live in a house or apartment then i cant take any bottles home. I have no idea why, I also was wondering why we couldnt let the people filling out apps to even see us, they would try to schedule interviews after our morning meeting and after we had left, also they have pamphlets stating that the product is oil based but when I lo
oked on the back of the boxes that the bottles were in it states that it is based with alcohol and water. Also, when me and 3 other guys drove to mississippi the cops were called on us and we were told to leave the city and not to come back (i have never heard of being kicked out of an entire city before. When I asked to see the business lic. Alex told me that its put up but we are covered, although officials told me that each individual has to carry one on them at all times. There is a lot more to it please feel free to call me and i hope u will expose them to everyone including the ppl in the office that they have brain washed. Thank u!!!
Scentura in Fort Lauderdale, FL. I went for 2 days straight then just watched your video. I’m 19, a white male, and they tried to target 20 other african american women. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Thanks again, Shane. http://miami.craigslist.org/brw/csr/2606242337.html
scentura creations scam still going strong i just did my first day of training and all the scam came out and we need to stop this i just came from 1 out of the 7 offices with 40 people each please contact me
I almost got caught into this not once, but twice. The first time was in Columbia Heights, MN, and the second time was just today, in New Hope, MN. The first time I never got a call back for a second interview so I just shrugged it off and didn’t think anything of it. But today I did, and it just felt so shady, the atmosphere, so I decided to look it up, and sure enough.
9220 Bass Lake Road
New Hope, MN 55428
is yet another location of these bozos. Hopefully my fellow Twin Citians will stay away. I can only hope.
Does Stonewall Management a real Company because I just talk to them about a job opportunity in their Company….Please let me know.
Actually John that’s in the independent contractor agreement.
That’s included in clause 1 and 4.
Which states,” you can sell these goods whenever,wherever,and in any way you see fit”
Clause 2 states that,” no claims are made they are to be original fragrances”
Also an extension of clause 4 states you are responsible for any extra licenses.
Now remember these offices are independently owned.
HERE IS THE FINE PRINT..YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL TAXES AND LICENSES .. IN OTHER WORDS A PEDDLER LICENSE WHICH COULD TAKE WEEKS TO GET APPROVED AND COSTS IN SOME CITIES $150 IS YOUR PROBLEM
So after they lie to you about a manager’s job they get you to sign a document saying it is all a scam and that they owe you nothing.Do they tell you you will sell cheap perfume illegally without permits??
Don’t fight with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.
State proof.
Where is the evidence of you losers getting scammed.
Where is the false promise of an office when most of you did not even complete 3 weeks.
Your stating your opinion.
Facts is there is an independent contractor agreement that you sign either your first or second day.(depending on the office,which all offices are independently owned)
In the agreement form it states that,”no joint venture including employee/employer master/servant etc….”
Also clause 4 states,”I am my own boss,I am responsible for all applicable taxes. State and federal and no claim will be made of employer/employee relationship”
With that being stated where’s the leg to stand on. Legally.
Oh!
There is none.
My suggestion is to get a life.
Seriously!!!
As Larry winget would say,”shut up,stop whining, and get a life”
Nobody took advantage of any of you..
You have nothing to take advantage of.
Don’t get me wrong, there is pros and cons in our business, but
there’s also pros and cons being a wage slave.
One of those is employees get taxed the most.
Insignificant people with your karma crap.
Nobody did anything wrong to none of you..
You choose to be there.
You choose to come back for another int.
You choose to listen.
Nobody had a gun to your head.
recently my daughters friend told her about a “receptionist” position. So i took her to the interview and she came out talking about the guy that interviewed her was laid back and nice and that he asked her if she would be able to manage 6-8 people for an entry level management position. He said he would get back to her by later that evening to let her about a second interview. I actually spoke to the guy myself for an interview as well.. i wasn’t even dressed for an interview and he was like thats okay.. when i went into to the office it looked kind of weird.. it was very colorful and he had hip hop music blasting.. well he started to talk about the position and at first it was catching me, but the way the guy was talking and mumbling i had a feeling something wasn’t right. After we sat there for about 10 mins talking i asked him again what the company was because when he first mentioned i couldn’t understand what he was saying.. and so when he said Whole Sale Frangrance Company.. and that the owner was Larry Haun and that it was a fortune 500 company.. i didnt beleive it… when i was getting ready to leave i asked him a few more questions.. like where would i be situatated if i was to take the job.. he said depends on where they have space available, that it could even be california and that the company would pay for moving expenses and the first apartment.. that’s when i realized i couldn’t get out of there faster even if i jumped out the window… it was totally bogus.. so yeah this person/office was situtated in Brockton, MA.. so just to let yall know outthere.. be careful..
All Smiles wrote: “All smiles says:
June 17, 2011 at 1:56 pm
What a bunch of losers!!!!,
Not the ones that are running what you call a scam.,I mean the ones that have empty complaints…..John mattes is a uninformed reporter…like all reporters are….
You can see how they edited the response…
When are you wage slaves going to realize that your not going to stop us….
You should do something more productive with your life then proving that were scams…
….we keep opening offices morons….
Please get a life…all of you……especially if you were in a office for 3 days..,or a whole two weeks….and I didn’t get a office……well smartass you were only there for 2 weeks…..
Listen complainers…,after your done voicing your opinions..,move on with your life….
Your still unemployed..,which is about 9.1 %
Average person is unemployed about 34 weeks
CEO’s are making 350times more than there workers
Jobs are getting outsourced
And wall street is making record bonuses……
Go get them!!!!
Not an individual that went thru a training program,worked there ass off and finished…
Oh but there the scam and wall street isn’t….
The way the economy is…I would rather peddle fake perfume on street corners…..
Hey…at least these people still own there own business…while you morons have to still look for a job.lol”
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“John is an informed reporter, like all reporters are”? Uh, what? I assume you’ve compiled statistical data on every former and current reporter as a precursor to your conclusion, yes?
I’ll tell you who’s uniformed, and a “moron” (All Smiles verbiage, not mine). Give up? A guy who has a fetish for ellipses and can’t finish a sentence with a period.
Your incoherent rambling and poor sentence structure lead me to believe you’re not very educated. Am I correct? Don’t answer that. Admittedly, my statistical analysis on that question is about as thorough as your reporter theory. However, I have your bad grammar, flawed reasoning and punctuation mistakes as my evidence.
It’s truly sad people who start these quasi-businesses defend it here by disparaging those desperate for employment, while also trying to “get over” on the same people they’re disparaging against.
Many believe in karma! Your karma will come soon enough.
I feel sad for those who are desperate for work, and are looking for income. To those, I say keep trying, it will happen soon enough. Stay away from marketing schemes like this one!
I would also point out to “Vertical Smiles” in reference to his original post with respect to those who do not finish training. There is a quick rebuttal, in which I retort:
Sir, you can’t put whipcream on dogsh^^!
Oh yes, one more thing All Smiles:
Maybe if you’re lucky enough, you’ll figure out scam businesses like the ones you support are deceptive and actively dupe people into thinking they can make a living. If so, you might become an honest person and help those less fortunate identify what jobs to stay away from. If not, then karma should unfold the way universe intends it to and you’ll get run over in traffic.
Have a nice day.
Props to you John for the great work! Keep it up buddy!
All Smiles wrote: “All smiles says:
June 17, 2011 at 1:56 pm
What a bunch of losers!!!!,
Not the ones that are running what you call a scam.,I mean the ones that have empty complaints…..John mattes is a uninformed reporter…like all reporters are….
You can see how they edited the response…
When are you wage slaves going to realize that your not going to stop us….
You should do something more productive with your life then proving that were scams…
….we keep opening offices morons….
Please get a life…all of you……especially if you were in a office for 3 days..,or a whole two weeks….and I didn’t get a office……well smartass you were only there for 2 weeks…..
Listen complainers…,after your done voicing your opinions..,move on with your life….
Your still unemployed..,which is about 9.1 %
Average person is unemployed about 34 weeks
CEO’s are making 350times more than there workers
Jobs are getting outsourced
And wall street is making record bonuses……
Go get them!!!!
Not an individual that went thru a training program,worked there ass off and finished…
Oh but there the scam and wall street isn’t….
The way the economy is…I would rather peddle fake perfume on street corners…..
Hey…at least these people still own there own business…while you morons have to still look for a job.lol”
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“John is an informed reporter, like all reporters are”? Uh, what? I assume you’ve compiled statistical data on every former and current reporter as a precursor to your conclusion, yes?
I’ll tell you who’s uniformed, and a “moron” (All Smiles verbiage, not mine). Give up? A guy who has a fetish for ellipses and can’t finish a sentence with a period.
Your incoherent rambling and poor sentence structure lead me to believe you’re not very educated. Am I correct? Don’t answer that. Admittedly, my statistical analysis on that question is about as thorough as your reporter theory. However, I have your bad grammar, flawed reasoning and punctuation mistakes as my evidence.
It’s truly sad people who start these quasi-businesses defend it here by disparaging those desperate for employment, while also trying to “get over” on the same people they’re disparaging against.
Many believe in karma! Your karma will come soon enough.
I feel sad for those who are desperate for work, and are looking for income. To those, I say keep trying, it will happen soon enough. Stay away from marketing schemes like this one!
I would also point out to “Vertical Smiles” in reference to his original post with respect to those who do not finish training. There is a quick rebuttal, in which I retort:
Sir, you can’t put whipcream on dogsh^^!
Oh yes, one more thing All Smiles:
Maybe if you’re lucky enough, you’ll figure out scam businesses like the ones you support are deceptive and actively dupe people into thinking they can make a living. If so, you might become an honest person and help those less fortunate identify what jobs to stay away from. If not, then karma should unfold the universe intends it to and you’ll get run over in traffic.
Have a nice day.
Props to you John for the great work! Keep it up buddy!
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July 14, 2011 at 11:03 pm
Unfortunately I fell for this scam and have been upset & discouraged all day. I sent out a resume to a company called STONEWALL MANAGEMENT for an Entry Level Marketing position. I have been sending out resume, after resume, after resume, and I was surprised at how fast they got back to me. Instantly I got a funny feeling but I ignored it, probably because of how badly I want to get a job, I called and they set me up for an interview the next day (today) at 10:30AM. I got there and the office was completely empty except for two rooms, one with the blaring music and the other looked like an office but staged. Again I got that bad feeling & ignored it. I briefly talked to an older man waiting to be interviewed he was pretty chatty and expressed his concerned & skepticism due to the lack of information on the company through the internet. Although I agreed (in my head) I continued to ignore my intuition. He went in for his interview and was done within 10 mins. Another young girl came in for an interview and expressed the same concern. Now it was 10:40 and was my turn for an interview. I was told that they were an international marketing firm with 65 locations, and that they were a third party company with clients such as Home Depot, Best Buy, Sam’s Club, BJ’s, Target, and Lowes that helped these companies raise brand awareness through marketing & promotions. This sounded great to me!! The women continued to explain that since they were expanding so rapidly that they had come up with this “training program” which within 6 months you were to become a manager. Again, that feeling came up but …. yeap, you guessed it I ignored it! The interviewer continues to tell me that ” I am so excited, I think this is a perfect match especially with your prior work history” she asked me to stick around until 11:45AM so I can go out into the “field” with the “supervisor”…. I agreed (I know, I know).
I followed this “supervisor” to Home Depot, he sat me down in the kitchen & bath remodeling section. He proceeded to tell me more about the company and what they did (which is nothing). He said that he has only been working there 3 months and he has already been promoted to “supervisor” and in September he will “own” his own office. He said that you go from being a rep, to a leader, to a team leader, to a assistant manager, to an owner within 6 months!!!! Now my head is spinning.
He proceeded to tell me about the “job”, that you spend 6-7 hours in Home Depot(s) asking the customers if they are thinking about getting their kitchen remodeled. The customers that express interest are called “leads”, you continue to set up appointments for them with a “kitchen remodeling specialist”. The goal is to get about 15 leads per week, and you get paid anywhere from $600 – $800 a week!!! What are they even doing?!? They scheduling appointments and getting paid that kind of money?!!? So …. if you meet this goal 2 weeks in a row your promoted to a leader, another couple weeks a team leader, where your “supervising” a team of reps. But where do these “reps” come from? If everyone is guaranteed for growth within the company, does this company just never stop hiring? Once you have successfully “supervised” your own team for a COUPLE WEEKS you become an “owner” …… OWNER OF WHAT?!? The answer … I was told an office and you could make up to $100K a year.
This type of marketing is not illegal, and actually very popular in the US, however, many pyramid schemes try to present themselves as legitimate MLM businesses. They get profit based off of how many people they get to do this “training program” or recruit, and also the fact that they are making empty promises to people, and especially in such a hard economy.
“The United States Federal Trade Commission states “Steer clear of multilevel marketing plans that pay commissions for recruiting new distributors. They’re actually illegal pyramid schemes. Why is pyramiding dangerous? Because plans that pay commissions for recruiting new distributors inevitably collapse when no new distributors can be recruited. And when a plan collapses, most people – except perhaps those at the very top of the pyramid – end up empty-handed.” Wikipedia.org
I came across a comment, where someone had posted the email they received after sending in there resume … It cant be a coincidence that i received the SAME EXACT email, but whats weird is that they are two different companies in two different states!!!! The company in their email was from AXIS in Tempe, AZ & my email was from STONEWALL MANAGEMENT in Woburn, MA … exactly the same!
stonewall@executivehrdepartment.com to me
show details Jul 13 (2 days ago)
STONEWALL MANAGEMENT
10 Tower Office Park, Suite 500
Woburn, MA 01801
Hi Casey!
Thank you for applying for a job with STONEWALL MANAGEMENT. The management team is interested in meeting with you for an interview. We reviewed your resume and feel that you are qualified for one of our open positions. We compared your resume to others received and feel that you have the right skill set and experience that we are looking for in an employee.
This is our busy season and unfortunately interview times are limited. You can contact me directly at 781-305-3093, or you will be contacted by a member of our HR team shortly to set up an interview.
Sincerely,
Amy
Human Resource Manager
781-305-3093
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I just can’t grasp this whole concept, especially since I actually was in Home Depot watching them try & get people to buy there “product”. Is Home Depot aware of this or did they just get lucky and fly under the radar?!?! If anyone can shed some more light onto this whole situation I would really appreciate it. I felt hopeless & discouraged today, and disappointed in society but after I found this website it gave me some hope. Although I wasted an entire day, I do feel grateful that I didn’t get sucked into this scheme/”6 month training program”, I actually ended up ditching out and just driving away!!! I hope this website helps other people before the fact, but it helped me to know that we’re not all malicious in this world so thank you John Mattes for exposing this!!
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Ok Here we go I had my first interview back in December of 2010 at United Associates located at 2960 Winnetka Ave in Crystal MN. My first interview I thought was a little weird, because there were about 8 other people but I did not think much of it in the given state of the economy. Anyways Tracy did my first interview. I was pulled in the room with another older genital man she asked him questions and reviewed his papers first she went though it so fast and hardly had time to write the answers he was giving I knew then that he was not being accepted from the look on her face. He started to ask what the company was and she said it is a whole sale fragrance company, this did not detour me from not wanting a job. He then asked what types of things we would be managing? Tracy then told us that we have distributors that go and deliver the perfume and we just basically manage them. Tracy also said that the distributors are like CocaCola people who go deliver the product. How much better can this get I thought to my self no experience they are going to train me on how to manage them and give me an office of theirs to work from. She then sent him out of the room and started my interview. When she told me that in my first year I would be making 34-40 thousand dollars I was excited I didn’t have to worry about supporting myself and my family. Done deal right? Tracy had me call her that evening to see if I had been excepted for 2nd interview and so naturally I called and was happy to know I had been excepted for 2nd interview. When I got there the next day I was greeted by Jez the manager. He put me and about 15 other people in a room telling us that we were not competing for the position and that there were many available. I didn’t think much of it because hey I was going to make the big bucks. So that evening I was to call again to see if I had been accepted for the position and sure enough I was! That next week we were to have meetings and orientation. So I went the next week with my note book and pen just like Jez told me to. The first day they explained to us about all the perfumes and then told us that we should go home and talk to as many people as we could and sell as much perfume to our friends and family as possible. I didn’t understand why they wanted us to do this, because I had signed up to be a manager not a sales person. Jez and Tracy said that there was a bonus for making our goal and selling I think it was like 20 bottles got you $50 bucks or something. At this time Jez told us that they run bonuses all the time and some people make up to 500 or more a week on bonuses. Jez said and I quote ” People get bonuses for coming up with bonuses”. I thought great a pay check and extra income. The next day we came in and there were people there that I had never seen before they were teaching us a sales pitch again I didn’t ask questions because I thought that this was just them teaching us what some of our distributors would be asking people to get new clients. After this Jez said ok it is your first day “out in the field” I thought ok they are going to show us how to do deliveries. Nope I was wrong they sent us out with perfume and a trainer to go sell perfume out on the corner in parking lots in the middle of winter I was dressed for the office but I did not complain again I figured that we would just learn what we were to teach others how to do. So Jez gives us a list of levels of training that is to last 60-90 days only. Wow great! First step product line product knowledge and sales and marketing. The second level is Teaching and Training. And the third step is all the office admin. the job we really signed up for. At this point I am thinking ok I can do 60-90 days and Jez put it in writing that we are going to get an office upon completion of the learning program in 60-90 days no matter what. So I get to the second week of us going out on the streets and selling. And I am wondering where my paycheck is because so far at this point I have made about $20 bucks from selling perfume and I need gas money and money to pay for my living expenses. Jez is kind of intimidating and so is Tracy at this point so I as another trainer and she says AH no we don’t get paid. I knew it, it was all to good to be true. I couldn’t quite now I had already made it so far in the training so I keep going borrowing money from anyone I could at this point. I put many miles on my vehicle so all I am thinking is I need to do this so I can afford to pay everyone back to get a new car and to afford living where I am living. So I continue. I do not remember what month it was when this happened but after a Friday night of partying at the office someone got busted for smoking in the girls bathroom, among other things such as using to many parking spaces and for drinking in the office and for sleeping over night in the office. Among other things that were never disclosed to us. But anyways they locked Tracy, Jez, Rob, and Will all out of the office. Great this is where things get fishy but I remember I need this job to pay for things so I continue thinking that I am truly going to get this office because they keep telling me that it is going to happen. So United associates gets kicked out and we have no where to hold our meetings and meet except Heathers office in Columbia Heights. Not sure of the exact address but it is basically a hole in the wall where her office is to recruit people for Jez. She is the only one this far who has gotten an office that Jez has payed for. So we go to Heathers office and Jez sends me and people who live close to me with product and says I will call you when we know what is going on. Days go by with no word of what is going on. I sure as hell was not going to work unless I knew that they were not just up and leaving.
Finally I hear something from another person who worked there telling me to call Tracy to see what time to meet tomorrow. So I call and they have us meet in the same office. They basically tell us to not ever give up and was the stupidest meeting I have ever sat though in my whole life they wasted my time that day for nothing only to tell us that we would be moving to a new location.
They moved to a new location 9220 Bass Lake Rd, New Hope,MN. Now called Executive associates. (763)269-7585. I think this is the longest that they have ever had a phone number for they constantly change it when people get wind of the company.
So now before we move here I am in the last stage of the 60-90 day training. I am promoted to Executive Manager. But wait I don’t have an office in training I was told that when you get promoted to Executive Manager that you are in your own office. Jez asked me to find my office and get a lease so that it could be signed and we would go get the keys next weekend. So I go find an office and get the lease which I had no idea goes in your name but Jez tells us that if he doesn’t like the way you run your office he will pull you out and put someone else in and make you go though training again. At this point all I am thinking is good get me out of here he keeps coming up with stupid things for me to do and plus Jez and Tracy never trained me in the office so I hope I know everything I am doing.
In the middle of me getting the lease we move to the 9220 Bass Lake Rd office. Jez has me help out in the office for a while but comes in while I am on a recurting call and as I am leaving a message I am giving out the only phone number that we have always had he started yelling at me while I was leaving this message that, that is not our phone number and blah blah blah, so I continue and say the name of our company and this is where he gets furious. I say United associates. Apparently Jez and Tracy for got to tell everyone that they changed our name and phone number. This is when they started to treat everyone like shit. If they didn’t like you it was obvious. So I have my lease and when I ask when we are going to open the office Jez tells me that I need to sell 100 bottles to pay for the office to open it. I was a bit taken back by this because since the begining they tell you the company pays for your office to open. Jez goes since you will be in competition with me I don’t really wanna pay for your office. The reason I payed for Heathers office is because she is helping me out by sending people my way. This is where I had had enough. I knew that it was never going to happen It had been 6 months since I had started there I knew it was never going to happen.
They also have an office in Duluth MN. Not sure where the location is but it is there and Jez’s mom is running that one. I believe her name is Deb.
They brainwash you just like others have said. They want you to hangout with them and only them. Tracy,Jez,Rob,Will, and Kerri would all stay at the office and Drink the night away. Always showing up to work hung over telling us of their drunken night before. They all live in a house together that they do not want people to know they also don’t want people to know that Will and Rob sleep with every girl they can get their hands on while they are out on satellites. Which is where they take a group of people to go sell product where they do not have an office. They also do not want you to know that Jez,Will, and Rob have no license but yet they drive peoples cars everywhere. Tracy,Jez and Will all share a car,while Rob and Kerri usually drive in Rob’s truck. These people make that kind of money and only have one car? It’s because they all have DWI’s or DUI’s not sure of which 100% but that’s why they are not supposed to be driving. But still do. Do not let these people take advantage of you. They have money but waist it all on beer and stupid shit. While you are barley making it to work to get this office that you will never get.
If you have a vehicle they will use the shit out of you to transport and drive everyone else around who dosen’t have a car. And as for bonuses that Jez promises they only happen every once in a while and the bonuses are usually pizza and pop or a dinner. But not much else.
Here is where it gets complicated when we first started they had us sign a paper saying that we would never say anything bad about them well I say fuck that no one can take your rights to freedom of speech away from you.
But still this is where my story has to stop the rest could give me away. But I have to let someone know about it I am not sure what can or can’t be done about it.
The things that give me away are to fallow this sentence please do not throw me under the bus.
I posted Scam and warning adds on Craigslist after this all happened. Trying to warn others.
There must be others out there because someone else was using my name I was smart enough not to use my name. I got a nasty message from Heather (we used to be friends) She wrote on my Facebook page to “Get a life BITCH!”. I was taken back by this because I had no idea what was going on. Hours later I get a call from Tracy telling me to stop. I asked her what it was that I was doing that I needed to stop. She attacked me on the phone and said that I was continuously posting bad things about them online. But the truth was I only had a few adds up that would get flagged every well 2 weeks or so. But I never said much besides stay away it is not a managers job they lie to get you to stay away keep your money and get a real job. This other person was apparently writing things like lets get a law suit against them. I told her it was not me but she continued to tell me that she would call the authorities on me if I didn’t stop. I wanted to call the authorities on her Tracy and Heather were attacking me for what reason?
That is the just of the story there is more about others who have worked there and got treated like shit once you told them that you were not going to jump though hoops for them anymore. I could go on and on about everything that they do to people but I am sure I would be writing a novel. I am just glad that I have gotten the word out about these people many people thank me for warning them. It is the only thing that lets me know I have saved on more person from falling for a more than 10 year old scam. Let me know If there is anything else I can do.
THANK YOU!
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Hey John Mattes my freind refer me to a job that he was working with but he no longer works there anyway to make a long story short I gave them a called they got incontact with me & told me to come in for a interview, I get the job but for some reason I didn’t feel right about it @ 1st but I’m thinking that I could become a manager in 6 to 8 weeks because I needed a job because I have a 2 yr old & a 4 yr old to support so bsically I’m puttin my all into this job making sure I’m there on time basically trying to make sell 7 days a week to make my quota I been with them for a week now & to up my sells I was thinking alot about what I could do to get promoted quicker & help me selling this perfume because they promise you that you will have a manager postion in 6 – 8 weeks. so as of today 6/26/11 I was online looking for business cards & I finally decided to look @ the website that they gaves in orientation to check out & as I’m looking I come across a bunch off scams & rips
off sites about Scentura Creations & I am just so disapponted that I’m really putting my all into this & this shit is not even real I mean they promise us that once we are promted to our own very office that will be making 100,000 gram a year & 6 – 8 weeks done pass away for a few people that already been there like this one girl I know she have been there since Jan of this year & still don’t have her own office that they insure we will have. These pass few days I been spending with them all day coming home late with so little, we had to fill out this application & it require a whole lot of infomation included our social security & not once have they made a copy of that & my id thats when I 1st thought that this whole thing wasn’t right. But they people that interview us & everything make it seem like this is the answer to our problems. Its people in there that really believe that they will become a manager, own they own office, & will be making a 100,000 a year. Some of the
m have childrens & most of them is there all day like I am. In the morning we have meetings and around 12 o clock we are hitting the streetsthey products. Now they actually do had out money like they throw contest if yu make ya quota, take you out to eat. From my understanding we recieve money for every bottle that we sell from them. We get 3.00 for each bottle we sell, they want us to make profit so they request that we sell the bottles for 30.00 dollars each & the lowest we could sell a bottle for is 20.00 but we have to hand that 20 in the next morning & like I said before they sometimes give us money out their pockets I guess when they are throwing a contest. Basically I would like you to put a end to this please I beg you. People are believing something that’s not real & I really thought this will put a end to most of my finiacial problems specially me taking care of my babies because it’s been a long time since I haven’t had a job & I’m pissed off because I thought thi
s was it. A career that I thought I would have & accomplish to support my babies & my family. That’s really fucked up I honestly missed studying for my GED putting my time in this because I be to tired coming home so late at night just to show themn I’m worthy & loyal & actually have what it takes to become a manager & run my own office. I don’t know what else to say because I know I’m writing kinda crazy & sloppy but please give me a call & I pray that you expose them Im def. gonna get on my knees to tonight & pray hard that ya’ll can shut this operation down I have a whole to say so please make sure you call me I really don’t want my name out there so please don’t give my info out I will give you the name of the company because I seen ya youtube video and they constantly changing they name like you said…. They called “Imperium Management” 7050 Chesapeake Rd. Suite 10 Lanover Hills, MD 20784 # 301 577 7807″ Thank you & please call me
well heres my story i was looking for a second job so i found the ad on craigs list same thing as everyones story mass interviews no personal one on one interviews so that led me to think that the really dont care who they hire…so i went to 2 interviews and was selected in the second interview but after hearing everything in the training about no pay for 12 weeks of training and selling knock off perfumes to my family i decline after the final selection.
9896 bissonet houston tx 77047 suite 454 #713 988 8887 DJM management is what their called
What a bunch of losers!!!!,
Not the ones that are running what you call a scam.,I mean the ones that have empty complaints…..John mattes is a uninformed reporter…like all reporters are….
You can see how they edited the response…
When are you wage slaves going to realize that your not going to stop us….
You should do something more productive with your life then proving that were scams…
….we keep opening offices morons….
Please get a life…all of you……especially if you were in a office for 3 days..,or a whole two weeks….and I didn’t get a office……well smartass you were only there for 2 weeks…..
Listen complainers…,after your done voicing your opinions..,move on with your life….
Your still unemployed..,which is about 9.1 %
Average person is unemployed about 34 weeks
CEO’s are making 350times more than there workers
Jobs are getting outsourced
And wall street is making record bonuses……
Go get them!!!!
Not an individual that went thru a training program,worked there ass off and finished…
Oh but there the scam and wall street isn’t….
The way the economy is…I would rather peddle fake perfume on street corners…..
Hey…at least these people still own there own business…while you morons have to still look for a job.lol
Scentura Creations at it again? Brockton MA company “Kiburi MGMT” an independent contractor of Scentura Creations, has been hosting “interviews” and spouting things like; “Be your own boss” and “Be a manager of your own company making thousands a year”. They promise to provide you with all the tools to be your own boss and partner up with Scentura Creations. It was shady to begin with, and now doing research im finding its an age old scam. Please contact me back with more information, possible class action lawsuits, so on and so forth. Thank you for your time.
Was searching for a new good promising job, Found a pretty eye catching position in Woodland Hills CA. The job sounded to good to be true, I said to myself that it didn’t matter if i got the job or not that i was just going for the interview experience. Having this type of mentality i got through my first and second interview. I was so excited to be able to have this opportunity to be taught and train for a branch manager position. Companies name is M3. Can you please Mr. Investigating guy find out if its a scam or not? I would really appreciate it, Thank you,
Beth
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Yet another Scentura location discovered:
1606 Fallbrook Avenue, Woodland Hills, CA (818) 712-0833
Here’s one of their adds: http://losangeles.daype.com/jobs/customer-service/Business-is-BOOMING-Must-Hire-Immediately-WOODLAND-HILLS-Ad-4054941.html
“Managers” are Richard and Jaqui. They are operating under the name M3, or Metamorphic Mentality Management. Plenty of people are going in for interviews, with no idea they’re being scammed.
I was scammed by B.S.M. the perfume people I sold about 23 bottles, gave them over $400 dollars, I stayed there for about 2 weeks then realized it was to good to be true, they said after a certain amount of time we would get a bonus they also said they would give a $1000 dollars to the person who sold the most, that did not happen..This is a scam and they are getting into a lot of peoples heads…Pat in the owner of this one, Jennifer is another one who runs it thats the only two names i remember but their offices are at this location,
4617 Sanford Street
Metairie, LA 70006-5317
its on top of the club house bar and grill.
their number is (504) 208-9633
The name they’re using these days is Zodiac Management and they’re currently located in 3930 Richmond Avenue Staten Island New York Suite 101. They still admit they’re a fragrance company. The person I spoke to on the phone was a woman named Renee and the person that interviewed me was an African American by the name Sylvester. The sign on the outside of the building listed every business except theirs. The sign outside the door was not a permanent style sign. It was a computer print out with the words Zodiac Management on it. It was a totally non descript office space. Sylvester was the only person there when I was there. During the interview he said that the company was started by someone out of the trunk of their car and now he has hundreds of millions of dollars. He told me the positions that were open were a 10/hr receptionist job and a 30k per year management position so that I would say I want to go for the management position. During the interview Slyvester tells you that if they’re interested in you they’ll schedule a second interview with you. He also told me about the 6-8 week training program. The phone number at their office is 718-966-9620. Thanks for your help.
Steve DeSantis
They are also going by the name Zodiac Management in Staten Island New York. Same exact stuff. Beware.
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hey john mattes i was looking for work on craigslist and low and behold i founf this place looking for entry level managment and one receptionist and so i called the number 818 610 3078 and they told me to come in for an interview the same day but i coulnd tcus i had class the same day im putting my self threww college and so i made an interviuew the next day for this company called gtw managment managment so i went and when i got there there was 3 other people i was kind o flike taken back but i thought since everybodys out of a job its only normal im 23 by the way so i walk in and the office looked so shitty like it raised red flags but hey i needed work so they took us in and and interviewd with this guy named brandon and so i did the interview trying to stand out the best for the postion and i was talked into trying out for a entry level managment postion so i left and i got a call around 6 pm that night informing me that i had gotten accpeted to the second interview
and so they told em to come come back next thursday and i did and when i showed up there was like 12 people there i was like what the hell you know and they were like where gonna interview you as a group and so they did and they narrowed it down to about 6 of us and had every bodyu else leave and they where like you guys got the postion! and so i was alittle skeptical you know ive done telemarketing for 3 years iknow a scam lol but they sugar coated me and promised me all these things and i acutally was like ill give it a try and i did and the first two days wjhere just taking notes and training anf on the third day they where like your gonna “go out in the field” an dtrain you gotta learn the ins and outs of the fragrance industry and so 4 of us go into the car with are trainers and went to corners and had o sell perfume and cologne to people for 20 bucks and did that for 5 hours and i actually got this african american guy tpo buy me one onlky cause he felt sorry for me he
had pitty and so that night i was like man what a scam they say they have distributors we are them!!!!! and so i decidied to go to rip off report and look them up and found all this shit you wouldnt believe!!!! and then i was like i wonder if there on you tube you know and here i am i found you so i hope you go and bust these guys there at this location 6016 Fallbrook Ave
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
(818) 610-3078
all there boxes say scentura creations
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I see that you have done a report on the “perfume” scam that is going on all over the country. Well it is here in CA and it is ruining lives, literally. Do we have any legal rights to go after these scammers?
I-GUY answer You need file complaints with state Dept of Labor. They pay no witholding ,sales or SS tax. In short they are tax cheats that victimize those seeking legit work
zkalston@hotmail.com
Phone: (719) 275-6624
Website: http://
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dear mr. mattes. i am writing you about the scentura creations job scam. We have a major problem. Your amazingly wrong. I think it would be wise of you to do your reserch befor making yourself look so bad. The simple fact of the matter is the scentura oppertunity is one of the best oppertunity’s out there today. Trust me, i know, i did it. I completed the entire program asside from getting into my office. why did i not get into my office? that was my choice. the entire program is very real, and very perfect. I went through training in portland oregon in jeremy smith’s syndicate management. I would love to invite you to interview me or whatever it is you do, and ill give you the real story, ill sit down with you and really go over the details, cuz right now, your the one pulling the scam.
Scentura Perfume IS IN PHOENIX,AZ LOCATED AT 3001 W Indian School Rd
Phoenix, AZ 85017-4168 Call: (602) 283-4536 OPERATING under Triple Crown and BOS Management
PLEASE HELP CLOSE THESE SCAM ARTIST DOWN THEY ARE BRAIN WASHING YOUNG PEOPLE AND HAVE THEM OUT BEGGING AND SCAMMING FOLKS WITH THIS FAKE PERFUME
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SCENTURA!!! i know you know that name. hi, my name is ricardo ayala. i attended a “business” meeting for a company named DESTINiii ent. it is located in Hayward CA in a cheap old office. Im sure you know how it goes. They need people with no experience, training or skills. As i sat in the courses, we would take notes like, 95percent attitude, 1percent skill. 95PERCENT ATTITUDE??? who are they think they’re fooling with this crap. i have to worn the other good people that still attend NOW! they don’t deserve that. with your help im sure i can bring those clowns down. please contact me ASAP for further information. those people can loose everything if we dont act now. thank you.
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Dear John,
I’m from New Jersey and I answered an ad from Craigslist saying:
“We are seeking 18-25 sharp, motivated and ambitious people to help staff our new locations. At present we are interviewing for receptionist, customer service, sales, assistant manager and manager level positions.
NO EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY. WE ARE WILLING TO TEACH!
Must be a people person and enjoy working in a loud, fun and fast paced environment. We offer rapid advancement and an extremely competitive starting package.
START NOW!
For more information please call us at (732) 764-6868
Serious inquiries only”
This company is Phoenix Management. Just yesterday, I got the job there along with 7 others after the second interview (or 3-4 hour talking session). During that 2nd interview, I got the name of the company they are working with, Scentura. My mom was checking up on information involving Phoenix Management and its site http://www.synergyexpansion.com and told me about being a possible scam. I looked up on it more and eventually found your youtube video on Scentura. Tomorrow I am going to tell them that another job came up. I do want to give you information to the place if you don’t already know:
Phoenix Management
448 Lincoln Blvd.
Middlesex NJ, 08846-2439
(732) 764-6868
President Donny Zinkin
Been around since January 1995
The first day is Monday March 21, 2011 from 11:00am-3:00pm. This is when they are supposed to begin to train the other candidates. I don’t know how you operate, but maybe you could pay Phoenix a visit. Thank You.
James
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I watched your video on the scentura scam cause i went through something very similar to that. I went throught the same company hiring for a office manager position and no experience was required. I live in the saint louis missouri area. Please contact me back if you of any way to stop this madness
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HELP ME and OTHERS!
They are at it again in Seattle! Taking advantage of the unemployed and possibly breaking laws. They place a Craigslist ad for Managers/salary of $40,000 and receptionists/$9 hour,
(I HAVE A COPY OF THIS), hold a “second interview where they tell them they have been “HIRED” with a promise of becoming a manager,
giving them a list ONLY (no product) (I HAVE A COPY OF THIS) of “Name Brand” fragrances they can sell, take the money for the sales, then bait and switch these people, have them sign a
“consignment” agreement (I HAVE A COPY OF THIS) that states we are independent contractors/ own boss and that we are responsible for all taxes and threaten if items are not returned to them they purse you with legal action to recove the loss. I also have the phone numbers and emails of others
including a supposed relative that was of the those hired!
Like you, KOIN Local 6 in Portland, Oregon did a story on Lucid Management Group and Syndicate Management Group LLC., a Scentura scam.
The Manager, Joann MacDonald, in the Oregon Office of consumer affairs contacted me yesterday, said that this company
was referred to the Labor department for violating labor law, “making false or misleading statments on future income”; and that the Attny gen has investigated and filed charges against Scentura.
I flag every job posting that they have on craigslist to no avail; sent a disertation about this problem to craigslist staff;
contacted Jesse Jones/News 5-Seattle ; filed a complaint with the FTC implicating 4 similar companies here in the Seattle area.
I have the phone numbers and emails of many of those coming through the doors of Elite Mangament Group LLC.
This week im going to contact every news station in seattle; file a complaint with the Wa attny gen office; contact craigslist again; and file a complaint with the department of labor.
If there is any information you can give me on how to shut these people down, PLEASE contact me.
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Scenturea Creations might be here in Federal Way, Washington. Same craigslist.org ad, same pitch, same training, same perfume sales, same promise of management to come. The team is Andrew Sheckel and Taylor’an Truong. They live in Maple Valley but their business address is 1727 So 341st pl suite a, federal way, wa 98003. Im in training right now, want to come and blow them out of the water? Im gonna flag their ads, Get a hold of the attorney general, and try to blog about it as much as I can.
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I have an interview with Axis Inc, in Tempe Arizona tomorrow but I get vibes that this will be another scam type job and I wanted to know if you knew if it was or not before I go. I watched your video on a few of the scammers and I am wondering is this company is as well. They say they are Advertising agency seeking for customer service, Sales, and Manager trainees and they have contracts with companies such as Home Depot and Direct TV. Hiring ft and pt with paid training but not very detailed as to what exactly you are selling until you attend the interview. Please let me know if you have any info on this company to save me a trip if needed.
Thank you,
Pamela
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Aurora, CO Makaha Marketing also Three Lines Marketing
My 20 year old granddaughter is falling for the same scam. She found the ad on Craigs list. She has a 9 month old son. She leaves by 7:30 each morning and returns late a night. She has been there for 3 weeks with nothing to show. We can not convince her. I can not find a link from 9news in Denver about the same problem last year. Do you have one. I can see your videos on Youtube. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Sincerely,
ear Investigative Guy,
“Scentura Perfume” is also using “United Associates” in Crystal, Minnesota. I had an “interview” today with 2 other females. The lady had called me yesterday saying how she loved my resume that I sent to her in reply to a job ad on craigslist.com for a manager position. She wanted me to come in the next day for an interview. I did research on the phone number that she had called me from and couldn’t find any info on it. That sounded weird, then I looked up the address she gave me that I would be meeting her at for the interview, and I still couldn’t find any information on who occupied that address, besides information on leasing the office space. I went to the interview today and the lady was really awkward and did not seem like a professional and the room that we interviewed in was superbly small. Some things she did did not seem right and the way she avoided some questions was even more odd. She wanted me to call her back this afternoon for more information…blah blah blah. I dug deeper online and was able to find more information and found how they were linked to this old “Scentura” Scam and finally came accross your video on this scam and your website. Needless to say, I did not call the lady back, in fact after I was 15 minutes late in calling her, she called me. I did not answer. She left me a message saying she’d like to go over my application with her some more. I have no intention of ever calling her back.
Thanks for your investigations, I’m sure it’s helped many others.
Sonjia