It’s a scam that never ends… so don’t get suckered. For over a decade, a company called Scentura places ads everywhere — including Craigslist .. offering a high paying ‘manager’ job. But the conmen rope innocent people into hustling cheap perfume. No manager’s job — it’s a scam. I signed up ten years ago in 1999 and now in 2009 this scam is in almost every city. How did law enforcement miss this stinking mess? Watch the story.
I got your back
John Mattes
I wish you ppl would get a life and find something else to do. LOL! Here should be the FINAL end all & be all – ask anyone who has COMPLETED the Scentura “training program” is it a fraud…..
P.S. you might have to contact them in their business office that they got from the opportunity of COMPLETING the training program
FIrst excuse the spelling and the typos of the scentura managers ,they can’t help it. So is the Scentura crowd so desperate that they have to attack real job seekers? How low can they go now that they attack even veterans?
SHUT UP, STOP WHINING, AND GET A LIFE!!!
The economy is stagnate. Which means nothing is getting better.
You people should be grateful that we even gave you a chance.
Let’s be honest, it’s not like any of you are going to be president…lol
I would be surprise if you have a utility bill in your name.
Once again. What did we scam from you?
What do you have that’s even worth having?
Oh, let me guess….your foodstamps..lol
(which the majority of you are on)
I would hate to be in my 30’s unemployed.(nor less a veteran)
But that’s the reality when you don’t make smart decisions.
Complainers have been trying to stop us for 37 years…
NEWSFLASH!! It’s not working.
Move on. Your the bottom of the pit.
The silent majority.
The fly at the picnic.
SO the question is,Who is allowing these companies to scam job seekers? Tell the Dept of Labor this must be stopped
This is a cry for help. Not just a complaint. I’m a veteran. I also worked for the state of Arizona for 12.5 years. Back in he 90’s, I could get a job on my own at any company at any time. Now you MUST go through these employment agencies to get a job. It’s insane. All the agencies I went through just smile and tell you what you want to hear, take all your personal information then shut the door on you. Can somebody tell me what happens to all that information? Do they make money just getting your info then selling it later to someone else? I went to AppleOne, Aerotek. Same thing over and over. THANK GOD I checked out Axis Inc BEFORE I commited my time, and avoided this road to no were. I do want to thank you all for the heads up on Axis Inc!! Does anyone know if there are any legitimate employment agencies out there, or are they all scams? It can’t be they are all crooks. Is there a law against this kind of thing?
One of my friends just fell for a similar scam such as this…Warning: they are now in Sacramento, CA under the name of Rhino management. Whatever you do get out of this scam as soon as possible. Thanks investigative guys for helping my friend realize this terrible scam!
WELL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SCAM..
These are sites set up by scentura front men to redirect people who go online and google the word scentura and scam. They hope people will go to these fake sites and be sold on the Scentura fraud These low lifes now come here and ask me to promote it ..This is how worried they are about what I have exposed. It shows how they fear the truth and the fear people posting the names of the businesses they hide behind
NICE TRY SCUMBAGS..
John Mattes
Investigative guy
.PS I changed the address so I won’t advertise for them
Here are three more sites about the Scentura Scam:
• http://www.ScenturaScamm.org
• http://www.ScenturaCreationsScamm.org
• http://www.TruthAboutScenturasCreations.org
Please someone go in a break up this companies 2nd Interviews.. Especially the office in Middlesex NJ. Donny and Holly have made millions of puttine other people in a hole and giving people false hope…448 Lincoln BLVD middlesex nj… 2nd interviews are at noon on Thursday!!!!!!! Please
I had an interview on Tuesday but it wasn’t for entry level management although that was one of the open positions. I told them I wans’t interested in any kind of marketing or sales but customer service rep position is was i opted for ( Office-Clerical work like answering phones and everything else office-clerical work entails. 40-45 hours a week, $16/hour. Does anyone know if what I am talking about is also a scam? Please help me figure this out because the opportunity got me very excited and i’ll be very upset if they are even scamming the workers of the business’ foundation….the office. Thank You!
Actually made it to the AXIS INC. interview in Tempe, AZ
2227 S. 48TH STREET SUITE A
TEMPE, AZ 85282
While 5 of us were sitting in the waiting room, the receptionist kept calling to schedule more and more interview. It doesn’t seem like they were reviewing resumes at all. Luckily, I got suspicious and found this site on my iphone while I was waiting for the interviewer.
Got called in to interview at the same time as another lady. The interviewer couldn’t properly explain to me what the job entailed. She kept dropping names like Home Depot and Sam’s Club. What I think they want you to stand in these big stores and sell DirectTV subscriptions. The interviewer said she’d become a manager in 6 months and would soon have her own office. It all sounded very suspicious to me.
The office looked a bit worn down and after reading the comments here, I was on my guard during the “interview”. I really feel badly for the other lady in the room. But I hope she became a little suspicious too when I walked out of the interview room after unsatisfactory answers from the interviewer.
Only a few hours wasted.
I got the same letter, just like Felice A.’s.
This very morning for another interview.
I remember going to this company for an interview about two years ago. At the time, my car was not working. Fortunately they did not hire me for any positions with this scam company. These people looked very shady from the beginning. I live in Phoenix, AZ on the east side and I had to go all the way to the West Valley way in the avenues, close to Glendale. What a waste of time and effort. The office was in an old raggedy neighborhood in a very dinky strip mall. I did not feel safe in the neighborhood nor in that office. They had a blonde slick fellow interview me in his mid 30’s, two young Hispanic women one receptionist the other his HR assistant/manager and a Bleach Blonde young lady happily walking through the office in dark shades swiftly heading towards the back office area swinging a brief case, the bookkeeper he said. The entire episode was weird. They had other people in the office going for interviews too. The small reception area had too many people waiting, like a cattle call. And the phones would not stop ringing, setting up appointment for interviews continuously throughout my entire waiting. The people waiting to be interviewed, some were dressed properly, and others look like street people. All ages. Most of the people they did keep for another interview were young Hispanic women. A couple of the more mature (over 40 years) men looked unhappy and disgusted after their interviews. I guess they might have asked more engaging questions and figured out the score. As soon as I heard them mentioned using your own car for job, that turned me off. I knew they were not a good company to even consider working for.
Warning keep away from AXIS, Inc! People do your research before going to any random interview with any company that are vague and do not want you to respond to their replies.
Just got called by them today, this morning I received a call from a cell phone number i dont know, so I didn’t answer and I responded with a text, I received a call back by a very young sounding girl, who told me to come in for a job interview with Zodiac, she didn’t specify what the job was for or anything and I just asked for the address and the time, since it was two mins from my house I figured why not. I first of all didn’t remember specifically applying to this company but I returned to all the emails I sent out over the last few days and traced it to a craigslist posting, I looked up the business online and saw that their phone number was different than the cell number that called me earlier in the day, as well as the phone number could be traced to the craigslist ad. So I immediately figured it was a scam. 3PM came I walked in and had to located the office inside a huge medical complex, the company must have just recently moved in bc they werent listed on the business directory of the building but I came to a door with a marked zodiac mgmt by a piece of office paper I walk in and theres no receptionist present, and a young kid *I’m 26* and this kid must have been atleast 20 walks out dressed in khakis and a plaid shirt, he introduces himself and asks me to fill out a page with some yes and no questions about self confidence and other mindless crap, I’m clearly overly dressed for this interview (wearing a 300 dollar suit) he asks me to crack the door so the other interviewees can find the room easier and he returns his interview, looked like some poor 19 year old was being suckered into this, but I immediately left pissed off I had wasted 10 minutes of my day and slammed the door.
ZODIAC MGMT 3930 RICHMOND AVENUE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10312 (718) 356-7551
THE NUMBER THAT CALLED ME WAS 1 917 767 2826
I sat throught the 3 hour “interview” and was also hired afterward. They also had us sign papers saying that we wouldn’t “slander” the company on the internet. Pretty sure I should be watching out for a hitman..LOL!!! I would NEVER sell or buy perfume from a random stranger on the street, ESPECIALLY without a permit.
Based on merit.
The training is performance based.
There is no weekly paycheck in training.
No clock in clock out.
Every office says that to the “T”
We even review in our independent contractor agreement that everyone signs.
You don’t even get passed the 2nd day(some offices do it the first day) without signing that.
It’s not based on new hires. We don’t hire. Hiring is employee based.
We don’t even say the word pay
FOLKS HERE IS THE FINE PRINT..THEY NEVER OFFER YOU PAY AND YOU ARE A INDEPENDANT CONTRACTOR IE IF YOU GET BUSTED IN THE SCAM YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN
T.
Did it for 8 weeks. Sales were up and down. So weeks $200 some weeks $40. Very demanding direct sales. The managers partied WAY to much to be serious, that was kinda fun sometimes. Which is why it doesn’t work. If you got nothing going on it might work…..maybe……. I seen one person get their own office. But she doesn’t seem outta control excited to me. If you try do it at your own risk!!
These guys just contacted me about a job and want to “interview” me on Monday. I don’t know why but something told me to look it up, I normally don’t look up companies before I go to an interview but something told me to and man am I glad I did.
THis is dead on great advice.Yes everyone who has spend even 1 day “training” has had their labor ripped off. You see if they get you to work for free for 5 days then you quit realizing it is a scam, they bring in the next 10 new hires to do the same. They then quit after 5 days and the scheme hires 10 more. THEY dont have to pay .It’s based on the premise that they always have new hires.Add to that they make hires sell 10 bottles to their family and it all works ..FOR THEM.. The have refined the scam over the last 10 years .ALL NEED to file complaints with state AGs and State Labor boards.. You would report it if someone picked your pocket, this is the same. FILE REPORTS
thank you for being so honest.Spread the word regarding the scam!!