Has anyone heard of this scam: "The Training Summit" 1

[bridgebuster]

Below is an e-mail I received Friday from a group called the Training Summit. I have to give this guy credit: He's running a scam and I could only find one blog that he's a phony. Then again I'm a cynic; or maybe it was the gmail e-mail address that made me doubt.

Hi ________,

I am writing to find out if you are able to accept an offer to participate in our unique forum. The Training Summits is offering an opportunity for you to expand your professional development, collaborate with peers, and increase awareness of new methods and best practices. Over the years we have become the premier virtual organization for Training and People Development leaders and professionals.

Our organizaion meets every month throughout the year. The virtual Summits are one hour teleconferences, consisting of a 45 minute presentation and a 15 minute Q&A/Collaboration period. Zurich Insurance will be the next organization to present its best practies.

* Using a Three Phase Approach to Learning * Learning in a Digital World * Leveraging The Lastest Learning Technologies * Launching a Global Management / Leadership Development Program: Approach, Lessons Learned and Next Steps

Participation is for members only. A list of participants, dates, and speakers are found at

http://www.the-trainingsummit.net.

You can join us by going directly to the Join Now button on the website, after pressing the skip for now button in the pop up window. Membership dues are $1,250 per year. There is a 30 day evaluation period. If you do not feel like the group is a fit, you can request a full refund. Please contact me directly for details or to let me know if you can sign up this coming week.

Thanks,

Richard Avery
The Training Summit
678-929-5242 DIRECT

http://www.the-trainingsummit.net

trainingsummit6@gmail.com

This message is confidential and intended only for the original recipient. If you have received this message in error, please delete it or mail us back remove if you no longer wish to receive further email. Also, you may also reach us at 1200 Abernathy Rd. 17th Floor Atlanta, GA 30328 or through the contact information on our site.

 

[1gibson]

"You can request a full refund."

You can request whatever you want, doesn't mean you are going to get it.

 

[bridgebuster]

Their e-mail says membership by invitation only but if you go to their website anyone can join. I also noticed on their website that they don't identify anyone in their organization.

 

[GregLocock]

It all sounds a bit like a typical LinkedIn promotion to me. Bleagh.

Cheers

Greg Locock


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[oldfieldguy]

Okay--

A high-powered, professional organization that uses a Gmail email address? Come on, folks! I have a website or two and own a few domain names and using one for email concerning a particular website's correspondence is NOT difficult. Seems like they'd have at least done that one little step.

Failure to do so makes it look like a fishing expedition.

old field guy

 

[cvg]

my old adage is that unsolicited offers are nearly always scams