Comments on: My concerns about EmPwrOnline

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:38:18 +0000

Today in Austin Texas 3-24-09 Richard Hoffman Chief Executive had the same deal going at a downtown hotel.. same as everyone reported..$20 for this DVD (only a few people, better get them now?) and $20 for tickets the very next day for Michael J Syme training session. My take it was to pitch saying nothing of real value, all directed back to get you to attend the next session, I guess to finally pitch you to the main rip off. They are now operating under a NEW NAME called “Lightwave”

thanks for posting this……it saved me 4 hrs of wasted time and maybe money

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:26:26 +0000

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/03/ca_scam_net.html

California has taken action against a similar scheme: the company concerned is having to pay restitution to people it scammed.

(Be interesting to see if/how this continued if Meg were governor.)

By: Hossain

Hossain — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:32:51 +0000

After reading all these scams alert I did not attend so called exclusively meeting with Michael J. syme resulting few days after I received a called (unknown/blocked) call from “Nick” and who repeatedly with his loud anger voice asked me “Do U want making money or not?”, “why you did not come?”..bla..bla.. He was so rude and angry that at one stage I asked him to return my $20.00 for meeting and $ 20.00 for fake CD. He replied with word f**K and hang up the phone.
This is Michael J. syme and his people who grabed money from poor people using his convincing technique and so called Thrive learning institute. He is everywhere USA, UK , Canada and most probably other countries as well.
Its time to stop him!!!

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:56:12 +0000

Hi there,

Thank you all for your great comments.

I attended the same initial “free” seminar in Toronto, Canada on March 3, 2009 at the Wyndham Garden Hotel. Goof me I bought the material for $20 CAD and paid another $20 for the so called “Michael J. Syme” seminar. Yeah, the gone money is aching me, but my main concern is that I foolishly provided my address and contact info to them.

I agree to the suggestion that we go to the seminar on Saturday and ask our money back. and if we can we may ask the signed papers to remove our contact info.

Thanks everyone,
Sam
Toronto

By: Dan Wilson

Dan Wilson — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:19:42 +0000

It might be worth contacting the local media and also the hotel to let them know.

By: M

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:21:16 +0000

I attended the Toronto seminar on March 3rd at the Wyndham Garden Hotel. I don’t think there is much one can do to stop this scam in Toronto. However, you can make a big stink at the Saturday 4 hr session asking for your 20 dollars back if you paid in cash like me. I am thinking of causing a scene and bringing a few hundred print-outs with the names of former companies that Richard Hofmann and Michael Syme have used such as: Empwronline and Clickincome and now Thrive Learning Institute. This may nullify there chances on obtaining more monetary committments from the crowd. I anticipate it will be a large crowd too. Although, I was swayed into paying the 20 dollars to attend this 4 hr session, I don’t want to continue listening to false promises. I knew something was up when Richard Hofmann said he invested $200k of his own money to build a Ultimate Fighting website and then reportedly sold it for 7 figures after 4 months of negotiation. If that’s the case, how come you are doing slimy presentations in mediocre hotel conference rooms???!!! This was mentioned after the 2hr session when he said he would divulge how he obtains email addresses for free. I say we all go to the Wyndham hotel in Toronto on Saturday, March 7th at 9am and 3pm sessions and torch these American Con-Artists!!!

By: Hossain

Hossain — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:28:36 +0000

Recently, I have been joined a so-called money making seminar using e-bay. I ended up giving $ 20 dollars for DVD and $20 for meeting with MILLIONARE Michael J. Syme which will be held on Sat. March 07 at Wyndham Garden Hotel, Toronto.
After reading all scam message about Michael J. syme I decided not to attend. However, I’m worried about my Visa card and about my name with address and phone number which I gave them during registration. Any suggessions……

Hossain
Toronto, Ontario

By: Zak

Zak — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:54:28 +0000

Can any tell me how to STOP this scam as this is very important to stop this person from using Ebay patent name and tripping all arround the world like this, He is still on the hunt to do rest of the seminar in Toronto on address:

Wyndham garden hotel
185 Yorkland Boulevard | Formerly Ramada Hotel & Conference Centre Don Valle, Toronto, Ontario M2J 4R2

Please let me know how to stop this as some one sugested that we can.

By: Zarak Khan

Zarak Khan — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:48:35 +0000

I have attended tonite a workshop by same name person Richard Hoffmann and he was saying the same thing described above. cost of every thing was in Canadian Dollar but same amount. He was praising this great guru with all the above detail and now the company is Thrive Learning which privde that so called service.

WHAT THE WAY TO STOP THEM IN TORONTO, HE HAS SERIES OF WORKSHOP IN TORONTO, ONTARIO, PLEASE LET ME WHOM TO CONTACT TO SAVE SO MANY WHO IS COMMING ON SATURDAY 07 MARCH 2009. LOCATION

WYNDHAM HOTEL and RESORT.
185 Yorkland Boulevard | Formerly Ramada Hotel & Conference Centre Don Valle, Toronto, Ontario M2J 4R2, CANADA.

Please help STOP this bully.

By: Yasir Majid

Yasir Majid — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:56:35 +0000

I just came back from this presentation given by Richard Hofmann. My experience indeed in not different from other mentioned above. Although I paid $20 to attend the next session, but I am curious if need to attend this. As I have feeling, if I attend, they will caught me somehow in one year contract thingy, typically sales person.. They also offered CD for $20, but I was curious why they have to paid in Cash.. Seems they wanted to save government taxes, and for any company doing this stuff can not be high profile as they shown during presentation.. Ebay should do something on this, as they use Ebay logo in local newspaper (where they advertised) and also during their presentation.