World Ventures Scam
Posted on 24. Jun, 2010
My mother and I went to Utah to attend a funeral of a family member named Helen XXX.
I took an invention I am working on with me.
I approached Donald XXX about the invention and the possibility of him investing in it.
He said he would help and wanted to see it.
He invited my mother and me to his house in Riverdale, Utah.
He said first, I have something I want you to see.
He took us to his basement and showed us a video about “World Ventures.”
After the video he told us how easy it was to make money.
He said “All you have to do is tell 4 or 6 people and they tell 4 or 6 people and you will eventually have an income for the rest of your life.”
He called it “Residual” income.
I am still not sure what that means exactly.
He said “Its easy and the neat thing is you get to to on all of these cool trips for hardly nothing.”
He said “Now is the time to join because they’re offering it for half price.”
He let it drop and we looked at the invention.
He really like it and told me he needed some time to think about it.
He invited my mother and I to see his office in Ogden several days later
No sooner had we arrived at his office and he was on a 3-way call with his superior in World Ventures and the three of us were talking.
I had mentioned to him that possibly a businesswoman in Kazakhstan might be interested in World Ventures and that she had contacts in Germany.
Donald told me he wanted to be the first in Germany and soon it would be open for World Ventures to start business there.
When I told him that my Russian friend was interested he texted me “Great, now we have Russia, Germany and New Mexico.”
You see Donald told me I would be on the top in New Mexico and it was open territory because no one is in New Mexico yet.
I later found out that this was one of the reasons for inviting this woman to speak on the phone with me.
Her name was Tana and he said she was from Oklahoma.
He said she was the main supplier of heavy equipment for Mexico and had worked on Wall Street and now she has chosen to do World Ventures.
After half and hour or so the phone call ended and they had convinced me to join.
I paid my $360 with a credit card and it was done.
When he had my money he said “Well, it looks like we got another sucker.”
Soon afterward I started receiving a lot of emails welcoming me to World Ventures and telling me to watch certain videos.
Tana emailed me and told me to watch some videos from her website.
I soon realized that I was in over my head and only people who know hundreds of people and have many, many contacts have any kind of chance making it in World Ventures.
I also learned that World Ventures uses high-pressure sales tactics and even tells what to say and how to say it.
I felt like a I had enlisted in the military and not into a business.
I no longer felt like I had control of what my future was going to be and World Ventures now had control of me.
It was a very uncomfortable feeling.
Another thing I learned was that there was going to be a monthly membership fee of $60.
Donald told me that the monthly fee would be only $25.
He also said after you get 4 or 6 people involved then they would be paying for my monthly fee.
After several more days I found out through further investigation that the average representative in World Ventures only makes $1200 a year!
I could not believe Donald would tell me that I could make thousands when the average person is only making $1200.
Today when I confronted him about that very thing he said “Yes, the average person makes $1200.”
I do not know what he expected me to make because I am disable man on Social Security.
After reading about the two class-action law suits against World Ventures in Plano, Texas and seeing the high-pressure sales tactics expected from me I decided to get out.
I sent Tana a text message and told her “I am getting out.”
She sent me a reply text and said “Don’t feel sorry for me, I feel sorry for you.”
I phoned Donald and he told me very angrily “Fine, if that’s your decision then that’s your decision.”
He never offered any assistance in how to leave World Ventures or how to get a refund.
Tana continued to phone me, text me and email me about this Russian businesswoman.
She phoned me one morning and spoke me and gave me orders.
I told her “Why are you speaking to me as if I work for you?”
She said ‘I did’nt know you had quit.”
I told her “You sent me a text message and told me ‘I hope you find something you can be passionate about.’”
I added “Don’t you remember texting me about and telling me ‘I hope you find something you can be passionate about.’?”
She said “No, I deal with over 4000 people and cannot remember everyone and all that is going on.”
I told her “I have never seen a more disorganized organization or business.”
She became angry and started telling me how wonderful World Ventures was and how much they care about each other.
The conversation became lengthy and heated.
About a half hour later Donald phoned me and asked me why I had said he had scammed me and giving me the run-around about my invention.
He said if I mentioned his name or his company or anything about his family “he would deal with me.”
Whom it may concern, I never mentioned Donald’s family during my conversation with Tana.
Tana had phoned him and twisted my words and added to them.
I did tell Tana I felt scammed and lied to and had been given the run-around by Donald XXX.
I told him “Donald I did say you scammed me and gave me the run-around concerning my invention.”
This is when he said ” If you mention my name or my company or anything about my family I would deal with you.”
Donald XXX coerced, pressured, and lied to me and got me to join World Ventures.
He promised me big earnings with little effort.
He phoned me today and said if I mentioned anything he would sue me for “Liable”.
My mother was a witness of the entire scam and business transaction.
I am a disabled man on Social Security and he took advantage of me.
I have not mentioned many other things that occurred and would be glad to do so.
Donald XXX owns XXX XXX in Ogden, Utah.
Please contact me if you decide to investigate this matter.
If he is willing to do this to me a disabled man and family member what is he capable of with others?
I forgot to mention he made my 73 year old mother (his aunt) cry on the phone this last Sunday with his harsh and hateful words.
Donald XXX wanted me to be in charge of New Mexico and if they don’t have me they will eventually find someone else.
I will reveal the businessman’s name and his business name if you will seriously investigate this story.
