From: paul cosgrove (paul.cosgrove@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Jan 19 2009 - 18:14:59 ARST
Hi Darth,
The MX record for that domain points to exch1.mx.techprosgroup.com. "Tech
Pros Group" is another of their trading names, but perhaps one which has
outlived its usefulness.
You can read a less than glowing review by one of their past students who
applied for a LAN/WAN internship scheme they advertised:-
http://techprosgroupirvineca.googlepages.com/
One particularly enlightening paragraph is:*
"New Contracts:*
**After you have paid your initial fees and started the program, you will be
asked to sign certain legal documents. If you read these documents
carefully, they mention nothing about getting an internship. Basically they
say "you do the training you owe Tech Pros Group $25,000"."
The past student also links to the Los Angeles Better Business Bureau, who
have assigned this company an F rating:-
"F We strongly question the company's reliability for reasons such as that
they have failed to respond to complaints, their advertising is grossly
misleading, they are not in compliance with the law's licensing or
registration requirements, their complaints contain especially serious
allegations, or the company's industry is known for its fraudulent business
practices.
http://www.labbb.org/BBBWeb/Forms/Business/CompanyReportPage_Expository.aspx?CompanyID=13218660
There is other information about legal cases, etc. but I expect you can
guess as to the content.
Paul.
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:54 PM, josh lauer <jslauer@hotmail.com> wrote:
> interesting,
>
> but I would have to agree. It's a little light on facts, especially the
> fact I've never heard of them and they have "success" stories. Figure if
> they had success stories we would see some of them around here.
>
>
> Josh
>
> CCIE 16024
> CCNA, CCNP, CCDP, CCIP, CCSP, MCSE, RHCE, CEH
>
> --------------------------------------------------
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> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 1:41 PM
> To: "'darth router'" <darklordrouter@gmail.com>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Subject: RE: Is this training offer a scam?
>
>
> Anything like that where it requires you to make payment is a scam.
>>
>>
>> Tony Schaffran
>> Sr. Network Consultant
>> CCIE #11071
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>> darth router
>> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 10:35 AM
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>> Subject: Is this training offer a scam?
>>
>> http://www.lanwanprofessional.com/
>>
>> http://www.lanwanprofessional.net/pre_application_grant.php
>>
>> Anyone have any knowledge of this? On receipt of acceptance they give
>> mention of their program possibly selecting candidates into the cisco 360
>> program (beta I guess?) I'm trying to figure out if this is legit, as they
>> don't seem to be affiliated with cisco.
>>
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