From: darth router (darklordrouter@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Jan 19 2009 - 18:23:32 ARST
Thanks, someone I know signed up for this, and the confirmation mentioned
something to the effect that top candidates may be selected into the cisco
ccie 360 program. I wonder how these guys can continue to scam. Seems like
they should be locked up in prison.
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:14 AM, paul cosgrove <paul.cosgrove@gmail.com>wrote:
> 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
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Tony Schaffran (GS)" <groupstudy@cconlinelabs.com>
>> 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
>>> CCNP, CCNA, CCDA,
>>> NNCDS, NNCSS, CNE, MCSE
>>>
>>> www.cconlinelabs.com
>>> Your #1 choice for online Cisco rack rentals.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>>> darth router
>>> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 10:35 AM
>>> To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net
>>>
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>>>
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>>
>>
>> Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net
>>
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