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How can you tell it's scam? When they can't pronounce it!

 
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Bruce
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 9:05 am    Post subject: How can you tell it's scam? When they can't pronounce it! Reply with quote

I came across this video promoting a $19.95 voiceover training program, and besides the lies along the lines of "you'll make thousands of dollars in just a few months" this person doesn't even know how to pronounce the name of the product, VO Genesis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFqpnyr0FfI

The only reason I started looking for this "thing" was that they apparently mention the VO-BB as a resource. We'll see.


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 10:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

uhh ... just, uhh ...
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 10:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Where do they mention the VO-BB?
I lost the will to live trying to listen to the VO Genesis thing that your mispronounced oddly published (Publish in January, talks about Christmastime coming up. wtf) little vid linked to.

I mean, I am curious.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 10:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Over 12K views!!!!! Insane. Lips Are Sealed
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 11:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That hurt my ears.

Badly.

(and now I really want to know who's behind VO Genesis)
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 1:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I reported it as a scam Ninja Laugh
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 2:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Who did you report it to?
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 2:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bish wrote:

(and now I really want to know who's behind VO Genesis)


Does the name Jenny Lewis mean anything?...
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 3:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The name "Jenny Lewis" is just a nom de campaign (and a fairly generic one at that)... I'm sure that's just an actress fronting the video on the vogenesis.com site (which doesn't even mention VO... just a front for any generic get-rich-quick schemes). I've started going down a rat-hole with it and apart from the testimonials all over YouTube, there is scant real information. It's just an internet scam. They probably have ones for becoming a plumber as well.

The domain is registered to Mentis Marketing LLP, who, interestingly enough, has a business address in a car par in Singapore Smile

MENTIS MARKETING LLP
0 MARKET ST UNIT 10-06
GOLDEN SHOE CAR PARK
SINGAPORE

I shall walk away. Too many other distractions. I can live without this one Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 5:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bish, I'll save myself the time of going down those same rat holes again, so what follows won't be highly detailed...it's just from memory:

There is (of course) no 'Jenny Lewis,' and VO Genesis is a product of a Singapore-based company called SuccessVantage, who are nothing more than affiliate marketers. That's why there are so many "Reviews" of the VO Genesis program. Because people who buy it are provided with all of the content they need to post pre-written "reviews" and banners and videos all over the web, in hopes that they can earn a few bucks each time someone buys the program using their affiliate link.

And it'll come as no surprise that if you decide to purchase VO Genesis, you're instantly offered a bunch of upsells of programs like "Multiple Streams of Income" and "Quick Cash Machines" intended to get you deeper into the SuccessVantage universe.

My favorite part of their scam is that back when I looked into SuccessVantage and the video testimonials, I was able to find the exact same "satisfied customers" who appear in the testimonials ... wait for it ... offering $5 Video Testimonial Services! on Fiverr. Priceless.

Like a few of the VO "coaches" out there, SuccessVantage has no interest in helping VO talent make money, they just want to make money from VO talent.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 8:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Appreciate the experience guys. I'm sure you can spot a "less than reliable resource" a mile away.

saving everyone valuable time and energy.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 5:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

well, for me, personally, Voh-Gen-EE-Uh-SY-us worked wonders! i lost 35 pounds in 16 hours. and that pesky third hand growing out of my hip? GONE!
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 6:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ConnieTerwilliger wrote:
Who did you report it to?

YouTube
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 6:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

cashmeousside howbowdah?
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