Scentura Creations Scam or "Ultimate"

I was on craigs list one day and saw an ad for "Manager". No experience necessary and to call this number. I called it and right away i was set up for an interview at 3:00 that same afternoon! I just thought they had to be really desperate! So i went to the interview and they told me all this great stuff, i'd have my own office and be making 700.00 a week salary or 35k a year! So they asked me to come back for a second interview and i did. And they explained a whole bunch of things how we needed to learn the people under us's jobs. So we had to learn "sales, management, and admin" I sat in that class for 3 1/2 hours. On the first day of training, "David and Jenny" went through a bunch of stuff and then told us we'd have to sell 50 bottles of perfume before we could complete training. Later they cut it down to 30. and then before the class we were supposed to sell 15. the perfume was all 27.00 even. I was a little suspicious too when he said the "landlord" said the only rule of the building was "no standing in groups outside?" WHAT? Number 1... if he's this BIG INTERNATIONAL business like he says they are, why do they even have a landlord??? and 2... standing in groups outside? lol... WHAT? and 3... 24.95? for chanel 5? But they said they were a "wholesale company". so i was like well, maybe i'm just crazy. by the end of the day, they had me so excited about all this money i was "going to make" and i went out selling, i sold 17 perfumes to people at my job and my family. and i was supposed to turn all the money back into the company tomorrow and pick up all the perfumes. so, later that day my mom called and said she had a funny feeling about it and not to give her check in. So i said okay, and she said are you sure its' not a scam it sounds fishy, and "When something sounds too good to be true, it normally is" So my husband looked online "perfume scams" a LOOOOOOT came up. but they were all under the name "scentura creations". i read all the reviews and it was EXACTLY what happened to me, down to the boombox and the crappy white erase board, the 10-15 people interviews, the "ATTITUDE CHECK". but the name was different, we were called "Ultimate". So i called up there and asked to speak to david, he was so nice to me like HEY HEY HEY! blah blah blah... and i asked him if they had a website so i could look at the perfumes, and he said yeah... www.scenturacreations.com. WELP that did it for me, i told him i knew it was a big scam and he said "yeah, but everyone has complaints about big companies go to any website" and i said yeah but i just don't want to risk my family and friends money if it is, so i'm going to have to quit, and he said yeah well goodluck finding a better job and hung up on me. i couldn't believe he hung up on me. i was so mad! but i didn't call back, i just returned all the money to all my friends and family and thankgod i found the site before i really got into it. i could've lost a lot of money, and i was a DAY away from quitting my other job!

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1. Written by Wegslice, on 05-11-2009 22:01 WOW! I had no idea this scam was still going on. I was duped wayyy back in 1996. Sounds like the same stories and scams. I went to find my office location after 3 months... but they kept pushing it off. I never saw anyone profit more than a few bucks or have it pay off in the long term. Report

2. Written by CHance, on 25-10-2009 11:20 Hey they arent a scam. The brain washing? Well that was my first initial thought to when I met my trainers....That "brainwashing" is them getting you juiced or motivated. And the name changes...Yes a lot of diffrent company's work for them...thats the proof they intend to get you in an office...the name changes so it is your own...Not theirs, not the guy next doors, yours. We sell in the begining to learn how to deal with coustomers and rejection, the averages game. Every no gets us closer to a yes. I have gotten to meet alot of visiting owners in the time I have been there, and even been taken on by one. This buisness may seem shady, but even with your own buisness...it's a leap of faith, and one that pays off if your tough enough to take the training. Report

3. Written by Liz, on 05-10-2009 13:28 I contacted the St.Louis news about "five star" they told me that I need to report it to the attorney general which I plan on doing and I suggest that anyone who has been scammed by these people should do the same. Report

4. Written by Liz, on 30-09-2009 08:16 Has anyone made it past training just to see if they get their promised office? I am in training right now and I can't seem to figure out if its a scam or not? I know it seems like a shady business but there is no way that they can scam that many people and not get sued! It would be very easy to get a class action law suit against them so if their a scam why has no one done that yet? Report

5. Written by The Viper, on 08-09-2009 10:42 I went into the first and second interview and thought nothing of it, It really ticked me off that i could be so stupid to not look into the company i was about to pledge my life to. I got to orrientation where you get your nicknames, my group chose exotic cars there for the viper and they thought it would be a good idea to send us out with no products to sell the items. luckily none of my friends and family had the money for it. but to take a little break i went to my mothers and she told me to look them up in the Better buisness Bureau. I could not find anything about my location which was Lucrative management is Portland, Or. After readint that they do not give you licenses to solicit and that you can go to jail because of them and they wont back you up i booked it. I am a 19 year old with a clean record. My boyfriend was in the class with me and we are contacing the Better buissness bureau tonight we know that its not much of help but it better then doing nothing. we decided that their work is imoral and could never do anything like that.    Thanks World Wide Web!  The viper Report

6. Written by fitch, on 29-07-2009 23:23 i personly went through training at lucid managment and though it was hard it is in no way a scam. it is just hard. some people cant cut it so they bad mouth to make themselves feel better. while i am no longer in training, due to personal reasons, i respect everything that matt and dayane did for me. this is a real oppertunity with a lot of money to be made if you have the time and dedication. Report

7. Written by Ben, on 04-07-2009 00:08 Scam? not at all. I'm in the training program. anyone thats been around more than a week in the program sees just how much money we make. Having my own office will without a doubt in my mind change my life for the better.     Before anyone says i'm brainwashes and no one gets an office. I've personally seen four people get their offices. I've been to the offices i've seen the numbers we put up every week in sales. Its not for everyone that much is obvious but its also not a scam.     WORRIED MOTHER: trust in your son. if he's determined and motivated he will be all right.     I've gotten nothing put positive experiences from scentura. I have confidence that i never had before and im learning how to be a sucess in life from my office manager.     I'm in a different office but David and Jenny originally hired me and everytime i happen to see them at the office im training in i make it a point to thank them.     This is a positive and uplifting experience for those that can take it. Report

8. Written by Worried mother...., on 28-04-2009 21:01 My 20 yr old son is in to this company also. It seems like a brain washing. I dont understand how you can work 12 days 7 days a week and still think that down the road it will all pay off. Do you have any advise to help him to get out. I hope in time that the light will go on in his head and he will see it for what it is. It seems like it should be criminal!! Help!! Give me some ideas or hope!! Report

9. Written by mike 11/28/2008, on 28-11-2008 13:25 scentura creations is a real joke these offices open up under other names there are 2 in new orleans 1 is JMR and the other is BIG SCHOTTS its not healthy for these people 2 brainwash these people lieing 2 the public i live in new orleans and i attended theses classes for nuttin a real waist of time i was not happy with them and unhappy with myself they need 2 be stopped fast some people are gonna seriously be hurt. Report

10. Written by Jen Reynolds, on 06-10-2008 09:08 My boyfriend went through the exact same thing. You were probably in class together. All these promises. And then when he told me he wouldn't be getting a "paycheck" until training was completed, I flipped out. He said he would make cash bonuses. Anyway, when I saw the "perfume" and that the boxes said Scentura Creations, I googled it and found all hes scam information.   He went back the next day and tries to get the money back for the perfume he had sold and they refused. Conveniently the perfume he sold was "out of stock". He ended up giving the "samples" to the people he sold to and explaining the situation.    This is the second person I know of the has run into this scam. Another friend of mine responded to an ad and ended up in Arnold, MO. Same exact thing. BEWARE!!!! Report

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