ISFP

It is a scam.
I recently had a highly disappointing experience with the International Society of Female Professionals (ISFP). They charged my credit card $499.95 without my consent, and despite multiple attempts to resolve the issue over the past few weeks, I have received no refund or acknowledgment from them. Their lack of responsiveness and failure to rectify this unauthorized charge is unacceptable.

When I joined they told me it was a 'lifetime membership' and never disclosed any other fees would be due. I then was charged for a marketing campaign and started getting 39.99 monthly fees. I had enough and cancelled immediately. They did not refund anything but promised my information would be purged from their system. 8 months later I was charged another $500 out of the blue. Pretty sure this whole thing is a scam.

In addition to the membership fee, they charged me (without my consent) $499 for a "Multi media" press release that I was told was already part of my membership package. When I saw I was charged I tried to call and received no answer. I am currently working with my credit card company to make sure this charge does not go through.

It was a professional experience for me. Both ladies that I talked to (Rochell and Ashley) on different occasions were so professional.

After registration, I received the confirmation email right away. But reading the reviews I was uncomfortable and asked for a refund via email. I received both the refund and email confirmation in less than 10 minutes.

I am still not sure if I want to be a member, but the experience was handled very professionally.

They didn't pay me for my work & I made 2 sells but come to find out they are a fraudulent organization.
Samantha Ashford & Cindy (fake names).

They claim a 1 time LIFETIME membership for 199 dollars. THIS IS A SCAM. They have apparently been charging me 39.99 a month for 13 months. I signed up in Feb 2021 and Starting in may they began charging me. It's an account I don't use as often so I didn't notice. Then they apparently charged me 399.95 in Feb of 2022 which I didn't notice because I got covid right around then and just haven't been working as much. So all told, not including the 199 that I DID agree to (stupidly thinking they were legit) they have charged me 1220 dollars in the past 18 months! Guess what, they don't answer the phone and haven't returned my email.

PSA
I was employed with ISFP for a very short period of time and trained by Chelsea Shaw although, it is unclear if that is her real name or not - she is listed on Linkedin this way, however. During training, Chelsea told all employees they had to use a fake last name before and after asking for payments from applicants - it is 100% scripted that everyone gets in - there are no stipulations aside from your willingness to provide your personal CC information over the phone and that minute. Nothing will be provided to you in writing prior to your payment - if you feel uncomfortable (as you should) there is a rebuttal for every possible scenario - they want your money and that is it.

They took my money said I had 15 days to get it back with no questions asked. When I found out it was a scam. I called back within an hour to cancel and the lady I spoke to for the last hour was acting like she was someone else. I told her I wanted to cancel and she acted like she was new and had to give this to her supervisor but it should not be a problem. I asked when I would receive an email of cancellation and she said same day, I never received. Nothing about this company is legitimate, don't give in to her she is very convincing. I followed up with a cancellation on their website and took screenshot.

I don't know if this is an actual company or not, but either way, they get your information and charge you hundreds of dollars you never agreed to pay. I am beyond angry right now. Save yourself a HUGE hassle and stay away from the ISFP.

They are pleasant until they get your credit card. They told me I only needed to make a one time payment for lifetime membership. Few months later, I noticed a charge to my CC and sent an email for a refund and cancellation of my membership. The have since continued to debit by credit card on monthly basis, without consent. I am working with my credit card company to resolve this. It is frustrating. DO NOT have anything to do with this company. They are nothing but thieves and scammers.

When I spoke to them I was feeling weird about providing my credit card information over the phone, but I was completely mindful that I was going to give them the benefit of the doubt even though it felt weird. Afterwards I went online read a few more reviews about them, and you can imagine I went "inside crazy", now I want to look for a refund. So I read a review from one of their previous employees and as she wrote "the managers are trying to change the reviews" which gave me hope that now their practices should be improved. At this point I am testing my feet in the water and thinking "let's see how they react about giving me a refund".
During the first call the lady was nice and gave me her phone number, although when I tried calling back it did not rang (pulling my hair here) maybe i wrote it wrong, maybe it was given wrong?. I wanted a refund, I called their other number that had been saved in my call history and spoke with another nice lady who understood my situation when explained, no more questions asked. She put me on hold to talked to finance department, and I was going crazy "omg, they are going to leave me here waiting" but no, after a couple minutes I was speaking with the lady again and said she had talked with finance and they will issue a refund that I was going to see within 24h. Grieving period time, but about 15 minutes later I received an email letting me know about my refund and when check in my card statement just now I saw the refund reflected (all within 15 minutes of fast customer service).
I would say they are going the right way about making their company a bit more trustworthy, one review and one step at a time. For now, this is my brief experience with them and not bad at all.
But for now, I will change my card because I don't know if according to other reviewers I will start getting charged in my card or if they have improved and solved the problem.
Nevertheless, someday I hope to be in a position to spend that money without knowing if it will be back and be okay with it (in a prepaid credit card). To see and test their service and be able to give them another hopefully good review.

Don't trust the International Society of Professional Women (ISPF)! On December 6th, I paid them a discounted rate of $399.95 for membership. I just found out that the regular rate is $500 for a Corporate membership, not for the individual membership of $75. I told the woman I was unemployed and she "discounted" it to the lower rate. On January 6th and again on February 6th they put through more credit card charges of $49.99 each month.
They've done nothing they promised and now they're charging my credit card AGAIN three months later for $389.95, and another charge of $49.99!
I've reported them to my credit card company for fraud!
They're crooks and once they get your credit card number they keep charging it without authorizations!
Don't EVER give them any information or credit card numbers!

Absolut scam. They set it up very profesionally cause I otherwise would never do something like this in my life! I signed up via their -what seemed- a very legitimate linkedin campaign "accepting" new members to their professional organization of CEOs etc. There even was a phone interview to verify my credentials. They charge a lifetime membership fee and say no further charges and they will create a profile, a press release and it's all included, etc. Then the charges start coming in, which they don't tell you about. And this supposed profile- doesn't exist. It's a very elaborate scam. Honestly they might as well actually provide these services and really create a society with how much effort they put into it. I gave them the benefit of the doubt and contacted their support. They emailed back saying they would refund one charge- never happened. It's just a game to them to keep this scam alive and seem legitimate. They even keep arguing I've authorized all charges- not true, I never did! I'm absolutely furious and I sincerely hope this never happens to anyone else. Stay away from them!

I am a former employee of this "company" & I must say, they are scammers. I just recently found out when I did my research on it a few days ago. I accepted the position because of how they presented it to me. Basically said I'll be getting calls from people who have submitted an application to join the group or are interested in joining so it's no cold calling ever. Yea right! Most of the people I talk to don't even remember putting in an application and when they do remember they say it was months ago. Then for the people that says, "they're not interested put them on a do not call list" we're supposed to BUT the boss wants us to still call them day after day until they curse us out and scream at us. Also, they tell you it's a one time fee but really isn't. They charge you multiple times a month after initial payment. They honestly don't have 200 thousand members that's just a rue to get others to join. Please be careful of this company. I am saddened to learn I once worked for this scam of a place but now that I know I had to leave. I don't agree with taking anyone's hard earned money! If you have paid GET A REFUND ASAP. Not sure if you'll get it but still try to.

This s a scam, people! DO not get involved with them. Once they have a credit card number they will charge whatever they want.

This company is HORRIBLE! I do not recommend I've worked for them and they are taking women's money! They're charging you $300-$400 just to benefit their company and you will not receive none of the items they mention. They don't want customers to know that you can get a refund within 15 days and had us lying for them. I would rate this 0/10 do not and I mean DO NOT TRUST this company with any credit card info. It will be wiped out of your account every month. CINDY HAYES and SAMANTHA ASHFORD will lie to every customer just to benefit themselves then fire you if you mess up their money! I wouldn't work for them nor buy any membership!

I came across them on LinkedIn, and after a lengthy interview - they called me in the Netherlands - I was so excited. I took the life-long membership and was also told it's a one-off payment. Then I found more reviews and articles. They already charged $199. I have canceled my card, but Visa says they cannot stop the payments if it turns out to be a subscription, and it will be a lengthy process to get it stopped and get subsequent charges refunded. This payment cannot be reversed, unfortunately. I tried to access the website of BBB but keep getting an error code. Does anybody have good advice?

I also applied via application found on social media. I figured if they accept me I'll look into this further. I got the call today and after a few questions they accepted me immediately. They gave me the script of lifetime membership vs 5-year membership as others had received in the other reviews on this page. They kept pushing me to give them my credit card. I asked them to send me the info to review before I commit and then they kept lowering their fees. I told them I will call after I review their website and she angrily hung up on me mid sentence. Follow your intuition and read reviews. Don't just give your cc info to anyone.

They charged my CC with a suddent USD 500 for not reason. When I sent them an email they replied that this charge was for a 'press release' following a telephone conversation I supposedly had with a certain doctor. Obviouly this never took place! They replied that the amount will be refunded. Nothing... it has been 3 (!) months now and they are not replying to my emails nor anwering my phonecalls. I am now in contact with my bank to report the fraud and stop them from charging my CC again!

This organization attempted to charge me almost $500.00 without warning upon originally "signing up" for the organization - they reversed the charge originally when I asked them to, however almost a YEAR LATER, they attempted to charge me the same amount AGAIN. Understand they will hold onto your information & on repeat, attempt to fraud you of funds. Do NOT, I repeat, do NOT trust this organization at ALL.

I signed up through a Facebook on LinkedIn post. Then got a call that said it was a one time fee. I never got any of my account information. Then I called them in 7 days demanding my money no refund. Now they are trying to charge me $399 a month later.

I just sent an email demanding a full refund and demand no more future changes.

I am going to try to file a fraud case.

Do not sign up for this!

If you need to track them down here you go:
Member Support
The International Society of Female Professionals
*******304 / *******@theisfp.com
www.theisfp.com

https://www.facebook.com/International-Society-of-Female-Professionals**************/

THeir phone number does not get picked up by anyone. They have been charging me for mystery charges for 2 years and have never reimbursed me as they said they would. Do not give them your CC information because they will use it monthly and you will never get them to stop billing.

THIS ORGANIZATION PREYS ON PEOPLE THEY FIND ON LINKEDIN AND TELL THEM THEY ARE RESPONDING TO AN APPLICATION YOU HAVE MADE. THE WEBSITE IS HORRIBLE NOTHING A PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS WOMAN WOULD BE AFFILIATED WITH. I FELL FOR THE COMPLIMENTS AND PROMISES I WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET OTHER WOMEN LIKE MYSELF AND PAID 300 JOINING FEE WHICH THEY SAID WAS REFUNDABLE IF I CHANGED MY MIND. WHEN I SAW HOW BAD THEIR WEBSITE WAS I CHANGED MY MIND AND IT HAS BEEN A MONTH AND NO REFUND HAS BEEN ISSUED.