Jan C.

To save decent people some time, here is all you need to know about the "BefoundJobs" racket.

The person behind this - "Greig Wells" --has a canned approach he has been using for years to suck money out of the pockets of job seekers.

It is premised on his webinar - all of which are recorded, not live.-- that follow the same script, First Greig opens up telling the audience he is going to "blow their minds" with secrets on how to use Linkedin to find a job. During that opening, he also states that he is going to share special "killer tips" at the very end of the session (which is a time worn gimmick to fool attendees into sitting through what they will soon see is a hard sell pitch),

Greg then goes through superficial descriptions of how to get noticed by employers on Linked in, advising it is the only place on earth firms seeking talent look for candidates. He then warns the viewer that unless they employ his specific techniques they will never have a chance of getting employed, That is followed by a supposed picture of an inbox full of emails from his clients saying "I got a job, thanks Greig:

He then goes in for the kill, stating that trying to use his approaches on your own is impossible but that he has his crack team ready to do it all for you for a gaizllion dollars He then uses the old "fake discount" trick, saying that during this webinar only he offering a massive price cut, where the program he is pitching can be purchased for "only" $999.

But then it gets even better: Greig now says he going to do Q&A, You then hear him quote fake names, such as "Bob wants to know if the program is guaranteed to get you a job", etc.-- then Greig breathlessly announces "my staff has alerted me we are about to sell out the program, which has only 50 spots." That is followed by by an announcement that the program is sold out - but not for long, as the host "responds" to some supposed attendee has just stated he somehow made a mistake and purchased three spots, which leads our "host" to state "there are still two spots. Available, so go to my buy now link right now."

By now anyone with brain understands something stinks and leaves the webinar. And if you go to the "buy now" link two hours later you will see it still open for business. In fact, if you check next morning, it's still offering spots.

But Greig isn't done yet, Anyone who made the mistake of signing up for the webinar starts getting nasty follow up emails from Greig, stating you will never get a a job without signing up for his program - which is again "sold out", but you can apply using a link to get on a wait list.

So again, run, don't walk away from any email you get from this guy inviting you to attend his webinar.