I received a card in the mail from Cambridge Who's Who, and we interested in the opportunity to be entered into a world of writing professionals, and it was advertised as free. Cambridge Who's Who contacted me and persuaded me that joining them would be beneficial for my career as a writing, saying that I would be 'published'. They seized on my desire as a writer to be published, and made promises that in retrospect I should have known better.
Well, it turns out it wasn't so 'free' after all. The Cambridge Who's Who package I ordered was about $190.00 but I was also promised a $100.00 gift certificate for jewelry. I thought this wasn't so bad, getting published in Cambridge Who's Who and jewelry too. It turns out that the jewelry store would not honor the gift certificate, and, my attempts to complain to Cambridge Who Who went unanswered.
I looked up the work 'scam' in the dictionary, and found that it meant 'a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, esp. For making a quick profit; swindle' and 'to cheat or defraud with a scam'. I don't know if Cambridge Who's Who is a 'scam', but I do feel as though I was conned. I really feel that being in the Cambridge Who's Who will help my career in anyway at all.
My attempts to get a refund were faced with unreturned phone calls, and customer service people that were very rude that told me 'All sales are final'.
I felt very embarrassed and it took a lot to share this, but I feel that it is important for people to know about this before they give these people any money. Please, learn from what I went through.
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