Unfornuately, I was one of those who was scammed by the Phoney Company, Alonti International a.K.A. Boss Marketing. Luckily, my intuition kicked in when I started to think that this is too good to be true. On June 8, I was contacted via email by Alonti International. I didn't see the email until June 10th.By this time Alonti contacted me on my cell phone and asked me if I would come in for an interview the very next day.
Well, I came in the building located at 2851 High Meadows Circle in Auburn Hills, Michigan. I found their Suite #190 on the Mural or Plaque in the lobby. Once I entered the office, there were about three other people sitting on a couch waiting for their interview. One of the individuals waiting for an interview was a gentleman who was disabled and confined to a wheelchair, but he had an assistant with him.
Two friendly perky receptionists, Lindsey Hall and some other one were a part of this scam as well. These two receptionists kept the flow of traffice going. Each applicant had at least a 15 or 20 minute interview with a guy named Derek. My red flags went off when I noticed that this Derek person never gave his last name. Anyway, Derek interviewed me for about 15 minutes and then escorted me to the Receptionists' desk and asked them to schedule me for Job Shadowing over at Sams Club on Northline Road in Southgate Michigan with some character named Randy Locke and a young lady named Dina.
However, Dina never gave her last name. She said that she was also new and that this was her first week, and that last week, she trained at Job Shadowing for about 4 days. I asked Dina, if she actually sold anything and made any money yet. My red flags went off when she hesitantly said, "yeah, I sold a couple of things. I made a couple of hundred dollars."
Nevertheless, I was there at Sams Club to Job Shadow these two characters and see how they sell Elaborate Gift Certificates for a $198.00 Las Vegas Hotel Stay, a couple of $30.00 one day full body Spa Treatments, a Cancun trip for a relatively low amount, a $24.00 Zap-Zone package for four kids, etc., etc.,
Some customers listened to these two characters and then decided not to purchase these packages. Regrettably, some other customers took the bait and purchased a few of these packages. They way it worked is that once the customer reached the Cashier, the Cashier would scan the package and just after scanning, that's when either Randy or Dina would run over to the cashier and check the receipt, then sign over an actual so-called Gift Certificate to that customer and that's it!
Interestingly, Sams Club allows these road crews to come into their store and set up shop. Shouldn't Sams Club be made aware of these scammers so that customers do not try to sue Sams Club? Consequently, my time and gas was wasted on this mess. Furthermore, I took a half day off from work to interview with these clowns. Please warn others, so that they do not get scammed like me.
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