Listing Leader Group Joe NIchols Scammed Real Estate Agent for $6500 Internet

I responded to a call from Joe Nichols of the Listing Leader Group.  He promised that they would supply me with luxury listing appointments and that I could expect to receive 3-5 such appointments weekly.  I asked for a reference and they put me in touch with an agent in another state who told me she got as many appointments each week and it would supplement her business. 

Joe asked me to send a check to the company for $6500 by FedEx using their account and that my salesperson would immediately prosepct on my behalf and start setting appointments.  This was in January 2015.  After several weeks and not hearing anything from them I reached out. I checked in monthly with them and always received the same response.  Be patient.

It has now been 10 months (November 2015) and I still have never received a single appointment.  They have never initiated contact with me.  The original agreement did say that after 12 months if I had not closed $10 million in sales from their leads that they would refund my money.  I am highly skeptical that I will ever see my money again.  Even on the off-chance that they do return the money, I do not appreciate giving them a $6,500 loan when they had no intention at all of providing me any service.

This is a scam because now the numbers dont work and his site is down.