The Global Connection I was ripped off of $7950 when I didn't receive the promised services Scottsdale Arizona

Sorry you got ripped off. Use your anger to do as much damage as you can to these crooks. They're already being brought up on charges by the FTC...as World Traders Association, et. al.

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2005/02/bizoppflop.htm

The receivership has been set up through Robb Evans, and you can find some court docs here:

http://www.robbevans.com/html/worldta.html

You will see that the Global Connection has been linked to (allegedly linked to...my error) 18 other companies...most bogus. Looks like they scammed about $30 MILLION since 1998.

All of these company records can be looked up online, same thing with the tons of bogus websites they ran (use www.whois.sc and check the IP addresses against each other).

Search ripoffreport.com for World Traders Association, International Merchandise Group, Musketeer Partners, United Traders and the Global connection. You will find the information you need to realize that you may be one out of over 4,000 victims of this scam, and maybe find some friends to help you along the way.

Also, anyone out there who has a few shillings left in their wallet, consider donating to this site...without which many of us would not have been able to share information.

If you search legalcasedocs.com you will see where World Traders sued several chat board owners who allowed victims to speak out against these horrible companies. Not only did they scam us, they made these other folks pay thousands of dollars in legal fees to fight defamation suits. Keep this board open! It's not easy to fight the scammers.

Good Luck.

I don't know what in the hell you guys were trying to buy for $8,000. Some kind of counseling nonsense, it looks like.

Probably help with building a web site. That's the usual one. Or ebay. Or, some crazy get rich quick plan.

I don't know why nobody ever goes to the library. They have plenty of books on whatever you were interested in. Real books. By real people who have done what they are describing.

People always turn to some fraud instead. I can't for the life of me understand how someone thousands of miles away could be of much help anyway, even if the phones weren't dead. And then, to pay $8,000 for talking to someone on the phone. That's like paying $8,000 for some instructional videos.

There's no way they're worth more than a few hundred, tops.

Easy come, easy go I guess. Anyone who put real work into saving up that money certainly wouldn't hand it away to some crook thousands of miles away. Hopefully, someone will hand you some more money, to replace what you lost.

Obviously, you know now that the references were phony. Paid actors.

The reason the crooks are gone is because they made all the money they needed. With 1,000 people at $8k each, you're talking $8 million. That'll hold them for a while.

I'm not sure how you paid. Perhaps your bank could reverse the charges. Unless the crooks have closed the account and liquidated the money already. Once you realized, you should have acted immediately. Go to your bank and discuss the situation.

If they can't help you, then it's a total loss.

I am based in New York. I cant believe I was taken. All their lines have a busy tone and the website has been squashed. If you know of a way or a number or a legal attorney that is handling this case to try and retrieve our money...please contact me. Im thinking its over...the money is gone. I just cant believe I thought this was a great opportunity. Maybe I spent several thousands of dollars for a valuable lesson; Never trust anyone. NEVER. What a bad feeling to carry. Again if you heard anything please contact me...Any money returned would be great...but I think that hopes are slim.