Ximiti Michael E. Smythe, Ximiti Retail! Ximiti Financial, 2Hippos.com,GrowYourNet.com, Glenmount Capital Cheque Fraud, non-payment, investment fraud Markham Ontario

As of September, Michael Smythe has changed his location, and set up YET ANOTHER company to continue his same scheme.  He has evaded Ontario Provincial Ministry of Labour orders to pay compensation to over 5 cases.  He has not delivered the services that he was paid for under Ximiti, so now he is going under "Win Twice".  BEWARE....  do not become a "strategic partner"; do not become a "Team Leader", or any other title he dreams up, but moreover DO NOT PAY THIS MAN OR THIS COMPANY ANY MONEY.  This is a scam, pure and simple.  It follows his M.O. from Our Kids Benefit, to GlenMount Capital, to Ximiti, and now Win Twice.  For me, once bitten, "twice" shy.  Take it from me... it isn't worth your time but especially not your money...

I worked for Michael Smythe and Roger about a year and a half ago. I had met him and thought he was a stand up guy. A few months later when his newest venture was ready to launch Devstra I quit a job and began working for him. I was hired as a sales coordinator for Devstra which was supposed to be a school for future employees of 2 Hippos, teaching them how to become service reps for the company.

I began marketing the school and signed up about 5 people who came to "school" everyday for 4 months...basically the school quickly turned into teaching these people how to begin scamming others out of money for his next venture he were to begin launching...Innofost. For most of my day I sat doing absolutely nothing and began to realize I was a front and it looked better to people when they walked in and saw someone sitting at a desk.

Besides filling these poor peoples brains with crap, and taking $995 from each of them for the course, all Michael did all day was make and improve upon utube videos for 2 Hippos, and innofost. Each week he was to pay me by E transfer and each and every week he would come up with some excuse as to why he couldn't, sometimes he had to wait for payment from his lawyer and sometimes he claimed he sent it but I never got it. Then he would a few days later write me a cheque. Even though I fought for my pay the cheques luckily never bounced.

After being there for a couple of months and having 3 different cell phones given to me for each business he was running...the phones rarely rang, and I literally begged him for work to do, I started 2 facebook pages, one for devstra and one for 2 hippos...

I was very suspicious very quickly that he was just out to scam people...One of my last days of work, he asked me to call a locksmith ASAP and call the alarm company to change the alarm code...if these weren't red flags I dont know what was...I was told by another employee that he was hiding from another partner at the time...also that same day someone from a nearby restaurant came and served him with papers as they had paid lots of money for flyers from 2Hippos and they were not delivered...my list could go on and on...

On what was to be my last day of work before I basically got up at lunch from my chair and never returned out of fear, he asked me to hire a few customer service reps to work evenings in anticipation that Innofost was about to launch and he needed people to take credit card numbers from those who would again be promised to make millions within a short period of time. I started the hiring process and found several great candidates, however my guilty conscience that these people wouldnt get paid like me, or would become involved in his latest scams really upset me, I hired them anyways as I was told to do...

My last day of work, I left, and disappeared for hours from my very concerned family and friends, something inside me snapped from feeling stupid and worthless for believing what seemed to be the boss and job of my dreams...Since that day in April 2014 I have not worked, I have been diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety, been on an array of antidepressants and I spent 15 weeks in hospital and I am still not well...I don't want anyone else to go through what my family and I have endured for the last 16 months.

Update:

Michael messaged me today to sarcastically thank me for posting on this forum. I told him that I would gladly retract my comments if he decided to honor our agreement and deliver what was promised, he did not respond.

He obviously does not care enough about his reputation to try and resolve my concerns. Do not do business with this individual or his associates.

I unfortunately hired Michael Smythe and his company to do marketing for my small retail business this last December. The agreement was simple, print and deliever flyers to homes and building in close proximity to my store and afterwards provide photographic proof of delievery. I specifically requested that he also deliever to areas that my friends and family live in so I can ensure that the job was done.

As it was December and Christmas, I spent a lot of money on this marketing compaign, more than what I would normally spend in 3 or 4 months. My staff and I asked every customer who entered the store if they received the flyer, not one person said yes. I also asked my friends and family if they received flyers, not one did.

As per the agreement, I have been chasing Michael to deliever on his promise to provide me with the photo proof.  He keeps insisting that its been sent out multiple times via email, but I have not received it. I have given him 2 different email address' and have asked if he could deliever the photo's via a different means. He has said no. He is being rude and arrogant, asking why I need the photos now and why am I upset? I just want what was agreed upon, no more, no less.

I have no choice to believe that I've been scammed and completely wasted my marketing budget and sales opportunity for what was supposed to be the busiest month of the year for my business.

Find below an excerpt from Michael's 2hippos.com website. This is all I want.

1. Our Staff take a picture of the flyers, just as they are about to deliver them. These pictures are taken subtly, so as not to alarm residents. We then upload them to the web; and give you the links to view them. Since each photo is date & time stamped; and also geo-tagged, you can see the precise location that each delivery photo was taken! So, you can be 100% certain that your items are correctly delivered to the right homes, at the right times;"

I am a former employee and can verify the details mentioned. In fact michael smythe has been involved with more failed companies than mentioned in this post.

All payroll checks bounced in Oct and there has been no money since but much debt accumulated! 

It is amazing how many people are willing to stick around and drink the kool aid in hopes that michael's pipe dream may come true. They don't see how they are damaging their character and relationships by associating with this organization and it's leaders.

This is another fraudulent scheme!