Consumer complaint received 2024-10-05 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other debt
Issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action — Threatened or suggested your credit would be damaged
Company: Westlake Services, LLC
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
In XX/XX/year>, I purchased a sales training course offered by XXXX XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX known as XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. About a month ago they vanished, no trace. The membership area online gone and no communication as to what happened. Hundreds were scammed I used the loan servicer XXXX Westlake Portfolio Management who I have a 36 month payment with. I informed them of what happened on the phone and they gave a number to call the merchant. That number does not work. They also stated that I still have to pay or my credit will be affected. How does a legitimate company partner with a fraudster to offer loans to hardworking people? There is no way to get through to these people. 

I've now been doing a lot of research on XXXX XXXX XXXX and his " XXXX XXXX '' Scam and I'm ready to unleash everything I've learned to help others not fall for his tricks and simply just shed some light on what he's doing. 

I think its insane how this has been going on for years and hasnt been called out. XXXX XXXX XXXX owner of XXXX XXXX XXXX has been scamming and taking advantage of people and their desires for YEARS. The worst part is he's not only scamming people and taking their money but he's also allowing them to take loans out for his $ XXXX course using third-party loan companies piling on insane interest rates. The Loan companies themselves should be ashamed and ridiculed but what do you expect ... it's a loan company. They work together to cater to people who can't afford the course and allow people to think that they have a way in but people go into it thinking their life is about to change and are now stuck with making monthly payments to a third-party loan company and can't get out of it because if they stop making payments, the loan company will report the late payment to the credit bureaus then ruining their credit. 

This gets deep because you can see everything wrong in what he's doing yet this guy has the balls to call himself a businessman and " a successful entrepreneur ''. I'm going to really go into detail with proof and resources. 

This guy runs XXXX  Ads on XXXX and XXXX and you can click the link to see what these ads look like. 

Problems and concerns with the " program '' : Misleading Advertising : XXXX is utilizing outdated ads from XXXX that he used to sell his first digital marketing course " Productized Profits '' as examples in his current course on running profitable XXXX ads XXXX falsely suggesting that " everyone can get rich ''. The advertising landscape is ever-changing and strategies must be kept up to date. He made his money selling a fake dream to people. 
Fake Testimonials : XXXX XXXX XXXX pays/rewards people for testimonials which completely ruins the credibility of his course. In the contract he gives to everyone who signs up he does not provide any provisions addressing the legitimacy of testimonials. XXXX is so desperate that he even runs sponsored ads using the search term Is XXXX XXXX Legit ? '' now when people search that term, they are more than likely to click on the first link that goes to his website. If this just doesn't seem suspicious or crazy to you, I simply don't know what to tell you.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation