Beware before engaging marco kozlowski . Do you research. Check his history .
Marco is well known as one of the world’s leading experts in Real Estate Investing, Platform Speaking and Systems Process Engineering. He is currently an owner in a wide variety of successful companies in multiple countries. From holistic medical centers to a robust property portfolio to advanced one on one mentoring – Marco’s methodologies have proven results. His Passion? Help others achieve financial independence.
Marco kozlowski is a pathological liar and a scam artist.
I live in Orlando and Marco Kowlowski has been one of those road clowns
going around the country claiming to be a guru that does deal. He first
started scamming people about flipping luxury homes for $100 option for
a $5000 course. I attended that many years ago and I was surprised that
the FTC had not shut him down. (Marco prove to us you have done
deals... He can't)
He has only done 1 deal and that was 7 years ago, yet he claims that he
does all these deals. He is a great salesman but he has the worse
customer service, never gives refunds. I have written a letter to the
FTC based on the new law guidelines and hoping this will finally shut him down.
Now he has got out the real estate business and calls himself a world
expert on delegation.. ANOTHER LIE AND SCAM. He just start doing this
product 3 months ago because the real estate stuff people caught on that
it was BS.
I would like to file a class action lawsuit against him so please reply to this post with an email address and our office will contact you.
Marco is a nice guy but I cannot in good faith let this scam artist
continue to operate. I recently attended a Bill Walsh Powerteam
international event and saw his pitch his stuff there. Turns out Bill
Walsh who I once had respect for is nothing more than an enabler scam artist himself.
If if u have been scammed by his product, just call your credit card company and file a chargeback based on fraud. The bank has to give you the money back
Orlando, FLorida
Marco kozlowski is a pathological liar and a scam artist. I live in
Orlando and Marco Kowlowski has been one of those road clowns going
around the country claiming to be a guru that does deal. He first
started scamming people about flipping luxury homes for $100 option for a
$5000 course. I attended that many years ago and I was surprised that
the FTC had not shut him down. (Marco prove to us you have done deals...
He can't)
He has only done 1 deal and that was 7 years ago, yet he claims that he
does all these deals. He is a great salesman but he has the worse
customer service, never gives refunds. I have written a letter to the
FTC based on the new law guidelines and hoping this will finally shut him down.
Now he has got out the real estate business and calls himself a world
expert on delegation.. ANOTHER LIE AND SCAM. He just start doing this
product 3 months ago because the real estate stuff people caught on that
it was BS.
I would like to file a class action lawsuit against him so please reply to this post with an email address and our office will contact you.
Marco is a nice guy but I cannot in good faith let this scam artist
continue to operate. I recently attended a Bill Walsh Powerteam
international event and saw his pitch his stuff there. Turns out Bill
Walsh who I once had respect for is nothing more than an enabler scam artist himself.
If if u have been scammed by his product, just call your credit card company and file a chargeback based on fraud. The bank has to give you the money back
"In mid-2015, I decided to work with Marco Kozlowski after attending his
boot camp and joined his silver package, which cost me around to
$25,000. After joining, I had a hard time getting the mentoring that I
paid for from his coaches/mentors for long periods and when I would get
someone they would change frequently and would disappear. I tried to get
in touch with Marco but he did not respond.
In June 2016, I
again met up with Marco in Toronto during another one of his seminars
and expressed our displeasure and he came up with a sob story saying of
how he was targeted by the media and all his consultants and partners
all bailed on him and that he would keep to his promise and work with me
directly which never happened. Instead he put me in touch with another
of his coaches who too left as Marco owed him money.
I was
interested in investing Assisted Living facilities (ALFs), so I
approached Marco again that I were seeking an ALF expert to mentor me
and and he stated that he is an ALF expert and would help me out if I
could commit to paying him for 3 months in an email dated September 27,
2016. On October 4, 2016 Marco again contacted me repeating that if I
work with him, I would earn enough revenue to cover his fees. He also
stated that he has a private lender who can fund our deals and we have
to bring zero money down to the table. We later found out he has no idea
on how an ALF operates or has any idea on the licencing requirements
and due diligence that is required to acquire an existing ALF. He even
had no idea on how to structure contracts for purchasing an ALF which
caused me more monetary expenses when I used his so called accurate
contracts to acquire ALFs.
I paid Marco the 4 months of
mentoring but I did not receive any revenue from any of his mentoring
services. Part of his mentoring included me to come to his Success
Reflex classes at his home in Maitland, FL where it would be like a boot
camp and I would walk away with some great deals. I did attend his
Success Reflex twice hoping to make some revenue but nothing came
through from them and these trip costs me more money. I became
suspicious as it didn’t make sense why I was losing out on all my offers
after the price has been agreed on and the contract is being written
and sent to be reviewed by Mr Kozlowski when finally, it came to our
attention through an agent that he was going behind our backs and
acquiring the deals I had worked so hard on putting together after
investing more than 10 hours a day on researching, calling and
negotiating deals and to find out they were being stolen by the same
person who is supposed to assist me in acquiring them and secured them
for himself with other students whom were ready to partner with him and
receive 1/3rd of the profits is NOT fair.
Once this came to my
attention and I questioned his ethics, all of a sudden, I was banned
from all of his mentoring, forums, webcasts and Facebook groups. As of
now I know of 3 deals (with proof) that I was working on that he
acquired with other student. God only knows how many more he has stolen
from me and partnered with other students from his inner circle behind
my back.
I feel I have been targeted by Marco Kozlowski who used
me to acquire good investment deals for himself and his inner circle. I
also feel that that he committed fraud by promising me guaranteed deals
by making me pay for his consulting fees for his mentoring services and
providing me with false information that he is an expert in Assisted
Living Facility (ALF) business. Even his promises of getting deals with
zero down are all bogus.
Based on the all this I have found more
information on his Fraudulent behaviour and is targeting people from
Canada, UK and Australia. I would like to get this sum back and at the
same time make people cautious or avoid doing business with this person.
Here are some websites exposing his fraudulent behaviour
Marco Kozlowski Luxury Home Group - Fraud, Scam, Con, Beware ...
Marco Kozlowski arrogantly boasts to be a "World renowned platform
speaker. Business automation expert. Luxury real estate guru" Charging
upward of $5000 per person to attend his seminars. Arrogantly chanting
his mantra "We are in the helping people business" and "I always want to
leave people better than when I find them".
His proprietary
formula is a sham .... tried, tested and FAILED .. time and time again.
Simply google his name to see the plethora of complaints from
financially ruined and frustrated former clients and homeowners.
His
"incredible" formula for which he charges $5000 to teach basically
involves having the "student" contact every home owner listing on sites
such as Craigslist and FSBO, BuyOwner etc. He finds his prey by looking
for key words such as "must sell", "motivated to sell" "desperate" or
"assume my loan" etc. He informs his students to go to the very last
listings on Craigslist as these buyers are more "desperate".
He has them send out the first email "is your home still for sale?"
Second email "can I call you? When do you want to sell? Are you flexible on the price?"
He
then has them follow through with a call and the goal is simply to
determine if the seller will hand over the keys to their home (and their
furnishings, boats, cars, possessions ...or "goodies" as he likes to
call them) These goodies he will keep for himself or sell for more
personal profit.
He then writes up a contract for deed where he
promises to take over payments, pay off the mortgage after one year
(selling the home to his exclusive tenants that he has access to), he
will keep an escrow for the taxes, insurance etc. He will pay all bills
in a timely manner or .. as with my clause ... he will pay a $4000
penalty if he is in breach of the contract.
Skip to one year
later ... after a stressful year of having to chase Kozlowski
relentlessly after he "purchased" my home in a contract for deed
agreement (this was after he put his girlfriend's name on the contract
instead of his name, hoping I would not notice the change of buyer) for
missing payment after payment after payment. He stopped paying for the
pool and landscaping, he never complied with the HOA violations, he
constantly had the insurance canceled due to lack of payment, the home
now has a tax lien on it as he was unable to come up with $3K to pay
taxes, he has not paid any HOA fees (he cannot scrape together $700),
despite constant assurances that he was transferring ownership of the
property into his name, this never occurred. He put BANKRUPT tenants
into the property and then was unable to evict them as the property was
not in his name. I was never informed. Subsequently, I am now left with
the costs of legal proceedings against him, a house that is trashed and
needs complete rehab before it can be rented out or s old, a tax lien on
my property, HOA lien on my property and many more unforeseen
headaches.
In typical Kozlowski style, he refuses to answer his
phone or respond to emails. He hides behind an attorney (who
subsequently refuses to represent him) and his portfolio manager, David
Early, from At Will Events. Early states that there are half a dozen
properties in the same situation as mine.
In conclusion - this
real estate guru who scams people out of their money to teach them
investment strategies (and no, I am sure the SEC will verify he is not
licensed to do this), does not have a penny. He does not own any
properties .. he takes over properties, takes what he can from the
rental and then washes his hands of the problem homes .. leaving the
original homeowners sucker punched with financial ruin and stress. He
drives around in his Audi A8 and boasts about his riches and how much he
cares for others ... the truth is, he remains a penniless fraudster who
preys on others. He scammed a group of Australians and New Zealanders
out of $170K and claimed his company was closed down and therefore he
was unable to refund them. We encourage all to contact us with their
horror stories. Kozlowski dreams of being a television celebrity, a
household name ... we wish to grant him this wish .. on the next episode
of "American Greed".
Marco Kozlowski's investor seminars use testimonials revoked by clients whose real estate deals collapsed
Marco Kozlowski's free real estate seminars promise big profits
using testimonials from past participants, some of which were filmed
before any money was actually made.
Promotional testimonials
from clients praising his methods are a key part of his marketing
campaign, but CBC News has learned that at least four of the people
featured in the testimonials have requested they no longer be used
because they're not accurate.
The Black
Eyed Peas blast from the speakers. A tanned Californian says just $3,500
US can change your life, at a November seminar hosted by Kozlowski's
company, At Will Events.
Participants are told they can get rich with no money down and no credit by buying cheap houses from desperate Americans.
The
free seminar at a Vancouver hotel is one of four that CBC News attended
where a charismatic speaker tries to recruit students for Marco Kozlowski's three-day training course. Each time, video testimonials from clients who say they cashed in big time are played.
One video features Kirpal Bhogal.
A still image from Kirpal Bhohal's video testimonial played at Kozlowski's seminar. (MarcoKozlowski/youtube)
"On
the second day of Marco's training, we purchased a property for
5,000 and sold it for 62,000," says the Toronto area man, attesting to
the apparent profit he made with Kozlowski's guidance.
The
well-dressed man at the front of the room, Lance Robinson, stops the
tape and asks who is ready to "invest" in the next step of the course.
"We're gonna surround you with multi-millionaires at a three-day event," he says.
Several people pay the tuition, having no idea that Bhogal's success story wasn't completely true.
Testimonial filmed before deal closed
A
CBC News investigation has discovered that Kozlowski is using
testimonials by Bhogal and at least three other students who say they
are not accurate.
This
testimonial appears in brochure handed out at free seminars in
Vancouver and Toronto in November 2015, despite Kirpal Bhogal's request
it not be used. (At Will Events Brochure)
Bhogal has confirmed to CBC that he more than once requested his testimonials not be used.
"This
video was recorded just after signing the contract but before closing,"
wrote Bhogal in a post on Kozlowski's YouTube channel, which features
one of two video testimonials Bhogal shot.
Marco
Kozlowski, left, with Lance Robinson, who spoke on behalf of Kozloski
at free seminars to recruit students for Kozlowski's $3,500 US course,
in Vancouver. (Ron Usher)
"The deals did not close; No profits were materialized."
In a statement to CBC News Nov. 14, 2015, Kozlowski said he was not aware one of Bhogal's deals had fallen through.
But an email suggests Kozlowski knew months ago that Bhogal was unhappy with his experience.
"Despite
my verbal request and email earlier, my testimonial recorded at your
office, is still being widely publicized," wrote Bhogal to Kozlowski,
May 15, 2015.
When CBC inquired why Bhogal's testimonial was still being used, Kozlowski emailed this response.
"The testimonial is not entirely inaccurate. Mr. Bhogal made money on his first transaction," wrote Kozlowski.
Bhogal
questions whether he made any profit on that transaction, because
Kozlowski applied the proceeds toward Bhogal's tuition fees for advanced
training.
"I have now instructed that his testimonial not be used in any form," said Kozlowski.
Despite
that assurance, a printed version of Bhogal's testimonial was still
being distributed at a seminar in Toronto two days later.
'It's not my testimonial'
Another
former student who paid to attend Kozlowski's weekend course in Toronto
was shocked to see her face on one of Kozlowski's ads in August of
2014.
A woman who never made an offer on a home was shocked to see her photo used in a testimonial, claiming a $132,000 profit. (Facebook)
"It was ... saying that I made a $132,000 profit," says Shauna Walker, furious her photo was shown beside a photo of a cheque.
"It's not my testimonial and I never made a dollar," she told CBC News.
Montage of advertisements showing what appears to be the same cheque for $150,329.92 used in three different testimonials. (Natalie Clancy)
"I emailed him and said this has to stop," she said.
Kozlowski
replied, "Seems an eager marketer put your head on someone else's deal.
That cheque and profit was from another Shauna."
Three months later, her ad appeared again in a newspaper, prompting her to complain once more.
"I'll break some heads. Sorry. Never happen again. Pinky promise," wrote Kozlowski, Nov. 5, 2014.
An
image of the same cheque appears beside other testimonials in ads
published in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. Walker's ad has not
reappeared.
'Many red alerts'
"I've attended the seminars," says Ron Usher, a lawyer who has been tracking Kozlowski's advertisements.
"There
are many red alerts for people," says Usher, who tried to warn
Vancouver investors to stay away from a recent seminar before
Kozlowski's staff asked him to leave.
Lawyer
Ron Usher has been tracking what he calls misleading advertising and
unrealistic promises made at seminars to recruit students. (cbc)
He says if Kozlowski has helped so many students, as he claims, why would he use a discredited testimonial?
"I just wonder why you would need to do that if there are so many successful stories?"
CBC
News put that question to Marco Kozlowski, who responded, "We have many
success stories ... and there is no need to to use Mr. Bhogal's
testimonial."
Kozlowski was asked to provide contact information for such students, but has not done so yet.
CBC
News did speak to six Kozlowski seminar participants who said they had
no complaints about their experience, including one who appeared in a
testimonial.
Testimonials altered for different markets
A
review of several advertisements shows other discrepancies.
Testimonials from three people list them as being from different
cities.
For example, "Steeve R" is listed as living in Markham
in a Toronto paper. The same photo and testimonial appears in a
Montreal paper listing him as from Montreal. In other ads, he's listed
as living in Surrey and Edmonton.
Montage of ads with testimonials from Steeve R. who is listed with various home towns in several different newspapers. (cbc)
Mistakes blamed on marketing company
Kozlowski says the discrepancies were made by a firm that has since been fired.
"The ads were the responsibility of the marketing company and neither I, nor my staff reviewed their work," said Kozlowski.
'Suspicious' ads could lead to penalties
Brenda
Pritchard, a lawyer specializing in advertising, says any advertiser
who uses false or misleading testimonials could be prosecuted criminally
or civilly under the Canadian Competition Act and face fines up to $10
million.
"It does look extremely suspicious, if you
have one person's name and picture pretending to live in different
jurisdictions," Pritchard said.
Advertising lawyer Brenda Pritchard says the Canadian Competition Bureau can prosecute companies that use false testimonials. (cbc)
"It's
whether or not these people actually used the service, got their
results that they are representing here … all of these things have to be
true and currently true."
When asked about whether his
advertising could be in violation of Canadian laws, Kozlowski wrote, "I
have every intention of complying with all federal, provincial and local
laws and regulations."
