tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804714437673009003.post2302764770535922968..comments2024-02-23T09:06:13.967+00:00Comments on Dynamoo's Blog: Spam: "The Funding Institute" / thefundinginstitute.org and fundinginstitute.org, Patchree Patchrint and Anthony Christopher Jones (yet again)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804714437673009003.post-76347966912641494442016-04-13T22:34:39.784+01:002016-04-13T22:34:39.784+01:00Same story over and over. Scam artists. Breaks my ...Same story over and over. Scam artists. Breaks my heart. I was hired in DC one or two days before I was set to teach in Univ of Phoenix.<br /><br />Students were extremely upset. They had paid their money, and gotten nothing in return. <br /><br />Obviously I have never been paid.<br /><br />Breaks my heart that scammers like these target nonprofits. There was a student who was trying to get Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636152690888863368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804714437673009003.post-61151067337681833992015-10-16T18:46:10.885+01:002015-10-16T18:46:10.885+01:00I also taught a class for them, on 12 hours notice...I also taught a class for them, on 12 hours notice, thinking I was doing a colleague company a favor in my capacity as a workforce development trainer. They contacted me at 8:30 pm on a Wednesday, desperate for someone to cover a class for them in Orlando, over an hour away, on Thursday and Friday. All of this in late May, 2015. <br /><br />Needless to say, I have not been paid.Jack B. Downshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15013073344169597718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804714437673009003.post-73994080589721365922015-08-28T18:10:14.850+01:002015-08-28T18:10:14.850+01:00I taught a workshop for The Funding Institute in A...I taught a workshop for The Funding Institute in Albuquerque in late June 2015 (I am an experienced grant writer and instructor and the materials were AWFUL, so I used many of my own materials) and I have not yet been paid. Patty Jones, as she calls herself, will not answer my voicemails or emails. I will be getting an attorney involved.Samaritan Counseling Center of ABQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552122862495059598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804714437673009003.post-20697075131406594592015-08-06T08:10:42.650+01:002015-08-06T08:10:42.650+01:00Thanks Jimmy,
I note the "173.55.54.221&quo...Thanks Jimmy, <br /><br />I note the "173.55.54.221" originating IP again which is the same. I added "fundinginstitute.org" to the post as well as I hadn't spotted that.<br /><br />These so-called grant workshops have been going on for years, but there are also accusations about a string of failed LA restaurants (such as <a href="http://blogdowntown.com/2009/05/Conrad Longmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11751822299235747323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804714437673009003.post-71808360552851275182015-08-06T02:13:08.129+01:002015-08-06T02:13:08.129+01:00Thank you Dynamoo.
Interestingly my spams have th...Thank you Dynamoo.<br /><br />Interestingly my spams have the following headers.<br /><br />Delivered-To: (redacted)<br />Received: from zeta.fundinginst6.info (159.8.226.141-static.reverse.softlayer.com [159.8.226.141])<br /> by (redacted).org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE58360220<br /> for (redacted); Wed, 5 Aug 2015 08:56:25 +0000 (GMT)<br />Received: (qmail 19267 invoked from network); 5 Aug Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04688854015271700519noreply@blogger.com