Hi All,
Sadly i reached the same result what Sabedin has reached , I just read his memo now.
the sad thing that they even did not provide the trainee with the exam they promised her for and she was asking me if i can help on that.
is there any way to sew this company and get them to stop these acts.
please share your advises.
Thanks
Ahmed
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1 reply by Eric Simms
Mar 21, 2017 3:07 PM
Eric Simms
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In the US you can report Graspskills to the Better Business Bureau (https://www.bbb.org/). However, I don't know how to proceed against Graspskills in other countries.
Better yet, if the trainee works for a company then report Graspskills to her company's legal department. Legal teams are usually quite effective at causing trouble for dishonest companies.
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Eric SimmsSenior Program ManagerBaltimore, Maryland, United States
Mar 21, 2017 3:02 PM
Replying to Ahmed zayed
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Hi All,
Sadly i reached the same result what Sabedin has reached , I just read his memo now.
the sad thing that they even did not provide the trainee with the exam they promised her for and she was asking me if i can help on that.
is there any way to sew this company and get them to stop these acts.
please share your advises.
Thanks
Ahmed
In the US you can report Graspskills to the Better Business Bureau (https://www.bbb.org/). However, I don't know how to proceed against Graspskills in other countries.
Better yet, if the trainee works for a company then report Graspskills to her company's legal department. Legal teams are usually quite effective at causing trouble for dishonest companies. Saving Changes...
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1 reply by Sabedin Meha
Jun 22, 2017 5:59 AM
Sabedin Meha
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I also provided the training and the participants were satisfied with my performance.
The problem is that I haven't got the payment!
I am afraid this is going to happen to Mr. Henris too.
Graspskill is a fraud and scam. Full of people working in india to remove all bad comments, automatic deletion of linkedin, tweeter and facebooks comments.
And below the original comment for the other company (not graspskills)
Project Management Academy
Project Management Academy
Adult Education, Test Preparation, Specialty Schools
3405 Algonquin Rd
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
5.0 star rating 6/11/2013
I recently attended a Project Management Academy PMP Certification course conducted by Asad Haque.
The course was definitely a good investment and provided excellent preparation for the PMP exam. The course and the training materials on the Project Management Academy website are invaluable for learning the concepts, but more importantly for focusing your time in the areas most important for passing the exam.
Mr. Haque was an outstanding instructor who has an excellent grasp of the course material and is able to explain, illustrate and clarify that material very effectively.
Mr Haque was also very knowledgeable about the entire PMP Certification process and was very helpful in explaining the process and requirements for certification.
I give the course and the instructor an A+ and thank them for helping me achieve success. They delivered as promised. Saving Changes...
I don't think it's about email addresses in LinkedIn. Certain services (usually paid ones like Premium) the purchaser can target by industry, job position etc. Perhaps they are in Sabedin's network, perhaps they aren't. Since Sabedin is a PMP, the person who targeted him probably saw his linkedin profile, then his projectmanagement.com profile which has a lot of scholar badges (I just checked myself) and then they probably knew he might be interested in being an instructor for them. Scammers (usually) get theirs in the end. Thanks Sabedin for the heads up.
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1 reply by Vincent Guerard
Jul 04, 2017 12:30 PM
Vincent Guerard
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Sante,
The important part is the warning about www.graspskills.com or any other scam companies.
You're right they could get email in various way.
Maybe we should have a list of known scam companies associated with Project Management.
I don't think it's about email addresses in LinkedIn. Certain services (usually paid ones like Premium) the purchaser can target by industry, job position etc. Perhaps they are in Sabedin's network, perhaps they aren't. Since Sabedin is a PMP, the person who targeted him probably saw his linkedin profile, then his projectmanagement.com profile which has a lot of scholar badges (I just checked myself) and then they probably knew he might be interested in being an instructor for them. Scammers (usually) get theirs in the end. Thanks Sabedin for the heads up.
Sante,
The important part is the warning about www.graspskills.com or any other scam companies.
You're right they could get email in various way.
Maybe we should have a list of known scam companies associated with Project Management. Saving Changes...
I had similar experience and ended up by sending the final email as below!
Dear Krishnaveni and Graspskills Management,
Inspite of my repeated phone calls and continuous follow ups over last three months you still failed to clear my final payments.
Finally i though that i will leave it to your discretion . I will think i have donated to some poor and needy people.
My since advice to you is making money is not at all bad but the way you are making money is absolutely disgusting . Go to Google and type "Graspskills Review"
you will understand how nasty people think of you guys.
Thanks and may God forgive you for all your ill deeds!!!
K S Umakanth, PMP Saving Changes...
Erkan EmirzadeManager| Analiz Systems (Ozgu) Ltd.Guzelyurt, Cyprus
Dear all,
Unfortunately, I had the same experiance as all other victims.
Graspskills reached me by LinkedIn to provide 2 day PMP trainings on 20-21th December 2016.
At first, I could not get a professional impression from them, Yet I was happy to have a chance of teaching and sharing my experiance in project management.
On the second day of training morning, hotel management told me that they could not get the payment and Graspskills does not respond to their calls.
Just before having the lunch, I learned that, they have solved the issue.
After successfully completing two day PMP trainings, I wait for the payment according to NDA.
The last day of payment has passed thus I kindly asked for the payment, but there was no response from Graspskills.
After a while, I got an e-mail requesting an other 2 day PMP training at the same venue and apologize for the deyal in processing payment.
At that time, I searched more about Graspskills and found out some complaints about them.
To the code of ethics and moral, I wrote a letter to the hotel management stating that I did no get the payment and share the findings about Graspskills.
According to projectmanagent.com, there are some other victims.
It says ; "If they cannot find a trainer, they cancel the training and in this case the students lose their money since they don't give it back."
It was not possible to reach and warn the trainees so, I willingly took the risk and accept to provide the training.
I got the first payment after giving the first session of training, however on the second day just before lunch, hotel management has stoped the service since they could not get the payment. As I was expecting, 4 months has passed and I could not get the payment. :)
Here are my e-mails with Graspskills for the second training.
10th February 2017
Graspskills
Dear Erkan,
Greetings for the day !!
We need your confirmation to deliver the training on Monday and Tuesday.
We are really apologize for the delay in processing the Payment. We recently had financial restructuring in our company and that is why the payment is delaying.
You can expect the old payment to be cleared within next week and this training payment will be in last week of February.
Kindly request you to agree for the same and confirm your participation for the training on Monday.
Awaiting your kind reply,
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10th February 2017
Me
Dear Teena,
I will deliver the training on Monday by trusting your commitment about the payment which will be transferd on Monday.
Regards,
Erkan Emirzade
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10th February 2017
Graspskills
We really apologize for the inconvenience.
We do not want you to wait for the payment and even participants also did not confirmed their participation. We will share you the payment proof once it is done from our end.
We are planning to reschedule this session to March month. Kindly requesting you not to make any arrangements for the session on Monday.
We will keep you posted the upcoming dates at the earliest.
Awaiting your kind reply,
Please acknowledge this email once you read the same.
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10th February 2017
Me
Dear Teena,
I confirm that, I read the postponement email.
Regards,
Erkan Emirzade
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11th February 2017
Graspskills
Dear Erkan,
I tried to contact you over the phone but there was no response from you.
We really apologize to forcing you to take up the training on Monday. just now, we received a call from the participants and they needs the training has to be delivered on Monday.
Could you please help us in organizing the training further.
Please acknowledge this email once you read the same.
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11th February 2017
Me
Dear Teena,
I will be pleased to deliver the training however I think there is a need to rebuild trust in each parties.
As a first step, I will deliver the training on Monday by waiting the first payment which will be transferd on Monday. And also I am kindly requesting you to give promise of payment to be transferred by Monday.
Regards,
Erkan Emirzade
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11th February 2017
Graspskills
As discussed over the phone, thanks for your consideration to deliver the training for us.
Kindly generate the PayPal Invoice and within Monday will be receiving the your pending amount (USD 600)
Everything is confirmed and please take care of the training on Monday. Hope you have all the materials for the training, please confirm.
If you need any other clarifications please do let us know.
Awaiting your confirmation through email.
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On the second day of training
14th February 2017
Me
Dear Teena
The hotel management has stoped the service.
We may not continue unless you pay them.
Please solve this issue urgently
Regards
Erkan Emirzade
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14th February 2017
Graspskills
Apologize !! We have some issue with the credit card and kindly inform the same to the attendees for few minutes.
Please request them not to leave the venue for next few minutes.
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17th February 2017
Me
Dear Teena,
I hope this e-mail finds you well.
I am sorry about the misfortune that we had.
Hotel management kindly informed me about the issue and gave me some time to finalise the training.
After leaving the hotel, a man from GraspSkills called me and state that will fix the payment issue.
I told him that, I am ready to deliver the training after solving the issues.
Please, inform me if you solve the issues, since I do not want to leave the trainees in the lurch.
I want you to know that I am here to help you with anything that I can.
Regards,
Erkan Emirzade
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1st March 2017
Graspskills
Thanks for your reply.
We did not hear back from the clients about the second day of training.
We will keep you posted the status at the earliest.
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12th April 2017
Me
Dear Teena,
I hope you are doing well.
2 months has passed from the training and I could not hear from you.
I will kindly ask your help of the payment.
As you know, I have completed duties of my own and I have given 1 and half day training .
I will be grateful of having the payment as soon as possible.
Best regards,
Erkan Emirzade
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11th May 2017
Me
Dear Teena,
Kindly reference the letter I sent to you dated 12th of April reminding the payment. The payment is overdue for two months.
Kindly submit the amount (600 usd) by Paypal. Attach is a copy of the NDA and signed attendance sheet.
Please regard this matter with the utmost urgency and make the payment to settle the account.
Best regards,
Erkan Emirzade
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Me
6th July 2017.
Dear Teena,
I have sent several e-mails about the payment request, unfortunately I could not get any response from your part.
I am giving notice that I will complain in all platforms especially on social media stating that Graspskills is a fraud company.
