Fraud Alert!  Class Clones

Yesterday a fraudulent clone front of one of my classes was discovered at introtobraids.com.  Everyone should be advised that they are NOT associated with me, and are NOT an affiliate of UniversalClass.com.  They have either stolen my content or worse, they are a phishing scam designed to get people's PayPal or credit card information.

We suspect the latter, PayPal and credit card fraud/phishing.

There may be more phishing clones of more UniversalClass.com courses floating about.

So, to protect the public, here is some information on how to tell the difference between a real UC affiliate and a fraud:

A real UC affiliate or advertiser:

• Always lists the course instructor.
• Always redirects into the UniversalClass.com system. 
• If they are a large affiliate and have DNS synced with UC, your existing award and certificate codes will be in their database, and promotional codes will work.
• Has brilliant customer service.
• Has an actual email address.
• Is a real website, not just an ad front, and often has free courses and communities available for you to try out.

• Often doesn't list a course instructor, or lists one who isn't the real one.
• Doesn't have current promotions listed.
• Doesn't have the updated list of lessons.
• Switches around lessons in an irrational manner to try to avoid detection.
• Takes you to a payment form that is not on PayPal, WorldPay, or a legitimate known secure payment company's server.

UniversalClass.com instructors should do what they can to increase their public profile so that people can easily detect the difference between you and the fakes.  Post your links and syllabii at StudyItOnline.com, submit articles where you can, and generally let people get to know you on the net.  If you need help, feel free to contact me.

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