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Type of a scam Online Purchase

Project L.E.A.P. was introduced to me from school counselors in 2022. They marketed it out to be a online group with weekly online meetings, mentors, chance to win scholarships, and additionally even a recommendation letter from a mayor. I thought the program was promising due to my school counselors suggesting so we applied and I got in. They required us to make a registration fee of ($250). My junior year with L.E.A.P. did not required us for any additionally costs (expect an optionally Summit Trip) however, there were many fundraisers put in place to raise money for L.E.A.P. and even a chance to win scholarship money or prizes. My family and me spend about $150 participating. I won a prize, a $75 visa card and when asked Mrs. J, she kept saying she was going to send. But never did. However, my senior year we seemed to have new owner, Dr. Dickerson (which I believe she was Mrs. J along) . We are required to buy Ed Plan and textbook that all cost around $100. I bought my book for $30 and when asked when will I get it. They will say students can’t have access unless their in the meetings. They would never hand out these “textbooks” and seemed to always have a excuse (don’t want students getting ahead, students aren’t in the meeting, delay of going over the textbooks). When students and parents started to get outraged, Mrs J did create meeting about the complaints. She proceeded to blame the students and felt parents need to back off during the meeting. Mrs. J is a liar and a scammer. Do not trust her. Additionally they delete every Project LEAP social media, website, Mrs J association with leap and no one in the company replying to emails or it have been bounce back.

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- Castle Rock, CO, USA

Scammer's phone (424) 571-2791
Scammer's website leaptheproject.com
Scammer's address Rialto, CA 92376, USA
Scammer's email info@leaptheproject.com
Country United States
Victim Location CO 80109, USA
Total money lost $3,070
Type of a scam Online Purchase

Project L.E.A.P. was initially introduced to us by my child's school counselor (who no longer works at my child's school). This immediately made me trust the source. We received a link to apply, a link to attend a virtual interview process, an acceptance of the application, a registration fee, and information on what LEAP does to help students prepare for SATs, apply for scholarships, receive scholarships for work done with Project Leap, a Leadership Summit, and more. I paid the registration fee ($250), then the Leap Academy work material fee ($30), then the Leap Summit fee ($2750), then a mandatory IEP for college outline fee ($40). This organization is operating out of California for students/parents in every single state. They claimed to have 1300+ applicants and accepted 452 students into the Project. There were regular once-monthly meetings with the students, other special meetings and assignments, and the students were required to have their own, not school-affiliated, email address. They claim that this was to prepare students to communicate as adults since their parents cannot help them every time they have to communicate or have questions out in the adult real world. Parents were instructed to back off and let students address concerns for themselves. There was enough email communication to the parents that parents did not get suspicious immediately. They had multiple sites set up; parent group Facebook page, GroupMe, Canvas, and other websites as well as google forms where they ask for information that disappears after you submit. Once the student completed a certain amount of work for the Project, they sent out an email congratulating the winners of the academic competition, claiming the students will receive a disbursement of scholarship money to either their account or college fund. I filled out an I9 form with personal identifying information for my child and got an email confirmation that they received it. The Leap Summit was scheduled for summer of 2023. The day before we were supposed to fly out to California (from Denver), I still had not received any flight check in information. When I emailed and called the Leap Summit Organizer, J'Noie Parker, I was informed that an email had gone out notifying everyone that the trip would be rescheduled due to a gun threat at our venue. I never received that email. They rescheduled the Leap Summit for this coming April 2024 in Chicago. This week, when I attempted to get more information about this change, I had my emails bounce back as undeliverable. I tried several emails related to Leap Project, all of which either bounced back or no reply. I reviewed old emails to find a phone number (I had never communicated by phone with anyone with LEAP, always by Zoom or email). I called both phone numbers that had been provided to me, both were disconnected. When I used Forewarn to look up the phone numbers, one 424.571.2791 (Leap Leader cell phone) had no record of existence, and the other 562.441.9657 (Leap Project main line) was registered to a Brandon Le Roi Jackson at 1930 W College Ave Apt 66, San Bernardino CA, but both said out of service when I called. The Project Leader, J'Noie Parker may be located at 1459 N Birch Ave, Rialto CA 92376 with a cell phone number of 909.644.1818 and a home phone number of 909.873.2472. I have emails and documents sent by the organization and none of the links they have sent work any longer.

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