The_King Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 A local YouTuber who has been slamming the slew of so-called business gurus promising financial success has found himself in a bit of legal pickle. LeapVista, a startup that offers training in the art of e-commerce and online marketing, sent a legal letter to Rishi, accusing the YouTuber of defamation and infringement of its copyright. But it would seem that folks are firmly on the side of the YouTuber in this case. Rishi has been known to be a vocal critic of internet marketing and wealth coaching gurus who’ve made their online presence very prominent via aggressive internet ads. Such individuals offer courses in e-commerce entrepreneurship and charge substantial fees for the training — though the actual success rate of the wealth-seeking attendees remains foggy. In multiple videos, Rishi does not hesitate in calling these enterprises outright scams. One that was posted on Oct 13 called “Exposing Singapore Marketing Gurus” featured him tearing into a LeapVista ad, in which the company’s chief trainer Benjamin Tan promises to share his marketing knowledge — knowledge that Rishi assures can be found easily on the internet. But it was nearly a month later on Nov 12 that the YouTuber revealed that he received a Cease and Desist letter by LeapVista. “With the video ‘Exposing Singapore Marketing Gurus’ that I very recently did, LeapVista's lawyer not only attempted to send a Copyright takedown notice to my channel but to also send to send me a legal Cease and Desist letter with demands,” Rishi noted. He has since started a crowdfunding campaign to raise the money for legal representation to contest the letter — and so far it has been successful. Rishi has stopped accepting further donations after managing to garner $20,251 from 1,108 backers through the campaign, surpassing the initial goal of $15,000. According to an update on Instagram Stories, Rishi has appointed prominent human rights lawyer M Ravi to represent him. He assured that funds raised will go towards legal fees, and not towards settling the claims put forth by LeapVista, which did not declare a certain cash amount, he noted. Campaign backers have also expressed their support for Rishi’s cause, railing against internet marketing coaches in general. Earlier this year, Instagram influencer Carrine Low had also sought out to expose the supposed internet millionaires who offer such seminars, garnering widespread criticism for these wealth gurus as well. 'We will stand up to online bullies and abusers': LeapVista In response to AsiaOne's queries, the team behind LeapVista asserted that the company intends to “fight bullies” and will not “let online bullies destroy the reputation of our community”. “Over the past few weeks we noticed that there was an effort by an individual to tarnish our image and hurt our reputation. This individual was never a participant of our seminars or courses,” said LeapVista in a statement. “His allegations were purely based on hearsay. He never got in touch with us regarding any of the claims to verify and get our point of view before he made his videos. After our law firm sent him a Cease and Desist letter, he went on to falsely claim on social media he was being sued by us. Using this false pretext he has raised over $20,000 from the public.” The company has also assured that it will pursue all due legal processes to protect what they have built and that they look forward to their day in court where the individual would have to “back up his allegations with evidence”. “We know we are far from perfect, there are hundreds of areas in which we can do a better job,” LeapVista admitted. “Perhaps our seminars can be better, maybe we shouldn't have had so many repetitive advertising videos featuring Benjamin. All fair criticisms. Where we draw a red line is when it comes to attacks on our integrity and our reputation. We will defend it to our last dollar.” https://www.asiaone.com/digital/anti-wealth-guru-youtuber-raises-over-20k-legal-fees-after-receiving-cease-and-desist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homelander Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 The other day just talking about this...the chao ben come liao... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates469bc Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 if really go to court, leapvista have to show its success rate or else will be guilty of misleading consumers under consumer protection act. schedule 2, part 1 para 1 of the act alrdy specify that provider must provide validated evidence of the service liao. https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/CPFTA2003#Sc2- https://asas.org.sg/Outreach/Industry reminds me of bellagraph nova and yet, no investigation was done on its claims. address given is a regus serviced office. nb, claimed to have 23k employees but registered address is a serviced office alrdy red signal. https://www.bellagraphnovagroup.com/ https://www.regus.com/en-gb/france/paris/10-place-vendome-607 https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/axington-linked-to-firm-in-newcastle-bid-gets-letter-of-demand-from-kuala 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 ppl should wake up, if got money to earn, why would the guru spend their time on you. they would be spending time to make more 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chamfer Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 45 minutes ago, The_King said: ppl should wake up, if got money to earn, why would the guru spend their time on you. they would be spending time to make more There are always some people who can't see the truth. Critical thinking... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chamfer Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Just like those who say can teach you how to predict winning toto or 4D. Or use simi method from birthday dates to win money. I told my MIL if they so good why those people don't keep their method secret. No logic to let others know of your winning recipe..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 Critical thinking hard to teach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates469bc Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 9 hours ago, The_King said: ppl should wake up, if got money to earn, why would the guru spend their time on you. they would be spending time to make more 8 hours ago, chamfer said: There are always some people who can't see the truth. Critical thinking... if the masses can think, then they wouldnt be songbo 61 liao. the collective iq of the masses is at borderline mental retardation level. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaur4man Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 i think with M.RAVI in the picture, things gonna die down very soon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 (edited) Quote https://observer.com/2014/08/indiegogos-scampaign-problem-latest-crowdfunded-smartwatch-is-total-garbage/ Indiegogo's 'Scampaign' Problem: Latest Crowdfunded Smartwatch Is Total Garbage The project's cofounder was last seen with a new Ferrari. This image has been resized.Click to view original image The latest dubious campaign is the Kreyos smartwatch, which promised a waterproof, voice-activated wearable device. As revealed by Android Police late last night, the project founders never delivered on their promise, refused refunds, and have since made off with the cash. The campaign set out to raise $100,000, and managed to pull in a total of $1.5 million. For most projects, this mean that the that the founders would be able to over-deliver, with even more features than originally intended. But of out of all of the stretch goals, like sleep tracking functions, precisely zero of them have come through. ... The project’s backers are offering each other various suggestions of how to deal with their outrage, like filing a complaint with their bank or the Better Business Bureau. In the mean time, frustrated backers allegedly scrubbed through Kreyos cofounder Steven Tan’s Facebook profile and pulled the above photos before he upped his privacy settings. They show what appears to be Mr. Tan with a new Ferrari and a pile of designer shopping bags. This image has been resized.Click to view original image Steve Tan today, CEO of Leapvista https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/eat-drink-man-woman-16/[gpgt]-leapvista-now-plays-victim-card-claiming-they-ones-being-bullied-lmao-6412109.html Edmw warroirs are piss with this guy liao. Started a thread to dig and collate info! Go see see look look... Edited November 17, 2020 by Bigbird 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homelander Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 26 minutes ago, Bigbird said: Edmw warroirs are piss with this guy liao. Started a thread to dig and collate info! Go see see look look... This guy also got youtube ads...jin irritating...keep bragging got ecommerce secret formula 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates469bc Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 41 minutes ago, Bigbird said: Edmw warroirs are piss with this guy liao. Started a thread to dig and collate info! Go see see look look... 14 minutes ago, Homelander said: This guy also got youtube ads...jin irritating...keep bragging got ecommerce secret formula i alrdy share with all here what is my get rich secret formula foc liao. wahahahhahahahah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 1 hour ago, socrates469bc said: i alrdy share with all here what is my get rich secret formula foc liao. wahahahhahahahah Give more specific tip leh!! I dont have money to buy SGX, not even a brick of the building! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Homelander said: This guy also got youtube ads...jin irritating...keep bragging got ecommerce secret formula The modus operandi is like scam calls. Out of 1000, 10% respond, then out of those 10% responded, 10% he close. Huat liao! Isnt this how Scam works! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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socrates469bc Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Bigbird said: you dont know banks also give u high return low risk products and limited time promotion???? https://www.hsbc.com.sg/wealth/investments/products/structured-products/ https://www.dbs.com.sg/personal/promotion/new-online-funds-trading wahahahhahahahhahaha Edited November 17, 2020 by socrates469bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 his video private already those that donate muhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahaha money in your own pocket better muhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahamuhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahamuhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahamuhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahamuhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahamuhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahamuhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahamuhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahamuhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahamuhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahamuhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahamuhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 20 hours ago, socrates469bc said: you dont know banks also give u high return low risk products and limited time promotion???? https://www.hsbc.com.sg/wealth/investments/products/structured-products/ https://www.dbs.com.sg/personal/promotion/new-online-funds-trading wahahahhahahahhahaha Really high returns, capital guaranteed & no Risk meh? NO bluff children lah! Even MAS have to step in to guarantee only max $50K of your deposits when bank collapse. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates469bc Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, Bigbird said: Really high returns, capital guaranteed & no Risk meh? NO bluff children lah! Even MAS have to step in to guarantee only max $50K of your deposits when bank collapse. actually very easy to do capital guarantee and give u annual 4.5% yield. no need rocket science. but the fees alone will reduce ur return down to 2.5% liao. wahahahhahahaha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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