Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
The Fake Tech Summit, BizSummit, CFO Summit, CIO Summit and CMO Summit websites below, which claim they are packed with mission critical content and the technical information you need to do your job and help advance your career, are fakes. The photos used on the fake summit websites are taken from other websites, and are not photos of their summits.
We have called most of the venues, which are hotels where the fake websites claim the summits were or are scheduled to take place, and they have no records of the summits.
We do not recommend registering or using your credit card on the websites.
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Just got one today:"HI Andrew,We would like to reach out to you in hopes that you would consider joining our finance leadership group. It appears that your role, experience and your organization's background makes you a great fit with our current group. I think you would really enjoy the high level sharing of ideas and best practices. Here is a link where you can view a past presentation: CFO Summit 12/16Some of the benefits of membership include:- Monthly executive summaries from our meetings with key takeaways.- Meeting completion certificates for continuing education and accreditation.- Monthly spotting of the most important articles to keep you current.- Monthly business book summary with all key points and takeaways.- Key quarterly studies on compensation, best ideas to cut costs, etc.- Better meeting archives where you can instantly watch any missed mtg.You can register at www.cfo-leader.org (click join now), please let me know if you have any questions.Kind Regards,Chris SandersCFO Summit Some Members and Past Speakers (more on our site):- Toyota, Chris Ballinger, Sr.V.P. & CFO- Office Depot, Terry Nichols, Vice President, Global Loss Prevention/Safety.- Shell, George Connell, VP Strategy and Finance Operations.- Microsoft, Marilee Byers, Director, Financial Compliance Group.- MillerCoors, Tim Wolf, Chief Financial and Integration Officer.- FASB, Edward Trott, Chairman."
Here's what I got from them:"Yes a scam with 400 members, most companies bigger than yours. Why don't you reach out to one of them or keep your mouth shut.On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Gabe wrote:Chris, nice scam. Good luck, and I’ve reported your solicitation. Gabe From: Chris Sanders [mailto:csanders@cfosummit.net] Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2016 1:43 PMSubject: Gabe, question HI Gabe,We would like to reach out to you in hopes that you would consider joining our finance leadership group. It appears that your role, experience and your organization's background makes you a great fit with our current group. I think you would really enjoy the high level sharing of ideas and best practices..Here is a link where you can view a past presentation: CFO Summit 1/15The CFO Summit meets once per month via web conference. Membership dues are $1,250 per year, but you are eligible for a first year rate of $975 if you register before 8/31. There is a 30 day evaluation period, if you don't feel like the group is a fit, you will be refunded in full.You can register at www.cfosummit.net (click join now), please enter CFO975 in the comments field to be billed correctly.Kind Regards,Chris SandersCFO Summit Direct: (404) 590-4092"
One more fake website: Cfo-summit.net.
