Vanessa Simpkins
Complaint 364248 Details

Facebook scam focusing on venerable women between the ages of 30 to 60,Spiritual Entrepreneurs wanting to be coaches. "This Business Coaching Program" targets women with PTSD or trauma stories. Vanessa Simpkins shares her trauma story to identify with these women encourages women to use their painful stories as a business to help other women. Vanessa's million dollar lifestyle is very inviting and brags about her 2.5 million income this year alone. 2017 The program is 10K in 30day mastermind, The Bikini Breakthrough, Bikini Business coach, Vanessa Simpkins. Vanessa has written a book "Take Your Power Back Now." Takeyourpowerbacknow.com She is a Canadian living in California, the business Take Your Power Back Now LLC is a US business. In Vanessa's ads she talks about the new business model being "authentic." Tells women they don't need an education or special qualifications to be a coach, mentor, consultant, just a story. She promotes women seeing their financial value, not to cut themselves short. Then flaunts her $1,000,000 lifestyle. She claims to be spiritual and understands you. First they offer a free webinar and bombard the lead with so much information, then present them with an opportunity for a “break through call.” Before they receive their call, they have to fill out a questionnaire to see if you’re the “special chosen one”. They say the questionnaire is to see if they are a good fit to the program because They only take certain ones... Vanessa's sales team uses this questionnaire to find out very pertinent information. Who makes financial decisions? What are your issues you want to deal with? These women share this information believing Vanessa is a trusted person looking out for their best interest. Her sales people are highly trained to use the sales tactics such as, HOW, “How does that make you feel?” How would you feel if? Playing on their emotions and the information these women have shared with her against them. The sales team takes them down an emotional “hallway of heaven and hell” pain and pleasure to then present herself as a goddess that is going to save them with an “investment” $7,000 to $10,000US. They don’t just do this tactic with one issues that the women have shared but with everything they shared. Leaving them sitting in a cesspool of pain. Their sales people tell these women that they are resourceful, that is because they are asking for stupid amounts of money and they usually need different avenues to come up with the thousands. Vanessa plays on the woman's vulnerabilities to make millions. They are left thinking that they need this program to save themselves from this pain. One of the clients even told the sales reprehensive that she was not a good fit for the program and was assured she was. Once they have paid their money and are sitting in this pain, the sales team then present them with a contract that “must” sign before entering the program. The contract is signed under emotional duress, is that legal? When they are in the program, they teach the clients to post ads on Facebook for their offering even if they don’t have content. Isn’t that false advertising? Vanessa tell them the goal is to make money, I couldn’t morally do this, with out having a program designed. Vanessa is teaching clients to use the same sales tactics that was used to get them to pay thousands of dollars with the million-dollar ticket “HOW.” Taking their buyers down an emotional hallway to the pit which Vanessa calls “ the mirror.” She even states in the program that women love this.(I beg to differ)Vanessa has the gall to say to her clients, “Trust me, it works, it worked on you! This is all on video. The first coaching call to have these women open up and tell their story to one of her coaches. In her ads we get the impression she is our coach. Opening up the pain again in the women with out knowing anything about these “Coaches.” Then the coach instructs the clients to fill out an endless email of “Heaven and Hell” putting these women in emotional dress again. This is all recorded on “Zoom.” Vanessa hold masterminds forcing these women to face their issues which Vanessa call “Gremlins.” She and other coaches sit there bringing up more pain in these women, then make them think that she can heal their pain by saying magic words “delete and uncrate on all space and time….” These women don’t receive any healing at all because a lot of the pain is so deep rooted, PTSD which takes years of therapy to heal. Many of Vanessa's clients have some form of childhood abuse. Her clients sit there in pain wondering what is wrong with them because this process is not working. They are terrified to share that because they think they are the only one and she will reinforce the pain again anyway. There is no way to gain back their power. Most of the ladies feel isolated and alone, even in while they are in the program. Vanessa's sales people are highly trained not allowing these women off the "Breakthrough" call with out paying something to keep their special spot. She trains her sale people to get the woman's credit card info on that first call and not let them hang up to “think” about it. These phone calls are taped with critical information on them, like credit card info. These women are hooked because they believe they are messed up, they can’t seem to receive the healing that everyone else is or seems to be... taking these women’s power away. Many of the women in the program are afraid to quit, they keep thinking it is going to get better and hold on. Then after 8 weeks most of them leave more damaged that before they started the program. Many are suffering with more depression, humiliation and isolation, believing they are the only ones that failed and are told it is their fault. And loosing thousands, with no refund available. In the contract that was signed under duress that has the clause that Vanessa is not responsible for the outcome of their success. They didn’t try hard enough, didn’t do enough affirmations. Most are left with financial struggles because they believed they were going to make 10k in 30 days with her magical program and trusted her. I have met and discussed this with many of the women that have finished the program, we have 15 ladies all wanting a refund so far. According to Vanessa, she was set to bring in $170,000 last month. At $7,000 to $10,000 each that is approximately 20+ new clients. How many of them are successful at making money on average per 24? What also concerns me is these new clients are all being trained to scam other women!! I could not morally or ethically continue with this program and quit after 3.5 weeks in because of my profession and integrity. I do not believe she providing is the product that she is advertising. I have emailed Facebook with no response from them. Many of the 15 ladies have reported to the FTC.We don't know what else to do!