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Stole $3000 from single mom

I hired Beyond Buzz to help launch my company’s crowd funding campaign. They stole my hard earned $3000! I am a single mom and I thought this would help me raise money to launch my bakery! They stole money from my two little girls.. how can a company do this? We need to stop them and throw them in jail. I am filing a consumer complaint with the attorney general and am seeking legal action if anyone would like to contact me for a group law suit.
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#1624034 Review #1624034 is a subjective opinion of poster.
Cons
  • Beyondbuzz crowdpr takes your money and disappears
Reason of review
Stole my money
Loss
$3
Preferred solution
Full refund
New Reviewer

Stole money, did nothing

Took money for our kickstarter campaign. Mark Campbell promised to show proof of what they did. Never saw proof. Tried to sue but their address is fake. Total scam. Spread the word.
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#1420386 Review #1420386 is a subjective opinion of poster.
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Reason of review
Not as described/ advertised

I was Ripped Off by Beyond Buzz!

Beyond Buzz VP of Marketing, Mark Campell claims that the company tests out each crowd funding campaign idea before they take on a client. If the idea/campaign tests well on Facebook, a few days later they send a test report. I received a very positive report that "projected" a minimum funding goal of $200.000.00. The report specifically lists test results and funding sources. My test report listed Facebook ads to be 30% of the funding, PR Promotions to be 25%, social media 10%, and friends and family 4%. They then said they would set up the Indeigogo campaign and would "After we get the project page setup properly, our team will send over the marketing content for approval such as the written PR pitches and an Ad preview for Facebook promotions." Well, unfortunately, they didnt do anything of the sort. They were taking so long to set the Indiegogo page, that I went ahead and set it up myself. They "launched" the campaign and left me in the dark for weeks with no progress, no reports and a campaign that was dead in the water. They made promise after promise and fell short on every one of them. After multiple requests for any documentation of their efforts, the only evidence they provided was a poorly written press release that was picked up by a few obscure travel blogs. No Facebook ads, no social media, and one promotion/press release for $5000. A total ripoff!!! I could go on and on, but will save the details for the attorneys. Everything is well documented in emails because they would never return my calls. Avoid this scam!!
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#1558165

Same situation at Agency 20. They are the exact same company or at least owned by the same people.

If you call the 800 numbers after hours you will even get the same girl answering the phone for Buzz and Agency 20.

They also have the same address listed at the bottom of their proposals. I think they started Buzz a couple years ago because their main agency is still entangled in a major legal dispute with some of their former clients, check it out: https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2015/04/66397-agency-2-0-comments-on-lawsuit-filed-against-sondors-ebike-2nd-largest-indiegogo-crowdfunding-campaign-ever/

#1534740

Beyond Buff is a fraud attempting to drain money from startups. Stay away as they want a minimum of $10,000 to talk and that BS you can get for nothing.

#1472423

NOTE: It has been determined that these "reviews" have been posted by a competing marketing agency. They are written to maximize their SEO presence on Google search ranking in order to damage the company named in these reports. The accuracy or truthfulness of these reviews should be highly questioned by the reader.

#1439653

Sorry to hear that. Beyond Buzz = TopLevelPR = many other names.

They are not based on LA, or have a real company. They, of course, never worked with SharkTank. Not even with the campaigns they claim on their website.Their team pictures are fakes (stolen).The domain was bought last year, it was a promotion site for beyondbuzz book - NOT their "agency".The http://crowdfundusa.org ad they run = their own site. No real posts, fake comparison and, of course, Beyond Buzz being the winning "agency".

You got scammed.And they, of course, did not run Facebook ads for your campaign.

Not one. They did steal your money.

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#1200206 Review #1200206 is a subjective opinion of poster.
Reason of review
Not as described/ advertised
Loss
$2500
Preferred solution
Full refund
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