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I applied for an appointment setter job on indeed and was contacted first by phone by a man named Laith. He immediately set up a Zoom meeting where he told me I would be calling warm leads for high ticket sales and asking pre-qualifing questions and then setting appointments for the closers. I was told that due to the money they pay for those leads, I would need to provide "collateral" so that if I ghosted them I would be liable for the cost of my training. I was then immediately connected to another man via the Zoom call named Yazan Younis. He coerced me into e-signing a contract that I was barely able to even read due to him talking to me the entire time I was trying to read it. Then I was told I needed to provide the payment for the training up front, immediately, via credit card. He asked for my credit score and how much I had on my card, and I told him my card was nearly maxed out. He then pressured me into applying for a new credit card. I was so stressed out and I told him I wasn't sure I was comfortable with that, but he insisted that as long as I completed my training for 60 days the company would be liable for the charges made to my card for training. He then told me that since I had already signed the contract I was obligated to pay regardless despite not having received any training or leads yet. The new credit card wouldn't activate fast enough to charge the $6k they wanted, but he insisted on charging my nearly maxed out card a "pending fee" of $249 until the new card was working to cover the collateral. I felt rushed, coerced, and manipulated. After I finally got off the zoom call, which he kept me on for hours trying to see if I could get approved for money quicker through Klarna or applying for a second new credit card (thankfully that did not happen), I was able to do some research into Saleflow.co and also "elite sales" because that was in the domain of one of the email addresses used to contact me. I found multiple threads on forums stating this was a scam, that I would likely end up working for free for months and my first check could bounce, that they are a job scam that lures in new hires and then forces them to lure in other new hires the same way and that this was the entire job. I immediately panicked and called my credit card company and closed the new card I'd opened today and also reported fraudulent charges on my old card that the $249 was charged to. Now I am scared they will try to enforce this "contract". I texted and emailed Yazan and told him I wanted the contract cancelled immediately and that I had not received any training or material yet so I did not owe them anything and to please send confirmation of the cancellation. I have not heard back yet. I am scared they will try to sue me or come after me legally for this scam and I don't want anyone else to be tricked like this. I should not have to pay $6k for job training, and this contract should not be enforceable when no training had been provided or even a start date given due to them still awaiting the rest of their "collateral". Please shut these people down.