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Second time leaving this review and expect Trust Pilot to actually publish it this time. Well over a year ago I attempted to warn everybody about this company and their scam and trust pilot sided with them and didn't put my review forth. Since then all of the obviously fake reviews on her that came before the recent onslaught of real reviews show that my attempt to warn others and having Trust Pilot not publish the review allowed others to get scammed as well.

This company took 5K from me for exactly nothing. Right after paying it I got hip to the fakery as now it was about needing another 8K from me for email marketing and something else....it was clear I had just paid money so they could suck more money out of me and I said no way. I asked for a refund and of course they had some excuse and so I shared my honest review and they somehow got Trust Pilot to take it down and then sent me an email threatening me with serious threats. So I said I'd publish the next version of the review and they then said they would refund me the next candidate paid....that was over a year and a half ago.

With each check in for the refund they had some new excuse about someone postponing their tuition and all this nonsense. I just saw today as I sent an email to check in that none of their emails are working so the gig is up as clearly the entire scam is exposed.

They took 5K and a year and a half of me putting energy into getting the money back that clearly they never intended to pay as they are professional liars and now they have no working email as I tried to send my inquiry for my refund to several email addresses I had for them.

So the entire scam is to get you to pay money on the dream that you can work with their template and have a continuously recurring income of consulting clients. When I first saw their reviews were totally fake I said this on the previous attempt at this review and they had all these excuses for why they were real and I said out of 30 of these fake reviews none of this people exist on the internet or LinkedIn so clearly just all smoke and mirrors for what is pure theft which is what I tried to say but Trust Pilot would not punish those words.

So to be clear. They solve 5k from me and never game me anything, did anything but lie to me more and now they have no working email. The capacity of the fake "professor" guy is truly sinister as he fully inhabits the character of this English bloke who lives with his wife in the Caribbean and blah, blah, blah. Their fake office is not a real address as well.

Any company that needs to you wire money instead of using a credit card processor is the first sign. I have forgiven myself for being taken by true psychopaths who literally are doing all they can to extract from you and they are seriously rehearsed. Imagine being these people making up an elaborate false "reality" to hurt innocent people for money.

Clearly this is a level of illness that is at the top of how sick people can be. They caught me at a time where I was going through a major life transition due to an illness where I was restructuring my life and the degree to which they went to make up all of this fraudulent explaining of a reality that is nothing but lies is truly a serious disorder. This is what we call in the field of psychology as a Malignant Narcissist.

Just know if you were injured by these soulless sickos that it's because you are a genuine being who would not ever thick such sickos exist this way. It's a truly fiendish level of psychology and they know exactly how to manipulate the most amazing people.

Think about the deviant minds that creates tons of accounts on here to write fake reviews and goes through such an elaborate rouse...These are people concocting a false reality because they are seriously psychologically damaged and this is how it's expressing itself.

Clearly they can't hack it in the real world and the website is not there anymore. And as the narcissist running the company reads this, yes you are a criminal at this point as you stole my money and gave me nothing. That doesn't require a legal authority to validate that you taking my money and giving me nothing is a crime. That is the definition of theft.

You owe me 5K and Im excited for your prosecution. Don't ever send me a threatening message again. The world knows what you are.

I've recording and documented on video every aspect of this entire experience so I am excite for the expose documentary of this entire team of scam artists.

My business partner and I sent a lot of money to Appleton Greene (now Appleton & Co.) based on their promise of finding us clients through a significant marketing campaign. Not only did they not complete the marketing we paid, but we also never received even a single inquiry from what marketing they did do. Our experience should be a tale of caution for anyone thinking of sending them money.

We signed up with Appleton Greene in good faith and put many months of work into building a course. We took a number of the “special offers” to enhance our prospects of success, until eventually we said “No more cash until we start seeing some results.”

They finally launched our marketing campaign (the first of two that we paid for). The results were risible. Total shot gunning of hundreds of prospects instead of the “trial, review and fine tune” approach they promised, breakdown in email forwarding from prospects, misclassification of fob-offs as “Immediate interest” eg. Suggest you contact our online inquiries page, several “referrals” to names without an email address, others to email addresses that bounced.

We called a screeching halt to this campaign before they could waste any more prospective leads and demanded a re-write of the supposedly customised and fine-tuned messages they were sending out. This is where premium service went out of the window. Suddenly it was taking a month to get a semi-literate and totally irrelevant blurb of gas-lighting out of some random name that called himself our Campaign Manager. This was over 8 months ago and in spite of constant reminders they have done nothing more to market our course.

They use vague generic emails that are unlikely to catch the prospect’s attention. The one and only lead we had that got as far as a Zoom call was quite annoyed to find that the course had zero relevance to his business. This was the total outcome of bombarding 2000 allegedly targeted and curated prospects with a total of over 15,000 emails (inclusive of follow-ups and chasers).

So our conclusion is that Appleton Greene planned all along to extort as much in fees as possible on the promise of results while in reality they had no interest in securing any sales, and for all we know no means of delivering and supporting the product to buyers. You could argue that a course was poorly written, or badly sold to the prospective buyer in a meeting, or of no interest to the market – and these are the excuses that Appleton Greene has presented when people have complained. But you need to ask yourself: -

Why are so many victims reporting exactly the same experience?
Why have staff reported that they never saw any courses sold?
Who encouraged the authors to believe that there was a market for their subject matter in the first place?
Why did Appleton Greene not practice quality control but allow allegedly poor material to be offered to their clients?
Why did such a “successful global training provider” not review their response rates and realise it was mathematically impossible to deliver the level of sales they promised?

Our experience is the same as the many other reviewers on this site. Do not fall for this business, whatever name it is calling itself this week. They are cynical operators taking advantage of honest people who have been sold a false hope of success in return for hard work – and a lot of money upfront. We have data and correspondence to support everything we have described here. Also emails of our reports to numerous authorities in several legal jurisdictions.

My experience with Appleton Greene was disappointing at best.
The sales talk and promises made about how I would be supported on the journey and how money would be made were simply not true.
Please do not get sucked into their convincing sales chat an steer clear!

My experience with Appleton Greene was very disappointing and did not match what was presented during the sales and onboarding process. The promised value, support, and return on investment were not delivered, and the overall structure did not meet expectations.

I would urge others not to work with them. You will lose a lot of money.

AVOID! These are 3 important facts about this so called company (which no longer is registered as such). 1. They profess to have reputable professors who oversee services but the person who runs the scam adopts a false persona as a PhD "Dr." to entice people to enter a scheme to be a Certified Learning Provider (CLP). 2. The 5 star reviews about CLP activities here are reported as fake by several people including ex employees who also report no CLPs have ever made money. 3. The scam has been reported to several police forces around the world. These 3 facts can be supported by factual documentation and hence cannot be flagged as defamatory.

I worked for this company for years, and the experience left me needing professional therapy.

They draw people in with a decent salary and the promise of being part of a “family.” In hindsight, that language was not warm or inclusive — it was a warning sign. The CEO and his wife repeatedly told the same stories about their past, their supposed success, and the consulting work they claimed had “saved” other businesses. I heard these stories countless times. Every single one of them turned out to be a lie.

They carefully constructed an image of hard-earned success and professional credibility that simply did not exist. I have since verified this for myself.

Over time, the manipulation intensified. They deliberately attempted to isolate me from my own family, fabricating narratives and applying pressure day after day. The psychological toll was severe. I was gaslit constantly, pushed to doubt my own judgement, and worn down to the point of a mental breakdown.

I was pressured into work I did not agree with or feel comfortable doing. When I resisted or set boundaries, money was used as a weapon. Wages — mine and those of other staff — were delayed or withheld as a means of control.

Working for a two-person business like this taught me lessons I will never forget. It taught me to trust my instincts, to recognise manipulation early, and to walk away from people who blame the world for their failures while exploiting everyone around them.

The only genuine positive from that period was the people I met along the way — good, honest people who were also caught in the same situation. As for the rest, I take some comfort in knowing that accountability is no longer avoidable.

Do NOT offer your services to this company. They will take advantage of your hard work and dedication, only to invent excuses to avoid paying you.

I worked as a supplier of telephone interviews for Appleton Greene's CEO and his wife, who manages the accounts.

Please be vigilant of who is actually conducting the 2nd interviews. If you are unable to find a social media profile of the individual concerned ( or any other individual, for that matter), your suspicions are valid; I was misled in the same way.

During my last interactions with the CEO, he used a different name on his email signature than the one he had used when I came on board with Appleton Greene.

His wife, who had been lying to me for weeks about the missed payments, used a different signature from a fictional accounts manager when discussions about the payments became difficult. I believe I came across many aliases in my time at Appleton Greene, but the CEO keeps flagging my truth as defamatory.

The CEO and his wife claim they do not use contracts, presenting an image of a friendly family business. However, the reality is that they are conniving and calculated in their responses to avoid paying you.

The deception started with a sudden change of payment dates that I was not made aware of, followed by a barrage of lies. The wife always blames the bank. Suddenly, they are conducting security checks on every payment, which is nonsensical. They really underestimate people’s ability to discern.

The most alarming part of the charade is when they insisted I send my government ID and my D.O.B. directly to their inboxes. This was concerning in light of what had been revealed to me about Appleton Greene's shady business practices.

The CEO once told me he 'doesn't need the money.' So, what motivates him to scam people out of their hard-earned wages? This is behaviour I will never understand.

When I explained I could no longer offer my services for free, my Appleton Greene account was suddenly deleted. But the lies were not erased, as I had kept all communication.

At the time of writing this, the CEO and his wife, who have lied to me since the beginning of my role, owe me a substantial amount of money and continue to profit from my hard work.

They are both devoid of empathy and do not care about the financial hardship they have caused people, as long as the money keeps rolling in. How do they even sleep at night?

P.S. Several reviews have now been flagged because the CEO and his wife do not want their true identities revealed. Ironically, they flag my reviews for illegal content, even though everything I have said can be corroborated. However, the 1-star reviews speak for themselves. Run for the hills.

Empty promises, vague responses when it comes to return on investment already made. A complete waste of time, resources and energy. A complete scam. Do not consider collaborating with Appleton Greene. Nothing to show for.

Appleton Greene has not followed through on any set deadline or commitment. I can’t recommend to anyone.

(Note: I have updated this review based on the feedback provided by Trustpilot. I feel it is important to get this information out there and appreciate the care that Trustpilot takes.)

Appleton Greene (AGC) made BIG promises to us - conveyed with the razzle-dazzle of lots of "data". We are a small, 2-person consulting business providing leadership and workplace culture training and development.

AGC told us, that as a "certified learning provider", if we created a 12 month program for them they would "test" it with 10 of their clients and we would earn $30,000/client - $300,000 in the first year. Once the program is tested, they told us there could be any number of clients - with promises of millions of dollars of revenue in any given year from clients who buy the content you created. This is laid out on their website.

Except.... there are 0 clients which means $0 earned. Also, they neglect to mention when they "sign you on", that you must pay for marketing campaigns to ensure you get those original 10 clients and are not lost in general marketing campaigns - and, to keep up momentum, they advocate you purchase several marketing campaigns in advance at $2,500 to $5,000 a pop - you are invested before you realize there are no results from the marketing campaigns. We lost $30,000 before we stopped sending them money.

They did have real employees who, in the last couple of months, have discovered that none of the CLPs had any clients or made any money - only spent it - and left and are owed significant amounts of money. Some of whom have also left reviews.

For us, this took place over an 18 month period. Our last correspondence with them was in November of this year. Since then, we have discovered there are dozens of small consulting companies like ours all over the world that have been scammed out of small and large amounts of money - anywhere from about $4,000 to about $100,000 depending on what and how many "services" they convince you to purchase from them.

If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. That tells you how sophisticated the scam is - that they were able to draw in intelligent, hard working people. If you are at all considering working with them, do extensive research - and then more - to get to more information about them.

These people are despicable. I got ripped off big time, was sold a bunch of lies.

I can only concur with the 12 other 1-star reviews uploaded between May 21 and Dec 8, 2025.
Like the reviewer 'CC's mother, I put in a lot of effort and money during 18 months of developing an Appleton Greene program, but never got a single customer. The money only went one way!

The company operates in a way that raises serious concerns. Customers are asked to invest money, yet the promised results are not delivered. If you believe you’ve been affected, consider reporting your experience and avoid making further payments.

I am not legally qualified to say what Appleton Greene do is fraudulent, but in my opinion, it was very much misrepresented to me.

My experience, and that of many others I have since connected with internationally, is that the outcomes promoted to consultants did not materialise. In my case, multiple paid services produced no clients and no measurable return. When I questioned performance, the response was not accountability or support, but further offers requiring additional payment. They also refused to refund me for services that they did not deliver.

After discovering other affected individuals across several countries, it became clear that this was not an isolated result. I am now aware of people who report similar experiences - significant spend, zero delivery and no evidence of programme success.

My recommendation is simple: stay away from them! If anyone considering working with Appleton Greene wishes to ignore this advice, then I strongly urge them to at least carry out extensive independent due diligence before paying a cent. Proceed with the highest level of caution, seek independent verification of any claims about results, ask to speak with actual successful clients and request that all costs are documented upfront before paying. I hope this helps others make an informed decision.

My mother invested more than $13,000 into Appleton Greene over 18 months along with countless hours of work, program development, training, and preparation believing she was building a legitimate consulting pathway. She followed every requirement, met every deadline, completed every assignment, and did everything the company asked of her.

Despite all of this effort, she never received a single client opportunity. Not even an introduction or initial conversation.

Seeing how much time, hope, and emotional energy she put into this, I decided to investigate the company’s online presence and the legitimacy of its reviews.

I conducted a forensic linguistic analysis of the five-star reviews on this page, and what I found raised serious concerns:

• Many reviews share nearly identical writing style, sentence rhythm, vocabulary, and structure
• The tone is highly polished and corporate, not typical of genuine user experiences
• Several reviews read more like marketing brochures than personal accounts
• The reviews conveniently cover the full range of programs the company sells
• Many are unusually long, structured, and formal for Trustpilot

In my opinion, these patterns suggest signs of coordinated authorship, template or AI generation, and promotional intent rather than authentic individual experiences.

I also examined the testimonials on Appleton Greene’s website. These were equally concerning. The testimonials do not appear to be genuine client feedback. Instead, they read like scripted scenarios describing companies “working with” a consultant, with no evidence the engagements ever occurred or that the organizations involved hired Appleton Greene. They feel more like crafted narratives designed to make consultants appear in high demand rather than real, verifiable results.

My concern is that prospective customers may not be receiving an accurate picture of real client outcomes. Given the amount of money involved and the number of individuals reporting similar experiences, I believe this situation warrants further scrutiny.

My experience with Appleton Greene & Co was honestly a mess. They market themselves as this warm, global ‘family,’ but it never felt that way once you’re actually on the inside. Promises didn’t match reality and it very much felt corrupt.

I was misled and left hanging by the owners. The culture they promote and the culture you actually experience are two very different things. I was let go with no notice and I am owed significant payment which when highlighted was ignored. I am obviously extremely frustrated, disappointed, and wishing I had never gotten involved and urge anyone to do the same as they are very good at selling you a lie.

This company is a scam. If you work with them, they ask you to pay lots of money for various services (marketing, development, etc.) and tell you that you’ll get clients and make money. But no one gets any clients.

The 5-star reviews on here are fake.

I’ve just seen a review from one of my ex Appleton Greene co-workers and it’s spurred me on to do the same. This company is built on the bones of CLP’s who have never made any money. I found out some of the inner workings of the company late this year, and it just seems more and more like a pyramid scheme. I continued to work for the last month without officially being told I had been terminated and am now owed significant wages. This company is a sinking ship.

Ex-employee of Appleton Greene here. I would avoid this company like the plague. I worked there for over 6 years and I never saw one program become successful. I questioned it several times, but management reassured me that lots of programs were successful - one of the many lies they told me.

I started managing more of the operational side of things this year, and what I discovered horrified me. I don’t know how they can run a business that is clearly misleading its customers. Whenever I questioned things or took a stand, I was met with hostility.

They started cutting employee wages, sometimes failing to pay us at all. I confronted the CEO and he terminated my employment, all because I confronted him and stood up for the employees. When I left, over half of ALL employees also left.

We saw Appleton Greene for what they really are, and now they’re trying to cover their tracks and scare us into not speaking out.

P.S. Yes - the 5-star reviews have got to be fake. I don’t know who any of those people are.

EDIT: My review was flagged by Appleton Greene, but Trustpilot has approved it. I have since received blackmail from the CEO via email with the following “If you want to embark on revenge, you must first dig two graves”. He has also created a fake account on here just to leave a false review for my new company. He sent this review to me via email and said “I can do this all day”.