I had a young, hadsome male approximately early 20's come to my home with no badge stating what company he was from who told me that he was an inner city kid from Philadelphia who was here (CT) on a mission of self improvment as a way to become a motivational speaker and get himself away from all the drugs and violence in Philly. When I asked him what gang he was in he told me that there really were no gangs in Philly but that he was just in rough areas in "the hood." He told me he was in and out of foster care since the age of 8 and that he had brought his older brother with him on this mission but his brother went back to Philly selling drugs. He told me that he had 8 brothers and a sister but that his mother never took care of them. He was smooth- definitely on smooth talker. He told me similiar stories to the others on this webiste where he needed to earn so many points for something I could not understand. He wanted me to buy a magazine. The paper he showed me said he was from Paragon sales and that Midwest Clearing was where the magazines came from. On the sheet it had NO DONATIONS written all over it but... he did want me to complete a magazine order form and give him the money directly for the subscription. He has a very firm handshake and excellent eye contact really trying to win me over. He was very handsome as well and did his best to work that aspect. I told him that I was not sure about this company and that I would not feel comfortable giving him money directly making sure of cours to tell him it certainly was not "about him." He tried to do some more convincing but then he left when I stayed firm. When I looked on line the first thing I saw was complaints similiar to those above. He also made sure to tell me that he was "authorzed" by the BEtter Business Bureau"./ He also told me that a neighbor from up the street remembered 2 other girls who had done the program from last year- He was smooth and believable but BEWARE