This company scams other companies into believing they have investors and can provide funding. Before the "closing" unsuspecting clients are told they must pay a specific amount as earnest money following which their first tranche of funding will be deposited into their account. The "earnest money" is then used to fund Mark Shariar and John Lord's day-to-day business operations such as payroll, overhead costs, etc. as well as their personal lifestyles. After a company (GEI) made their payment in third quarter of 2010, Mark Shariar went out and purchased himself a brand new Mercedes truck. The owner of GEI was calling several times a day and Mark would not take any of his calls. Instead, the calls would be passed off to a flunky who was instructed to tell him he would receive the money soon.
All of the press releases are just hot air created as a form of damage control to reports that were being made through this website and another named Rip Off Reports. When I first started working for the company, they were tasking all of us to counter those reports. The web development team then began a campaign to add as many "press releases" on line to bury the reports in the search engines. Notice that their press releases use words like "Negotiates Multi-Million Dollar deal" and "Voobon Ventures will strike oil once they're deal with Legacy Petroleum and Mineral Extraction is closed." The operative verbs they're using in these so-called press releases are not definitive. This is because these companies are not and have not received funding from Voobon Ventures.
The companies that do not give the company earnest money are invoiced for services at astronomical rates. Anyone who has been cheated by this company should contact the Georgia Bureau of Investigations right away. Report your experience so that we can get these individuals where they belong- BEHIND BARS WITH MADOFF!!!