Tai Lopez SCAM

[Shakazulu]

I’ve been on this journey of personal development/enlightenment for 8 years and I did a lot of internal work. This year I decided to ground myself and focus on real world practical success. I know this forum has some of the greatest minds in the world so I need assistance. 
 

I am seeking guidance on a situation involving online fraud. On [December 30th 2024], I purchased an online educational program from TaiLopez.com for $[2500]. The program was advertised with specific features, benefits, and a money-back guarantee, but I never received the promised content. I attempted to resolve the issue by contacting customer support multiple times on but received no response.

 

I have filed complaints with:

BBB

IC3 (Internet Crime Complaint Center)

Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre

The Police 

And my bank 

have all receipts, email correspondence, screenshots, and documentation of the advertised promises.

My goal is to recover my funds or otherwise hold the company accountable. I would greatly appreciate advice on:

Creative, strategic, or psychological methods to maximize pressure.

Potential escalation pathways beyond banks and standard chargebacks.

Any insights from legal, social, or negotiation perspectives.

Thank you for your thoughtful guidance. I’m looking for actionable strategies, not just general opinions.

 

 

[Basman]

Tai Lopez is one of the OG scammers on YT. He's been at it for years.

He might have genuine information in his courses buried beneath the layers of "guru talk" and lingo that reframes taking risks as an inherent good (very convenient for the scammer). The information in these courses are rarely ever worth the money and can be accessed for way cheaper by just reading books or even for free with the internet.

These gurus whole business is overselling basic self-help. I was once scammed myself into a course by Brett Jones ("Old Leo", if anyone remembers), which was essentially just a basic marketing course. Not worth the insane expense. 

You payed $2500 for a valuable lesson that you never need to repeat if you learn from it.

[LordFall]

@Shakazulu What exactly was missing from the product? I've only torrented one of his course on SMMA back in the day but it was pretty legit and I hold him in high regards. 

[Shakazulu]

@Basman yes but we gonna get the money back  and it’s crazy because some of the information really is authentic but I’m just looking for a new way to make money. What do you do for work? 

[Shakazulu]

@LordFall that’s the thing because some of his information is of quality! 

[Shakazulu]

@LordFall just messaged you on instagram. 

[Jowblob]

On 8/21/2025 at 7:42 PM, Shakazulu said:

I’ve been on this journey of personal development/enlightenment for 8 years and I did a lot of internal work. This year I decided to ground myself and focus on real world practical success. I know this forum has some of the greatest minds in the world so I need assistance. 
 

I am seeking guidance on a situation involving online fraud. On [December 30th 2024], I purchased an online educational program from TaiLopez.com for $[2500]. The program was advertised with specific features, benefits, and a money-back guarantee, but I never received the promised content. I attempted to resolve the issue by contacting customer support multiple times on but received no response.

 

I have filed complaints with:

BBB

IC3 (Internet Crime Complaint Center)

Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre

The Police 

And my bank 

have all receipts, email correspondence, screenshots, and documentation of the advertised promises.

My goal is to recover my funds or otherwise hold the company accountable. I would greatly appreciate advice on:

Creative, strategic, or psychological methods to maximize pressure.

Potential escalation pathways beyond banks and standard chargebacks.

Any insights from legal, social, or negotiation perspectives.

Thank you for your thoughtful guidance. I’m looking for actionable strategies, not just general opinions.

 

 

After 8 years and you still didnt realize that everything that you need is within? And you're still looking outside for some money gurus...

[Shakazulu]

@Jowblob maybe I haven’t? Elaborate tell me more 

[Jowblob]

12 minutes ago, Shakazulu said:

@Jowblob maybe I haven’t? Elaborate tell me more 

Start with khechari mudra and sattvic vegan diet, learn that your enviroment is your lungs and not the actual air!!!!!!!

Edited August 27 by Jowblob

[Shakazulu]

@Jowblob I’ve been practicing kundalini yoga since 2017 and I managed to stay consistent. I would consider my baseline state of conscious higher than the average person. I feel like it’s time to channel this passion and energy into the world. I’ve had ego deaths, god realizations, studied meta psychics, did consciousness work and even done multiple trips on 5-MEO DMT with a practitioner.   

[ryoko]

 

On 21/8/2025 at 10:12 PM, Shakazulu said:

This year I decided to ground myself and focus on real world practical success

 

10 hours ago, Shakazulu said:

I’ve been practicing kundalini yoga since 2017 and I managed to stay consistent. I would consider my baseline state of conscious higher than the average person. I feel like it’s time to channel this passion and energy into the world. I’ve had ego deaths, god realizations, studied meta psychics, did consciousness work and even done multiple trips on 5-MEO DMT with a practition

Here's the deal, no matter what you practice, it doesn't make you a good person, it can make you capable and efficient, but your intent matters way more. Here's the trap. You treat "real world practical success" as a way to extract as much value from others. Tai Lopez is a well known scammer, never stopped to look at his intent and delusions? Anyone can inflate their content's worth, in the name of positioning and marketing. This affinity tells a lot about you. For you to even take that guy seriously, you have to be operating on the same level. This goes to show all your internal works have failed you. Time to re-spect your life. 

[Shakazulu]

@ryoko 

 

“Tai Lopez’s content back in 2017 actually helped me discover Leo and expand my perspective. That was a stepping stone on my path, and I wouldn’t trade that growth.

 

I’ve done years of deep work—kundalini yoga, psychedelic exploration, spiral dynamics, meta-psychology—and it’s given me clarity, not delusion. Wealth and spirituality aren’t opposites; they’re both part of full-spectrum development.

 

I think a lot of people in spiritual spaces dismiss ambition or business as egoic, but real growth is about integrating both consciousness and creation. No need for superiority games—we’re all learning.”

 

Edited August 28 by Shakazulu

[ryoko]

your intent! how can you be so blind about it? 

Nobody is dismissing growth here. You just do not see anyone's intent for what it is. Perhaps it's your environment, and the choices you had to make to survive. 🤔

I knew someone personally who would take courses from these money gurus for insane amounts and receive no value even in their courses. But pretend like it's high value. It pains to accept the reality, after you've paid a considerable sum. Sunken Coast Fallacy. 

Here's what happened to his business; he's also labelled as a scammer now. Simply because of deploying sales tactics he learnt from these gurus. It was a gradual process. There's value in his content as well. He's got a unique mind, but what good is it when he is stuck with these manipulative practices. His new business endeavours are failing, because of his karma. It's interesting how people self deceive themselves thoroughly when it comes to survival. 

Worse thing, these people end up becoming salesmen or sales coaches or something closely related. Everyone who works for him is now a sales person of somesort. Talk about turning programmers into salesmen. Such gross dynamics. The only thing you get from these guys is learn how to become just like them. And this is exactly what they want. Why else do you think those sales gurus show off their lifestyle to you? 

Edited August 28 by ryoko

[Bando]

This was a $2500 lesson Tai Lopez is one of the most studied course seller scammers in the space you falling for his get rich quick schemes should be a source of contemplation for you.

Btw every guru that sells courses online can be found for 1/100th of the price if you do enough googling. 

[Shakazulu]

@Bando @ryoko

I get the points about intent and spending—I’m not here to debate gurus or past choices. At the end of the day, I came to this forum to connect with action-oriented people who are focused on generating results, building businesses, and leveraging skills like AI and automation.

 

Discussions about courses or prices are secondary—I’m here to learn, share, and create tangible value with others who are actually taking action.

 

[ryoko]

That's one way to avoid confrontation

[Shakazulu]

@ryoko confrontation 😂 bruhh this is the internet 

[Lucasxp64]

Bro your money is probably a goner. But I hope so badly that someday there will be an international lawsuit against that scammy mf so everybody that wants a refund will have a refund by having his entire assets locked out. But he has good lawyers (Duh, of course with your money), not sure it will ever happen.

Edited August 29 by Lucasxp64

[AION]

Barely no video program is worth that amount of money. Back in the day people would pay that amount of money for 1-on-1 or group seminars, where you would get personal attention and could ask questions. Now people pay for superficial video programs that contain 1/2th of what a good book on the subject contains.

[hyruga]

Always be aware if the amount of money is quite large, the chances of getting refund may be reduced due to human greed. 

Be careful as the program executives can sue you for libel.