Beneshield Reports & Reviews

Beneshield Reports & Reviews (10)

CC9356 (Cari Scott)
Had a conversation with Ken and Gwen, she sent in 50k. Gwen was using BeneShield Financial's email address that she was issued as she used to work as Jeff Sokol's assistant. Jeff Sokol had no idea that Cari had sent in money, and when he found out, he helped her to get her $50,000 back.

Jeff Sokol, a retirement planner who had experience in marketing online, was requested by Ken Phillips to set up a funnel to attract employee/partners for his the company Credex, in early 2019. Jeff spoke with Ken the first time in January 2019, and believed he had done sufficient due diligence on the opportunity zone project that it seemed viable. In May 2019, Jeff agreed to help Ken set up the funnel and a small team to process applicants. The entire thing was funded by Ken, and Jeff was paid a salary for the work.

BeneShield Financial did not receive one payment from anyone, has never received payments for anything, and Jeff was hired by Ken to help him attract applicants to Credex's project.

Jeff Sokol has done business online for over 20 years, created and sold products, done business coaching, etc. and has never been called a scammer in his entire life, outside of this one instance where a clearly outlined project didn't work out, and this woman Cari Scott has mistakenly (even by her own admission to Jeff over the phone) has accused him of this...the rest of you on here or anywhere else online, like DrPenny, accusing Jeff Sokol of scamming anyone, are simply wrong.

If anyone was scammed, it was Jeff Sokol. He actually helped Cari Scott get her money back, but she didn't retract her statements because she wasn't paid additional money by Ken, which would be penalty and taxes for removing her 50k of 401k money.

Jeff only took a position, and has suffered severe monetary loss and his good name is scarred for life online. People who refuse to do any real homework should be ashamed of themselves.

Jeff Sokol had no way of knowing the project Ken Phillips described was not going to work out, which is unfortunate.

Jeff has a wife and four children, he is a good man, follows his Christian faith, and is a law abiding citizen in every respect. This kind of thing just goes to show how even when someone tries to do the best he can for everyone he comes across, all it takes is the evil of one person and "mob mentality" to lie and ruin a person for no reason.

Not one person signed an agreement with BeneShield Financial, or sent BeneShield Financial any money, whatsoever.

People on here are nameless and faceless, saying anything they please with zero repercussion.

Jeff Sokol has provided outstanding customer service to people for over 20 years, and now because of something Jeff wasn't even involved in, his name has been ruined. The only financial involvement Jeff Sokol had with Cari Scott, was fighting on her behalf to get her money back.

She has apologized profusely and even cried on the phone in regards to the pain she's caused Jeff and his family.

Evidently, there are many people over the years that have done business with Ken Phillips, and Jeff cannot speak to that. Jeff only knows that the opportunity zone project that involved rebuilding apartments and homes did not work out, and Jeff had zero control over those outcomes or any finances.

Jeff stopped working for Ken Phillips in November 2019, after it was evident to him that the project wasn't going to work, as it hadn't worked yet. He stayed around long enough to help Cari Scott get her money back that December, and that's it.

Jeff has not been on salary from Ken Phillips or any related entity for over a year, and still has no idea what is going on with the company. He remains dealing with the repercussions of taking a job to help support his family, and is handling slander/libel appropriately, as there are now real financial repercussions as a result of these cowardly, nameless, faceless, posts.

If anyone has any issues, please contact Jeff Sokol directly and he will do his best to help, as he always has done. contact @ beneshieldfinancial.com

This has been terribly unfortunate for many people that have lost money during these dealings. Jeff Sokol is also a victim here, of this entire situation. He is just as innocent here as anyone else, in that he went into this with as much faith in Ken as anyone else...and has suffered financial loss through his name being forever damaged online. Jeff Sokol had a clean name online for 20 years, until the end of 2019...there is no pattern here of anything but a loving father, husband, and kind businessman.

People's credit can be repaired...what has happened to Mr. Sokol cannot.

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I was scammed by RWB (Referral Wealth Builders) but since they had other company names such as Faction Pro, Beneshield, EMG, PG Execs, VIP Funding, etc. Ken Phillips is the leader and he has many accomplices acting as assistants, underwriters, lawyers, funding specialist, credit repair specialist, back office support, etc. I have reported all names of Ken and his accomplices to the FBI, FTC, BBB and DHS.
These guys are professional white-collar criminals that have been scamming people since at least 2016. What they do is scam people out of the money funded with your good well earn credit score. They will investigate to see if your credit is good. If is not, they will not move forward with you. Once you’re funded and wire them the money from all the loans from creditors and credit unions, they keep it, stall for time and move on with a new company name without paying anyone back.
After you’re funded and sign a JV (joint venture) agreement or contract, what they promise with your investment is a good of ROI (return on investment) due to your money being invested in multiple projects and joint ventures (i.e real estate, crypto, etc.) in which they will have online presentation and speakers talking about the ventures or projects as well as monthly payments of 30% of your investment which never comes.
From what I have gathered, the amount of people scammed by Ken Phillips and his accomplices is around 125+ people in the total amount of about 40+ millions of dollars. Those figures are growing because of how they just rinse and repeat their scam cycle by doing it again with a new name. I’m writing this report so no one else becomes a victim from these criminals who have ruined many lives the last five years and counting, many had to file bankruptcy or pay money back that they never were able to use for themselves. They prey on those who have good credit and want to better their financial situation by leveraging it but these are not the people to trust. Unfortunately, these criminals have not been reported online so you can’t google the company since they change the company constantly. But I’m reporting their names so people can avoid these scammers at all cost. Below is a list of most known accomplices in this scamming operation spanning 6 companies up to date.
• Ken Phillips aka Ken Lewis, Louis
• Jeff Sokol
• Vincent Wetzel
• Craig Harris
• Steve Shapiro
• Rapha-El Daligueto
• Gwen Nicholson
• Lauren Aikens
• Taretha Favors
• Craig Farrell
• Darlene Logan
• Michael Smith
• David Fisher
• Asia Hill
• Ellie Ayers
• Michael Loprieno
• Craig Beling
• Donal Demery
• Darrell Rideaux SR
• Darrell Rideaux JR
• John Bradshaw
• Al Mills
• Laura Dulgheru
• Robin Michelle
• Darcy Allen
• Matthew Carter
• Don Polite
• Keria Ambrose
• Ted Chen
• Jessica Morales
• Daryl Jones

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I was in RWB, referral wealth builders who Ken Phillips among others that is involved in this scam. I will report all names and etc to the FBI. All of you are a bunch of white collar criminals and you all will get caught. Gwen Nicholson, I hear you are Ken’s assistant. You’re going down too along with the other list of names. You all are wrong to use ppl good credit to get money and get new houses and etc. ppl beware of these criminals. You left all of us with bad credit for many years. Some ppl had to file bankruptcy.

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We (15-20 people) are in the same position as you. Please reach out us to come up with a plan as a group to pursue these criminals. Their bad deeds will not go unpunished. Please reach out to us [email protected]

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BEFORE YOU JUST GO ASSUMING WRONGDOING:

I have spent 20 years online, working with customers and have ZERO negative posts about my services, ANYWHERE. I am an honest, hard working, and good man with a family of 4 young children and a wife of 10 years. My only aim in life is to provide a living for my family, and doing it while helping others as much as possible...that's the entire reason I started BeneShield Financial...

I am the owner of BeneShield Financial, LLC. Cari Scott came through our marketing services to work with Credex, she has been in touch with me every time she has asked for it, and she is now in touch with Credex's attorneys. I was not involved in this in any way, shape, or form, and didn't even know she sent money in to Credex until 2 months later, after the fact.

I am going to take the high road here, Cari...but this slander and defamation will stop and must come down. The attorney has asked you multiple times for wiring instructions, that you have YET to provide, so they can send back your $50,000...

I even negotiated with my client, Credex, to get them to pay her taxes and penalties for removing 50k from her 401k. This money, according to my client, was sent to them unsolicited before the paperwork was put together, but they agreed to pay for her taxes and penalties anyway...at LEAST an additional $20,000 that she will be paid because of MY HELP. I did this, because she said she didn't think it would take so long, and I didn't want her to lose money after her 90 day grace period was up.

I did this to be helpful, kind, and provide the great customer experience I'm used to giving my clients. This, what she's done here, posting this about me, which is just a total fallacy, is absolutely abhorrent.

I have been nothing but kind to you, even as you hurt my good name and threaten my family. You should feel highly ashamed of yourself, because everything I have is documented and true, and you have nothing but lies and a gross misconception of I do for a living.

Their attorney is still waiting on your wiring instructions, Carolyn J. Scott.

You've done the exact thing here I asked you not to do...as I've spent YEARS building a clean reputation and valuable customer service for my clients. You have caused my family a ton of heartache, not to mention wasted time.

To be clear...I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS TRANSACTION, NEITHER WAS BENESHIELD FINANCIAL, LLC. MY ONLY INVOLVEMENT WAS TO HELP CAROLYN J. SCOTT GET HER MONEY BACK. I RECEIVED NO MONEY FROM THIS TRANSACTION, WE WERE ONLY HELPING CREDEX IN THE MARKETING AND FULFILLMENT DEPARTMENT.

Cari, the only thing I will accept here is a FULL RETRACTION and a FULL EXPLANATORY APOLOGY.

Now I know how Judge Kavanaugh, and President Trump feel, to have people commit slander, libel, and defamation of character with false accusation and absolutely zero evidence.

These accusations against me and my company are lies, they are vicious, and they have nothing to do with me or my company BeneShield Financial, LLC. Anyone who says or thinks otherwise can ask us.

I am truly disgusted by this...never did I ever think I would see this day.

If any of my clients read this, I am sorry this person's gross misrepresentation of the truth has affected your thoughts of me or my business in any way...I am truly hurt and disgusted by this...and this person will be dealt with accordingly. Feel free to contact me directly if you need to speak about any concerns.

I truly feel sorry for this person, to live in such fear, to believe such made up lies...Fear, we know, is not from the Lord, but has it's origin in evil. God says 365 times in the bible, "Fear not". Fear, is a work of the devil. He's using this person to get at me, as I am doing, and will continue to do the work of the Lord, helping people financial in the name of Christ Jesus.

Cari Scott, even though you've hurt us, I'm truly working on a way to forgive you for hurting my family...

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Scammer's phone 888-990-7779
Scammer's website www.beneshieldfinancial.com
Scammer's address 231 La Rue France, Lafayette, LA 70508
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Type of a scam Employment
Initial means of contact Email

Offered job with Credex thru Beneshield for PG Executive program. Consists of serving as fiduciary for corporations as assigned. As employee would be added to bank accounts, etc, credit and background checks were to be required. While waiting for these to be completed, I provided 50k personal monies to fund assigned corporation while Beneshield funding team finished funding process. Since this was 1099 position and I wouldn't be paid until work began, I prefunded monies to my "assigned corporation" while Beneshield finished their funding rounds, with the agreement the funds would be held in Atty IOLTA trust account and would be returned within 30days
I wired funds to trust account myself - 4 months later and unable to get response from attorney Craig Beling, CEO Jeff Sokol of Beneshield, Hiring Manager Ken Phillips, nor Gwen Nicholson VP of Operations. Took my 50k and ran. Reported to CFPB, Atty General in each appropriate state, Ie3 and Bar Associations. Beware, there is no job and not a conscious among the group. Feel free to contact, I also have info of other employees who've provided 10k+ each and not received a penny in return nor a paycheck - nothing more than elaborate scam to steal

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Hi, I'm assuming you are Carolyn Scott as I have seen you posted multiple reports on Beneshield Financial, Credex, Craig Beiling (attorney), Gwen Nicholson, Ken Phillips, and more. We are currently in the same position as you and were scammed by these people. These criminals are scamming over 20 people already and they are destroying lives. Can you please allow us to talk to you to gather as much information before reporting them to multiple government authorities? They scammed us into employment and obtained personal loans to use that money to invest with promises (contract) with good ROI and monthly payments.

I'm sure you understand the feelings we are going through at the moment. Any information would be helpful to build a case against these criminals. We can be reached at [email protected]

Thank you

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Another thing is that instead of sending money (gift cards) like I did, I am going to try to learn as much as I can about the people and the company.

I think it's okay to establish confidence and control. Tell them you'll meet them in person (don't do this unless your really sure about them). If they want your money now, tell them to stop acting emotional and say that's not a trait of a good company. Have them sit and wait.

I'm not trying to put down anyone, I just never knew how Machiavellian the world is.

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I'm sorry this happened to you. I got scammed too, for $1000 through an imposter at Freelancer.com. I guess in order to get a real job now a days, we have to write a snail mail to a company that we're interested in and build rapport that way.

I looked at BeneShield Financial and their URL doesn't have a "https://", but says it's unsecured.

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Scammer's phone 888-990-7779
Scammer's website www.BeneShieldFinancial.com
Scammer's address 231 La Rue France, Lafayette, LA 70508
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Type of a scam Employment
Initial means of contact Email

Beneshield claims to hire PG Executives for Credex. Ken Phillips runs Credex with Gwen Nicholson, both of whom operate under the name of Beneshield as well, but Jeff Sokol of Beneshield will later tell you these people only only work for Credex. The job is to be a fiduciary executive for a company they assign you (you will never see any proof, never talk to anyone). You are are oversee their finances, you must submit your credit, finances, SSN, etc to be approved. You pay for this every month, while waiting for their HR dept to finish the process so you can get to work and start making your agreed upon paycheck. To get started sooner, you can send in *your own cash* to their attorney's IOLTA trust held account, to prefund your assigned company while waiting for Benesheild to finish with the funding process (not to take more than 30days and in meantime, you start getting paid as salary as agreed). Fast forward MANY months later...your money is gone and they'll pass you off from one person to the next, its all smoke and mirrors. There will never be any assigned company, there is no funding, there's nothing - They took your money and ran. 50k loss later just myself and many other employees who've lost 10K+ : This will catch up with them as we're gathering info for all states involved and there are a # of ex-employees with pertinent information, but please don't let yourself become a victim. If it seems too good to be true, IT IS

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Beneshield Contacts

Address:

1900 Main St. Suite 750. Sarasota, Florida 34236, USA

Phone:	+1 (484) 680-8531 0 0 +1 (888) 990-7779 0 0 +1 (347) 741-8208 0 0 +1 (941) 552-2288 0 0 +1 (720) 587-7004 0 0
Fax:	+1 (484) 731-9038
Website:	www.inventive-staffing.com This site can’t be reached Shady, yet now dead: once upon a time this website was reported to be associated with Beneshield, but after several inspections we’ve come to the conclusion that this domain is no longer active. www.beneshieldfinancial.com This website was reported to be associated with Beneshield. credexfunding.com This site can’t be reached Shady, yet now dead: once upon a time this website was reported to be associated with Beneshield, but after several inspections we’ve come to the conclusion that this domain is no longer active.
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