[Q] Wellgates International Distinguished Scholars - wellgates.org - any thoughts?

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<p>Have any of you heard of or received and e-mail from the Wellgates Scholar Program?
Here is a link to their site: [Student</a> Membership | Wellgates Scholar](<a href=“http://www.wellgates.org%5DStudent”>http://www.wellgates.org)</p>

<p>While searching around on the internet for “Wellgates Scholar Program,” I find many people thinking it is a scam etc. I also found this through Arizona’s .edu site: [Awards</a> and Accolades<a href=“see%20under” title=“Cliff Johns”>/url</a>.</p>

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<p>and this one: [url=<a href=“Department of Management Information Systems | Eller College of Management”>Department of Management Information Systems | Eller College of Management]Meet</a> the Awardees : LaSalle-Chen : Scholarships : Undergraduate Program : Department of Management Information Systems : Eller College of Management : The University of Arizona](<a href=“College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture”>College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture)</p>

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<p>Do any one of you know whether this is a scam or not? </p>

<p>//Steria</p>

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<p>Does anyone know?</p>

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<p>I got an e-mail today:</p>

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<p>Dear […],</p>

<p>Your Account Email: […]@[…].com
Your Membership Status: Full Member</p>

<p>To access your account, please visit: <a href=“http://www.wellgates.org/home[/url]”>http://www.wellgates.org/home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<h2>(If you have forgotten your password, please click the “Forgot Password” link on the sign in page.)</h2>

<p>What’s News:

  1. Sponsorship for Student Organizations and Events</p>

<p>Wellgates is a student-run organization with a mission to promote academic excellence, leadership, and entrepreneurship. This year, we wish to sponsor around 15 student activities and events through cooperation with local student organizations at different universities.</p>

<p>If you are planning to organize qualified events for New Student Orientation in Fall 2012, it is now a good time to apply for sponsorship. We sponsor up to USD$500 for each event/activity.</p>

<p>Details of Sponsorship Application:
Step 1. Register your organization for free at: [Membership</a> for Student Organizations | Wellgates Scholar](<a href=“http://www.wellgates.org/organization]Membership”>http://www.wellgates.org/organization), if it has not been done previously.
Step 2. Email <a href="mailto:sponsorship@wellgates.org">sponsorship@wellgates.org</a> with the following information:

  • Event title and proposed date(s)
  • Name of organization
  • Affiliated University
  • Contact Information
  • Describe how event/activity promote academic excellence, leadership and/or entrepreneurship in less than 300 words
  • Expected number of attendees
  • Budget plan and how much sponsorship is needed from Wellgates</p>

<p>Ideally, your organization should be registered by 23 May, 2012 for events/activities of Student Orientation in Fall 2012.
2. Meet a Campus Representatives</p>

<p>The board of Wellgates Campus Representatives 2012-2013 has been formed successfully. Please check it out at [About</a> Us | Wellgates Scholar](<a href=“http://www.wellgates.org/contact]About”>http://www.wellgates.org/contact).
3. Scholarships for 2012-2013</p>

<p>We are accepting scholarship applicants for 2012-2013. The deadline is June 29th, 2012. Please visit our website for more information.</p>

<p>Wellgates Editorial
You are receiving this email because you are a member of Wellgates Scholar Program.</p>

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<p>Aren’t there anyone else here who know anything about Wellgates, whether they are real or not? Thank you for your replies.</p>

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<p>The first two results from searching “wellgates” on google is sending up a red flag for me. The first two posts are “is it a scam?” posts on web forums and the third one is the actual site.</p>

<p>Personally, I’d stay away. But it is totally up to you.</p>

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<p>First of all, the person contacting is named Linda Miller. One person I know who now apparently is a Wellgates contact wrote this to me:</p>

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<p>After searching around some, I found more info about getting info about things. I used [WhoIs[/url</a>] combined with [url=<a href=“http://www.WhitePages.com%5DWhitePages%5B/url”>http://www.WhitePages.com]WhitePages[/url</a>] etc to try to find out information.</p>

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<p>The number listed on the website name ([url=<a href=“http://www.Wellgates.org%5DWellgates.org%5B/url%5D”>http://www.Wellgates.org]Wellgates.org](<a href=“http://www.WhoIs.com%5DWhoIs%5B/url”>http://www.WhoIs.com)</a>) is listed under 3 other things on WhitePages as you can see in the picture above (see link).</p>

<p>The website itself is registered in Scottsdale, Arizona (Full address: 15111 N Hayden Rd, Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona 85260).</p>

<p>I really do not know any better ways to investigate this even further, so if someone of you do, please help out. Thank you.</p>