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This complaint is in regards to Penn Foster a so called good school! However, their director of education chairperson Russell Day repeatedly accused me of asking repeated personal questions to the instructors which was a total lie! He instigated that I had been asking personal questions to the instructors and repeatedly tried to threaten me to quit on my own! My contract is in good standing and I have no violations towards what the contract states! I am half way almost through the course which I started back this April of 2012. But this RUSSELL DAY is trying to bunk me off the course so that he can put my account on collections and extort money from me! This school is a scam, a fraud, and does not allow you to finish the course. Even before you have started the course and want to ask questions to their instructors they will falsely accuse you of not asking the right questions and try to instigate that you are not following their regulations and will force and threaten you to quit on your own! According to my contract I am in good standing and my grade point average a 3.0. But whene ever I ask this stupid RUSSELL DAY guy he act like a big snob and says that I am not asking the right questions and so theirfor I should not be allowed to complete the course. He did this repeatedly every time I had asked him any questions which were all course related! This school is a total scam, and this guy RUSSELL DAY well I don't have any comments! I am going on to complete the course and if they still accuse me falsely and then try to not let me complete my course and forces my account to collections than I can take them to court for false accusations which does not pertain to the contract and also for extortion for collecting money from me by putting my account in collections and then not giving me the diploma even after finishing the course in time and also making payments on time of which I have recorded everything! So for all of those that are going to this school take caution and for those that are thinking about it DON'T! YOU WILL BE SORRY! ANGRY!

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Scranton, US
Sep 17, 2012 8:34 am EDT

All Penn Foster students are expected to abide by a code of conduct which is published in our Student Handbook. Those who do not abide by the rules are handled individually by the school, and are not subject to public comment.

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Harrassed!!!!!!
Scranton, US
Sep 17, 2012 1:09 pm EDT

ATTENTION!

TO ALL STUDENT! THIS IS A PUBLIC WARNIG! DO NOT ATTEND THIS SCHOOL! BIG MISTAKE! THEY ARE EXTORTIONIST; ABUSIVE PEOPLE! REVOKES CLASSES FOR NO REASON! I HAD A 3.0 GRADE AND PAID UP! BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN I GET THIS RUDE LETTER STATING MY CLASSES WERE CANCELED AND THEY COULD NOT GIVE ANY REASON! SO I REPORTED IT TO THEIR PA ATTORNEY GENERAL AND TO THEIR STATE BOARD! BAD SERVICE, BAD PEOPLE! DO NOT GO TO THIS SCHOOL! THEY NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN! FOR FRAUD, SCAM, EXTORTION, AND ABUSE!

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STUPID SCHOOL!!!!!!
Southaven, US
Sep 20, 2012 6:41 pm EDT

I HAVE ALSO TAKEN THE LIBERTY TO REPORT THIS ISSUE AND ALSO FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST PENN FOSTERS SCAM, FRAUD, AND ABUSING THE STUDENTS. I FEEL I HAVE NOT VIOLATED ANY PENN FOSTERS HAND BOOK RULES! OH I AM SORRY I MEANT THOSE STUPID THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE FAKE BOOKS. I WILL NOT PAY THE $640.00 THAT I AM BEING CHARGED. I REPORTED ALSO TO YOUR SCRANTON PA BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AND TO THE HARRISBURG ATTORNEY GENERAL OF PA. THE COMPLAINT REGARDING MY ACCOUNT WITH PENN FOSTER WILL BE HANDLED BY THEM NOT BY ME ANY MORE! CEASE ALL COLLECTION AS TOWARDS MY ACCOUNT! UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FROM YOUR SCRANTON PA BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU THAT WILL HANDLE MY ISSUE! DO NOT GO TO THIS STUPID SCHOOL! THEY ARE MAJOR RIPOFF"S JUST LIKE [redacted]. AND WATCH OUT FOR THAT STUPID JERK RUSSELL DAY! DON"T GO TO PENN FOSTER! USA

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PENN FOSTER A BIG SCAM!!!!
Randallstown, US
Sep 21, 2012 5:51 am EDT

TO THE STUPID SCHOOL PENN FOSTER!

YOU CANT TELL ANYONE TO NOT WRITE ON THIS COMPLAINT BOARD! IT WAS MADE FOR CONSUMERS LIKE OURSELVES THAT WERE WRONGED! YOU CAN"T TELL ME WHAT TO DO YOU JERK RUSSELL DAY! YOU REVOKED MY CLASSES WRONGFULLY PLAIN AS DAY AND YOU KNOW IT! YOU MISS USED YOUR POWER TO DO WHAT YOU DID THINKING THAT YOU CAN MAKE A PROFIT OUT OF EXPLOITING MY LIFE! WELL THAT WON"T WORK JERK! BECAUSE WE CONSUMERS HAVE OUR RIGHTS AND IF WE FEEL WE WERE WRONG WE CAN MOST CERTAINLY FILE AGAINST THAT COMPANY THAT WRONGED US AND OR THAT PERSON! SO I DID JUST THAT! SO YOU RUSSELL DAY AND PENN FOSTER COULD GO JUMP IN THE LAKE AND LEAVE AND MY LIFE ALONE! AFTER I GET THROUGH WITH YOU I WILL MAKE YOU QUIT YOUR JOB OR LOOSE YOU JOB YOU BIG LOOSER! AND YOUR STUPID SCHOOL TO LOOSE ALL STUDENTS! A PUBLIC WARNING! DO NOT GO TO THIS SCHOOL! IT IS A BIG SCAM!

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PENN FOSTER BAD SCHOOL!!!!
Scranton, US
Sep 21, 2012 7:10 pm EDT

PENN FOSTER:

DUMB SCHOOL! BOOKS THAT LOOK LIKE CHILDRENS BOOKS! COURSES ARE PRICE TOO HIGH AND FOR THAT PRICE YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY COULD MAKE BETTER BOOKS! AND ALL THEIR BOOKS LOOKS LIKE CHILDRENS MAGAZINE FROM BACK IN THE EARLY 1970's! THEN THEY CUT YOU OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR PROGRAM ACCUSING YOU OF VIOLATIONS ACCORDING TO THEIR STUDENT HAND BOOKS AND THEN THEY TRY TO EXTORT MONEY FROM YOU AND NOT ALLOW YOU TO COMPLETE YOUR COURSE! I PAID IN MY DUES AND HAD A 3.0 GRADE AVERAGE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I GET CUT OFF OF MY CLASSES. WHEN I ASKED WHY THEY SAID I VIOLATED THEIR CODE OF CONDUCT AND WHEN I ASKED WHY THEY WOULD NOT GIVE ME ANY! I AM AN A, B STUDENT AND NEVER HAD THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ANY SCHOOL I EVER ATTENDED IN THE PAST EVER! I ALSO WENT TO OTHER GOOD SCHOOLS AND DID VERY WELL! I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS SCHOOL TO ANY ONE EVER! AND AS FOR RATING THEM I WILL GIVE NO MORE THAN A BIG FAT GOOSE EGG! BUT NOW I AM ENROLLED AT A MUCH BETTER SCHOOL AND AM BEING TREATED RIGHT! DON'T GO TO THIS SCHOOL! THEIR TARGET IS ONLY TO MAKE MONEY AND NOT ABOUT THE STUDENTS AT ALL! THEIR BUSINESS ETHICS IS VERY POOR AND FOR THE PRICE YOU WOULD PAY FOR THEIR TUITION THEY CERTAINLY COULD MAKE BETTER BOOKS THAT LOOK LIKE REAL BOOKS!

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PENN FOSTER BAD SCHOOL!!!!
Scranton, US
Sep 21, 2012 7:22 pm EDT

PENN FOSTER:

SOME CORRECTION: THEY WOULD NEVER GIVE ANY CLEAR ANSWER TO WHAT EXACTLY THAT I VIOLATED BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THEIR CHEAP LOOKING HANDBOOK I DO NOT FEEL I HAD EVER VIOLATED ANY OF THEIR RULES! I WAS ACCUSED FALSELY AND TREATED ROTTEN FOR NO REASON! THESE PEOPLE LIKE I SAID ARE EGOTISTICAL IN NATURE AND HAVE VERY POOR BUSINESS ETHICS GEARED TOWARDS THEIR CLIENTS WHICH ARE THE STUDENTS! ONCE AGAIN I WILL NOT EVER RECOMMEND THIS STUPID SCHOOL TO ANY OR WANT ANY OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS TO ENROLL IN SUCH A LOW LEVEL POOR BUSINESS ETHICS SCHOOL THAT DOES NOT CARE OR RESPECT THE STUDENTS THAT WANT TO COME THEIR AND LEARN! A PUBLIC WARNING DO NOT ATTEND PENN FOSTER! GO TO A COMMUNITY COLLEGE YOU WOULD GET MORE OUT OF IT THEIR! THESE PEOPLE NEED A MAJOR ATTITUDE CHANGE!

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PENN FOSTER BAD SCHOOL!!!!
Scranton, US
Sep 21, 2012 7:47 pm EDT

THE SCHOOL IS A STUPID SCHOOL AND I AM NOT GOING TO PUT UP WITH WRONGFULL BULLYING AND YES THE BBB OF SCRANTON WILL BE HANDLING THE SCHOOL ON MY BEHALF SO YOU CAN SHUT THE HELL UP!

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PENN FOSTER BAD SCHOOL!!!!
Scranton, US
Sep 21, 2012 8:37 pm EDT

Penn Foster Complaints: To Joh MacCartney

Yes, maybe I should now let the Better Business Bureau of Scranton, PA and also PA Human Relations Commission handle this issue and I have reported and filed formal complaints in regards to this issue. Hopefully this issue will now resolve in a more appropriate manner so everyone can move on in the right track. Sorry to Penn Foster for the upset of my above notes. Thanks. Rose. USA

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PENN FOSTER GET A LIFE!!!!
Magna, US
Sep 22, 2012 1:32 am EDT

Like I said this is a complaint board and I felt I had something to complain about because I was wronged by this school just like so many others that had before me had made complaints against this school of which are all true! I made a true complaint and no one should ever be put in that spot for no reason! Who the hell gave you the right to come busting out at me. I have my rights to complain because I know I was wronged! This is a complaint board so I complained so get a life!

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CASE IS BEING RESOLVED!
Beverly Hills, US
Oct 27, 2012 5:06 pm EDT

PENN FOSTER COMPLAINTS:

THIS COMPLAINT HAS BEEN TURNED OVER NOW TO THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RELATIONS COMMSSION IN WASHINGTON D.C.!

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PENN FOSTER ABUSE STUDENTS!!
Dunmore, US
Nov 10, 2012 12:09 pm EST

CEASE AND DESIST COLLECTION OR ABUSE OF ANY KIND AND OR PUT ILLEGAL CHARGES ON ME OF ANY KIND WILL BE CHARGED AS FALSE AND PERJURY AGAINST PENN FOSTER RUSSELL DAY AND JUDGE PAUL J. WARE FOR FALSE ACCUSATION AND WRONGFUL THREATS MADE AGAINST ME ALL HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO UNITED NATIONS TO YANI OR RODNEY BENT OF THIS CASE ANY FURTHER ABUSE FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED PERSON WILL CHARGED ACCORDINGLY FOR VICTIMIZING A STUDENT WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE THE 4TH AMENDMENT! AND THE VIOLATIONS ALSO FOR ABUSE, FALSE CHARGES AGAINST ME AND FALSE ARREST AGAINST ME WILL FILE AS AN EMOTIONAL ABUSE CASE AS WELL TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED PARTIES! STOP VIOLATING ME AND LEAVE ME ALONE PENN FOSTER! TELL YOUR JUDGE TO LEAVE ME ALONE OR I WILL CHARGES FOR EMOTIONAL ABUSE DAMAGES!

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PENN FOSTER STOP HARASSING ME!!
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Nov 11, 2012 1:49 pm EST

PENN FOSTER:

TO RUSSELL DAY AND LARRY PIERCE:

I HAVE RELOCATED AND CHANGED MY NAME ADDRESS AND EVERYTHING. YOU CANNOT MESS WITH ME ANY MORE CALL THE UNITED NATIONS RERER TO YANI WHOM IS HANDELING MY CASE. NO CONTACT IS AVAILABLE IN REGARDS TO ME ANYMORE AS I DO NOT RESIDE AT THE ADDRESS THAT YOU HAVE IN REGARDS TO ME. SO SENDING ANY MORE THEIR WILL GO STRAIGHT TO THE UNITED NATIONS!

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PENN FOSTER IS CORRUPTIVE!!!!
Dunmore, US
Nov 17, 2012 12:08 pm EST

PENN FOSTER A BIG SCAM!

DO NOT GO TO THIS SCHOOL PLEASE BEWARE OF RUSSELL DAY AND A JUDGE BY THE NAME OF PAUL J. WARE! THIS JUDGE IS A WANTED FEDERAL FELON! HE WAS INVOLVED IN DRUG DEALS WITH JUDGE BRASSE AND ALSO INVOLVED IN RACKETEERING, USING POKER MONEY TO WINN HIS POSITION AS A MAGISTRATE AND ALSO CHEATS ON HIS WIFE! INVOLVED IN PROSTITUTION, AND RUSSELL DAY AND LARRY PIERCE OF PENN FOSTER ALSO CHEATES ON THEIR WIVES TOO! AND VICTIMIZES OTHER WOMEN EVEN WOMEN STUDENTS! PLEASE ANYONE TRYING TO ENROLL IN THIS SCHOOLL DON'T SAVE YOUR MONEY AND PUT IT IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR OTHER BETTER SCHOOLS! DO YOUR HOME WORK AND DO NOT GO TO PENN FOSTER! BAD SCHOOL! IT IS CHEAP AND THATS IS ABOUT ALL THE COMMENT I HAVE FOR THIS GOOD FOR NOTHING SCHOOL! I HOPE THEY GO OUT OF BUSINESS SOON! LACKAWANNA COUNTY OF PA IS CORRUPTIVE!

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PENN FOSTER AND JUDGE WARE BEWARE!!
Dunmore, US
Nov 21, 2012 4:52 pm EST

TO PENN FOSTER AND THISMAN!

THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO SAY TO THAT SHUT UP! THIS SCHOOL IS FILLED WITH CRIMINALS THAT VICTIMIZED ME! I DO NOT HAVE TO EXPLAIN ANY FURTHER! SO TO PENN FOSTER AND A CROOKED JUDGE PAUL J WARE OUT OF SOME BACKWARDS COUNTRY IN THE STATE OF PA PACK YOUR BAGS AND LEAVE ME ALONE! YOU CAN NOT MESS WITH ME OR MY INFORMATION OR MY LIFE YOU BUNCH OF CRIMINALS! TO THIS MAN WHY DON"T YOU KEEP YOUR POINT OF VIEW TO YOUR SELF! AND GO EDUCATE YOURSELF SOMEWHERE ELSE! ALL I KNOW IS THAT IS WAS SCAMMED, ABUSED, AND FALSELY ACCUSED AND ALSO FALSE CHARGES WERE FORCED ON ME BY THE ABOVE MENTIONED PEOPLE! I OWE NO ONE ANY THING ESPECIALLY TO A BUNCH OF NITWITT CROOKS! SO YOU THISMAN KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO YOURSELF AND SO CAN ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS ANYTHING TO SAY! AS FOR JUDGE PAUL J. WARE A CROOK THAT HAS COMMITTED FALSE SUMMONS, CHEATED ON HIS WIFE, AND SUPPORTS DRUG DEALERS AND PROSTITUTES AND ALSO INVOLVED IN RACKETEERING, GAMBLING, AND AS FOR RUSSELL DAY, CORRINNE LENNZER AND LARRY PIERCE GO TAKE A HIKE! DO NOT SEND ME ANY SUMMONS YOU CAN SHOVE IT UP YOU KNOW WHERE AND DO NOT CHARGE ME FOR A FINE I DO NOT OWE! AND I SENT THAT STUPID PINK SLIP BACK TO THAT CRIMINAL JUDGE PAUL J WARE OUT OF DUNMORE PA! SO AFTER TODAY NOVEMBER 21st, ALL THIS ISSUE WITH PENN FOSTER AND RUSSELL DAY, LARRY PIERCE, AND JUDGE PAUL J WARE IS OVER! AND CLOSED WITH ME BEING NOT GUILTY! JUDGES CAN BE IMPEACHED I READ SOMEWHERE!

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TO THIS MAN
Kansas City, US
Nov 23, 2012 12:23 pm EST

To thisman:

SORRY!

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TO THISMAN
Scranton, US
Nov 24, 2012 3:27 am EST

TO THISMAN:

I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND AS YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO GIVE ADVISE I ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO NOT TAKE THAT ADVISE! THIS IS A COMPLAINTS BOARD! I HAD A COMPLAINT AND I FILED! END OF DISCUSSION! WHEN YOU PUT YOUR ADVISE HERE I DID NOT ASK YOU FOR IT EITHER! SO WHAT EVER YOU WROTE UP ABOVE I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU MY OPINION TOO! THANKS FOR THE ADVISE BUT I DON"T NEED IT! SO IF YOU CONTINUE TO BULLY ME I WILL REPORT YOU TO APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES!

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Legal Notice
Dunmore, US
Jul 11, 2013 8:23 pm EDT

PISS OFF ### HOLE!

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Belen63
Cambridge, GB
Aug 25, 2022 11:16 pm EDT

This school would not let me cancel i recently moved back to my home in the United Kingdom and there telling me that I have to pay the remaining balance and I can’t be a international student in the United Kingdom and I’m under contract to pay ok for one i don’t owe anything and two they never loaned me any money for the fraudulent school so how do I owe them money and there telling me that it will remain open ok that’s fine it can remain open but I’m not paying anything so I guess it’s going to remain open until I’m old and dead because I’m not paying anything all this school/college does is

Take your money i had to close my bank account before they withdraw any of my money and change my phone number and address before I moved back to the United Kingdom because they will keep calling you with harassing call’s and letter’s oh yeah and my email had to get changed to so they have no clue on how to harass me lol 😂 and here in the United Kingdom once you moved back you don’t have to pay any school’s/college’s anything

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