I want to post this as a warning to anyone who is looking into a company called LionHeart Family Institute and “Dr” John Grimani. There are other names for the company like “LionHeart Marriage Coaching” “Trinity Research” “LionHeart Marriage Savers” and maybe more names…
I got recruited into a “research” Cohort study that was supposed to collect data on Evangelical marriages. However, I found out this was all a lie. I participated in this study for 5 months and I received some of the promised money. However, it turns out the institutions that they say were funding the study have never heard of this research. And “Dr” John Grimani who claims to have an MD and a DrPH has no record of a license to practice in America or the United Kingdom.
They have now cancelled our study and we are trying to get out of the Affirm loans we took when we originally signed up. If you are considering participating in a study with these people RUN AWAY!! Now I know, research should never require a collateral loan because it’s against research ethics and they would not get approved for grant funding with a proposal like that.
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I’m sorry – you’re saying that YOU took out a loan, like you paid your own money to be a research study?
And this didn’t raise red flags????
That’s christian based science for you.
That’s horrible. In the future be more cautious of people asking for any money online.
Damn, that’s predatory as hell. Loans for a ‘study’? Report them to the FTC and blast this everywhere. Hope you get your money back—these people are scum.
You should post this in r/Scams, they keep track of scams and scammers and I haven’t seen this one there before
Sounds like a scam.
/r/scams
I don’t get it — you took out a loan, but they paid you some money? And had promised you more? So who is paying whom money? Sorry but more context is needed.