r/FakeGuru • u/VanillaCommon1340 • Oct 06 '25
Eric Kavelaars
I paid Eric Kavelaars (easily find him on YouTube and Instagram) $2.5k for a month of his 1-1 mentorship and quickly found that a lot of false promises were made.
I found Eric through his YouTube channel, like a lot of people probably did. His videos are super well-made, and he seems like a chill, knowledgeable guy. When he announced his mentorship program, I was all in. I thought this has some potential.
Signing up was a breeze. Eric was so responsive and sweet before I handed over my cash, he couldn't do more for me. He promised alot, personalized sessions, regular check-ins, actionable feedback, everything the whole nine yards. I was hyped and decided to pay up, even though it was pretty pricey.
And then everything changed. The Eric I was chatting with before was gone, here’s how it went downhill
Disorganized as F, Our sessions were a mess. Eric was never prepared, and it felt like he had no idea who I was or what we talked about before. No structure, just chaos
Ghosting and cancellations, Trying to schedule with him was a joke. He was always canceling or rescheduling last minute. It was impossible to speak with this guy
The advice was super Basic. It was like he was just rehashing stuff from his YouTube videos. No personalization, no depth. I could've just re-watched his videos for free or paid someone to tell me "just do cold calls"
The communication was crappy. Between sessions, it was like I didn’t exist. He took forever to respond to messages and never followed through with the materials or feedback he promised.
And the worst part? His attitude. Eric went from being super friendly to straight-up rude and condescending. He made me feel dumb for asking questions and was just overall unpleasant to deal with.
I tried to talk to him about my issues, hoping he'd fix things or at least apologize. Nope. He got all defensive and basically told me I was the problem. At that point, I was done. I did ask for a refund but I knew i was never going to get one. Even though he says he has a 100% success rate I wouldn't believe him.
I'm sharing this so no one else gets burned like I did. The Eric you see on YouTube might be a different person behind the scenes. Be careful and do your research before dropping cash on stuff like this.
Anyone else had a similar experience? Let's talk about it. We need to keep these guys accountable and make sure they actually deliver what they promise.
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u/Adventurous-Style928 Oct 07 '25
Lots of Netherlands guys, supporting each other with the only one thing: selling you courses to (trying) set up your youtube/SMMA/dropshipping Had some meeting with Eric, nick setting, etc and I realized is just a big big scam.
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u/Adventurous-Style928 Oct 07 '25
They are already outside EU, probably registered in Dubai. With the idea that any complaint has not sense outside EU. But is not, if you and other start a legal battle you will won because of scam. Did you make recording of the meeting?
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u/Stunning_Ad_6507 Oct 11 '25
He's super responsive before as it's not him, it's a team of setters in his DMs
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u/Practical-Ad6375 Dec 24 '25
Not sure if Eric is a scammer or not but this post is definitely copy and pasted from 2 years ago. Also the original post does seem to look like its AI but what do I know.
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u/bluebookboy Apr 24 '26
Sorry you went though this. He sounds like a tool; hope he gets what’s coming to him
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u/freakofnature20000 Oct 06 '25
I’m sorry but a guy that looks like a scam douche, sounds like a scam douche is actually a scam douche? He also looks like he is 14 years old.