Academy Motivation-style funnels keep a familiar shape: a free fortnight on “new opportunities in digital assets”, a landing page that feels institutional, and a named mentor with a glittering public-administration title. On education-motivation.ru the course is tied to an “Oleg Kondratenko” billed as a director of a government management school and a long-time crypto portfolio hero. That packaging is the product. A quick public check does not support the idea that a senior state-university director is casually fronting a free internet crypto teaser under that branding — treat the bio as marketing fiction until proven on the institution’s own staff pages.
The commercial logic underneath is ordinary. Free modules collect phone numbers and emails; upsells and partner exchange links do the earning. Even when a local company name appears in an ad cabinet, that is not a quality stamp on the teaching, the returns claimed, or the risk disclosures you almost never see on the hero banner.
Do not hand over documents or deposits because a title sounded heavy. Verify the person on the official site of the organisation they claim, ignore screenshots of “stable five-year portfolios”, and remember that a free crypto class is usually a lead magnet, not a public service. If the next step is a “personal curator” on Telegram with a deposit target, walk away.
If you already paid into the funnel, start at Get help. Watch for fake recovery follow-ups.
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