Scam Alert: Innovator Founder Visa Business Plan Service – Avoid!
I was actively looking for new roles after a layoff at work and came across Lalit promoting the Innovator Founder visa as a route to stay in the UK on LinkedIn. I must say the posts were quite convincing. I reached out for an initial paid call and decided to go ahead. I paid £800 for business ideation and professional business plan writing. I did not want to pay for MVP as I am a tech professional and can do it myself, and Lalit agreed to it, which was nice of him. I made the payment. Things only went well till this point.
Here are the business ideas that were suggested in 2025:
- Real-estate ML tool to predict property-chain health.
- Social-listening marketing/sales bot.
- Auto-updating T&C / contract generator SaaS.
- UK invoice payment optimiser with late-payment prediction.
None of which were even close to meeting Innovator Founder visa criteria, and these were already in the market for almost a decade. Strangely, I was just given these ideas as one-liners in WhatsApp chat, and then it was on me to search and figure out—and with just a Google search, it was quite obvious our man has no idea what he is doing. There were a few other funny ones that he suggested.
Now this whole process till here took almost 2 months. At this point I was done and asked for a refund, and he wouldn't give it, saying the team had already invested a lot of time on my ideas. Even after negotiations, he wouldn't budge. Note that at this point I didn't even get anything for what I paid for. Now I was basically stuck and decided to take the job board idea, which is basically his own website, and I am sure he sold this idea to many more people. At this point I started working in a new role and didn't want to work on this crap idea anyway. Now in the UK the rules are pretty good, and I reported this fraud and got my money back. So if you are in my situation and looking for ways to get a visa, trust me no such guy will be able to help you and you are only going to get exploited. You have lost your money, I am sorry, but beware—this is a SCAM!!
Our man has come up with a new website now. It was Ukworkx previously. All the best!
Besvarelse fra Hiremyvisa
Hi Kiranjith,
I need to address the serious allegations you've made here.
On the service provided:
You engaged us for business ideation and plan writing. We delivered exactly that—multiple business concept directions for you to evaluate. The fact that you chose not to pursue any of them, or that you felt they required further research on your part, does not constitute a scam. That's how ideation works.
On the timeline:
The two-month duration was largely due to delayed responses on your end. We have the communication records to demonstrate this.
On the refund:
Our terms were clear from the outset. Time and resources were invested into your project. You were not entitled to a refund simply because you changed your mind about proceeding.
On your claim that you "got your money back":
This is false. No refund was issued. No chargeback was processed. Our bank records confirm this. If you have evidence to the contrary, produce it.
Calling a legitimate service a "scam" and a "fraud" because it didn't meet your expectations is defamatory. We have documented every interaction, every deliverable, and every payment record.
We wish you well, but we won't allow our reputation to be damaged by inaccurate claims.
