total scam . my friend went to those so called seminars ( not once or twice )and they were told they have to deposit some money with the even organizer so that they can facilitate to open an account for them ( seminar attendants) better be very careful with what you do with these so called local forex gurus !
the best thing you can do if you are intrested in learning forex is to learn it through the internet . after all its free and you can take your time . the fee you could have wasted paying a so called guru to teach you how to forex trade you can use it as your start up capital in trading .
check out this sites for some nice forex trading tutorials
www.fxclub.com/forex-tutorials/forextutorial.com/babypips.com/after you have some basics of forex trading you then open a demo account with the broker you like and then demo trade the market for about three - six months trying out different methods that suit you to make a profit . then after you are satisfied with your demo trading results and are sure you can return a profit then you can open a real account .
but you could also open a real account with brokers that are running a no deposit bonus promotion. where you open a real forex account and the broker credit your account for free and what ever profits you can make you can with draw them
here's a list of such brokers
http://www.bestforexbonus.com/nodeposit-bonus
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