pyramid schemes

http://www.worldventures.com/ you pay an entry fee of $199 then you have to pay a monthly fee depending on what you want. You then try and get your friends and relatives recruited and get part of their monthly fee yourself. Investigation here...

Hi, Here in the island of Madeira about 15-20% of the population have neen taken in by a pyramid scam called Telexfree. - One minute after someone showed me I said "look you can you see it's too good to be true, it seems to me it's just like the pyramid scam in Albania" ..but there is some...

So today, I got pitched to join a "sales network" called World Ventures. The introductory video felt extremely familiar to me, in that it was high on anecdotes and low on raw data. The video was pitching a "discount" travel site called DreamTrips that cost $200 to become a member of plus a...

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I've got a wonderful girl in my class. She's from Ethiopia I think, she saw her entire family slaughtered, and became a fantastic, strong, inspirational person despite hardship. She's just the definition of a Good Person. A few days ago, she contacted me on Facebook; "You seem like a cool guy...

I once attended this Primerica presentation many years ago but left early because my sleeze-o-meter was sounding the alarm signal after only 5 minutes. I've been to a number of MLM meetings and seminars over the years, initially meeting their representatives at job fairs or because a friend...

I was searching on Craigslist for a part time job, and came across an advert for a position as a claims adjuster. No experience needed, we will train. Because of the huge demand we need good people NOW! We are Public Adjusters what we do is inspect properties for damages. When we find...

I discovered a multi-level marketing plan surrounding the various fitness videos produced by Team Beachbody. You may be familiar with some of them - the biggest is P90X, which is always on the infomercials, but they have at least six other programs. They also sell supplements - vitamins, meal...

Cash gifting appears to be one of the more recent names for a pyramid scheme. Best I can tell it's a version of the "8-ball" model http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_gifting#.228-ball.22_model Certianly the language used is very simular to the old women empowering women scheme. I first ran...

Right, so there's this ad on TV for Amway/Quixtar. They said how they helped over 3 million people run their own business, with revenue over $6 billion. Wait... isn't that income of $2000 per person? Maybe they mean current revenue is $6 billion and 3 million people have previously been...

Hello all. Has anyone been subjected to the Monavie product? It's an Acai Blend/juice drink/dietary supplement. While the company makes no claims as to what it can do, the salespeople are unregulated, and relate anecdotes about the product curing all range of disease and illness. Can some of...

I've been in Quixtar for about 5 years now. Unfortunately, it took that long to figure out it was mostly lies. However, I've been helped a lot in areas of my life through the business by people in the business. But, this had nothing to do with actually building a business. I want out, my...