Commentary: Is LuLaRoe eating its own tail?
Recently, multiple news outlets reported several disturbing reports that LuLaRoe is not only rescinding money back policies, but also threatening to sue a blogger critical of its operations to obtain...
View ArticleLess than 1/4 of all pyramid scheme victims ever file a complaint, says FTC...
Some recent surfing brought me to an interesting bit of information:...consumers who had purchased a [membership in] pyramid scheme were the least likely to complain – less than one-quarter indicated...
View ArticleThis looks familiar: SEC shuts down two ICOs (RECoin and DRC) for bogosity
Two days ago (September 29th, 2017) SEC shut down two companies ran by Maksim Zaslavskiy trying to promote ICOs, or initial coin offerings. Zaslavskiy claimed his cryptocurrencies are backed by Real...
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Scam Psychology: Why Scammed Victims Refused to Believe They've Been Scammed
As the #mlmskeptic, it is often sad to see how people turned absolutely illogical when it comes to money. We all like to believe we are rational creatures, capable of evaluating problems objectively....
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Scam Tactics: Knowing the Differences among FDA Registered, FDA Certified,...
Recently, someone posted the following comment on BehindMLM"Davie Watkins" claimed on 6-OCT-2017 that "FDA approvedVida Divina's Coffee Line in October 2017"Let's first examine, what did "Vida Divina"...
View ArticleIf you are a victim in Ponzi scheme under receivership, you MUST file a claim...
A lot of ponzi schemes were caught by authorities and assets seized so the victims can be repaid.ZeekRewards Receivership has sent out hundreds of thousands of checks for hundreds of millions of...
View ArticleMLM History: Weight Loss, DMCA Abuse, and Child Porn, Oh My
Weight loss industry is a 60 BILLION dollar business (2013 figure) and it's no surprise there are a lot of various unproven claims from companies that sell magic weight loss formulas, each with its own...
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Scam Psychology: The Secret's real secret is victim-blaming and reckless...
Recently, I came across MLM "inspirational" propaganda that permeated social media. An example is embeded below, along with my reply:“But all the love in the world won't save a sinking ship. You have...
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Scam Psychology: Theory on Stupidity, Scam, and pyramid schemes
Ever heard of Professor Cipolla's theory on stupidity? Neither have I until recently, but it explains quite clearly how the world works, esp. scams.According to professor Cipolla, you can measure a...
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Scam Hilarity: Suspect ponzi claims to be mining bitcoin w/ perpetual motion...
Woo, short for woo-woo, is a term used to describe something that is completely implausible, yet explained with pseudo-scientific and potentially-plausible jargon that can fool innocent sheeple. You...
View ArticleThe Difference Between Skeptical People and Toxic Negative People
When one searches on the internet (through Google, Bing, or any other search engine), one often comes across MLM minded articles, and so many of them are touting "no negativity". In fact, heaps of...
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This Is How Internet Pet Scam Break Your Heart and How You Can Avoid it
Pet scams are all over the place, and pet scammers have moved onto the Internet as well. Current generation of pet scammers create fake "adoption" websites, then hand you off to associates with fake...
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How Paris Hilton and celebrities made SEC, FTC, and FDA see red: possibly...
What do actor Jamie Foxx, ex-Boxer Floyd Mayweather, rapper DJ Khaled, soccer player Luis Suarez, and hotel heiress Paris Hilton have in common?They all endorsed an initial coin offering (ICO), either...
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MLM Basics: The eBay Test
"Jason McRiffle" brought up an interesting test in a BehindMLM comment for the "legitimacy" of an MLM, and it's more useful than it first seems. He dubbed it "the eBay test".If an MLMer wants you to...
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Scam Spotting: Is this kitten for sale page on Facebook legit or not?
Someone brought this to the attention of /r/scams... is this legit?FB page claims to have Sphynx kittens for sale at $600 The initial page is already problematic. Google photo search comes up with a...
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Being Skeptical: Can you make $$$ mining bitcoins? (2017 edition)
With Bitcoin around 8000, people are once again excited about mining Bitcoins. But does it make sense for YOU to order a mining rig and start mining yourself?Frankly, no, unless you live in an area...
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Ponzi Analysis: Suspected Australian and Canadian Ponzi Schemes show all the...
In 2017, there were lots of Ponzi schemes, and two of them caught my attention. One was the Pilbarra Ponzi scheme in Australia, and the other was Istuary Innovation Labs Ponzi in Canada. Both of them...
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DADA Loop: Data / Analysis / Decision / Action and the MLM mind
How do you make decisions? It's usually a 4 step process:1. Gather Data2. Analyze Data3. Decide on Action4. Perform the actionThis is pretty obvious to most people. Military call it the OODA loop,...
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Scam Tactics: How Easy It Is To Fool Experts and Review Sites, or allow them...
Recently, there's an article at Vice.com, where the author decided to play a hoax on TripAdvisor... They created a FAKE restaurant, which is a picnic table in the back of the author's house, created...
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Unspirational Quote: It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves
Recently, it seems some folks want followings by posting popular quotes but framing them to be inspirational toward MLM participants. Here's one example:However, it seems these folks do NOT actually...
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