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MLM Absurdities: What is Herbalife Doing in Cambodia?
Back in November 2013, Herbalife announced it is entering Cambodia with its flagship products: nutritional shake, personalized protein powder, and herbal tea concentrate, having previously entered...
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Robert T. Kiyosaki's Sins, According to Robert T. Kiyosaki
Recently I ran into this rather amusing vidcap of a Kiyosaki video:Yes, that's Robert T. Kiyosaki giving his "haters" a piece of his mind.Well, according to Kiyosaki's own words, Kiyosaki's a...
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BREAKING NEWS: Top "Net Winners" of Zeek Rewards Has Been Made Public!
ZeekRewards is back in the news, with pending auction of their building in North Carolina, and now, the receiver has gone ahead and made the list of the worst "net winners". They are:Todd Disner (as...
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Scam Absurdities: A Top "Net Winner" of Zeek Ponzi whines on Facebook about...
Previously we've reported on how the ZeekRewards Receiver Ken Bell has filed civil motion against the top "net winners" of the 700 million Ponzi scheme shut down in 2012, and among the top winner list...
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BREAKING NEWS: Possible Confirmation of US DOJ Investigation into Payza / Obopay
According to PatrickPretty.com, one of their sharp-eyed readers tipped them off as the the following developement:Which reads:If you have questions or concerns about your Obopay or Payza account,...
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BREAKING NEWS: WCM777 and TelexFree now ILLEGAL in Peru
The Superintendency of Banking and Investments of Peru has issued its ruling... Neither WCM777 nor TelexFree are allowed to receive public funds in...
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Bad Argument: I Only Listen to People Who Made Money
One of more "cultish" arguments raised by followers of a particular scheme (starts with V) is "I don't have to listen to you. I listen to people who made money! How much did you make, huh?"A somewhat...
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Scam Psychology: Intuitive Mind vs. the Rational Mind
A scammer is always leading you into getting the wrong impression of him, and thus of his scheme, and thus, this calls for you to think as little as possible. How that works requires explaining how...
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MLM Absurdities: Once a Woo Peddler, Always a Woo Peddler?
Penta Water: proven woo on multiple contients (Photo credit: Wikipedia)I was just reading a review of "Nature's Sunshine" nutritional supplement MLM on Oz's BehindMLM when I spotted a name I never...
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Robert Kiyosaki's Faustian Bargain With Network Marketing Is Confirmed
Previously, MLM Skeptic has raised the question whether Robert Kiyosaki had made a Faustian bargain with Network Marketing That's when someone pointed me to this sound-bite from Amquix, which confirmed...
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Why Is Robert Kiyosaki Trying to Shoehorn MLM onto his Cashflow Quadrant in...
One of the most frequent pro-MLM arguments from fans of network marketing is "Robert Kiyosaki likes it!" (with an implied "he knows what he's talking about!")Previously, MLM Skeptic has documented that...
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MLM Mythbusting: MLM is a lot like ___________, therefore it is legit
Real Estate Agent... is it comparable to MLM?(Photo credit: Wikipedia)Many of the newcomers to MLM, finding people's natural reluctance toward MLM, tried to use bad facts or outright lies and...
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BREAKING NEWS: First Zeek Co-Conspirators Plead Guilty to Federal Charges
According to Times-News of North Carolina, Dawn Wright-Olivares, former COO of Zeek Rewards, and her son Dan Olivares, former CTO of Zeek Rewards, have accepted a plea deal with the Federal...
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Just what *are* Your odds in Vemma? Is there an "insider's club" in Vemma?
Previously, MLM Skeptic have, through SaltyDroid's little expose on the Tartol Clan of Herbalifers, illustrated how what you thought are good odds are actually not so good for you average Joes in...
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Scam Psychology: Why Do People Believe Celebrity Endorsement of Woo Products?
English: Jenny McCarthy (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Celebrities pushing bad science and bad medicine is nothing new.Jenny McCarthy -- Playboy model, actress, "celebrity", "former" anti-vaxxer, pusher of...
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Bad Arguments: Misrepresenting Pyramid Schemes, esp. by people who should...
Some of the most persistent bad arguments presented by network marketers (not just noobs, but also many veterans) are various misconceptions about pyramid schemes, and using those misconceptions to...
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MLM Absurdities: Why Do New MLM Businesses Just End Up Cloning Old Scams? (Is...
Lucrazon logo via CrunchBaseIn studying network marketing and its illegal cousins, the pyramid schemes and the Ponzi schemes, it is sometimes rather disheartening to see that some people just end up...
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Scam Post Mortem: How Long Had Zeek Been Investigated Before They Were Closed?
When did US Secret Service start investigating Zeek Rewards?(Photo credit: Wikipedia)With clawback lawsuits about to start against the "net winners" in the Zeek Ponzi scheme (there's still time to...
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BREAKING NEWS: Zeek Ponzi "Determination of Claim" letters going out now
Zeek Rewards Receiver Ken Bell has released a new letter on the official website http://www.zeekrewardsreceivership.com/ dated 27-DEC-2013.Determination of Claims basically confirms that you have a...
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Scam Psychology: The Problem of Willful Blindness, Recklessness, and Negligence
Horatio Nelson, origin of "willfully blind"? (Photo credit: Wikipedia)In studying various reactions to criticism by MLM participants, it is interesting that so many of them are afflicted with "willful...
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