This is exactly, exactly what happened to me yesterday

LOL....yes! And they say, "I just started my own business" or something like that.

Happened to me a few years ago.

EXACTLY LMAO

A friend did the same to me too. Messaged me on facebook to watch this slideshow about beauty products that was for her "presentation" for class and asked me to critique. As OBLIVIOUS as I was at the time. I watched the whole 10 min and opened a Microsoft word doc. And made 1 page notes saying things like *this girl needs to stop saying umm* or things like *add more slides that show the product being used more etc.* She said *oh lol thanks* and never messaged me back. A few months later I then realized that it was a scam when my I told my other friend about it and laughed because she was approached by her too on facebook. THANK goodness for my naivety back then.

😂🤣😂

Antonio Innocente that’s a Ponzi scheme.

How do they typically justify "being your own boss" when you have to report back with how many people you recruited? Doesn't make sense even from the get go...

HUN

I swear yo 🤣🤣🤣

big brain time

Tell 5 people you know to like this reply

​@@thefog13 what's in it for me though a quarter of the likes you receive😂

@@Abbyssiniyan7604 then tell them to like your reply, too

@@thefog13 yeah but you have to promise those that like your replies that they will get something in return for it to be effective yk

what do you mean by that?

@@alexthecreator8380 when people buy products from MLM or pyramid scheme they are basically trapped and have to push their products to more people which means they have to convince their close friends or relatives to buy overpriced products so that they can recover their own losses. Now when you try to annoy other people to buy overpriced products from pyramid scheme they would obviously lose all interest in talking to you.

@@gokuldutt7476 I've lost 2 good friends to a pyramid schemes... both called me for meeting with a great news... first vitamins, second cosmetics... never talked to them again.

​@@Adushka1976bro, same! So lame why do ppl do this!!!!!

@@Adushka1976did you end your friendship because of their involvement on selling products from an mlm or did they only see you as a customer & kept pushing you to buy from them that ended your friendship with them?

Henryk John That happened with a far relative that I had met like twice in my life. Sadly, my sister in law kinda fell for it.

I got 2/4.

Henryk John also cheerleading is clearly a pyramid scheme

Henryk John whats a pyramid scheme??

My aunt fall for it.. Luckily i didnt.. One more, complicated member awarding system

I know eh

This is what I came here to say, but in my heart I knew it had already been said

Tasty Jason 😂😂

That's the joke

And you have to leave a like should have been added

Very reminiscent of the opening sequence to the movie “Catch Me If Can”

You’re not very smart are you

Can you please tell me what was the context and stated purpose ? This is to help a friend

Thanks for sharing. Would be hard to me to admit, even though I know it would help people.

You know that friend is a keeper.

Sounds like a good friend to have. And how did this group work and how was it presented to make it seem different? I!ve honestly never heard of a gifting group before, so I’m not sure what that would be like.

She basically did lol

Yeah lol

ok lets do it, ill recruit you guys, now go and find some more each within the next month or so

hire the boss

@@merlijnp huh

“one decision can change your life forever”

...two days previous...

Lolz

😂😂😂😂

@@Juicetheeunuch lol

SERIOUSLY The only time you "pay" for any sort of "license", insurance wise, is in order to take the provincial/stage courses/classes and the errors/omissions insurance for yourself in case something happens, and even then, most legit insurance companies or banks will pay you the money back after you pass your exams. Y'know... like any normal job would do if you had to pay for training or certification of some sort out of pocket. Good thing you ran for the hills, because zoinks.

hahaha

Og det danske bro!

Damn you

+ Albanian Flag

Juan Hercberg thank you, I’ll be considering that

Ight Imma head out

@@Kayden007 Adios

Until I got an arrow in the knee

Oh, so you were handsome ?

That's exactly what they told me when I went to interview for p****rica

was it WFG??

you can always start again with a legitimate mlm. you can still be your own boss, just be cautious and learn to differentiate between a pyrimid and a legit mlm

@@abradam26 no thanks 😂😂😂😂

​@@abradam26 no thanks

​@@abradam26 ypur profile picture is a big red flag

Single moms are target

Same

yoo same here i was like "who cares?" but then a week after watching this video for the first time one of my mom's friends approached both of my parents and told them about a "wonderful job opportunity" that can make them "millions" by being a life insurance agent and recruiting others to do the same. Looking up that company pointed to a pyramid scheme lawsuit and bad reviews and i had to convince them to not join.

@George B they ended up not joining

@Ethereal •Solana• no, it was called Premier Financial Alliance

🤣

Exactly

But there really are legitimate mlm though

@@thenuetrix6574 got brainwashed I see

The Nuetrix the video acknowledges this, and states that as one of the reasons pyramid schemes can be hard to spot. Deadlines and paying your way into the business were the key red flags they named to tell the difference.

@@thenuetrix6574 they're all legit smh... it depends how many people came before you though...

That's why it pays to be good at maths. ie, a basic understanding of exponential growth (and therefore the impossibility of perpetual exponential growth) is a real skill.

​@@wtz_underLike I said: financial literacy is just understanding exponential growth. Learn maths. If you cannot do basic maths involving exponential functions, then you are not financially literate, no matter how many fancy terms you know.

@@kwanarchive bro why you updating yorself after a year

@@maheshsharma4999 Did you not see that I was replying to someone? There's an "@" and everything. They replied to me a month ago, so I replied to them. You need to learn investigative reasoning.

I think they're trying to tell you something...

They're trying to help you by telling you what makes a pyramid scheme noticeable, that way you can keep a low profile.

@@pantbd dude he was obviously joking

No, not in this recession you won't.

exactly

Toastte you thought this was funny huh

Underrated

Ra isn't a cat wtf

Lol

I love you

The intelligence in this one statement. Your summary skills are impeccable my good fellow.

By the way do you want to join our company. All you gotta do is recruit 3 people and buy our £500 make up kit. No qualifications required!

Agree. Problem is that many MLMs disguise this fact. But yes, this is true!

@@BillyO8828 They can never truly hide how they make money.

Actual framing: The "Business entrepreneur" buying his/her starter pack is actually the customer

@@siddharth5027 Just simply say you're not interested in this business anymore. They'll keep two to three meetings to keep you but be strong in your decision. They can't force you to keep in the business, it's always your wish.

siddharth lmaooooo

HAHHAHA

Yeah, they're basically selling the job, not the actual product

Oh yes, you are selling me the opportunity... to have you arrested and your little pyramid scheme eradicated.

Sounds like some KZfaq ads 😂

I get all these in my KZfaq recommendations

Okay but let me tell you about how I found this crazy easy trick to earn more money than I ever had before, as my own boss from my living room. I can't believe it took so little effort, and if you watch through this ad I'll let you in on the secret too.

Girlboss/ boss babe

Financial freedom is another one🤣

"It's not going to be easy", "I was in your shoes once", or "are you willing to train?"

Or they are just there to use you. I went to this "real estate investor" free seminar once. It was basically a pitch for you to pay them a subscription fee so you can be a bird dog for them. Lame.

Trading crypto is easier than you think. Thank you Joseph Allen for helping me make $5000 in one week.

@@ethannakamura96 pls put link

@@ethannakamura96 LOL NICE ONE

It is not a pyramid scheme

MLM - More Losing Money

how about "get started flipping houses right here in the bay area using other people's money"

@@BillyO8828 Money Losing Method

Cod4 Wii it’s all lies and total embellishments

If all was rich none was rich! Next! Its a scam!

absolutely right.

I once had some message who said "I will teach you to earn 10-20% every day." I calculated how much I will have at the end of the year if I invested $100 and I earn 10% every day which gets compounded daily. I will have at the end of the year... drum rolls please.... $128,330,558,031,339,328.00 lol

If rich entrepreneurs were as generous as they pretend to be, they’d pay livable wages, not paltry commissions. If a suit says over and over they want only to help folk like you achieve wealth/greatness, they’re a fraud.

Thats how team work works I guess?

Case in point: Billy Beane and his “Moneyball” formula. He wrote a book on it and other baseball teams started using it. Suddenly, his secret weapon was being used against him left and right.

@unOrdinary Replica Weird square.

SOLD.

@unOrdinary Replica Good I mean, don't worry about that

yes, it's a trapezoid because there are TWO people at the top.

I'm in..😂😂😂

You should add others like: Health instrument (bracelet, water filter, air filter) Online education Trips And most likely things with overpaid priced or unreasonable things that doesn't actually has real facts (self-claimed facts) that usually they say it is the best product and only they sold it

almost getting into the insurance once but i said to her i got covered by country already and it's fine, then i walk out.

@@helldronez Nah some kind of insurance companies are kinda falling into this too

@@jofx4051 what do you mean of nah?, insurance company is pyramid scheme too the real insurance is goverment one

This sounds like some KZfaq ads I've come across.

Johnny Derpson Ahhh. A franchise! Million plus for a McDonalds.

Could you give us an idea of what logic you picked at and what she was saying? I've been to a few of these Amway things and decided it was bogus, I know people who have invested so much into it and still have seen no rewards but see everyone 'above' them winning 🤷‍♂️

Please share what you said/asked

I used simple mathematics, I said if I'm trying to sell toothpaste for example, and each person makes 2% of the sale, given that there are now 100 people below me I can make 2% from each for 1 products? She said yes, I said well in that case your products will become horrendously espensive so why would I buy from you if I can go to a retail store and buy it for a quarter of the price? I also asked what I'm buying when I pay the sign up fee and she said access to the program and where exactly does this money go? We can't pay for something and not know for what and who's benefit. She said it's a shared scheme that benefits only new sign ups when they sell products. I said then why do we need to make a markup and what stops me from going to a manufacturer and buying at wholesale and selling just below retail without paying a sign up fee and a percentage to every one that I joined under? It makes more business sense. I also said that this sounds like enslavement since I'm working for this scheme and instead of the company paying me a salary and/or commission on anything I sell, I then need to pay my bosses (people that joined prior to me) for products I've sold. Needless to say, I own a business and so did my father so the business aspect and the mathematics stumped her, she became highly frustrated when I was grilling her in front of everyone else who also saw the same logic and were agreeing with me

@@cmichaels9544 woah, amway don’t let us buy their products wholesale?

@@heinekensese_ they probably do but you're missing the point 😊 I meant that it's more feasible to go the a wholesaler and buy from them directly as opposed to amway which is essentially a middle man made up of countless thousands of people who all supposedly get a cut if whatever you sell

FakeUser NameTwo explain pls

@@khorasanvn6598 they've fallen victim to a pyramid scheme and they are trying to recruit.

I was really thinking this was going to go the amish route

Corey Leon - As I walk through the valley where I harvest my grain, I take a look at my wife and realize she’s very plain...

Me: runs away

Canned Baef nah it’s called illegal

OHhHh

Took from Trevor Wallace lol kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g8WIeK-SnNHInYU.html 0:21

@@jackw4573 Never heard of the guy.

@@cannedbaef bruh hes funny af Loved the area 51 movie/skit

That's what i did too. Taking their coffee as much as i could.

You dare use my own spell againts me?

Im hungry for dinner. Web search: get rich in real estate and ecommerce instead of restaurants 😂

@@ChuyR. that is hilarious 😂 the best part is you didn't even know what was happening, but was smart enough to ask the right questions 🤣🤣

Literally what I did as well haha. Makes me feel powerful knowing things on dark and light sides of society

Very true

Also applies to blue shells in Mario Kart

Just A P39N Don't forget playing Monopoly

Reck And the +4 uno card

• Mila • Also stacking plus 2 and 4 cards

Ah finally the only thing I'm good at

Too bad you don't even know what one IS! DUH!!!

If you have someone telling you you should buy something, it's a pyramid scheme lol actual businesses don't force their products on people, only scammers do

Same bro same

This is probably a lie that you made to fell good about yourself

Lol did u get recommended this after watching his vid

Steps to getting rich: 1) drop out of college

😂😂😂

It makes sense actually.

Step 3: ". . . . . . . 😏"

It’s a reverse funnel system

The office!

The office!

uselessemailid a man of culture!

The reflective upside down pyramid technique is the newest high growth marketing algorithm for high funding success. Lexiconigraphical gibberish can be a red flag

monisha naren Made me laugh😂

@@shegorivasjego6281 Lol.

And you clicked?!

@@ahab5735 lmfao

*Insta click*

Underrated comment lmao

Great Simpson’s reference bro

emphasis on TRAP

"It's not a pyramid scheme, it's a reverse funnel system."

WE ARE A DIMARYP

Show this video and lots of news articles about pyramid scheme

@@g0dly1 but they think everything on the internet is wrong

@@tanyagupta3376 hmm newspaper articles then

Tell them about Vemma

Let them learn the hard way then

Also pyramid scheme: The more you earn, the more you have to pay your bosses

General rule of thumb, applicable to other areas--like job placement services--as well as MLM: "If they want you to pay money, they are not legitimate."

Wait, so strawberry picking is a pyramid scheme

I came here for this comment

Hamy Nguyen In MLM you don't work for them, It's not a job.

40 years- now that’s a lot of years 👀

@Christopher Boukalis why must the word unoriginal be used so wrongly.

Lmao

Damn I thought she is finnaly into me... thanks for ruinning all hope

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

"nah man, our cars won't get stolen if we don't lock them, that's illegal"

@@mosh57 🤣 🤣 🤣

They can’t be a bank robber, bank robbing is illegal

This is usually the first line they say when you confront them. B*tch, it's illegal to kill but people still doing it :D

wow, I actually been told so lol

Funny thing is it’s true cause your manager boss make money from you and his boss will make even more... Only thing is atleast you’re guaranteed a check in a job 😂

It’s true though

This is not true. Just look up the difference. I’m sure there’s a video explaining it better than I can

@@joshvineyard7253 a job is a pyramid scheme of it’s own

@@sebastians9285 you paid more because of your expertise and experience instead of recruiting more staff to work for you, how is that the same. And ofc, companies and founder makes more money from its worker,they need to struggle to make a company before they could even start hiring staff, if they don't make profit that would just a time wasting activity.

Your life isn't a pyramid scheme.

R u in a pyramid scheme

What are people supposed to answer if they are being asked if their business is a pyramid scheme or not, then?

Arnaldo Cisneros this is a pyramid scheme

@@arnaldocisneros2212 who asks a legitimate business if it's a pyramid scheme?

That’s a classic one. Instead of saying, “if you’re interested I’ll give you a presentation” they say “You don’t have to buy it, I just need to practice doing the presentation.” And they are always trying to sell to you.

@The Kraemer Forrest, was it from Ping-pong or lieutenant Dan's investment into the Fruit Company ?

I know this guy. Man trying to dupe us all out here. Along with many more of them

@@premiumdomainnames its was bubbas shrimp concept

@The Kraemer This response deserves WAY more attention...

Dam how lol

Do you Know about B Hip One, i think its a Pyramid scheme?

I smell Frontrow in the air lol

"Have you heard of FRONTROW?" LOL

Omg. Someone I don't know but goes to the same school as me messaged me about Frontrow. I said I wasn't interested lol. I made a good decision.

Hahaha totoo Yan 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤣

No I’m closed minded thank you

When they start the sentence with bro, it's a pyramid scheme

Can relate. Haha.

Pikachu Umbra Oh my gawd the “are you open minded?” Line is so spot on!!

@@ItsCottonie ikr?

Yes indeed

Or that you have to pay.

@@Mrraugut Exactly

That’s not a pyramid scheme. That’s MLM

@@alexmaxwell7126 which is basically a pyramid scheme

Lmao 🤣

Most adults figured out the scheme by learning from other people's mistake. And the more hands-on people learn by their own mistakes. The remaining ones are just naive and would not learn from this video anyway.

I used the pyramid to destroy the pyramid.

How’d you know?

Same thing just happened to me. Another multi-level marketing agency operating under different names that they change every month or so and are virtually untraceable. Luckily I caught it quickly.

Have they ever posed as “Advertising Companies?” If so, they have probably attempted to get me. So shady

How about me? Who walked int a date.

they dont have to, the people who sign up for these things are so hopeless, friendless, or just enojoyable lifeless, they will brainwash themselves with nothing more than a small push...

or they know more about what all these people are talking about. The only pity is they pay attention to these kinds of posts.

Not necessarily owners. Scammed people don't like being exposed as gullible.

900+ Boss Babes disliked

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That's sad....but don't you have a go to "script" in your head for about most things you encounter? So many weird people join mlm sadly

I was cussed out 😂

I lost my best friend to AmWay (scAmWay) and at the was invited to these meetings. At the time I had no clue and went to two more before I realized the fake-happy personalities across the room. I never spent a dime on the BS seminars and I said ✌️

Haven’t told my friend as I think he’ll also become very upset with me if I tell him

My friend asked me to watch a live stream seminar so I can be convinced that it's legit and it was literally the guy giving them a script without officially saying script.

Difference between a worker bee and a wealthy bee is making wise choices with what you're investing your money/time into. Win some, lose some. Not all jobs that require you to pay are schemes, you have to pay school to become a medical doctor, and then pay for a license to practice medicine after you complete all educational requirements in any state you reside. Is that a scheme? Many other jobs require certain credientials, paid with time/money/experience, so it's not necessary shady. Only shady thing is when the job pay you one rate, and no raises or raises don't match inflation/cost of living, that's harsh living conditions, meanwhile, CEO has million dollar income...that's a pyramid scheme

If I may modify your statement, "If the job makes you pay THEM to work for THEM, it's a scam". I say that because for some jobs, you may need to pay for a permit, a license, a test, etc. The difference is you're paying some separate organization for such item/service, not the company desiring to hire you.

Aren't you paying for your regular job with your time and sweat just to end up having more depts which you can't pay because your regular job's wedge is too small? I'm not paying 30-40 years of my life just to realize I haven't really live in this world and not developing. Your boss is above you, he tells you which time to work, e. g. they are the ones that are organizing YOUR graphic. Then friends tell you: come on, let's go out, and then you say: Oh, I'm sorry, tomorow I got to work and the next day I go on my other work... Because I'm in the bottom of the pyramid in my regular job in which my boss never wants me to progress, because if I progress, I will be useless to my boss... Something is really wrong in all these. Woking day/night should be 4 hours which will open more working spots for example... Remember - you are not taking the money from here. You only take your mind for after. So surround yourself with better educated and informed people!! Good luck! Still be careful with frauds. In my eyes MLM is okay, because you recieve the products that you buy from the shop anyway... Only that MLM pays you back at some point if you do it professionally. Ask yourself if others around you are really pros. Read good books... Robert Kiyosaki, Eric Worre, Tom Big Al Schriter... If you don't earn from MLM, then you lack some knowledge. What if you knew enough, what if you got better with your skills? Eh? Did anybody told you that if your inviter/leader had 5 parners and you got 10, all prople active, it is YOU who WILL GET MORE THAN your leader. To these days I don't think every "pyramid scheme" is fraud. Bad people Pyramids are just big entry fees, you got your money away, you don't get anything. That's the scheme you should be aware of.

@@drgdfhg If you really want to be your own boss, start your own business. It can be anything--a car repair shop, a restaurant, a SaaS startup, independent contractor, etc. True independence without all the cult brainwashing and scamming.

@@drgdfhg brainwashedddd

Dw I'll be your friend.

Oh they find you alright

yep a friend is another way of saying "A person who will always pick them over you if there is no other choice"

@SARAH GIBBS If you view it from another angle, it might be a very friendly move. "Hey pal! I've found something where we can both get a lot of money!" If you haven't spotted the pyramid scheme, and fell for it, one can genuinely believe he's helping his friend.

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The office XD

Who dat

I have to make a call.

@@undown9427 Michael Scott said this?

@@supptk yeah

You saved your family from losing to a pyramid scheme

Twas

Which one?

"Twas" 🤣🤣🤣

etORO Is A PyrAMiD scHEme

@@darthvitiate7373 how? Can you explain that pls

@@angefabricenda560 im joking cause their ads are about making money at home (stock trading)

Yeah No business or job in this world can be done with out knowledge

@@darthvitiate7373 haha