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Cali_Democrat

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2. Ya...the "training" thing happened to a friend of mine.....

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 13, 2014, 02:44 AM

Sep 2014

He was told that if he paid thousands of dollars for training material, they would give him the "knowledge" he could use to open up and run his own business.

I told him to run away as fast as possible.

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Ever been hit up for a pyramid scam? [View all] Cali_Democrat Sep 2014 OP

People do. SheilaT Sep 2014 #1

Ya...the "training" thing happened to a friend of mine..... Cali_Democrat Sep 2014 #2

They run those scams even on legit job sites like Careerbuilder and Monster davidn3600 Sep 2014 #12

People definitely fall for it. My roommate in college did and they tried me LibAsHell Sep 2014 #3

your last paragraph sounds like religion lol... msongs Sep 2014 #4

I have heard that Mary Kay cosmetics works that way. A few people at the top tblue37 Sep 2014 #21

There used to be a self-improvement channel Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2014 #5

I try not to associate with people who fall for pyramid scams 951-Riverside Sep 2014 #6

My husband's sister and her ex got into one, big time. Mariana Sep 2014 #7

It happened to us twice. Friends invited us for dinner and then came the pitch. pnwmom Sep 2014 #8

Yes, they do. Especially when an "affinity group" is involved. merrily Sep 2014 #9

If you have to pay money in order to make money....run and run fast. Historic NY Sep 2014 #10

Now..now...not a pyramid scam.... FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #11

Hey, thanks! SheilaT Sep 2014 #14

Great....let me know what you think... FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #15

I love that show and watch it quite often - it is shocking how DrDan Sep 2014 #16

It is so shocking... FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #24

You have to be on the ground floor of a start-up that's eventually successful. BKH70041 Sep 2014 #13

My sister has done that every few months for going past 30 years now.. alphafemale Sep 2014 #17

A "friend" once was involved Shankapotomus Sep 2014 #18

Mormons in Utah have the highest density of multilevel marketing tblue37 Sep 2014 #23

Yes and many of my friends fell for it. zappaman Sep 2014 #19

Here and there. The soft sell though Populist_Prole Sep 2014 #20

there was another scam someone else fell for and tried to get me to come along JI7 Sep 2014 #22