brainwashed....

[billybones]

Any advice would be warmly welcomed, I have a friend who is falling hook, line and sinker into what is something known as pyamind selling but they can`t see the wood for the trees.
Any ideas how to open thier eyes and show them it is nothing but a scam??

 

[Zara Daniels]

https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/types-of-scams/jobs-investment/pyramid-schemes

http://www.ag.ny.gov/consumer-frauds/pyramid-schemes

http://www.wikihow.com/Distinguish-Between-a-Pyramid-Scheme-and-Multi-Level-Marketing


Research & show your friend the research that supports that its a scam... I know nothing about pyramid selling but goggled it & found these links hope it helps.

 

[homer]

Use the monkeys climbing a tall tree analogy, top monkey looks down and see smiley faces...and bottom monkey looks up and saw arseholes.

He won't see a huge amount of $ until he has his own tree and other monkeys under him.

 

[indigo]

Ironically how hard you try but some people learn from their own mistakes. ...thats the majic of $$$$$

 

[Happy2]

Hope you make your friend see sense Billy Bones

 

[Trickortreat]

Is your friend investing money or just time? Schemes that dont require a financial commitment whilst futile are fairly harmless imo. Maybe a slightly tough lesson will leave a naive friend better equipped to deal with nasties that will really hurt like ponzi, nigerian, real estate investment and the multitude of others that can financially cripple.

 

[ScottC2015]

The whole thing is a scam - birthdays were created by Hallmark to sell cards