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FIB - Scams 101 - Ye Olde Archives
Posted By: MaaMaw In Response To: Follow the FEARFUL LEADER!! (Kim)
Thursday, 11 November 2004, at 7:07 p.m.
I'm sorry if it came across that way, but it's just the way I write.
I have banned MLM links here in the past, but you have been contributing to the board so I wouldn't do that.
But here's my pickle:
This particular business opportunity has (in my opinion), just about every red flag I can think of.
We have had discussions about practically everything on this board... but I never forget FIB's reason for existence. Just as you are in business to teach people how to get rich and leave the rat race behind, I am in business to guide people in spotting red flags, weeding out the hype, and keeping their money in their own wallets.
It isn't as lofty a goal as yours, but it is a good goal.
> They let fear and the
> past hold them back from the future.
I relocated last year and left my business behind. I need to raise my income and I need to raise it NOW... and I'm working my hiney off in the process.
Maybe I can make good money with your business. It's a spiffy web site, I'm a great talker, and I might be able to rake in the bucks.
It isn't "fear and the past" that's holding me back.
It's ethics.
I'm not trying to be rude, and I'm not saying you don't have any. I'm saying yours are different than mine.
The money comes from signing people up -- you said that yourself. Technically, maybe it comes from selling a product, but you were the one who said:
>> If you had 4 brand
>> new people join your team this week, you would have
>> made $4,000 ... its as simple as that!
I believed it when you said it, and I believe it now.
I have to feel right about what I'm doing, and I feel educating people about this type of pyramid scheme is the right thing to do, and profiting from it is the wrong thing to do (for me).
I'm not egging people on to bash you. I'm asking people to look at it and add their honest opinions to mine for the benefit of newbies who are ripe for hype (excuse my rhyme).
Luv,
MaaMaw
The World's Best Internet Marketing Course
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