Fraud Reduction Group, PYRAMID SCHEMES - 1 views

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  #1 Owen Kemp on 02 Jan 14

   

  A Pyramid Scheme is a plan by which a person gives a consideration (usually money) for the opportunity to receive money that is derived primarily from the introduction of other people to participate in the plan rather than from the sale of a product. The arrangement often operates as an investment and invariably leaves most participants poorer.
  
  In the United States in mid-2001 authorities warned of a new pyramid scheme variation called a "dinner party". Dinner parties are described as a charity group or gifting program aimed to bring women together to find "financial support" and help them make a "positive impact on humanity." But it's actually an old trick reappearing in a new guise, leaving thousands of women feeling duped.
  
  Each dinner party operates as if it were a four-course meal: appetiser, soup and salad, entrée and dessert. Eight "guests" put in $5,000 cash at the appetizer level; all of their money is "gifted" to one woman at the dessert level, who then leaves the pyramid with $40,000. The pyramid then splits into two, and everyone moves up a notch, creating eight new appetizer-level slots in each pyramid to be filled.
  
  The process repeats itself, with the pyramids continuing to multiply in an endless rotation that's referred to as a "perpetual cycle of charitable giving". Warning signs to look out for include:
  
  - You have to make an investment and then have to recruit others
  - Attempts to conceal the identities of participants
  - Promotion of the pyramid as "approved" or other citations of approval
  - Success stories or testimonials of tremendous payouts
  
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  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A <a href="http://www.fraud-stoppers.info/types/pyramid.html" rel="nofollow">Pyramid Scheme</a> is a plan by which a person gives a consideration (usually money) for the opportunity to receive money that is derived primarily from the introduction of other people to participate in the plan rather than from the sale of a product. The arrangement often operates as an investment and invariably leaves most participants poorer. <br /> <br /> In the United States in mid-2001 authorities warned of a new pyramid scheme variation called a "dinner party". Dinner parties are described as a charity group or gifting program aimed to bring women together to find "financial support" and help them make a "positive impact on humanity." But it's actually an old trick reappearing in a new guise, leaving thousands of women feeling duped. <br /> <br /> Each dinner party operates as if it were a four-course meal: appetiser, soup and salad, entrée and dessert. Eight "guests" put in $5,000 cash at the appetizer level; all of their money is "gifted" to one woman at the dessert level, who then leaves the pyramid with $40,000. The pyramid then splits into two, and everyone moves up a notch, creating eight new appetizer-level slots in each pyramid to be filled. <br /> <br /> The process repeats itself, with the pyramids continuing to multiply in an endless rotation that's referred to as a "perpetual cycle of charitable giving". Warning signs to look out for include: <br /> <br /> - You have to make an investment and then have to recruit others <br /> - Attempts to conceal the identities of participants <br /> - Promotion of the pyramid as "approved" or other citations of approval <br /> - Success stories or testimonials of tremendous payouts <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.fraud-stoppers.info/" rel="nofollow">Read More for Fraud Prevention</a></div>

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