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Thread: We've all seen scams...but could this be legit?

  1. 01-15-2003, 11:46 PM #1
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    We've all seen scams...but could this be legit?

    http://www.flashkit.com

    Is this legal?

    Does it sound like it is on the level?

    (and no I did NOT get this off of an email..I found it on the internet )

    No... its another pyramid scheme... We've had to recently remove something similar, please don't post it here again, thanks!
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  2. 01-15-2003, 11:55 PM #2
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    So a matrix is the same thing?
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  3. 01-15-2003, 11:58 PM #3
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    Yup... Its a scam and illegal in some countries... So don't do it unless you want to lose all your money
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  4. 01-16-2003, 12:02 AM #4
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    Well, they sure are tempting
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  6. 01-16-2003, 12:05 AM #5
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    Go in for it... lose your money then watch as the police laugh at your stupidity... These things only work if you are at the top of the chain and can find people stupid enough to fall for your scheme...
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  7. 01-16-2003, 12:05 AM #6
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    So...I've been reading.

    Matrix Multi Level Marketing schemes are legal...this one claims to be one.

    So what is the real difference? Anyone know?
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  8. 01-16-2003, 12:09 AM #7
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    They have a different name...
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  9. 01-16-2003, 12:10 AM #8
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    lol

    I just wanted this one to be legit so bad.
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    play the lottery. blokes with less teeth than fingers seem to be winning it lately

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  12. 01-16-2003, 03:49 AM #10
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    Gerbs you imp, get on AIM! Don't tell me you're in the office again!!!
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  13. 01-16-2003, 04:53 AM #11
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    These schemes rely on your greed. My mates all recently did one in Leeds wher they paid in £1000.

    They all saw their mates come out at the beginning with £8-9k. They all thought "I'll have a bit of that". My best mate did it, despite me saying it was too late in the day to make any money. He did it on the proviso that the person that "recruited" him (another very good friend) would give him back his money if he lost it.

    Needless to say he lost the money and his friend didn't give him out of his winnings.

    these schemes rely on you recruiting people, usually your friends. When they collapse you lose your friends who feel that you owe them something.

    Pyramids are for the greedy and the foolish.
    "They're very much like scruffy pigs to look at, and they've got big, knobbly warts and lumps all over their long, hairy faces. They are very, very ugly indeed..."
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  14. 01-16-2003, 11:59 AM #12
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    Originally posted by swampy

    Pyramids are for the greedy and the foolish.
    Where do I sign ?
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  15. 01-16-2003, 12:04 PM #13
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    Well..this is purportedly a matrix. 3 wide and 7 deep.

    I did the math...and it is a LOT harder to succeed then they make it sound.

    So...legal or not...it is a scam.

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  16. 01-16-2003, 12:18 PM #14
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    Originally posted by RazoRmedia
    Where do I sign ?
    if you can sign your own name then you are not foolich enough
    "They're very much like scruffy pigs to look at, and they've got big, knobbly warts and lumps all over their long, hairy faces. They are very, very ugly indeed..."
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