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Pyramid scheme
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...d_nm/gems_dc_1WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - Four men were indicted on federal fraud charges on Monday in an alleged $90 million scam that promised to pay thousands of people to assemble beaded necklaces at home, prosecutors said.
Lesson #1:
Do not pay $3K to string beads.
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What is this world coming to that people would actually believe this and send in $3,000 to these guys???
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If you have $3000 to send to these guys, do you really even need to work?!
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People get suckered into pyramid schemes all the time. Most of them aren't as obvious as this one, but if you think about it, SOOO many jobs that one can do from the home are really pyramid schemes. Someone else getting rich off of your hard work. It sucks.
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