5 Retarded Get-Rich Quick Scams (People Still Fall For)

Hah, on the page there is an advertisment to "Get Rich Quick".

I had a very similar experience as MythicFox did (reading through old comments).. I got dragged to a similar presentation by a guy I knew but for amway. About the time he had finished drawing up the pyramid diagram then saying it wasnt a piramid scheme I just couldnt help myself and laughed my ass off :) shortly after that I fell asleep. Its pretty sad seeing people fall for that crap, and sometimes scary. For example that friend would listen to amway motivational tapes constantly in the car etc, is pretty much brainwashing.. then ofcourse theres the amway meetings with theyr weird handshakes etc, always some rich guy who has a nice house and lostsa money encouraging everyone on to eliminate every friend they ever had in the promise of more money. Was about 10 years ago when I was just in my late teens and whole thing still creeps me out to this day :), luckily I have never come across it since, was kinda hoping these scams had died out. Companies like that do work for a certain few but they have to be cold hard manipulators with a firy brain, pray on the weak / feeble / desperate... I personally prefer to just try and earn money if it's not going so well i cut back on me spending, screw it, rather be nice and broke than rich having taken advantage of hundreds of people to get that way hehe

Why is the ad at the end of the article a get rich quick scheme...?

get rich now, rich with laughter

www.TOKILLFOR.com

There's something I never understood about these "get rich quick schemes". If they really work, why aren't the people who answer the phone when you call to order rich? I mean, if the thing works and makes you rich, why are these people answering the phone taking orders for $7.00 an hour when they could be selling vitamins or real estate and making millions. Can someone explain that?

Amway kind of made sense when it was first started. The original idea was that you would build up a network of retail customers, and only prospect for new sub-distributors when you had more work than you could handle. Nowadays you're competing against Walmart and there is no way to make money from this, although many smart people have been duped into thinking they can.

@kschroer105 ...you are right that link to that paper makes no references or links to the Mafia...until the third page.

ROFLMAO...hilarious..you guys should write books too...and make a million bucks!!

It has a link to "a legal expert comparing [Quixtar"[ to the mafia. Maybe they're right in general, but the link goes to a paper that makes no mention of "Mafia" (or "pyramid" or other related words).

f**k quixtar

Agreed. Quixtar is a scam with too much hype and smoke and mirrors. Lots of red flags too. I wrote an essay exposing MLM at http://www.happierabroad.com/MLM.htm

clicking on this link is my scam

www.TOKILLFOR.com

@habibu - I don't think you understand what a pyramid scheme is. Amway/Quixtar whatever just barely slip by the laws because they present everything in writing ad nauseum, but that's not what actually happens when talking to people. IT IS A SCAM, because people have to spend money to buy in, and then recruit others to make any money, rather than actually selling a product.

Aw man, I had someone try to get me into Primerica again today. Let me spell it out: CULT CULT CULT CULT CULT! They're nuttier than Amway drones...

everyone should call this number (940) 228-4613 and tell whats his name how awesome his "secret" formula to Quixtar success is!

Gettin' money, gettin' paid!! =

http://www.filthyrichmond.com

"True wealth comes from eliminating desire. As soon as you want nothing, you'll have everything you want."
wanting nothing is still wanting. and wantig is desire. it is easy but not for the brain...

Some brilliant Mensa like minds on my ship started doing Quixtar. To get piece of the multi level pie and consequently become a millionaire all they had to do was buy $300.00 dollars worth of useless crap. Once invested, they simply had to recruit a few business savvy entrepreneurs with $300.00 to burn and they'd get a chunk of the cheese. If those guys recruit a few more lucky investors, the first "they" would get $5 for each and so on ad infintum. Than "they" just sit back and watch the money come rolling in. They literally made tens of dollars. A guy from my office was so happy when he got his first ten dollar check, he invited everyone out for beers. Of course nobody came because we were so sick of him and Quixtar.

Vitamin O. some company scammed millions selling bottles of nothing more than salt water. But it's hard to feel sorry for people who fall for this stuff the suckas

@Wildefire: Spell-check can give ANYONE the appearance that they know how to spell if they'd only use it.