To wind up MLM recruiters

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There used to be an MLM thread here SOMEWHERE. I have finally seen it, just when I thought everyone had become immune to their ways, someone on my Facebook has officially turned into a hun, despite my best efforts of 'are you sure you want to do this, everyone looses money, it's all lies...' with obviously no prevail. The head hun has told her she earns over 3K a month and she'll be doing the same! With a load of other bullshit. Over £200 to start up!! No no no. I'm angry because certain women are being targeted, are being fed lies and putting themselves into debt and being egged on by these vampires for 'making memories' which will never happen, just lining the pockets of those at the top . Can't anything be done?

Part of me wants to message the head huns as a prospective hun looking for work and see what bullshit they come out with, discredit and really how far they go with their lies. I know that's terribly childish and I won't, because at the end of the day, most of them are getting conned too. Can we petition or anything? Get more of awareness of the scams like a campaign? How do we defeat the head hun?

First time posting on AIBU hence the NC ~hides~

I hate MLM. Quite a few of my friends have been sucked in by more than 1 of these companies. I just hide them from my feed as nothing you say will change the mind of someone who has just spent out money on these

People I know who have done them seem to hop from one to the other.

I know a couple who seem to make it to Elevated Princes Super Unicorn Sparkle levels. They usually get wind of one launching, sign up really early at pre launch and then get themselves high on the pyramid because their bots (downlines) do all the recruiting for them.

But they'll claim it's because they have developed their positive mindset what all these conferences with bot slebs and loud music and wooping

MLM are product based pyramid schemes. They are legal as such but easily slip in to breaking the law and constantly do. >99.7% of participants lose money. Most quietly quit and go away to like their wounds others rebrand as coaches to sell the lie on. I’ve been watching MLM for years and they are commercial cults and very very damaging. Just because the individual bot wouldn’t behave badly doesn’t change a thing. Www.mlmtruth.org

@ABoxersMum the problem is the whole set up.means you can only earn money if people below you are losing and that is why it's immoral. You don't understand the business model if you think you can indepedently operate your "business" with morals whilst the whole premise of the industry is corrupt.

Something where more than 99% of people lose money isn't an opportunity. It's a con. It's definitely like a cult, brainwashing the vulnerable into believing they can earn thousands by doing very little. Recruiters lie through their teeth to snare people in - the recruiter might well be "earning" £3k a month, but she's spending £3.5k a month on product herself. In normal world, that would equate to a £500 loss. In MLM world, it's a profit of £3k and the hun is told she's "smashing it".

My sister in law is one of these. I think she does ok from it as she sells products alongside her beautician business.

It's the "inspirational" posts that annoy me the most...

Open your eyes and inside your soul will be the tree to your success.

Slap the day down with a high 5.

Eating your cash won't help you save your sunshine...

and other such nonsense (I made those up btw. Seriously considering wiritng one in her birthday card...)

Woah I put this up last night with no replies went to bed and oooo.

Glad to see other people feel the same way. I feel posting links on my Facebook at the moment will be way too passive aggressive. I was thinking of starting a simple campaign on Facebook to keep people aware. Like a PP said before, it's just like the emails about a rich prince.

@ItsScoob I love to support each and every one of my friends and help their business anyway I can. But these recruiters deliberately prey on desperate women giving them dreams of earning 3K a month by just working on your phone!! And all you have to do is give £300! They promise this one is different and they'll be rich if they keep buying stock. I've seen numerous friends get themselves into debt and conned. A business is about profit and loss, do you think they encourage their recruits to look at their accounts to see if it's working for them? No. Their support is 'keep buying and you'll make it' they prey on vulnerable people and theirs no regulation. No one ever actually buys the tat and money is only ever made by getting their own recruits and making money off them. Even then it's still pence unless you're at the top.

Do it! Do it! Do it!

Why can't you just say 'no, not interested' and point out the facts why MLM's are a bad idea? Put up the links to Ellebeau. All this gleeful trying to lead them on with fake interest to do a big 'gotcha' is a bit mean girl since the recruiters are victims themselves of MLM manipulation and pressure, probably desperately trying to recoup sunk costs.

No, it's not right that they go on to try and suck in others to do so but rather than attempting to 'punish' them how about you just try and educate them and their targeted recruits?

A friend of mine at the weekend tried to sign me up to some MLM product her daughter has just started selling, I just told her no and, out of concern for her dd, that she should check very carefully into the company, the terrible reviews about the product and how deeply women get sucked into these things and can accrue terrible debts. She genuinely had no idea how these mlms operate and was appalled.

@loadthetoad look deep inside yourself for success. Cough. You feel that stuff coming up? It's success. Cough up all the success. Cough up all your success into the world, babes!

Guys I already said I'm not that childish to actually lead them on (as said on the OP). I was starting a conversation.

Will read later. In the meantime, here's a link to the ongoing Botwatch thread. MLM Bot Watch 42

The head hun has told her she earns over 3K a month and she'll be doing the same!

Forever Living Lying, is it?

There are a number of FB groups already (Botwatch, MLM Lies Exposed, sounds like mlm but ok). Sadly Timeless Vie (born out of the MN threads) has been shut down by FB after a barrage of reports from scammy huns.

The Timeless Vie blog still exists though, and The Talented Ladies Club also has a number of articles on the evil that is MLM.

I'll just leave this here:

southporttimes.co.uk/?p=1584

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Thanks for the links everyone going to have a good read tonight

I wish I was funny and young enough to make a viral meme. Worked for the people thinking sharing posts from 'thomass coook' would win them a free holiday that Jane in Manchester couldn't make.

@acatcalledjohn bingo! Do they all read from a script or something? They must have a long page they copy and paste bullshit from.

@BSintolerant that was hilarious!