MLM Bot Watch 17- chat about Utah based tragicomic cultastic racketeering scamalangadingdongs like Forever Living, Ariix, Herbalife, Younique, Juiceplus etc etc etc

[Toobusytowee]

A brief history of the threads so far-

A few people were bemused at their friends' strange personality changes when they joined MLMs.
Eyespying told us they were tragicomic, thought stopping cultic racketeers.
We told him to go away, he was clearly obsessed, and can he go to his own serious thread?
We delved a bit deeper into the issues.
Eyes started creeping back. We told him he was too serious.
We became more horrified at the information being turned up and were sharing links.
Eyes told us aboutMerchants of Deception.
Timeless Vie was set up as a parody about MLMs.[[www.facebook.com/timelessvie
Facebook,]] Twitter, blog, Instagram and YouTube were all used.
People started coming forward, telling of their experiences in MLMs.
We became more horrified.
Bot Watch started on Facebook where links were put up of interest to do with MLMs.
Botwatchblog started and produced factual analysis of the discussions from MN.
MLM members (bots) waded in saying it was all ok. You can earn great money. You just have to work 19 hours a day and not worry about morals.
Bots complained about their names being used. Their lawyers complained to MNHQ so that MN now do not allow us to use bots' names or show screengrabs of their writings even if it is in the public domain.
Blogs and FB posts increased, with the increasing amount of facts and whistleblowers coming forward.
FL lawyer tried to get TV YouTube video banned.
Bots claimed we were bullying them because we were asking them questions they couldn't answer. we were called middle aged women and accused of being drug dealers.
It got a bit nasty so we ate some cheese for a bit and they went away.
Health claims from FL bots now reducing dramatically as a result of pestering from all of us.
We stopped telling Eyes he was too serious. We all started thinking in his language and realised he was right.
Eyes turned out to be very funny and entertained us all.
Sunday Times article produced exposing FL. With a little help from people here.
Lawyers still persisting in trying to ban TV's videos.

Some links of interest-
A factsheet aimed at people considering joining an MLM or who have just done so, to warn them of some facts. tinyurl.com/ha6sgxw

A film of herbalife victims describing what it is like in their MLM-

A film on how to spot a pyramid scheme-

A comedy review of an MLM product- www.youtu.be/4yr_etbfZtQ

Agreed fastdaytears - it's protecting coworkers from fraud! Even if the woman committing the fraud is not aware that's what she's doing.

Twunk, that's brilliant. We need it for botwatch and TV!

Brilliant picture Twunk. I've borrowed it for Botwatch.

Time to jump on board apparently, time to jump ship more like since an aloe bot posted this!

(sigh) They know it's a scam, but still are happy to join at the beginning to make money from their downlines. Snakes .

And what's the value of getting in early if it's not a pyramid scheme...

twunk that photo is excellent! Is the liver soaked in Chianti, I wonder?

Hi all,

Been lurking for a while and reading all the threads (think I'm up to number 12 now) I only have a couple of low-key bots for FL thankfully and they're not close friends.

I saw a mention early on regarding Dubai. I'm in the UAE (but not Dubai) and we seem to have something here called Skinny Mint which looks exactly the same. I've also seen certain communities look like they're involved in something similar.

Once I've got to the end I'll do some more investigation into how widespread it is here. As I think someone suggested it's a ripe target with lots of bored expat housewives and also lots of poorly paid workers trying to find anything additional to their actual jobs to be able to send a bit of extra money home to their families.

Keep up the good work.

Welcome, Camel.

Inspiringly detailed Terms and Conditions for buying a drink. I'm almost suffering from brain burn-out.

Thanks for the welcome cozie although these threads have been keeping me away from reading Classics and AIBU!

Ok. A quick Google and FB search out here I can add AIM (Alliance in Motion) which appears to be targeting the Filipino Market. Also Royale Beauty Wellness.

Hello camel would be v interested in what you find out, forever seem to be targetting a lot of energy on that part of the world!

I will attempt to work out how to PM you (fairly new to MN!). And I'm not surprised. Perfect target market at both ends of the scale.

PLEASE tell me Golecha henna nail stuff is not one?

BS my liver is soaked in cocktails and white wine.

Anyone else's bot liking Dave O'Connor mindset mastery on Facebook? Seems a whole load of BS.

Camel, there are two ways to see if a product or company is an MLMS scam. Type the product/company name into Google with either 'MLM' or 'scam' after it. If it is an MLM you will get loads of review pages an sellers and info about it. If you type in 'scam' you will get loads of posts about how it isn't a scam, it's legitimate.

If it isn't an MLM, you won't get those sorts of results. I did the above with Golecha and got no dodgy results. It appears not to be an MLM.

Yet.

A problem is that companies who aren't doing so well might either be 'absorbed' into another or start to look with interest at 'other selling models'. Stay alert.

News from Eyespying-

National Public Radio has begun to take an interest in an MLM.

The word 'cult' is now beginning to appear quite regularly in the US media concerning MLMs.

Bot Watch has been contacted now by three journalists and a documentary maker. People are starting to pay attention to the whole problem of MLMs.

And I have made an interesting discovery to be revealed soon. suspensful music

A documentary should definitely be made! Come on channel 4

That's fantastic Toobusy

Squeeeeeeee! This all sounds exciting - you really will be Toobusytowee

And welcome Camel

toobusy This is excellent news!

The fact that we can convey messages here from Eye (even though he's banned from this forum) reminds me of when Gerry Adams's voice was banned from being broadcast in the UK. This ban didn't prevent his voice from being dubbed with that of an actor.

There's more than one way to skin a cat wank a cactus.