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MLM Bot Watch 52: The continuing saga

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Jasmin82 · 16/07/2019 22:21

Continuing on from previous threads.
BBC documentary:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p076n2hg

OP posts:
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Twentytwentyhindsight · 24/07/2019 15:58

On another note, Wig'n'Sleaze's latest venture will also be their last, as it will provide for ever...

On the comments section, a few disgruntled mugs from their previously-pimped Ponzis questioning how this one will be different from the last ones, including one who says he can't join this one as he has nothing left to give, having already lost everything...

How are they not behind bars?

Spongebobette · 24/07/2019 16:29

Wig is ‘coming out of retirement’ for this one
Lol

Spongebobette · 24/07/2019 16:31

I think Homeschool is all confused, she’s conflating ‘unprocessed food’ ‘additive free’ and ‘local’
And it’s not even local. The SHOP was local.

Whiterangey · 24/07/2019 16:32

I can't understand it. I posted many times before FX Trading went tits up that they would have people after them when it went tits up.

Yet here we are, they had a downline of 4 figures, yet only a handful have called them out.

People are rushing to throw more money into this new Ponzi, people who will have already lost thousands in FX Trading and all the others that came before. We aren't talking millionaires here, we are talking ordinary people who have likely taken out loans or used credit cards.

I know there is some personal responsibility that should come into play here, these Ponzi's are easy to google and to find out the truth and in their FX Trading group many people have been calling it a scam and/or Ponzi for ages.

How do they get away with it?

CatherineCookson · 24/07/2019 16:35

Wonder what will happen when this "last and final project" goes the same way as every other scam they've foisted onto their gullible followers.

Why no one thinks "real companies don't act like this" (announce something's coming and it's exciting but we can't tell you what it is, inbox info only shadiness, put a pair of ponzi scamming bozos on the "top table", easily forget every other scam that was the next big thing) is beyond me...

Twentytwentyhindsight · 24/07/2019 16:55

"Been out and sourced some local produce this morning" a.k.a. "Bought some groceries at the supermarket, including a range of fruits that don't even grow in the UK"...

They can't help themselves, can they? It's like Castle's static caravan 'lodge'.

Whiterangey · 24/07/2019 17:20

I only feed my children locally sourced chicken nuggets and chips.

gotmychocolateimgood · 24/07/2019 17:32

😂 Ffs that is ridiculous. Popping to the local shop for some fruit is hardly an event, it's a banal daily errand.

What a comedown from the glamorous cars, handbags and designer shoes that the bots used to post about!

Spongebobette · 24/07/2019 17:35

Good point.
Forever Living bots are scraping the barrel now for content to put on their social media.
It used to be designer handbags and laptops by the pool. .
Now it's a yellow courgette.

Jigsawpuzzle · 24/07/2019 17:42

I note that the bots have been quiet on the bizniz front and some go days without posting ( Nurse).
I note that a JP bot I follow is trying to get a meet at a local coffee shop.

Spongebobette · 24/07/2019 17:46

Nurse will be in Yawn's bad books for failing to adhere to the high quality social media training she so generously provided her with; keep the punters engaged with lives, fun posts and product reviews

(Actually I suspect Yawn has dropped her because she's realised she's a no hoper. On to the next victim!)

Whiterangey · 24/07/2019 18:05

When someone first joins they get really excited and throw as much money as they can get their hands on at the scheme. As time goes on they cannot afford to buy CC's at the level they did initially. Bots like Yawn love bomb and encourage initially, tell the person that they will be the next big thing and how wonderful they are to rinse the most amount of cash out of them.

Then she doesn't bother with them.

Spongebobette · 24/07/2019 18:13

Precisely

Jigsawpuzzle · 24/07/2019 18:20

Uber rubbing noses in it with that statement.

OhMyGodTheyKilledKenny · 24/07/2019 21:46

Remember Mrs Stickman?

We'll she had another baby a month ago (gorgeous little girl) and seems to be out of FL for good....hoorah!

I did have my doubts when I saw a congratulations post from Yawn and can't help but wonder if if Yawn tried to suck her back in.

Anyway Mrs Stickman posted on a local fb page tonight asking about local slimming groups as she wants to join. Clearly not interested in a C9 which is a good thing. Smile

Spongebobette · 24/07/2019 22:09

Oh that is good news!

PandaEyeMask · 24/07/2019 22:34

They're led to believe it's their fault the ponzi failed. Didn't invest enough. Didnt try enough.

Just look on the uk work from home fb group. So many vulnerable people. One asked today about non scammy companies. Valentus. Avon. Younique. Etc

yorkshirecountrylass · 24/07/2019 22:48

Sorry if already been said but can anyone give me any clues on nursebot & how to find the video?!

BSintolerant · 24/07/2019 23:49

Sponge I’m inspired. With apologies to Prince, but not to Rex.

Little yellow courgette
Your churnover rate’s too fast
Little yellow courgette
You need a Ponzi scheme that’s gonna last

I guess I should’ve closed my eyes
When you showed me your invisible cheque
It would’ve been much easier to see
'Cause I felt a little ill
When I swallowed aloe jizz
Like the bots that were there before me ..,Grin

ReformedB0t · 25/07/2019 00:01

@TalkingAboutPride

I posted about these Property Investment schemes a few months ago after noticing the alarming parallels between them and MLMs. I started a new topic too, will see if I can bump it

Spongebobette · 25/07/2019 06:05

Ha haaaaa haaaaaaaa @BSIntolerant

dickiedavisthunderthighs · 25/07/2019 09:23

Friend of friend knows Mrs Stickman (who apparently is LOVELY). She did really well by FL standards and hit 'Supervisor' really quickly. However she also lost a shedload of money - events, buying products, doing the C9, all the usual stuff. She also said it affected her relationship with Mr S and her family because that's all she was doing. Thank god she had the presence of mind to stop.
She'd be an amazing person to speak out about the realities of FL, but I imagine she'd get a lot of stick (pardon the pun) as she's in a real FL stronghold in Worcestershire.

Spongebobette · 25/07/2019 09:47

It would be nice to hear her story but her priority is the baby and toddler, quite rightly

Spongebobette · 25/07/2019 09:54

Nurse hasn’t posted since Sunday, not even a ‘daily inspirational quote’. When she has a few quiet days I always hope it means she’s given up FL but I’m not holding my breath

stayingaliveisawayoflife · 25/07/2019 09:55

Any info on acti lab? My niece is getting involved and I hope they are not too bad.