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Botwatch 86!!! the continuing saga of MLM. When 99.6% of people joining MLM are destined to lose money is that an opportunity or a scam?

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Spongebobette · 01/12/2024 21:42

On this thread we are botwatchers - watching multi level marketing bots and exposing their manipulations and misleading claims

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Norma27 · 17/01/2025 08:57

Headband thinks she was taken out for an amazing meal yesterday. I actually really like that chain and took my daughter to the one in her uni city when dropping her back on Weds.
They went on a day when it’s 50% off main courses (as did I). Obviously spending as little as possible on them.

Spongebobette · 17/01/2025 10:48

It’s so funny that she thinks she was privileged to be there whereas it’s clear to me that Scamopolous is giving them their targets and pressurising them

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Spongebobette · 17/01/2025 10:49

And of course she then spent the evening working for free and not being with her young child 🙄

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YouOKHun · 17/01/2025 11:57

I got the sense that Headband feels that all those years of toil as a positive business bot could, at last, be paying off after a chance to rub shoulders with Scamaloupolis and other soaring flappy pigeons. I am expecting to read about the event in Tatler's Bystander column.

I haven't watched Headband for that long but I've got the sense that she is a big fish in an extremely small pond and lords it over quite a few financially precarious looking recruits, swanning about in her convertible and turning up at the school gates as if she is Richard Branson. Freezing people out with aggressive positivity if they don't buy into FLP and affirm her at the school gates. This was confirmed as the case by one bot who was frozen out by Headband after daring to lightly question what Headband expected her to do as a new recruit. She's also observed this happening to others. Headband's a bit of bully who might be about to find herself on the receiving end in a more direct way as Scamaloupolis isn't there to socialise, as you say @Spongebobette.

Mielabel · 17/01/2025 12:23

Can someone remind me who headband is?

YouOKHun · 17/01/2025 12:33

@Mielabel first name is the same as the sister of Princess of Wales (not the diminutive form). Second name rhymes with lard and is something that is put in front of an open fire or is changed in a formal ceremony outside Buckingham Palace. Hope that helps!

OhMyGiddyAunt · 17/01/2025 12:33

I notice they were taken out for lunch when most of them are doing (yet another) C9 ..... cheap dates!

dickiedavisthunderthighs · 17/01/2025 17:03

Absolutely incredible video on Wig's FB. 10/10.

YouOKHun · 17/01/2025 17:17

@dickiedavisthunderthighs the video of Sleaze in a naff t-shirt weighing what look like those individual foil wrapped German marzipan bars? The music 😱... His punchable face while showing the gold Play-doh bars he's moulded in playgroup. He's such a wanker.

It amazes/scares me that anyone takes him seriously. How ridiculous do his posts have to get? I also wonder how long it will be before he finds himself in real trouble with some dangerous people in some lawless country. I fully expect him to end up a sad paragraph in some tabloid.

dickiedavisthunderthighs · 17/01/2025 17:38

YouOKHun · 17/01/2025 17:17

@dickiedavisthunderthighs the video of Sleaze in a naff t-shirt weighing what look like those individual foil wrapped German marzipan bars? The music 😱... His punchable face while showing the gold Play-doh bars he's moulded in playgroup. He's such a wanker.

It amazes/scares me that anyone takes him seriously. How ridiculous do his posts have to get? I also wonder how long it will be before he finds himself in real trouble with some dangerous people in some lawless country. I fully expect him to end up a sad paragraph in some tabloid.

Nothing will beat the video they shot in London, but this comes a close second. Aside from aforementioned gold play-doh, there is nothing in that video that describes in any way what on earth is going on. The t-shirt also looks like it doubles as a bullet-proof vest which to be fair would not be a bad idea.

Spongebobette · 17/01/2025 18:02

that is absolutely hilarious

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YouOKHun · 17/01/2025 18:19

@dickiedavisthunderthighs yes not a bad idea about the t-shirt though I plan to aim for that shiny (and empty) head.

It is hard to know what's going on but I think the idea is that once you see the bits of gold play-doh squished together to form gold blocks you are so overcome with the possibilities of huge play-doh based wealth that you don't ask any questions and simply hand over your UC/life savings without ever knowing what's really going on. Any vague doubts can be eradicated by the reassuring presence of Wig and her promises that it's "the real deal". What could possibly go wrong?

Twentytwentyhindsight · 17/01/2025 18:51

She's posted a poem by Sleaze. That's pretty good also.

Botpotty · 17/01/2025 19:01

dickiedavisthunderthighs · 17/01/2025 17:03

Absolutely incredible video on Wig's FB. 10/10.

I was terrified when he bent over to inspect the gold pebbles he was going to bare his arse!

YouOKHun · 17/01/2025 19:06

Well thanks very much @Twentytwentyhindsight for pointing out the poetry. I felt compelled to read it even though I knew it would ruin my evening, and it has! It's worth sharing though. It's a difficult read, partly because it's utter bollocks but also the flow. There are some rhymes and then some almost rhymes and a few commas scattered about. Obviously I've removed the identity of the scam and replaced it with the first word that came into my head (in capitals). Enjoy ...

......

Poem about ARSE

This is The Most Amazing Network On Earth..

In a world trapped within the Matrix's grip,
where our ecosystem's survival began to slip,
A vision emerged, a path to escape,
with Financial Instruments Gold BCS New Healthcare system and 3D printing, we reshape..

Houses rising, built with sustainable might,
to move people away from the slave system's plight...

No longer confined, no longer oppressed,
a new era dawns, our hopes manifest...

United as superheroes, a team so bold...

ARSE

The Most ARSE Network On Earth we hold...

With powers combined, we fight for what's right,

To restore balance and bring back the light.

Our Eco system, once fragile and weak,
now thrives with life, a future we seek,
through innovation and technology,
we break free from the chains...

In forests so lush, where nature's symphony plays creatures roam freely, in harmonious ways, rivers run clear, rejuvenating the land,
As we heal the wounds with our helping hand.

No longer slaves to a system unjust,
we embrace a future that we can trust,
ARSE, the beacon of hope we stand,
guiding the world towards a sustainable land.

So let us join hands, together we'll strive,
to protect our earth and keep it alive,
Escape the Matrix,embrace the call...

With ARSE, we'll save it all...

The biggest Most powerful network on Earth

BSintolerant · 17/01/2025 23:25

That poem is comedy gold - much like the lumpy stuff he’s handing in that bonkers video! What on earth has Sleaze got himself into now? It’s only a matter of time before we see his mugshot in the Echo complete with the usual hilarious reader comments which accompany such visual horrors.

Spongebobette · 18/01/2025 07:10

That pome wot he wrote

words fail me

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YouOKHun · 18/01/2025 11:26

Yawn's "do you want coaching with me" poll isn't showing her who voted "yes" so she says she is unable to badger the vulnerable reach out to the yes voters. She says it's an annoying floor (sic) in the system.

Another floor is a poll that offers only two options, "yes" and "maybe" and no way of knowing how many people abstained from voting due to lack of interest and as a way of voting "no". Anyway, she has announced that 67% of people who voted said yes, they do want to be coached by her. I guess we will never know how many people voted but I suspect a floor in the counting of votes. This is surprising as it isn't difficult to use the fingers on one hand to add the votes up (while using the other hand to look up the spelling of flaw in a dictionary).

Sugarplum48 · 18/01/2025 12:36

It's also stunning she doesn't realise she's being scammed by her "coach" who she's taking on free days out at her expense.

Angrymum22 · 18/01/2025 12:45

So that’s 3 people who have done Yawns poll or maybe 9 but I doubt it’s 18.
“floor” well that confused me totally since I read it literally.
If you are going to publicly reach out please use spell check!

Wintersgirl · 18/01/2025 13:57

Yeah it's embarrasing, how unprofessional does it make her look? I wouldn't take advice from someone who couldn't spell a simple word like that.

DeliaDeetz · 18/01/2025 17:43

Yawn is now advertising her 8 week course on how to build a successful business, introductory price is £222 but regular price will be £499!
She can barely get anyone to sign up to her 22 quid a month unlucky girl club, so I can't see there being much interest in this.

Sugarplum48 · 18/01/2025 17:51

Jesus she is literally trying anything to make money. She'd be better of getting a market stall and selling all her crappy tat whilst wearing a fake fringe

10weekcountdown · 18/01/2025 18:56

Is it me or are a lot of the bots posting ‘woe is me’ or ‘haters not going to get me down’ posts’ atm? yawn, homeschool, headband and uber.
Funnily (not) enough, we have similar posts on my local facebook pages. Seemingly, desperate women calling out for help. If a kindly sole offers them a reassuring word or number for the Samaritans, they are ignored. If someone says ‘hun, I know an amazing counsellor’ they get lots of comments.
Call me a cynical old bat, but……

Botpotty · 18/01/2025 20:44

Russell Brand is promoting Livegood (Homeschools Grift)

I initially saw the video and thought it was AI or just a weird bizarre edit some freaky bot had cobbled together BUT Russell Brand is promoting Livegood. (As in Russell Brand the Russell Brand whom the police have asked CPS to consider charges). I'm often not lost for words but this is one of those times.

I just can't comprehend their thought process in getting this person to promote their business. I know he'd probably take any paid gig but who in their right mind would think he's a good front to promote their products in particular to women, it's just bizarre.

1st link below is from the company explaining their upcoming advertising campaign, 2nd Link is the Russell video.

https://www.facebook.com/livebetterfromnow/videos/885170913525006?locale=en_GB

https://www.facebook.com/lucky13tsc/videos/1109811140435625?locale=en_GB