Pyramids & MLM's

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"billy bob buckwheat" <d_4h (AT) hotmail (DOT) com>

Tuesday, July 18, 2000 2:41 pm

whatch out !

 

> something going through Iskcon now.. whatch out..

>

>

>

> pyramid schemes, chain letters and Ponzi schemes

> A pyramid scheme is a fraudulent system of making money which

> requires an

> endless stream of recruits for success. Recruits (a) give money to

> recruiters and (b) enlist fresh recruits to give them money.

>

> A pyramid scheme is called a pyramid scheme because of the shape

> of a

> pyramid: a three dimensional triangle. If a pyramid were started

> by a human

> being at the top with just 10 people beneath him, and 100 beneath

> them, and

> 1000 beneath them, etc., the pyramid would involve everyone on

> earth in just

> ten layers of people with one con man on top. The human pyramid

> would be

> about 60 feet high and the bottom layer would have more than 4.5

> billion

> people!

 

 

 

Gosh -- Thanks for speaking up! Also see my anti-pyramid article (with

references) on Cakra

 

http://203.63.52.186/

 

and the following website for MLM's (multi-level marketing schemes):

 

http://www.vandruff.com/mlm.html

 

your servant,

 

Hare Krsna dasi

 

PS I'm not currently on COM, so you may want to forward this.