LOUIS, A LIFE COACH from San Diego, was dying of late-stage pancreatic cancer in 2020. His wife, Mary, tended to him with worried love. He was only forty-four years old. Mary told us how she helped him with medications, food,…[Continue Reading...]
In case you didn't know, a multilevel marketing company (aka an MLM) is a company that emphasizes both direct sales and recruiting other people to join the company and work under you so you can also receive a percentage of…[Continue Reading...]
From May 19 to June 15, Washington Improv Theater (WIT) will present Not a Pyramid Scheme, an improvised show that satirizes the world of multi-level marketing (think essential oils and overpriced makeup) and get-rich-quick schemes. The original show pokes fun at capitalist…[Continue Reading...]
The outrage misses the real scammers After leaving the workforce to raise her five children, Emily Paulson found herself feeling overworked, overwhelmed, and lonely. So when a high-school friend reached out to invite her to a beauty event at a…[Continue Reading...]
Hailing itself as “The front page of the internet,” Reddit is among the most popular sites in the world. Over 50 million people use the site daily. Anybody can sign up for an account and post information, images and videos.…[Continue Reading...]
But maybe she should have. She was, after all, stealing a lot of money from unsuspecting clients. Rose Marks and eight members of her family were accused and convicted of bilking approximately $25 million out of her customers over the…[Continue Reading...]
Cassandra Davis can still recall the sheer horror of standing in a room of booze-filled women and wondering what she was doing there. Armed with a bag full of sex , she admits she didn’t even know how the hell…[Continue Reading...]
It may surprise you to learn that the most common crime in Britain isn’t theft or assault. It’s fraud. Annually, there are more incidents of fraud (4.6 million) referred to the police than both theft (3m) and violent crime (1.5m)…[Continue Reading...]
If you're unfamiliar with these schemes and how they operate, it's easy to get sucked into poor personal finance decisions. After all, the people that run them know exactly what to say. To know what to look out for, here…[Continue Reading...]
A new year is upon us, but I thought it would be fun to discuss a scam as old as time for the first 2023 edition of the Mid-Valley Scam Alert. The pyramid scheme — the OG scam if you will —…[Continue Reading...]
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