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What's the worst scam you've fallen for (or gotten close to falling for)? (self.asklemmy)

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[–] ZapBeebz_ 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Like all these multi-level-marketing scams, the scam part is that you have to buy your stock from the company/from your "upline", and then whether or not you make money depends on you reselling your stock.

John Oliver did an excellent video on the overall topic. Definitely worth the watch.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

an excellent video

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