What is pyramid selling and how to tell if it is pyramid selling?

MLM refers to the illegal behavior that organizers and developers calculate and pay remuneration to the developed personnel on the basis of the number or performance of the directly or indirectly developed personnel, or require the developed personnel to obtain the qualification to join on the condition of paying a certain fee. The essence of pyramid selling is "Ponzi scheme", that is, the money of the latecomers is distributed to the income of the pioneers.

New pyramid scheme: no restrictions on personal freedom, no ID cards and mobile phones, no group classes. But under the banner of capital operation, attracting people to cheat money, using luxury cars, wearing gold and silver, etc. Use money to attract your relatives and friends, and finally let you lose everything.

New tricks of pyramid selling

There are new tricks in pyramid schemes, and there is an upper limit to the development of offline.

MLM has a new model, and everyone is offline. It is no longer the traditional more the better, but the upper limit is set, two people. Later, a new pyramid scheme was destroyed by the Economic Investigation Detachment of Banan District Public Security Bureau.

The suspects Qin Pitao and Wu Yi 'an Ge Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. organized a lecture on An Ge's membership system in the name of employees, and developed hundreds of members in Chongqing. The Banan District Procuratorate approved the arrest of the suspect and Qin on suspicion of organizing and leading pyramid schemes.

According to the police investigating the case, there are hundreds of Ange members developed by Qin and Wu Mou in Chongqing. According to the police investigating the case, Ange Pharmaceutical Group's sales model is innovative to some extent, and it is different from traditional pyramid schemes in terms of off-line, commission and sales model, which also makes pyramid schemes hidden to some extent, and many citizens mistakenly think that it is not pyramid schemes.

First of all, Ange Pharmaceutical Group takes specific products as the medium. New members need to pay membership fees ranging from 480 (Puka member), 2400 (Silver member) and 4800 (Gold member) to purchase products, and then they can enjoy a 30% discount. Most of the traditional pyramid schemes adopt capital operation mode, without specific products, so as to develop members to obtain income.

Secondly, the sales model of Ange Pharmaceutical Group is different from the traditional pyramid scheme. The members of Ange Pharmaceutical Group can only develop two members, and the latter members can only be placed under these two members, which are called the A and B areas of this member. After developing two members, each member will help its members to develop their own members.

Third, there are two kinds of bonuses for Ange's member development, one is called the layer prize, and the other is called the quantity prize, which is different from the traditional pyramid scheme.

Ange Company has been renamed Tonghe Mall. We try to get the participation of the general public in the form of e-commerce in Tonghe Mall. Please be careful of being cheated.

New pyramid scheme

Unlimited freedom, no collective class.

With an investment of 69,800 yuan, you can earn more than 10 million in two years? This "good thing" is actually a new type of pyramid scheme. No restrictions on personal freedom, no ID cards and mobile phones, no group classes. But in the name of capital operation, swindling.

This discerning person is a pyramid scheme at first glance. Why let hundreds of people indulge in it? How did it grow and develop? How did you cheat money?

Xinhua Dictionary interprets greed as greedy desire. Once you have this desire, some people will be fascinated and lose their basic judgment ability-you only need to invest 69,800 yuan, and you can earn more than 10 million yuan in two years. This is a fantastic thing, but many "dream catchers" believe it.

In fact, this is a new type of pyramid scheme, attracting people under the banner of capital operation, and investing 69,800 yuan to develop the offline, claiming that the income will reach14.4 million yuan after two years. At the same time, in the name of developing the western region, he used props such as sculptures to make "lectures" to deceive people. This pyramid scheme also does not restrict personal freedom, does not accept ID cards and mobile phones, and does not attend classes in groups. Many people joined unconsciously, and when they found themselves caught in pyramid schemes, most people had invested a lot of money. ...

On July 12, when the reporter met several Hubei people in the north of Xi 'an City, these former MLM personnel were squatting on the side of the road to eat noodles. In order to save money, these people who dreamed of getting rich in a few months only eat one meal a day, and some even have no money, and they have to rely on other people's relief. They all have their own good businesses, but just because they believe the words of relatives and friends, they fall into the trap and are heavily in debt.

They decided to turn to the newspaper, be a "rebel" of pyramid schemes, tell everyone what they know and warn those who still believe that pies will fall from the sky.

Sculpture has become a brainwashing prop

After eight classes of brainwashing, the Deng family also arranged for "narrators" to take others to visit the Chanba World Expo Park. The "lecturer" whispered to them that many sculptures in the garden had profound meanings.

The lecturer came to a goat sculpture and preached to them in a low voice. The sheep's head represents that you are the head of the family. The three white stones behind represent that you want to develop three downlines. There are 27 holes under the stones, which means that your downline has developed again.

When I came to the Natural History Museum, the "narrator" pointed to a bridge and said, the bridge represents that you are the leader, the three small bridges behind represent that you want to develop three downlines, and there are 27 holes under the bridge, which means that your downline has developed again.

Before the flower carving, the "lecturer" said that there are 600 millstones, representing 600 tasks (3300 yuan each). If it is finished, the high heels in front of the millstone represent success, and only successful people will wear high heels.

These absurd words were heard by Qu Jun and several others at that time, but they felt more and more true. They even think that the money they have invested is related to national construction and the development of the western region.

However, he didn't notice at that time that this kind of preaching was whispering, and the "lecturer" stopped talking when he met someone.

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The harm of pyramid selling

Disturbing social and economic order, affecting social stability and unity, causing social unrest such as the rise of social criminal cases and family destruction. The essence of MLM is that it does not create social value by illegally transferring and gathering finance offline, which is the essential difference between MLM and normal marketing. MLM is not an act of the state, nor can it be an act of the state.

Although it stimulated the local economy and promoted consumption, its own organizational behavior caused irreparable harm to most participants and violated the normal life and activities of human beings.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia -MLM