{"id":197,"date":"2008-12-18T05:31:47","date_gmt":"2008-12-18T05:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/?p=197"},"modified":"2023-02-08T06:12:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T06:12:12","slug":"checking-out-a-possible-pyramid-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/awareness\/checking-out-a-possible-pyramid-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking out a possible pyramid scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following guide may help you check the nature and legitimacy of a multi-level marketing scheme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there a joining fee?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pyramid selling schemes often have start-up fees which are not for purchasing commercially viable goods or services since most earnings come from introducing others to the scheme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Does the promotional literature indicate unrealistic earnings (eg \u201cmake $100,000 a month legally\u201d)?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Promoters who make unrealistic claims risk breaking the law.<\/p>\n<p>If you answer yes to (1) and (2) then regardless of whether the scheme is pyramid selling or not, you should seek financial advice before entering.<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/store.drhagmeyer.com\/buy-phentermine-online\/\">drhagmeyer.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following guide may help you check the nature and legitimacy of a multi-level marketing scheme. Is there a joining fee? Pyramid selling schemes often have start-up fees which are not for purchasing commercially viable goods or services since most earnings come from introducing others to the scheme. Does the promotional literature indicate unrealistic earnings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awareness","category-information"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1645,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions\/1645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}