Archive for the ‘Pyramid Selling Scams’ Category

The Victorian Government (Australia) Department of Business and Consumer Affairs has a handy series of videos that identify and explain the most common types of scams that you’re likely to encounter. They apply to almost all countries, so they’re worth watching, wherever you live. Click the image below to view the video series.

This chain letter scam has been around for a while now. One of the distinguishing features is the claim that it’s somehow endorsed by Oprah Winfrey, or was featured on the Oprah show.

Yeah, right… to denounce it as a scam!

Here’s a recent (2010) copy of the usual PayPal $6 email sent to prospective suckers (and, further down the page, transcripts from a successful court case by the FTC for an identical scam that should make alarming reading for anyone kidding themselves that this scam is legal and ethical, etc):

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