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How does this scam work?

  • September 21, 2024



I have been seeing this poster for more than a month now, everywhere around Bonn. At the beginning, it said "only until September", so apparently they managed to prolong their totally serious offer.

It's pretty obvious that this is a scam, but how exactly does it work? At the bottom, there always is a phone number (mobile) and an arabic sounding name, where the first name is only initialed.

by Solid-Raisin-9364

15 comments

  2. Probably wants you to join one of the scummy insurance sales MLMs.

    The person who created this probably fell for something similar and is now in the desperate position to earn close to what was promised to him by recruiting more members.

  5. Afaik 99% of the time it’s plain money laundering. Have seen loads of those around here in Düsseldorf.

  8. Given that it gives no details whatsoever about the job, it could be anything. It might be a shady (but not technically illegal) pyramid scheme, or an actually illegal Ponzi scheme, for example. Or they might be recruiting you into a seemingly mundane job that is actually part of a money laundering scheme, or you could be unwittingly fencing stolen goods (so not only are you being defrauded, but you’re also at risk of being prosecuted as an accessory to a crime while the actual criminals escape).

  9. Sounds like: ErgoPro, Telis or any other MLM scam where you have to sacrifice everyone of your friends/family to be somewhat successful because they calculate your payment in „selfmade units“ and „affiliated units“ so you have to actively invite someone to earn more and also have them sacrifice all their contacts

  10. There are millions of scams out there.

    Just call them and ask what they want and we can tell you which of those millions of scams it probably is.

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