Pyramid Scheme Scam - Convictions

[dudleybloke]

I'm impressed they managed to find that many "vulnerable" people.
Unless vulnerable means thick.

[zedstar]

Its greed that gets people involved with this rubbish. I remember the same scam being done by some asian women in Sheffield, they would have woman only meetings and talk about the scheme. One of these women came and asked my Dad and he explained, using a diagram, how it was a complete con, plain and simple. She still put 3k in and was suprised when she never got anything back.

A client of mine asked me, and after I explained what it was and that the 'friends' he bought in would most probably lose their 3k his response was something like 'what do I care, thats their problem'. Didn't feel bad for him when he lost his 3k either.

If a business relied on peoples greed and to an extent their selfishness it will always be successful.

[MrBarry123]

They don't exactly look like a hardened bunch of criminals.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Mail said:

Dave Gough, from Caldicot in South Wales, paid £3,000 to join the scheme in 2009 after being told 'nobody would lose'.

The driving instructor, blah blah blah

Wouldn't want my kids being taught by someone so stupid.