This afternoon my neighbor (who I’d never met before) showed up at my door with a bundle of bright pink papers. He explained to me that he was inviting me to a meeting tomorrow at our local library that would help me make vast amounts of money. Oh really?
I probed for some details but apparently he’s only been a member of this money-laden organization for a week so he didn’t know much. He did drop some key words like Internet, Ebay, and social networking. With an endorsement like that, how could I resist? A guy with no knowledge of a company claiming it can make big money and asking others to join? Sounds like a pyramid scheme to me.
So, I had a look at this flyer, and it’s actually for madebig.com. Hoping to get smacked in the face with some web 2.0 goodness I checked it out and was disappointed to see everything is hidden behind a login. A mysterious club I have to join with the promise of money? I can’t sign up fast enough! Also, the flyer says I can join their “Fast Start Bonus” plan.
Some brief googling looks like it will reveal the details of the scam, but I kind of want to be surprised. Since I’ve never made a poll before, and I’m not planning on making another one in the future, I’m going old school and just providing four options. If you care enough, vote in the comments – and if you want to go, let me know.
- Give into the siren call. Go to the meeting. Sign up. Get rich.
- Go to the meeting. Take a bunch of pictures of whoever is presenting it and at the end raise my hand and ask how it’s not a scam.
- Get to the meeting early, change their signs to point to a different meeting room and host my own scam when everyone shows up.
- Don’t go to the meeting. They’re actually planning on mugging you.
(Sorry for the <24 hour notice 
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I’d go with 2 or 3. You could combine the 2.
5. Go to the meeting. Take a bunch of pictures of whoever is presenting it and at teh end raise my hand ask how it’s not a scam. Then get all the distraught followers to join your own scam.
You can’t FAIL if you don’t try.
I like the pictures concept, but the “other room” idea is my vote.
I’d go with option 2. Ask how it is not a scam, and then teach them what they are doing wrong. “First of all, it’s god damn Friday night…”
Option 1. See you there, partner.
/me buys another money counter off of EBAY
I vote or option #2. If you go with option #3, make sure you tell people if they don’t join your scam, the terrorists win!
I say Option 4. Don’t waste your time.
Option #2 is my vote – just be sure to pick up a chrome deputy badge and a flippy notebook at the 5 and dime before you go.
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