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Name: Dave
Location: Scott Depot, West Virginia, USA
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In the U.S. (and some other countries) if it's a pyramid scheme or a Ponzi scheme, it is NOT legal. A pyramid scheme and Ponzi scheme generally have no goods nor services for sale.
What makes this a "legal" scheme is that their supposed goods/service is being put on a mailing list. So, you pay a dollar (or some currency) in cash to be put on a mailing list (which you'll never hear from again unless it's to get more cash).
This has been used so much out of the U.S. that some countries not only have made pyramid schemes illegal, they have also added multi-level marketing to the list (which is legal in the U.S. and is entirely different than an illegal pyramid or Ponzi scheme). I think that statistically, more 3rd world countries have been harmed by the pyramid and Ponzi schemes than any place.
You can send money to other people in a variety of ways, but you'll notice that most of these illegal schemes want cash. They don't want you to have proof that you gave them money. Even the USPS warns against sending cash through the mail.
The person that claims they have received this $40,000 will never provide absolute proof. Why? Because then they would be paying the taxes on the income. Some make money, but many many more are scammed and make nothing (lose money).
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