So this morning, while I was working the breakfast shift at the hotel, a guest came up to me with what he called a ‘business opportunity.’ He said he’s in finance and is in town for a conference. He gave me his contact info and mentioned he’d get back to me Monday. On my way home, I looked him up, and it turns out he’s with World Financial Group, which I’ve heard is an MLM. Can anyone share more on this?
Stay away from it.
Beryl said:
Stay away from it.
Or go for it, just to come back in a year and tell us the story!
Run as fast as you can. Block his number so he doesn’t keep bugging you. They’ll push you to buy questionable investments and then recruit your friends and family to do the same.
Run. Just leave and never look back. Change your number if you have to! These folks don’t quit once they hook you.
RiddleRider said:
Run. Just leave and never look back. Change your number if you have to! These folks don’t quit once they hook you.
Haha, wish you were joking, but it’s kind of true!
@Jefferson
Yep, sadly speaking from experience.
Aris said:
I was with WFG for three years… you do get to travel a lot, but uh, check the comments for the downsides.
You mean you pay for your own travel, right?
It depends on the trip. I had 8 recruits under me, so I got some perks.
It’s just an MLM disguised as an insurance job.
They don’t just approach strangers like this unless they’re trying to sell you something. If someone’s offering you a random ‘opportunity,’ assume it’s a scam.
Hadi said:
They don’t just approach strangers like this unless they’re trying to sell you something. If someone’s offering you a random ‘opportunity,’ assume it’s a scam.
Anyone offering you a financial ‘opportunity’ is probably selling something. A friend of mine of 10 years scammed everyone around him, including me. Don’t trust anyone who’s pushing financial deals.
Hadi said:
They don’t just approach strangers like this unless they’re trying to sell you something. If someone’s offering you a random ‘opportunity,’ assume it’s a scam.
Too nice and too trusting.
@Rex
OP works at a hotel breakfast shift; they probably thought it made them a target. Nice, friendly, employed—an ideal mark for these people.
Hadi said:
They don’t just approach strangers like this unless they’re trying to sell you something. If someone’s offering you a random ‘opportunity,’ assume it’s a scam.
Having worked in hotels as a teen, trust me, it could’ve been worse.
Hadi said:
They don’t just approach strangers like this unless they’re trying to sell you something. If someone’s offering you a random ‘opportunity,’ assume it’s a scam.
Funny thing, sometimes it’s real, but that’s rare. Once, a friend bartending on a cruise got a random loan to start a restaurant from a well-off guest. It’s usually scams though.
@West
Kind of like winning the lottery, right?
You don’t need any more info. Just walk the other way.
It’s a scam.
Just say no, lol.
Check the sidebar, dude. This topic has been discussed over and over.