Basically, this company claims to offer some extremely low rates on travel for their members. This is where I learned most of my information about the pyramid scheme. One very helpful website that I found was this: At this point, I realized that this 'friend' was probably trying to get me to join/buy something, but I didn't know anything else until I came across an article saying it was a pyramid scheme, so I continued my search by trying to find out information about the pyramid scheme. When I googled it, I discovered that the sign was kinda a marketing tool for WorldVentures' DreamTrips. So, I decided to find out a little bit about it myself. I really didn't want to listen to whatever audio she wanted to play, but I didn't want to be rude and just blow her off. When she responded that she wanted to play some sort of audio for me, I got extremely suspicious. I really hate calling, so I just replied that I'd prefer to text, because I was busy and didn't have time for a phone conversation. or maybe that it had some religious meaning and that she was trying to convert me.īut then she asked if she could call. At this point, I was starting to think that maybe this sign had some inspirational meaning or story, and that she wanted me to hear it and donate money to a cause. I was a little hesitant, but I gave it to her. Why was she sending me this? She then said that the meaning behind the sign was really cool and asked for my number. On second glance, I realized that no, none of my friends were in this picture, and that the girl who sent it was the only person in it that I knew. I looked at it, and at first glance, a couple of the people in the picture looked like some friends of mine, and this seemed to explain it. This picture was accompanied by the question "have you ever seen this blue sign before?" My first reaction was just confusion. Her picture had less people in it, and was a big city in the nighttime, but generally, the same thing. I won't share the actual picture for privacy reasons, but it's not unlike this one I found online: My first uneasy feeling came when, instead of just responding to a message, she sent me a picture. We talked a bit about what was going on in our lives, where we were going to school now, and everything seemed to be pretty normal. I thought it was a little odd that someone I barely knew was talking to me for the first time in 3ish years, but I figured that she might just have seen a post of mine and wanted to know me better, or maybe even that she was soon going to ask me "hey, where do I know you from?" But neither of these turned out to be the case. Out of the blue, she messaged me on Facebook.
One of us added the other on Facebook (at this point, I have no idea which it was) and once the class ended, we went our separate ways and haven't seen each other or spoken since. If we had to work together on a project, we did, but the only thing we really had in common was that one of my closest friends was friends with her. We had one class together in 10th grade (which is *almost* four years ago for me) and even then, we didn't really talk. The odd thing was that I'd never been close with this girl. So, let me share my story of WorldVentures/ Dream Trips with you.Ī few days ago, I got a message on Facebook from a girl I hadn't seen in a few years. I want everyone to know that this scheme should be avoided at all costs.
Please share this so that everyone can learn more about this, and will know everything about it if the situation is presented to them. I'm posting this to at least 2 of my blogs, because I really want to get this one out there, to make sure no one falls into this well-hidden trap.
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ALSO: Please check out my recent update post about this HERE before making any sort of judgments or opinions.
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