r/antiMLM

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My late husband had some money invested with Primerica. I am well aware it’s an mlm and understand its predatory nature. He was super gullible.
He named me as the beneficiary on his policy, I filled out the paperwork to get the money - mailed the death certificate, my ID etc
I’ve heard nothing!!
Had anyone successfully gotten their beneficiary money from this company?
I don’t even know who to contact.
I’m so frustrated

Has anyone heard of triGLP from Orygn? Is it an MLM? A monat hun started talking about it on her story today and how she did so much research on it and how great it is and how safe it is to use when you’re breast-feeding and said to DM her if interested (typical MLMer). Sounded like a scam so I looked it up…I can barely find any information on it. I can’t find the full list of ingredients. The website says it’s not FDA approved. Can’t find any studies or trials. I just assume if a Monat hun is trying to talk about how great it is that it’s probably another MLM and it’s prolly not a reputable company.

Recently found out that a family member of mine is into an Amway Pyramid Scheme. Me and other family members tried to talk sense into her, but she wouldnt budge. She claimed that she's "just having online lesson to learn stuff".

She'll attend those "online classes" hosted by the company where "lecturers" shares about food, nutritions, health supplements, cosmetics, etc.

She knows how the system works, yet genuinely believe that it'll actually earn her money. I highly suspect she's tempted by the promise of quick cash.

We aren't always available around and im worried that she'll fall to those people's coax and lose money sooner or later. What do i do?

I work in a law office. I'm the paralegal for our senior partner (her name is on the door). I've worked with her for 13 years.

So - when did DoTerra begin? I'm just curious, as it could be important to this story.

I was talking with a potential client last week. Getting the info about what's what to get him on the calendar.

Dude tells me that his soon-to-be-ex wife started working for DoTerra some years ago. (AND SHE RETIRED HER HUSBAND--sorry, I digress) but he was working as a Real Estate agent (in our area, that's the bum thing to do - unless you REALLY do it, you aren't really doing it). I'm in a very high net worth area - We call it San Francisco light. It's pretty much the same. Slightly less to live here, but not all that much. So people who "work" claim they are real estate agents or massage (or other) type of body worker/therapists. But they actually don't work that much. If at all.

He said that she was making real, actual Money doing this. (Like $3-$4MM per year for several years). Now she only really makes about $1M/year. So she had some good years.

He mentioned some "high up" type names for what she was "presidential," or something. I don't remember. Whatever the oily people call themselves when they sell or have a downline of (apparently) a whole crap ton of reps.

Um hmm. They bought a second home -- In So. California. And that's where she would prefer to live, because here, we have 4 seasons. There is real money here. Investments, etc. I still am in shock over what he told me. I assumed that she got in as one of the very first people, because how. Why? How? (I doubt she's an "owner" of the original company, since he mentioned she was going up the ranks)

I was SUPER skeptical, knowing what I know. I legitimately asked, as soon as "DoTerra" -- which he kept calling "Dough-Terra" -- I was saying "DOO" just to be contrary... if she actually made money. He started to explain it, and I politely said 'Oh, I know exactly what it is." He tried to frame it more "reputably" - I called it out as MLM. Immediately.

Does anyone know if this is Possible? If so, I've never, ever heard of anyone actuall in the top 1% of this. With a name.

She made a post about it on her youtube page. Two losses in seven months, how devastating for her. 💔

This happened a few years back. I ran into an old friend at a high school reunion. We hadn't seen each other since her first wedding which I was in when we were 20. It turned out her ex was abusive and wouldn't let her keep in touch with her friends. Sad, but I'm glad she was able to get out. She was now remarried to a wealthy man who was quite a bit older. She seemed happy so I was happy for her. We started hanging out again and they invited us to their lake house for the weekend to relax, ride their boat, and hang out at their pool. We were excited!

We drove 2 hours to get there and instead of the lunch we were promised, we walked into a room complete with whiteboards, 2 men who were leading a meeting we knew nothing about, and 3 other couples we didn't know would be there. Also, the other couples acted excited so they either knew about it or they were plants to help rope us in. My friend said that it wouldn't take long (it took 2 hours) and introduced us to everyone. It turned out that the 2 men were father and son, the father lived next door and he was the president of of the MLM. We were in a bit of shock at being ambushed and sat down for the meeting. Of course the other couples were asking all sorts of questions and the father and son kept referring to this wonderful opportunity as our "Plan B" which would soon turn into our "Plan A". We knew a pyramid scheme when we saw it and did the Vulcan mind meld silently telling each other we were leaving as soon as this s--t show was over.

After the grueling 2 hour ordeal and while everyone was standing around talking, we quickly went to my soon to be ex friend and told her we had to leave. She loudly said that she was so disappointed because she thought we would be interested in signing up. WTF?? I told her that we were disappointed because we thought we were coming for a fun weekend and were looking forward to spending time with them, not being pressured into joining an MLM. Then the neighbor came over and loudly said how we were making a big mistake in passing up this golden opportunity, blah, blah, blech. We practically ran out of there and I think we might have left skid marks peeling out of their driveway. And of course we stopped somewhere for lunch before our 2 hour drive back because we never got that lunch. Nothing like being trapped in a bad infomercial instead of the fun weekend we were promised!

ETA: I really didn't think my post would create such a huge response. I have tried to answer as many comments as I can. The biggest question I wanted to answer is "Why didn't we just leave immediately?" Some were nicer about it than others. 😂 It was SO uncomfortable! We were ambushed and in a bit of shock so didn't know exactly how to handle it. My now ex-friend also said it wouldn't take long and made it sound like it wasn't a big deal and to just stay. Well that was also a lie and the longer we sat there the disappointment and anger set in. A few people also said that we should have stayed and enjoyed the weekend. Huh?? After being used and lied to, why on earth would we sit through listening to them try to talk us into this scam for the rest of the weekend? I had already wasted enough time on it and I was done with her. When I originally posted I didn't think which MLM it was mattered but people seem to want to know. When we got home my husband did some digging and while they said it wasn't Amway, it was indeed affiliated. They had these branches of it that they just renamed. I don't remember what it was called though.

Hi, so my boyfriend and I signed up for Primerica a while ago, not too long, a little less than a year, and while he's all for it because his cousin signed him up, I want to opt out of it. They were charging me for 2 subscriptions of sorts, one of which I have been able to cancel, the other however is still charging me. I gave them my card info and SSN, and I am worried about how to get out of it because I've tried email and calling and It's been putting a lot of stress on me because I already do not have a lot of money it is actively taking a huge chunk of my paycheck. What do I do? I signed everything, *started* some of the classes, but never took any licensing tests or anything. My recruiter wont contact me either. Please if there's anyway for me to get out of this without getting in trouble, it would really help.

Edit: Every time I call, their offices are always closed

Edit 2: I can't find my policy # either.