Hi folks, I found this incident strange, I’m staying in Dallas, when I was in Walmart buying groceries a year back , I was approached by a desi guy, he introduced himself and asked where can he find farmers market in Dallas since he moved recently, we had a small conversation and then parted. Here comes the strange part recently I was in Walmart buying groceries, I was approached by same desi guy asking same question that he moved recently and wanted to know where farmer’s market was, I remembered him but he forgot he asked the same thing a year back, then we had conversation and exchanged numbers. Here is the real deal apparently he called me next day asking what I was doing and how was my day, and started with asking questions if I want to generate another passive stream of income, I simply wanted to know what he is insisting and told I was interested, then he went on to say why I was interested in passive income? I just told I need income and asked him what is the work ? Is it a second job or any other work ?, he replied back with some motivational shit and random answers without telling what was the work, so I assumed this seems like a Ponzi scheme which was back in India where you make one person join some shit cult and ask that person to make other people to join the cult and pay initial registration fee. Also I had few more experiences, when I was in Grapevine mall, I was approached by 2 desis that they were new to the place and they wanted to know good shopping centers guess what they asked my number and next day I get a LinkedIn request and call asking same shit above passive income. Also I observed that most of this are from Kansas or studied in Kansas. Have any of you experienced this ? Tc: 120k
You a woman?
Must be 5"6' tall woman
YOE?
Why ? 🤔
For the same reason you tagged Microsoft and Google in your post
Amway folks
Previously Quixstar. Losers in either case.
Hey OP do you know where I can find a farmers market in Dallas? I moved recently.
😂sure
how was your day? Do you want to generate another passive stream of income?
Being new to the country and actively searching for a job/internship as a student, I had the same experience that made me even travel 20-30 mins for a meeting (I thought informational interview about start up or something related to my internship/job search) only to hear the same BS .
Oh you were lucky, but what about who got into this trap 🪤 feel bad for them
What was it about?
You should have asked their TCs. To see if it's worth getting into it or not.
I think they don’t earn much cause most of them are not in IT, as far I know industrial engineering background
BROOOOOOO!! Same thing .. same thing happened to me in NJ at 2 different malls one in a Macy's and one at a Walmart .. This is the biggest scam out there.. it's an MLM and they basically are looking for a "Bakra" to halal .. The guy would come and be like "ohh you look familiar" and they ask for ur number .. They call it "entrepreneur ship", and basically don't tell you the business plan till they really reeel you in .. Stay the fuck away from them, anyone says anything similar to "passive income", "entrepreneur ship", side income, "being ur own boss" just RUN .. I have a system where I just say "is it anything technical? I only want to work in technical software engineering based items" They say NO to that mostly So u can just leave ... Just remember anything that does not have a transparent business model will be a scam And MLM IS A SCAM .. ANYONE WHO SAYS ORHERWISE HAS LOST 10K TO AN MLM AND ARE TRYING TO GET THEIRS OUT FROM YOU
Yup I was out the minute he started with his bullshit, so this is a big scam, I thought only few incidents 😅
Specially if you are a gujju, they use that angle and be like ohh my xyz is a gujju u should get into business ... Blah blah blah
When I lived in Kansas city I got approached by a desi guy saying he recognizes me from somewhere and had small talk and exchanged numbers. Next he texted me few times and asked about passive income and asked to meet in a coffee shop and ate my brain for 2hrs. It's a freaking amway scam.
Amway still ON?
What is Amway ?? Personal product scam in India ??
What do they ask for, what’s the end story? I was approached by a chubby guy at my x-office in SFO as he saw me as a soft target. I immediately shut the door.
They start conversation the same way I described then call you, when you agree to meet them or listen to them they start their bull shit, they won’t tell you what is plan for passive stream, just beating around the bushes 😅
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I receive this crap with the exact same wording on my LinkedIn DMs on a daily basis. Just ignore these, it’s some kind of multi-level marketing scheme (aka Ponzi scam as you said)
Same for me.
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