Episode 15: Robert L. FitzPatrick - Anatomy of a Pyramid Scheme - Part 1

Life After MLM

Roberta Blevins

Society & Culture, Education

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2021

⏱️ 81 minutes

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This is the bonus episode I have been waiting to record forever! I always enjoy all my conversations with Robert, because he's so knowledgeable on this subject and we have a great time talking about swindles, scams, tricks and flimflams. After I finished reading Ponzinomics, I immediately emailed Robert and asked him if he would be willing to talk with me on the podcast about his chapter "Anatomy of a Pyramid Scheme", so we can really define what differences there are between Pyramid Schemes and Multi Level Marketing. I think you know where this is going... Show Notes Ponzinomics by Robert L. FitzPatrick - https://amzn.to/3tWutRS False Profits: Seeking Financial and Spiritual Deliverance in Multi-Level Marketing and Pyramid Schemes - https://amzn.to/3rLipS1 Pyramid Scheme Alert - https://pyramidschemealert.org/ Steven Hassan's BITE Model - https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/ Jon M. Taylor, PhD - https://pyramidschemealert.org/PSAMain/about/jmt.html The Case (for and) against Multi-level Marketing By Jon M. Taylor, MBA, Ph.D. - https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/public_comments/trade-regulation-rule-disclosure-requirements-and-prohibitions-concerning-business-opportunities-ftc.r511993-00017%C2%A0/00017-57317.pdf Multi Level Marketing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6MwGeOm8iI Keith Raniere - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Raniere Amway - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amway How can you help? Report false income and health claims here: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/ Or go to: https://www.truthinadvertising.org You can also report to your state Attorney General's office! https://www.naag.org/find-my-ag/ Not in the U.S.? Go here: https://www.ftc.gov/policy/international/competition-consumer-protection-authorities-worldwide Support the Podcast! Buy me a Taco and leave me a note! 🌮💖 - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/robertablevins Follow us on Instagram for visual show notes, FAQ, and updates! - https://www.instagram.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast/ Like us on Facebook and join our show fan page to jump in on the conversation! - https://www.facebook.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast Follow me on TikTok for Anti MLM humor! - https://www.tiktok.com/@bertalikewhoa Find me on CLUBHOUSE at @therealrobertablevins Become a monthly supporter for as little as $.99! https://anchor.fm/roberta-blevins/support *Some links may be affiliate links. When you purchase things from these links, I get a small commission that I use to buy us tacos. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/roberta-blevins/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/roberta-blevins/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.0	C EE. C EE. K slash claims. Hey, I'm Roberta Blovins, and this is life after Mlem. A podcast where we work to end the stigma of failure in an industry designed for you to fail.
0:47.0	Okay, this is an episode that I have been just so excited to do and I finally got the time to sit down.
1:00.3	I am talking to like the person that you would want to talk to if you want to know more about
1:06.7	multi-level marketing and the insidious nature of it. My I'm totally fan-girling right now. I'm on this dopamine high so thank you for that.
1:17.2	Mr Robert Fitzpatrick please introduce yourself and tell people who don't know who you are, who you are.
1:24.0	So thank you, Robert. I'm happy to be on this on your podcast and commend you for
1:30.3	doing this public education, consumer education, adult education.
1:36.0	I think it all fits into those categories.
1:39.2	So I'm the author of the book, Ponzinomics, the untold story of multi-level marketing.
1:48.0	I also wrote an earlier book on multi-level marketing almost 20 years ago now called false profits and during these past two decades I've also managed and maintained consumer education website, which back when it was launched was quite a lonely venture.
2:08.6	There was very, very little on the internet or anywhere about multi-level marketing that was independent and critical and examination of it called Pyramid Scheme alert that's a nonprofit that website is a information resource totally non-commercial has no ads on it either
2:29.5	so it's nonprofit non-commercial and it wasn't just I, I was two other people
2:35.2	were involved who are authors as well to launch that.
2:38.6	And it's been supported with donations
2:41.0	and my own labors of love over the years.
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