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[quote=Anonymous]A friend of mine mentioned last week that she wanted to invite me into her women's group. It sounded great: I like women; I like friends, whatever. So she came over today to talk about it while the kids were out of the house and described a supportive women's group where each new joiner "gifts" the women who has been in the group longest $5,000. She kept saying it's not a pyramid scheme, but it clearly is: The idea is that there are 8 people at the bottom, four people above them, two people above them, and one at the top, who receives $40k ($5k from each of the bottom people.)  Once the person at the top gets her $40k, she steps aside, the group splits into to two groups and they recruit eight new people to be at the bottom and to "gift" $5k to the person at the top.

Clearly this is a pyramid scheme and I won't be doing it. (The whole thing is detailed here under the heading "Women Empowering Women": http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Crimes/InPerson/MajorPerson/pyramid_clubs.htm) But I still feel really unsettled. I can't believe my friend is involved in something like this, and I can't believe she asked me to join. This is a smart woman with a smart husband. I just feel sad because I'm now starting to question our friendship.  :([/quote]

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