Monday, May 20, 2013

Jedi Spider Sense Sniffs Out Amway Ambots!

A reader tells us if you think you're being prospected by an Amway ambot - you probably are.

I was solicited on 2 separate occassions...
1) when I bumped into a random stranger while walking, he said I looked familiar. I told him about some of the career fairs I went to and probably met him there. When I mentioned I was looking for work he gave me his business card about an "E-commerce opportunity" and to call him.

2) I got cold called from a former coworker. I was suspicious, and they proved true when he mentioned that he noticed I was always looking for more work to do and a "go getter", unlike some of the other coworkers who just surfed on the internet. I called "BS" in my mind, because our offices were never close enough for him to see what I was doing. Again, "E-commerce opportunity" was the same hook used.

On both occassions, that's what it must've felt like to have your "spider senses tingling" or that "jedi sense" of something is amiss.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 20, 2013 at 12:42 PM

    Semi-unrelated, but for anyone who has Netflix, King of the Hill did a parody of Amway and it's hilarious!
    Season 4 "Bill of Sales,"--it's funny how spot on all the scam tactics are.
    Definitely recommend you guys to watch it. Even down to the "conferences" and the stupid gem designations, they covered it all.

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    1. AnonymousMay 20, 2013 at 3:02 PM

      On a related note of the semi-related, this gave a good laugh....
      http://www.theonion.com/articles/russia-acquires-amway-distributorship,318/

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