Consumer Fraud World Ventures; pyramid scheme or legit MultiLevel Marketing?

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ConfusedGuy33

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My jurisdiction is: Texas

Good Day,

I'm wondering about the legality and legitimacy of a company called WorldVentures (WorldVentures Travel Agency, not ministry). This company was launched Dec 10th, 2005, and is based in Dallas, TX. It seems like an internet travel agency. However, you pay a fee to join, and subsequent monthly payments, to have access to their "powersearch" travel search-engine to book flights/hotels/etc. If people use your website or refer you, you recieve a "commission." The pyramid aspect is this. They strongly encourage you to recruit new members and build a "team" (a pyramid with you at top), and you get a percentage of new member fees after signing up a given number of people. This recoop's your initial investment costs and profits start to ensue. So, is this another pyramid scheme which apparently has evaded legal ramifications for three years? Or, is this a legit, privately owned business in which an honest supplemental income can be earned?
Thank you for your time.
 
Looked at it briefly. Listened to what you wrote. Sounds to me like an obvious pyramid scheme although I couldn't tell you conclusively without performing a full review. I am always cautious about multi-level marketing companies where the majority of effort is spent on convincing others to buy a service you probably wouldn't buy yourself without prodding. If gut tells you that this company isn't a good idea, perhaps there is good reason?
 
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Legal Mean

Law[4] is a system of rules, usually enforced through a set of institutions.[5] It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a primary social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus ticket to trading on derivatives markets. Property law defines rights and obligations related to the transfer and title of personal (often referred to as chattel) and real property. Trust law applies to assets held for investment and financial security, while tort law allows claims for compensation if a person's rights or property are harmed. If the harm is criminalised in a statute, criminal law offers means by which the state can prosecute the perpetrator. Constitutional law provides a framework for the creation of law, the protection of human rights and the election of political representatives. Administrative law is used to review the decisions of government agencies, while international law governs affairs between sovereign nation states in activities ranging from trade to environmental regulation or military action. Writing in 350 BC, the Greek philosopher Aristotle declared, "The rule of law is better than the rule of any individual."[6]
 
Constructive fraud

Constructive fraud is a legal fiction used in the law to describe a situation where a person or entity gained an unfair advantage over another by deceitful, or unfair, methods. Intent does not need to be shown[1] as in the case of actual fraud. Some unfair methods may include not telling customers about defects in a product[2].
The elements are[3]:
a duty owing by the party to be charged to the complaining party due to their relationship[4];
violation of that duty by the making of deceptive material misrepresentations of past or existing facts or remaining silent when a duty to speak exists;
reliance thereon by the complaining party;
injury to the complaining party as a proximate result thereof; and
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Mail fraud

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Drug Fraud

Illegal drug fraud

Main article: Lacing (drugs)
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[edit]Legal drug fraud

Legal drug fraud occurs when a physician prescribes medication for a patient under false pretenses. This may be because the manufacturers of the drug have paid the doctor a fee to dispense their drug. Another cause may be drug pricing fraud, in which a physician prescribes a patient expensive drugs, that they may or may not need, in order to profit from the receipts.[2] [3]
Patients too, may participate in this. A common method is the forging of doctor prescriptions to gain access to prescription medications. A somewhat rarer type is a citizen posing as a doctor to, among other things, gain access to the free samples of drugs that some drug manufacturers give out. The samples may also be sold to desperate patients at an exorbitant rate. Actual physicians may do this also.[4] [5] Others may prescribe drugs without sufficient cause.[6]
[edit]Legal status

Illegal drug fraud is rarely addressed in court, as victims rarely involve police, but legal drug fraud is on the rise. Its upswing has increased calls for accountability as well as a bill being passed, 2007 Senate Bill 88.[7].
 
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In national elections, successful electoral fraud can have the effect of a coup d'état or corruption of democracy. In a narrow election a small amount of fraud may be enough to change the result. If the result is not affected, fraud can still have a damaging effect if not punished, as it can reduce voters' confidence in democracy. Even the perception of fraud can be damaging as it makes people less inclined to accept election results. This can lead to the breakdown of democracy and the establishment of a dictatorship.
Electoral fraud is not limited to political polls and can happen in any election where the potential gain is worth the risk for the cheater; as in elections for labor union officials, student councils, sports judging, and the awarding of merit to books, films, music or television programmes.
Despite many instances of electoral fraud, it remains a difficult phenomenon to study. This follows from its inherent illegality. Harsh penalties aimed at deterring electoral fraud make it likely that individuals who perpetrate fraud do so with the expectation that it either will not be discovered or will be excused.
 
Extrinsic fraud

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More broadly, it is defined as:
fraudulent acts which keep a person from obtaining information about his/her rights to enforce a contract or getting evidence to defend against a lawsuit. This could include destroying evidence or misleading an ignorant person about the right to sue. Extrinsic fraud is distinguished from "intrinsic fraud," which is the fraud that is the subject of a lawsuit.
—Legal Explanations website.[4]
Extrinsic fraud does not mean merely lying or perjury, nor misrepresentations, nor intrinsic fraud, nor "to matters that could have been raised during the divorce proceeding."[5] It must involve "collateral ... circumstances" such as:
"bribery of a judge or juror,"
"fabrication of evidence by an attorney,"
"preventing another party's witness from appearing,"
"intentionally failing to join a necessary party," or
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1 Examples
1.1 Family law
1.2 Other examples
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
 
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Frank William Abagnale, Jr. (born April 27, 1948) is an American security consultant best known for his history as a former confidence trickster, check forger, skilled impostor and escape artist. He became notorious in the 1960s for successfully passing US$2.5 million worth of meticulously forged checks across 26 countries over the course of five years, starting when he was only 16 years old. In the process, he claimed to have assumed no fewer than eight separate identities, successfully impersonated an airline pilot, a doctor, a prison inspector and a lawyer. He escaped from police custody twice (once from a taxiing airliner and once from a US Federal penitentiary), all before he was 21 years old.[1]
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If there are registration fee needed before you can join a site or for example a online job. That is definitely a scam. Always remember that.. Don't pay for those $ they are asking to you before you can join the site.
 
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