{"id":12215,"date":"2014-07-10T09:51:46","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T14:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/?p=12215"},"modified":"2014-07-10T20:26:20","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T01:26:20","slug":"world-ventures-called-a-scam-by-blogger-and-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/world-ventures-called-a-scam-by-blogger-and-others\/","title":{"rendered":"World Ventures Called A Scam by Blogger and Others"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"worldventures\"<\/a>Attempts to silence critics of multi-level marketing companies (often referred to as legalized pyramid schemes) are nothing new. I have been on the receiving end of numerous threats\u00a0 and one very large legal action for my criticism of MLMs. Medifast and Take Shape For Life had a huge loss<\/a> in their $270 million lawsuit against me<\/a>. I was also threatened by MLM Lawyer Gerry Nehra for my criticism of Shop to Earn<\/a>. (Too bad Gerry Nehra is now on the receiving end of legal action<\/a> for his MLM involvement!) Multi-level marketing company Mona Vie levied these threats<\/a>. Then there was this whole situation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The latest crybaby is World Ventures, a multi-level marketing company which says it is “…the world\u2019s largest direct seller of curated group travel, with more than 120,000 Independent Representatives in over 24 countries and we are still growing…..”<\/p>\n

Like any good MLM, WorldVentures simply cannot allow people to criticize the company. Negative opinions must be met with swift legal action!<\/p>\n

Stephanie Yoder of Twenty Something Travel<\/a> wrote an article ALMOST A YEAR AGO, entitled WorldVentures: This is NOT the way to Travel the World<\/a>. In the blog post, Stephanie recounted her experience with a guy trying to recruit her into the company.\u00a0 She wrote:<\/p>\n

He kept going telling us about this online travel club called WorldVentures, where users can buy discounted travel packages for super cheap if they just pay a $199 fee + $54.95 a month (what a deal!). Then he told us the real money was in becoming an associate and recruiting others to join the program.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until he showed us the pay structure, which looked exactly like a pyramid, that I realized what was going on. It looked like this guy was actually trying to recruit us into a pyramid scheme!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Stephanie said she did some research on WorldVentures, finding that it was a fast growing multi-million dollar company. Her friends on Facebook all seemed to know one or two people involved. She noted the promises of riches earned with only part time work done independently. Stephanie went further and said that World Ventures is NOT a pyramid scheme… the company stays on the right side of the law by selling an actual product (vacations).\u00a0 She noted the complicated payment structure (note: that’s common to all MLMs) and the fact that no commission is paid until someone recruits 30 customers or representatives below them.<\/p>\n

She wasn’t the only one criticizing the company… there is plenty of criticism of World Ventures to be found on the internet:<\/p>\n