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		<title>How to identify a scam</title>
		<link>http://thespinfactor.com/thetruth/2009/01/20/how-to-identify-a-scam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eaglescout</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to identify a scam
Really easy. Who is involved? If it is a scam artist with a history like Andy Bowdoin, then it’s safe to assume that past behavior is a good guide for future behavior. Of course, Andy Bowdoin created a deceptive marketing campaign to change his image. It was claimed that he was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re Bobby Jensen: Once a scam artist, always a scam artist?</title>
		<link>http://thespinfactor.com/thetruth/2008/12/26/re-michael-hansen-once-a-scam-artist-always-a-scam-artist/</link>
		<comments>http://thespinfactor.com/thetruth/2008/12/26/re-michael-hansen-once-a-scam-artist-always-a-scam-artist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a response to Tenderfoot’s questions in an older article.
Some of his questions and comments, paraphrased:
What’s your opinion on MLMs, are there any good ones?
Small Businesses vs. MLMs &#8211; Why not?
What about bad economic times and tough financial situations? What’s the alternative to GroobLi?

Thoughts on gambling.
Do you think MLMs simply have an image problem?
Isn’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If GroobLi executives &#8220;Did it&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thespinfactor.com/thetruth/2008/12/23/if-dubli-executives-did-it/</link>
		<comments>http://thespinfactor.com/thetruth/2008/12/23/if-dubli-executives-did-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Insidious</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I ran various Danish MLMs to the ground. Of course, we formed limited liability companies, so we money-laundered first, declared bankruptcy second.

- Michael Hansen, DubLi CEO.]]></description>
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		<title>Dean Mannheimer: You can&#8217;t get paid because we are remodeling</title>
		<link>http://thespinfactor.com/thetruth/2008/12/10/dean-mannheimer-you-cant-get-paid-because-we-are-remodeling/</link>
		<comments>http://thespinfactor.com/thetruth/2008/12/10/dean-mannheimer-you-cant-get-paid-because-we-are-remodeling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eaglescout</dc:creator>
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		<title>GroobLi Network LLC. Great Liars or the Greatest Liars?</title>
		<link>http://thespinfactor.com/thetruth/2008/12/10/dubli-network-distortion/</link>
		<comments>http://thespinfactor.com/thetruth/2008/12/10/dubli-network-distortion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eaglescout</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could DubLi have exposed itself more? What follows is a transcript made available to DubLi Network's associates and published on the "smartwinshop" DubLi site. It was brought to my attention yesterday, but apparently has been around since 10-13-2008, and written by Michael Hansen himself. What a liar!]]></description>
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		<title>Can you get a good deal through GroobLi?</title>
		<link>http://thespinfactor.com/thetruth/2008/11/12/can-you-get-a-good-deal-through-dubli/</link>
		<comments>http://thespinfactor.com/thetruth/2008/11/12/can-you-get-a-good-deal-through-dubli/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eaglescout</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is what a GroobLi promoter has to say:
Just ignore this blog &#8211; he’s no doubt an eBay seller who is trembling in his boots. [...]
So that brand new full warranty Macbook Air 1.8ghz Core 2 Duo w/ 80 GB HD and 2 Gigs of Ram that I just paid $1115.00 for cost me $9.95 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cruise To Cash. Nothing short of a scam.</title>
		<link>http://thespinfactor.com/thetruth/2008/09/23/cruise-to-cash-only-one-of-thousands-of-ponzi-schemes/</link>
		<comments>http://thespinfactor.com/thetruth/2008/09/23/cruise-to-cash-only-one-of-thousands-of-ponzi-schemes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eaglescout</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abstract
Cruise To Cash is just one the latest Ponzi schemes to infect the marketplace. In this paper, I want to examine why &#8220;investors&#8221; get ripped-off so easily. Some factors to take into account: wishful thinking, the current economic recession, and scam artists preying on vulnerable people.
Definition of Pyramid Scheme according to the FBI:
Pyramid Scheme

 Pyramid [...]]]></description>
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