Re: [MLM Survivors Club] Thoughts on Yuwie?

I am not familiar with a domain proxy. What does that do exactly,
and why would someone use it? I know that when one of my friends on
myspace posted a link, Myspace deleted the link. They have a bunch
of anti-phishing stuff in place.

--- In mlmsurvivorsclub@yahoogroups.com, chip embere
<chip_embere@...> wrote:
>
> Here's something really interesting - The "contact us" page has
only a couple of FAQs - and a form page - no address, phone numbers
or anything.
> A whois search reveals they are using a domain proxy company. They
really ARE hiding. These are the people you want to give personal
info to ?
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Vicki <v_eller@...>
> To: mlmsurvivorsclub@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:17:05 PM
> Subject: [MLM Survivors Club] Thoughts on Yuwie?
>
> Is anyone here using Yuwie? Any info on it as far
as whether it
> actually falls under the scam/MLM/Pyramid scheme family?
>
> I just signed up for this yesterday. It's marketed as social
> networking with a twist. And described as soing what you do on
> Myspace, but getting paid for it.
>
> I really can't find the problem with this, considering that it's
> free and there is nothing that you are obligated to buy. Of course
> I don't expect to get rich off of it or anything... but I can't
find
> the harm in it.
>
> I've googled Yuwie+Scam, along with a few other variations. Still
> found nothing really bad...
>
> If you are not familiar with it, here's my link. You can check it
> out there. http://r.yuwie. com/mattsmamacit a
>
> There are a lot of ads that you have to wade through... and some
> certain amount of spam... but nothing that costs you money if you
> don't mind spending the time to skip those things.
>
> I have seen some blogs refer to it as a MLM or Pyrimid Scheme... so
> that makes me a little nervous.
>
> Thoughts? Insights? Comments?
>
> (My apologies if this sounds like a "sales pitch". It's not. This
> is just one of the first places I check with if I am uncertain of
> the validity of something.)
>
>
>
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