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Cheat parents encourage lending money to potential buyers ‧ ‧ invasion of the University of the direct selling industry

(Kuala Lumpur) direct selling invasion of higher education institutions, direct marketing agency to pull people as "offline" (Downline) and at institutions of higher learning encourage students to use loans for potential buyers to become a member, or even ridiculous to instigate students lie to their parents money making membership.

Direct recruitment in two or three years ago, universities have begun to penetrate inside, locking the target belong to the "social novices," the students to quickly obtain huge returns direct commitment to entice students to join.

From Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Pahang, Perak, Terengganu and Penang, the students accept the "Sunday Straits Times," visit revealed that direct sales is the recent one-year membership to strengthen the recruitment of students to work directly in the talks near the university, students gradually brainwashing, for the rich and pay hundreds to thousands of ringgit ranging from membership fees.

Perak students to the media that no more than encourage students to use direct marketing agency credit institution of higher learning, or teaching students to direct their parents to join the ranks of tuition fraud, as their offline agency.

"They also taught us how to conceal their parents (adding Direct). Some students also went into the final semester, in order to continue to recruit off the assembly line, and select the repeat delay graduation."

To teach students the road to riches

However, some students tended to focus on direct sales, while distracted by academic homework, many families are down, unsatisfactory academic performance.

It is understood that direct selling companies to recruit the way, is nothing more than "big money" printed on leaflets distributed gimmicks out, or by person to person approach to new wave.

Offline direct marketing agency will ask (students) to the school publicity, bring more students to attend lectures or friends, most of the "how to manage emotions," the name to attract students to attend health talks, but in fact do have an agenda.

Speakers are a group of driving cars, and a professional image of the person speaking the contents of course in addition to sharing their success, but also to teach students the way to get rich how to earn at least 5,000 ringgit a month.

Students attending the seminar said speaker to encourage students to be assured that all claims that direct mail advertising, is to obtain well-known entrepreneurs and political elite support and recognition.

Soon be rich reward

A Nisha college students from Selangor (22 years) said that although many people equate direct and fraud, but some students still join the ranks of direct access to rich rewards.

She said she borrowed her mother in 2008, RM 600, RM 1500, after a shortfall in essential oils by adding a direct sales company, received 1,000 ringgit in the short term returns; and at six months were given a total of 9,000 ringgit rich reward.

"Acting in a speech, always taught us how to retire before the age of 55, enjoy the dream of quality of life." She said that the recall of a member unable to work due to accident, claiming he could not work, but also the amount of pumping from the offline business commission, at least 20 000 ringgit per month profit.

State from the snow with Wei Ni (22) frankly, not easy to earn money, direct marketing, selling out in the product, they need to attract new entrants to expand its network of downline dig.

"When I want to concentrate on reading, the slow sales pace of a few months and found that income stopped."

However, she said, with direct sales is in fact a positive impact on students, so that students develop networks and relationships, but must find a licensed authentic company and not because of direct sales and abandoned their studies.

To attract friends to join into offline

In general, direct marketing agency will charge to students 200 ringgit, or more than 1,500 ringgit a membership fee, while in obtaining membership, there are a lot of need to sell the goods.

These goods include direct crystal, fragrances, jewelry, health products and educational site advertising space. Students through the sale of goods, contact with people around, and then to attract friends to join the ranks of direct selling as their downline.

Of the students surveyed said the success so long as the two become a member, you can get RM100 incentives or referral fees. This is the direct sales industry so-called "binary system" (Binary system), to continue to expand direct sales network.

Bronze Silver Gold Platinum package set membership

Pahang State University studying electronic systems a year of legislation (20 years) revealed that sales of online advertising, a direct selling company, with copper, silver, gold and platinum supporting membership; Bronze package the cheapest membership fee is RM 549, Silver is RM 1549, Gold-level members supporting more than 2,000 ringgit, while the Platinum membership package is RM 5000.

He said that as long as students pay higher membership fees, the company's position in the more noble, more subject to "respect."

"Some join direct friend of a monthly income of up to 7,000 ringgit but also driving the Nissan F ailad y roadster class, but they all abandoned their studies, to direct and absenteeism."

He said that these friends have become material enjoyment doctrine, graduation and credits do not care, just focus on how to get rich through direct sales of this line only.

Perak College of Business Administration student Ai Wen (21 years old), said direct sales are the way to use brainwashing enrollment, parents and students just want to get rid of subsidies developed, and then encourage students to academic left behind, to focus on direct marketing to make money directly.

He said the agents also asked students to direct investment in Higher Education Loan Scheme, or comfort to the students as long as huge profits, not afraid of their parents to join against their direct sales.

"Some friends accept the brainwashing, about 2,000 ringgit per investment to become a member, but they have yet to return to this."

Guangming Daily ‧ 2010.04.18

Believe in yourself and your dreams

Sylvester Stallone Sly Lessons Rocky

If asked, many people will remember Sylvester Stallone through his famous movie sequel, Rocky, which was nominated for 10 Academy Awards including Best Actor for Stallone himself. Undoubtedly, he is one of the most popular and highly paid stars in the history ofHollywood. Was he just born a natural talented actor? Let's find out...

Born into a poor family in New York, his family was so poor his mother had to give birth to him on the doorsteps of a school. What's worst? An accident during birth severed a facial nerve, leaving parts of his lip, tongue and chin paralyzed. As a result, he has to live with slurred speech and a drooping lower lip.

Despite his limitations, Stallone had the aspirations of being an actor. But unlike most young adults, Stallone's dream to be an actor was not just a mere want, wish or hope. He knew what he wanted - to be a movie star - and he was determined.

Stallone auditioned frequently but because of his droopy appearance, he was turned down most of the time. Occasionally, he would find stage work but it never got him close to his goal. Eventually, he resorted to appearing in a soft core porn film, Party at Kitty's and Studs, which was later repackaged as The Italian Stallion after he became famous. And know what? He was paid only US$200 for his two days work.

For most people, they would have given up long ago. But not for Stallone. He had a strong perseverance and he wouldn't stop until he achieves his dreams.

He refused to get a job because he thought his hunger for success would wither away. To Stallone, his hunger was the only thing he had going for himself. Unfortunately, his wife did not understand and pretty much wanted to end the relationship. Finally, he was so broke that he sold his wife’s jewelry. This was basically the end of their relationship. They had no food and no money. There was only thing he had left, and he loved him more than anything. It was his dog and the unconditional love it offered.

At the worst part in his life, he was so broke he was forced to sell his dog for $50 in order to survive. It was then that he watched the 'Ali-Chuck Wepner' fight involving Muhammad Ali and Chuck Wepner. At that time, everyone thought that Chuck would have fallen by the third round. What amazed and inspired Stallone was that Chuck miraculously lasted a total of 15 rounds with Ali!

Suddenly, Stallone had an idea. Using the idea of the 'underdog', he wrote a movie script profusely for the next 3 days. That was the birth of his Rocky script.

By then, did Stallone reach his dream of being a movie star? Of course not! He went around selling his script but again, he was rejected from time to time. Did he give up? No, not Stallone.

He kept going, company after company, until one company offered to pay him US$75,000 for his script and the rights to make the movie. Did he pick up the offer?

What made Stallone different from the other people was that he knew what he wanted exactly. He wanted to be a movie star, not a writer and he refused to sell the script no matter how much the company offered him, unless he is cast as the lead actor in the film.

The company did all they could to convince Stallone to sell, but on one condition - that he would not cast in it. After all, how can Stallone be a good actor given his appearance? Or so they thought...

But Stallone stood his ground. Reluctantly, the company gave in to his determination on the condition that the movie be made on a budget of less than a million dollars, that Stallone would only be paid US$35,000 for the script and that he would get a cut in the profits only if the movie made money.

He accepted. Then the first thing he did was go back to the liquor store to buy back his dog.

He waited 3 days for the guy to come by and finally there he was with his dog. He offered the guy $150 to buy back the dog, the man declined. The offer kept rising, but again, Stallone knew his outcome and kept pursuing his goal.

It ended up costing him $15000 and a part in the movie for the guy if Rocky wants to buy back his dog. The guy and the dog are in Rocky movie.

When Rocky was screened in the cinemas, it was a smash hit! It grossed over US$171 million and the film was awarded with the 1976 Academy Award for Best Picture. Unexpectedly, Stallone even won the Award for the Best Actor! Instantly, Stallone's fame skyrocketed.

Finally, he achieved his dream to be a movie star. After all the hard work and effort that he has put in, it is all worth it.

Now, if Stallone can achieve his dreams, so can you. Here's an inspiration quote from Rocky the movie. Hope you like it:

"...it really don't matter if I lose this fight. It really don't matter if this guy opens my head, either. 'Cause all I wanna do is go the distance...if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."

How's that for a story of triumph? It shows that you have all the resources you need to overcome any obstacle and achieve any aim you have in life, no matter what your age, background, colour or gender is.

True persistence pays off every time in every circumstance. Persistence will fight off failure faster than skill or luck ever could. Just ask Sylvester Stallone, he persisted and knew his outcome and look where he is today, he is living his dream.

Driven to driving a taxi despite having a PhD

Bio-chemist Dr Cai Minnjie who failed to land another research position after losing his job last year now happily prowls the streets as a cabbie.

SINGAPORE’S fraternity of taxi drivers, with its fair share of retrenched executives, has now an exalted new member – a PhD bio-chemist from Stanford University.

Prowling the streets of Singapore today is 57-year-old unemployed scientist Dr Cai Mingjie who lost his job at Singapore’s premier A-Star biomedical research institute last year.

The China-born naturalised citizen with 16 years of research accomplishments said he began driving a taxi last October after failed efforts to land another job.

The news shocked this nation, which holds an unshakable faith in the power of an advanced university education.

One surprised white-collar worker said he had believed that such a doctorate and experience was as good as life-long employment and success.

“If he has to drive a taxi, what chances do ordinary people like us have?” he asked.

I have met a number of highly qualified taxi drivers in recent years, including former managers and a retrenched engineer.

One cheerful driver – a former stock-broker – surprised me one day in giving me detailed reasons on what stocks to buy or avoid.

“At a time like this, the taxi business is probably the only business in Singapore that still actively recruits people,” said Dr Cai.

To me, his plight is taking Singapore into a new chapter.

“(I am) probably the only taxi driver in the world with a PhD from Stanford and a proven track record of scientific accomplishments ...,” blogged Dr Cai.

“I have been forced out of my research job at the height of my scientific career” and was unable to find another job “for reasons I can only describe as something uniquely Singapore”.

The story quickly spread far and wide over the Internet. Most Singaporeans expressed admiration for his ability to adapt so quickly to his new life. Two young Singaporeans asked for his taxi number, saying they would love to travel in his cab and talk to him.

“There’s so much he can pass on to me,” one said.

Others questioned why, despite his tremendous scientific experience, he is unable to find a teaching job.

His unhappy exit is generally attributed to a personal cause (he has alleged chaotic management by research heads) rather than any decline in Singapore’s bio-tech project, which appears to be surviving the downturn.

The case highlights a general weakening of the R and D (research and development) market in smallish Singapore.

“The bad economy means not many firms are hiring professional scientists,” one surfer said. “Academia isn’t much of a help – there’s a long history of too many PhDs chasing too few jobs.”

While the image of taxi drivers has received a tremendous boost, the same cannot be said of Singapore’s biomedical project – particularly its efforts to nourish home-grown research talent.

“It may turn more Singaporeans away from Life Sciences as a career,” said one blogger.

One writer said: “In my opinion, PhDs are useless, especially in Singapore. It’s just another certificate and doesn’t mean much.”

Another added: “The US is in a worse situation. Many are coming here to look for jobs.”

“I won’t want my child to study for years to end up driving a taxi,” said a housewife with a teenage daughter.

The naturalised Singaporean citizen underwent his PhD training at Stanford University, the majority of his work revolving around the study of yeast proteins.

His case is not unique. US research-scientist Douglas Prasher, who isolated the gene that creates the green fluorescent protein (and just missed the 2008 Chemistry Nobel Prize) faced similar straits.

Prasher moved from one research institution to another when his funding dried up, and he eventually quit science – to drive a courtesy shuttle in Alabama.

“Still, he remains humble and happy and seems content with his minivan driver job,” said a surfer.

With an evolving job market as more employers resort to multi-tasking and short-term contracts, more Singaporeans are chasing after split degrees, like accountancy and law or computer and business.

Others avoid post-graduate studies or specialised courses of a fixed discipline in favour of general or multi-discipline studies. “Experience is king” is the watchword; there has been a rush for no-pay internships.

“The future favours graduates with multiple skills and career flexibility, people who are able to adapt to different types of work,” one business executive said.

During the past few years, as globalisation deepened, there has been a growing disconnect between what Singaporeans studied in university and their subsequent careers.

It follows the trend in the developed world where old businesses disappear – almost overnight – and new ones spring up, which poses problems for graduates with an inflexible job expectation.

I know of a young man who graduated from one of America’s top civil engineering universities abandoning the construction hard hat for a teaching gown.

Another engineer I met is running his father’s lucrative coffee shop. Lawyers have become musicians or journalists, and so on.

Cases of people working in jobs unrelated to their university training have become so common that interviewers have stopped asking candidates questions like “Why should a trained scientist like you want to work as a junior executive with us?”

In the past, parents would crack their heads pondering what their children should study – accountancy or law or engineering, the so-called secure careers – and see them move single-mindedly into these professions.

A doctor was then a doctor, a biologist generally worked in the lab and a lawyer argued cases in courts – square pegs in square holes, so to speak.

Today the world is slowly moving away from this neat pattern.


Source: Saturday August 29, 2009 The Star online

The Wellness Industry

Ironically, of the $2 trillion we spend on health care in this country, which represents one-sixth of the U.S. economy, most has very little to do with health.

“Health” is defined in the dictionary as, “being sound in body, mind or spirit,” but what we call “health care” has a very different focus, and would more appropriately be called the
sickness industry.

Sickness industry: Products and services provided reactively to people after they contract an illness, ranging from a common cold to cancerous
tumors. These products and services seek to either treat the symptoms of a disease or eliminate the disease.

Wellness industry: Products and services provided proactively to healthy people—that is, those without an existing disease—to make them feel even healthier and look better, to slow
the effects of aging, or to prevent diseases from developing in the first place.

I stumbled upon the wellness industry in the 1990s, as so many do,
through an experience with my own health. For 10 years (against medical advice) I had put off getting expensive knee surgery. Finally, I started taking a dietary supplement called glucosamine—and within a year the cartilage was repaired. The surgeon was positively amazed when he examined my X-rays; I no longer needed the operation.

This experience piqued my interest; I wanted to find out what else my surgeon and my other medical providersdidn’t know. I also noticed that people were spending more on new things such as exercise programs and fitness coaches, supplements and organic foods, alternative medicine and anti-aging therapies. I began to research this field and soon arrived at an amazing conclusion: This new and emerging industry, which only a decade ear earlier had hardly existed, was already a $200 billion
business.

This represents an extraordinary economic opportunity. The millions of people spending billions of dollars to further their wellness represent a new and growing economic sector who
are eating and living healthier than anyone ever before in history. They are primarily wealthy people who, as they start to have money, start looking for ways they can be healthier—outside the medical establishment. Today, for example, this sector spends over $70 billion annually on vitamins and food supplements.

Who are these people? Mostly baby boomers: prosperous people from the ages of 40 to 60. Baby boomers are the first generation in history who refuse to blindly accept the aging process. They are also a powerful economic force; they represent only 28 percent of our population—yet this group and their spending represents 50 percent of our economy.


Until recently, marketing to baby boomers had been all about how to help them remember what it was like to be young—oldies music, retro clothes, and 50s-styled automobiles. Now, it has gone a step further. Today, boomers are starting to buy things that actually make them younger in terms of having a healthier body, more acute senses and a sharper mind!
And this industry has only just gotten started. Most people don’t even know such products exist, and as more learn about wellness, the sector is exploding.

In 2000, when I first began to study this trend, I was stunned to discover that wellness in America was already a $200 billion industry. Today, only a handful of years later, it has
already doubled to become a $400 billion business! By the year 2010, just five years from now, it will have become the next trillion-dollar industry.

In the last decade, many of the people who had achieved new wealth made their fortunes in computers. In this decade, many more will be making their new fortunes in wellness.


source: Success from Home Magazine Dec 2005
THE EMERGING INDUSTRIES OF WELLNESS AND NETWORK MARKETING
ARE COMBINING TO CREATE TODAY’S —AND TOMORROW’S—NEW WEALTH.
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Top 17 Scams

Beware of these scams in the market. Don't invest blindly and lost all your hard earned money.

Anything that is too easy to make money is usually a scam.

Read the following interesting collections and be forewarned.

Attached is a good compilation of suspicious business scams.


1. The Cafe Scams - Island Red Cafe & Stevens Corner

(strange, both in Pandan Indah) - Island Red Cafe collects members RM6,000 each and promised 5% return every month and even give you a name in the ROC as a shareholder but what's the point when they run away? Stevens Corner, the famous indian coffee shop follows due to drop of business since their renovation. They collect RM3,000 per member and promise return of RM150 monthly and plans to open nice fanchisee cafe called StevensTeaGarden. Someone mentioned they will make you sign an agreement that give them the rights NOT to pay you anything in future. If you really wish to join, ask for a copy of their agreement and consult your lawyer BEFORE paying them. Bet you will NOT get a copy. Both collect monies from new members with MLM recruitment schemes and pay the old members like Sunshine Empire. You never know when they will run away.

2. Sunshine Empire

This licensed and legal Company has an impressive office at the ground level of KUB building along Jalan Yap Kwan Seng, near Menara Public Bank and AmBank Building . They also have a showroom office at the ground level in the next building.?3 or?4 months ago, Singapores Straits Times and The Paper published big news reminding their people to be careful and NOT to believe in them. Hope someone can put up the link or
> google for it.(As expected, they STOPPED paying back members now and all investors LOST their money).


Someone below has put a link to the Singapore news. In fact there are more to it. Although Singapore is investigating them, they did not stop their business as the business is legal and so far, no Singaporean have failed to receive their commissions as promised. Thus, the government cannot stop them yet. The news published that the founder, director and group president is someone named James Phang but he is NOT the owner. Isnt this quite strange ? At the end of the game, James Phang can just disappear from the Company easily and claimed that he was just employed. Such trick always happened in scam businesses. Now, the Company has STOPPED paying commissions and interests to members with the excuse that the Singapore government has freezed their bank account while under investigation. Do you think their boss will be so stupid to keep much monies in the bank to be freezed? They are all transfered away. Its just an excuses not to
> pay back to members and members are only paid
e-bonus-points which is cashless. If they wish to
> convert to cash, they have to recruit new members to pay them cash and the recruiter less out trom the amount. So victims act like Vampires and
forced to victimise other victims if they wish to get their monies back. And their victims will later transform to vampires and the scam carries on..


3. MobilWallet

This Company owned by 2 young men, Stanley & Rey Gan, office in Queens Avenue Park has collect multi-millions the last 2 years. Claimed that they tied up with Telekoms, Utility Board payment like Water & Electricity bills, even Maybank got fooled by them. Advertisement Billboards everywhere. They STOPPED paying back their members few months ago and the members cannot do anything because they are made to sign an agreement unaware that they have to claims if the company stopped paying them by CHANGING terms and policies.


4. Water Business - Oxygenated and Alkaline Water Products

Some of these are bottled water and some are filters or equipment that claimed the trick..
One of the better known Company that sold
oxygen water is SITO (supposed to stand for Selangor International Trading Organiszation and claimed Selangor State Government owned some share in it). The key person and founder is a Dato Robert Ong from Rawang but his name is no longer in the business now. Their products are sold for RM2 to RM3 for a 350ml bottle and now concentrating mostly in the Indian market. Their Chinese and Malays market are long gone since a year or 2 ago. Their customers are made to believe that their water has more oxygen and able to give miraculous effects for the body. Water is H2O, how to put more O into it ? Anyone knows how much oxygen do we breathe into our body everyday at FOC ? Latest news is that this SITO Company is going to create new label to market under a new Company since the SITO name has already gone bad. Someone informed that this Company is owing alot of money(due to refunds) to ex-stockists but just refuse to pay them. (Latest news, SITO shifted to another place and their MLM business has closed but planning to start again with a different name, beware!!)


Alkaline Products - Can anyone explain how it can work for the body ? The stomachs gastric liquid is so acidic that water of any pH that goes through it will not make any difference.


5. Car Fuel Booster - K-Link

K-Link, the famous scam MLM Company that sold the footpatch TAKARA, later the cock-ring and energy-card launched the patrol-saving pills last year. Got so hot that even grocery shops are selling for them. Recently many of these cars that used the pills are rushing to the workshops to clean the residual. Few months ago, another MLM Company launched a fuel booster gadget, claimed that saves up to 20% fuel, that is attached to the cigarette lighter. Started off well using binary plan but businese begin to fade now and most users find it NOT effective.


6. Perfumery Products

(eg. Lampe Berger & Bel Air)(more details later). Lampe Berger is not so hot now in the neighbouring countries but there are still new victims every month in Malaysia . Must thanks to those who have contributed and kept the thread alive here in Kopitiam. Bel-Air have closed in Malaysia . LB is almost zero in Singapore . This perfumery product from France with over 100 years history is just bottles and fragrance (check the factorys website) but the Company marketing them in Asia claimed aromatheraphyproducts. Hong Kong TVB aired a program that exposed their scam but their members claimed that HKs TVB already apologised to them. Note that the biggest strenght in a MLM Scam is their members will go all way out to lie in order to defend for their Company. The reason is simple; these members fear that they will not be able to make their money back if the Company collapsed. Knowing that the Lampe Berger products are moving slow, they add a line of skincare products named Estebel, also claime to have over 100 years history in France. (Hardly anymore Chinese newcomers, they are now tapping the Malays in Malaysia .)


7. Energy Products

(eg. stone pendants, bracelets, mattress and pillows). They use all sorts of gimmicks and demonstration to make you into believing them. They will do some tricks and demo to prove that these products really produce energy BUT is there any tricks in their demo? So what if there really produce energy; is it good or strong enough to help the body? The effect is actually PLACEBO which I will elaborate in a new thread soon. (More details later.)


8. Hi-Tech Products

Names like bio-tech, nano-tech that claimed millions of dollars of research involved, eg Bio-Young and XKL few years ago. Most of these will claimed a professor behind them (even with name and picture of a person) or used words like U.S.A. formula, German Technology or Nanotechnology and no further details (more details later). If you ask for more details like the professor or factorys address, the answer will be trade secrets.


9. Investment Schemes

SWISSCASH is the King of all. Swisscash is nearly over now but there are many similar and smaller ones that are still on. (Now, its closed or stopped paying back members.)


10. GoldQuest

This Company that claimed to be HK-based started with some non-value gold-plated coins that are sold for over RM2,000 have several names and changed products several times. QuestVacation, QuestNet, etc. They have several offices in Amcorp Mall, PJ and their key person (in fact, the owner), a Malaysian Indian was arrested last year in Indonesia for having involved in a very big Phillipines scam. Most of their overseas offices are closed or inactive but their Malaysia business is still hot, with some energy products. (Can someone please provide a link which showed the news that their boss was involved in a big scam in Philippines and was arrested in last year?)


11. Numerogy & Fortune Telling

A Company named Visible is using MLM to sell fortune telling classes using your birthday based on numerology fortune telling. Prpspects will be told that they need to buy a certainnumber between 1 to 9 in the form of pendants or bracelets made of stainless steel and sold from RM600 to RM20,000. Customers, or rather victims are mostly females from rural areas. Very hot in Penang now and a number of spin-off Companies have started.


12. MJ - Life

MJ-Life - This Company boost of a very big background with many many years of history which is NOT true. Their people or associates may be long in business but nothing to do with their MLM launched recently. Why do I consider it a scam or bad? New members are told to pay a sum of money (up to RM1000) and you get NOTHING for it. You only get a membership can entitle you to enjoy all sorts of special price and discounts when you have medical check-ups in their centres.. They will claim all those check-ups cost more if done elsewhere. Its not true. Only the naive and those new to medical check-ups will fall victims to them. Most members who paid the money ended up with nothing.


13. Seaweed Venture Scams

1 such Company is located in Taman Maluri, Cheras. They will ask you to invest a few thousands ringgits for their venture of growing seaweeds in East Malaysia and you are guaranteed returns. To gain your confidence further, they will tell you your investment money is secured by insuranceor unit trusts & trustees. When you ask for further documents to prove, they will give all sorts of excuses or just ignore you because they know they cannot get you. These Seaweed scam is one of the hottest now, warn all your friends about it before they are victimised.


14. MXM (Previously MGM)

This is a master scam among the younger group, very successful 2 or 3 years ago but since there moved to their big 10-storey office at Phileo Damansara and changed name to MXM, their business dropped. They collect members RM3,000 to RM4,000 with credit card monthly easy payment and in return you get a hospital benefits insurance from Pacific Insurance worth only a few hundred RMs together with some you-dont-need medical check-ups from their associate Company Pathlab. Also talk about fitness, lifestyles bullshit that is all worthless.


15. Gano Excel?

This company from the north, a copycat of DXN selling Lingzhi capsules created a new Company called Gano iTouch to cash-in on the internet like e-Cosway after their Company went down the drain since the last 2 years, selling Linzhi and some no-value energy pendants and alkaline water gadgets. They provide free transport every weekend from KL to visit their Alor Star office.


16. NuLife (HK)

This Company started by some HK people has been in Malaysia for more than 10 years but they have flopped in HK and Malaysia due to bad management and a product scam making use of a prosecuted American named Dr Jeffrey Bland, found guilty of false products claim. Since this case in the US leaked out and many Malaysians found out that the real boss in HK is a Steven Tang (he cheated many Malaysians in another scheme about 20 years ago) their business went down all the way. Now they claim Malaysian partners cheated them and start a new Company in Malaysia . Watch out, this new Company will come out with some investment scheme idea that will get many to lose their money.


17. Arowana Fish Breeding

Oora from Germany , Biofuel (Kompleks Maluri) etc - These are some newer scams. Arowana fish venture ask you to invest some money and give you fixed return. Biofuel will tell you their Indonesia connections (just like Sunshine Empire before using Taiwan) & Oora from Germany(I never trust those cruel Germans) that market some bio-chips and a gadget that claims to give energy and therapeutic effects of accupunture, tai-chi, yoga, etc depending how you set the toy-like gadget, wear it on your body and you get the effect later.

They could not explain or provide any demonstration to prove their effectiveness. Only doctors and papers claim that I will never trust. The health effect is actually PLACEBO, which I will elaborate in a different thread.