[news] direct reporting network Beijing on April 27th (the NetEase News) these two days, the "bird's nest to hold charity conference attendees to Beijing people, transport and accommodation expenses may be reimbursed, also receive 50 thousand yuan charity" scene of the news really made some of the elderly excited one. Many people have bought tickets, but did not see the rumor of the Ministry of public security:

According to media reports, "charity people congress" initiated process generally is this: the organizers to build a "family" to call each other WeChat group; the administrator to send some "domestic support, mutual supervision" and "positive energy" topic, called "every day all the family to join the group of the flag raising ceremony"; the group members close to 500 people all the information on the card ID card and bank report will organize. Finally, you can invest in "lucrative" virtual currency, to the development of offline red collar.

Simply, this is the pyramid and "Internet plus" after the combination of new ways - network marketing. In fact, the new is not new, the most recent network marketing into the public eye is such a gesture:

Since the last century since 90s, direct selling in this is called the "air plant, like a Ponzi scam" in western society Chinese many ills, regardless of how the government crackdown, media exposure, public opinion to condemn, MLM organizers always can find their own space is flourishing, the implementation of fraud. Even by the relevant departments to take away a dens, also can give full play to "hit a shot for a place" guerrilla tactics, swept away numerous gold and silver, leaving Starving people fill the land.

However, since the "pyramid", "pyramid schemes" become an object of hatred has become almost swear words have so many years, why there are so many exposed MLM events, there are so many people believe MLM? Is it just because they are more stupid more greedy?

Anti MLM volunteers drawn the "Chinese pyramid map"

Not the victim is stupid, brainwashing is terrible

Any one of the world's human beings rely on flicker organizations have to rely on brainwashing, MLM organization is no exception. In fact, brainwashing and we do not imagine so mysterious, almost all of the traditional MLM organization brainwashing all follow a pattern: isolation - indoctrination - God made". However, the first step in the direct marketing network skip.

Before entering the MLM will often be organizers through business courses, and other courses for quality education of new members out of order to control the scope of activities, and for various reasons to limit their use of communication tools, will cut off the new members of the society to contact the original, which made it into double isolated information and spirit.

When the individual is isolated, often when he is most vulnerable to the value of the time, brainwashing manipulator is to use this opportunity to be manipulated to instill their concept of wealth". Network marketing is the process of changing the organization of the network, such as a more convenient way to raise the flag.

April 18, 2008, Xi'an. 47 people crowded in a house to listen to pyramid schemes brainwashing. Vision China

Usually, the organizer will deliberately create a marketing environment for members to tell each other their own ambition and talent, said the mood and control the direction of the conversation, to guide members to draw such a reason: I was not rich is because society is too unfair, for organizations seeking too late. Then, MLM organizers will re explain the definition of ethics, deliberately blur the boundaries of the law, and with a narrow sense of success to stimulate their worship of money.

November 9, 2016, Shandong, Binzhou, illegal pyramid scheme organized site books. Vision China

For example, they will say to the students: "to deceive their loved ones to make money is a white lie", "the chain is the country spent huge sums of money to introduce", "who is now making money is completely legal?".

On the way, they will upend people stereotype on sports teachers of mathematics is the worst "impression, he invented a set of arithmetic methods:" invested three thousand and eight hundred yuan, two years to return three million and eight hundred thousand; invested thirty-six thousand and eight hundred yuan, return fifteen million......" You use 5000 yuan to buy the next line of money within a year of five to get out of the five can earn up to $4 million in five".

October 10, 2014, Beijing. MLM site, the blackboard says "rich". Vision China

Then came the last step of brainwashing, the creation of god. All of the fanatical organizations are inseparable from the "God of creation", MLM organizations will be a member of the feeling that they will never deceive them, "god". In two months by selling Wanfu currency to absorb more than 13 members of the people, the collection of nearly $2 billion in MLM funds Liu Ning belong to this type. His "American trillion silver fund president of the world, the future city group president, California former deputy secretary of state, the two president of the United States special adviser to the title of" really let some of the victims feel that this person is very strong "".

Victims are not deserve to be cheated

A little understanding of the MLM industry knows, once a person enters the MLM organization and believe they will become rich mode, trying to launch their own network of relationships, from friends and relatives are going to become a nodding acquaintance with his potential business achievements, "to do a business partnership with me, help me look at the items" they will become a reason.

And they do not think that they are lying, refused to be friends and relatives will be angry, you do not support me". A deep in the nest charity charity conference in the old man to persuade his son to hand over the bank card information to become their own offline after the failure, and even refused to communicate with his son, denounced his son revealed his secret. Many old people and children to participate in this event because Former friends become enemies with each other.

August 29, 2016, Shaanxi, Hanzhoung, the collection of MLM gangs on the assembly line diagram. Vision China

In the acquaintance society of China, the trust often comes from the familiar, many people are willing to be the reason for the development of the line is only the relationship between us, how would he cheat me?". As Fei Xiaotong said: the credibility of the local society is not the importance of the contract, but from the behavior of a familiar with the rules of the reliability of the. It is this "reliability" for those who cheated quickly turn open a door for a liar who cooked.

Unfortunately, many people believe that the victims of pyramid schemes can only blame themselves, who let them want to get rich overnight? Who let them believe others?!

Indeed, most strayed into MLM organizers are mad about money, doing overnight huangmeng, but this does not mean they deserve, because "it" means a person's suffering is reasonable and legitimate. I don't think a normal person would think that the victims of fraud are reasonable and justified.

Also, victims of marketing activities in the bottom of many belong to the society -- these people either unemployed or laid-off or farmers (workers), media exposure of perennial might not be squeezed into the MLM information receiving channel, lack of knowledge and experience is not enough to support their face with the marketing organization. Limited by the class and origin, the ability to identify a lot of victims of information is not Beamon jailed for years after being released from prison, the strong and strong, and Zhao Zuohai, and so on.

"This is the face of marketing organizations such as national policy, here is the secret government invested heavily in the introduction of capital operation mode of the pilot", "national will give you the accommodation fee reimbursement" under the government under the banner of the poor words, their experience of life so that they can't believe someone would actually false government policy, forged the government documents.

A person who was deeply involved in the MLM organization told me: "this is the secret support of the government, you see these documents, the government has supported you do not believe?". Yes, the "government support" in the eyes of the people in the bottom of almost exactly right. Many people may not be able to understand their unconditional trust and obsession with government or power.

October 10, 2014, Beijing. Police destroyed MLM dens, 300 people rescued only about 5 people willing to go home. Vision China

However, if you see them every day is how to understand the country, a township cadres is to decide many people's quality of life through a variety of TV news, may understand what power mean to them. In this land, they are most likely to be deprived of, but also the most easily tricked.

Have 23 years of Chen Man and the society seriously, deception is the name of the MLM organizations to promote VEKA currency. Vision China

This is not my weak rational "logic, just when I see these men I will remember that at the beginning of" the great Gatsby ":" as long as you remember every time want to talk while criticizing others, people in the world, not everyone like you, was accounted for so much cheaper".

In China, pyramid schemes are not embarrassed

In 2009 seventh of the criminal law amendment passed before the punishment has been home for the organizers of pyramid schemes according to the State Council promulgated the "regulations prohibit pyramid schemes" in the regulations, by the Department of industry and Commerce shall confiscate the illegal income and fines.

The February 28, 2009 amendments to the "criminal law" in the pyramid alone in crime, the new "organization, leading the crime pyramid", and "the name of the pyramid" is defined as "the organization, leading to sell goods, services and other business activities, participants are required to pay fees or purchase of goods and services obtained by adding qualifications, and according to the order of composition level, the number of directly or indirectly to the development of personnel as payment or return basis, to lure participants to continue to participate in the development of others, stress, swindling, disrupt economic and social order" activities.

If the circumstances are relatively minor, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and shall also be fined; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and shall also be fined.

In the criminal law of the crime pyramid alone although the pyramid organizers efforts to deter the enhancement ratio "the prohibition of marketing regulations", but in criminal law and the "ordinary crime of fraud and theft sentenced to an indefinite period compared to the organizers of the sentencing or MLM obviously too light.

In January 18, 2017, Kunming trial 46 MLM Gang case, for the junior high school education. Vision China

For example, in the case of a new illegal pyramid scheme in Jiangsu Province in 2016. Suspect Du opened a company in Hongkong, in order to invest in dark money in the name, in just 8 months time, the absorption of registered members of the total, involving a total of nearly 1 billion 500 million yuan. Du et al. Because of the organization, leadership pyramid selling activities were sentenced to eight years and six months to three years and six months and sentenced to imprisonment, and impose a fine ranging from three million yuan to $three hundred thousand.

1 billion 500 million fraud, sentenced to 3-8 years, it still was caught and irrefutable evidence situation, this is what kind of price? Ask what kind of fraud and theft can also achieve such a big amount of money involved, resulting in so many victims?

In addition, the definition of pyramid schemes in the criminal law and law enforcement departments to combat pyramid schemes seem to remain in the last century. For the legal concept of network marketing has not been clearly defined, and even the use of the largest network of virtual currency has not given an official definition, there is no provision. The traditional pyramid blow technique is the basic maintenance of "confiscation of learning materials, smashed the necessities of life, go to bed with a few pot of cold water, then put the dead room door" traditional routine.

June 14, 2012, Anhui, Hefei, a thorough investigation of law enforcement officers in the area of 25 green MLM dens. Vision China

Moreover, with the developed countries in the law clearly stipulates that the illegal multi direct direct sales (ie, the domestic pyramid scheme) in the case of criminal responsibility and civil liability is different, the domestic civil liability for pyramid schemes rarely involved. To escape the pyramid organizers should bear civil liability, plus a lot of MLM cases because of personnel within the organization to protect each other, the evidence was destroyed, the public security organs of evidence is not complete, the backbone of marketing organization staff can easily escape criminal prosecution. The money that should be paid to the victims was also used as the cost of the next pyramid scheme.

This is why MLM organizations have been exposed, was hit, there will be so many people believe MLM reasons. As long as the suitable marketing to survive the system soil and the social soil still exists, the MLM organizations use the human weaknesses still exist, it will still flourishing mlm. Just like sheep and wool will always exist.