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"Only 3000 yuan membership, after absorbing 3 members, every day you can sit at home to get $5; if you can set up a team of 39 people, your annual income can reach $10950, and even challenge the annual salary of 7 million 200 thousand!"

This is a named "Saibian" organization claims that the "get rich quick" channel, the reporter recently found that the organization is the development of Nanjing, Jiangsu to attract members, more than 90% participants are less educated in the elderly.

The organization is a mystery

Unfamiliar people do not receive

Recently, the reporter received a reader to reflect, said a building near the city of Nanjing bridge, there is a "Saibian" organization everywhere to attract members, and that can "get rich quick". In March 20th, the reporter went to the 21 floors of the building, that is interested in this organization, hoping to learn more about the organization, but the room of the staff is very alert to repeatedly asked the reporters: "you know our organization where? We have their own discipline, generally do not communicate with people who are not familiar with." Then, the person with leadership is not in "on the grounds, declined a reporter for further communication, and said" we are not writing material, we rely on word of mouth."

Two days later, with the help of an informant, the reporter joined a group of WeChat in Nanjing and participated in the organization's offline activities. In the morning, including journalists, more than and 40 people sit on a bus, the car starts soon, there is an age at the age of 40, the woman took the phone, to introduce her "recently went to Hongkong to attend the general meeting of the company" experience. According to the woman, said the Hongkong conference, she met the general manager of the company's Hongkong District, he now sits at home every day to get more than 20 thousand yuan of income." After that, the woman returned to the car and sent a piece of chocolate per person, said, "this time to buy in Hongkong".

10:30 in the morning, the bus drove to an ecological park in Nanjing, Pukou, organizers say we get off the activities, exchange and exchange of feelings". The age of a reporter sitting beside the road at the age of 70 the old lady asked, "what is your active group?", when that reporter is the first time to participate in similar activities, also do not belong to any group, the old lady said happily: "that you join me in this group is. I also need to develop membership." After the chat, the old lady took the initiative to tell reporters: I was also introduced to join the organization, has handed over 3000 dollars. They told me that as long as I can develop 3 downline, after I sit at home every day will be able to get a commission of $5." When a reporter asked why the Commission issued a dollar, rather than send the renminbi, the old lady said with a serious face: "the company's headquarters in the United States, ah, so according to the habit of the American dollar."

Someone has invested about one hundred thousand

There are people who dream of becoming ambassador"

Taking advantage of the opportunity to lunch, the reporter looked carefully and found that the day to participate in the activities of the more than and 40 people, 9 into the age of more than 60 years of age, the degree of education in junior high school. After dinner, the reporter has been sitting next to the old lady, pulled a woman about 65 years old, said it was her leadership". The next afternoon, the reporter continued to "lead" brainwashing, said the "Saibian" company is rich "the most efficient channel of her life". According to the lady introduced her to join the "Saibian company" only half a year, had developed more than and 20 downline members, current income is very gratifying, I believe the future will be more gratifying." But when a reporter asked her "profit of the company where the mode", the "leadership" stammered, then advised reporters: "it what mode does not model it, you don't think so much, anyway, you find a few people to take the money, be able to sit at home!" the reporter asked "is this this is not MLM", "leadership" the answer is: "we are the direct, is applying for direct selling license."

After a few days, the reporter with a number of private members' group in Nanjing area Saibian "for the exchange, including a 67 year old woman surnamed Mei frankly told reporters:" I am also eager to get rich, sleepwalk by others to the organization, not only did not earn a penny, even the capital did not take back." Another member of the organization in the chat with reporters in the process, a long sigh, said: I have invested about one hundred thousand yuan, are my pension. Now the most worried about is not to pull new people, they can not get the commission. Hey, I'm dying!"

Around 6 that night, a car back to the morning of the place. Under the car, the old lady sat along the way by the reporter, reporters repeatedly asked for the mobile phone number, the reporter invited another day to see her "leadership", and advised reporters "don't think too much, or you will lose a lot of wrong opportunity." Before the break up, the 70 year old lady told reporters: "do not look at my age, but I am confident. I am sure I will be the highest level ambassador, my goal is to develop 8000 members, so I can earn $3000 a day." When a reporter asked her, "where does the confidence come from," the old lady said with a smile: "there are about 8000000 people in Nanjing, as long as the development of the 8000, it is not difficult."

Direct sales actually not approved

Lawyers believe that the organization has been suspected of pyramid schemes

"Saibian" is exactly what kind of organization? The reporter learned from relevant website to check, "Saibian English" referred to as "saivian", claimed that the company registered last year, in October the same year joined the direct association of the United States, listed in February 27th of this year to enter the American market, in March reached 146 thousand people in the United States members, 4 months time to become the world's top 500 sales.

Reporters found that the so-called "seckill now all direct project and financial project" and "Saibian" is taken through the "pull the head" way of development team, development of offline membership fee charged. "Saibian" under the "system" architecture in order, as if that is a company. "Saibian swordsman alliance system" as an example, a Pyramid team level: the highest level of "leader", under the "ministry" presided over the speaker "training" and "broadcast" "service system" four departments. Among them, presided over the Ministry of "training" and "broadcast Department" are set up by the minister, under the jurisdiction of all levels of lecturers, trainers, broadcasters, "service system" points to the technical department, the Propaganda Department, customer service department.

In fact, the "Saibian team" to "pull the head", in addition to fabricate many tall on rhetoric, also exhausted thoughts through the WeChat circle of friends filled with "large dose Chicken Soup for the soul", advocating "choose Saibian, choose to succeed." The development of this level of Pyramid offline mode, it is one of the characteristics of pyramid schemes. Its so-called business model, in the final analysis is the bottom for the upper part of the bill".

The famous lawyer Ma Yu said, marketing refers to the organizer or operator development personnel, the development personnel directly or indirectly to the development personnel quantity or sales performance for the calculation and payment, or required by the developers to pay a fee as a condition to obtain eligibility for other ways to seek illegal interests, disrupt the economic order, social influence stable behavior. "Saibian" organization has been basically in line with no entity, membership fees, pull the head, team characteristics such as marketing organization must, already suspected pyramid.

The reporter inquiries related website of the Ministry of Commerce before the press, published in the management information system of the Ministry of Commerce of the direct selling industry, are eligible for direct selling qualification "acceptance of the enterprise publicity, and approved in China engaged in direct selling business information, and there is no" game than the "company. On the basis of "direct selling regulations" (State Council Decree No. 443rd) the provisions of article thirty-ninth, without approval to engage in direct sales activities, the administrative department for Industry and Commerce shall be ordered to make corrections, confiscate the illegal income and direct product sales, from 50 thousand yuan to 300 thousand yuan fine; if the circumstances are serious, more than 300 thousand yuan at 500 thousand yuan fine. And shall be banned; constitutes a crime, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law.