it's pretty surprising when you think how many commonly known companies have been around forever while practicing a business model based on outright deception, the only secret is not to get too greedy like Enron
like
Amway - scam poor desperate ignoramuses into thinking they are starting a 'business' by buying a garage full of motivational tapes and books from the scam artist
Sleep number mattresses - $3000 for a $300 air mattress
Quiznos sandwiches - though the scam here is to defraud the franchisee rather than the customer, with onerous operating rules and lockin contracts
Goldline - gold 'investing'
Hedge Funds - made-to-order out-of-the-box ready-to-wear Ponzi scheme
Credit Card companies - free 0 percent come-ons with sneaky overlimit fees
Traffic Camera Photo Ticket companies - setting yellow light timing to guarantee high numbers of $500 photo tickets
Cell Phone Companies like Sprint - relying on overage charges listed in incomprehensible units like cents per kilobbyte equivalent to tens of thousands of dollars per gigabyte
Payday Lenders - interest rates of +400% APR
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