Best and worst get rich quick schemes you've heard or fallen for?

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Selling indian oils for strength

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I want to laugh and cry.

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Otm options trading

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Beachbody and other companies structured like it

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Pyramid schemes and Ponzi

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F🐠 and I have lost count of the number of times someone has asked me to join their luluroe pyramid scheme or Rodan and Fields... they don’t seem to understand that I like to keep my money... and waste it in other ways😄

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