Here’s the situation. I was at work, I work the sales floor at big 5 sporting goods. I asked a customer if he needs help with anything. We start talking about some stuff behind the gun counter which transitionsinto a casual conversation. After about 15 he asks to meet me for coffee the next day. Not sure what to think I agree mostly out of curiosity. I meet him for coffe, starts with light conversation. Then I ask him what he does. He was very vague, says he works some sort of affiliate marketing, and that he finds people to help, mentor, and build leaders out of. THen he proceeds to explain to me the state of the economy, goes on a rant about amazon and Google, talks about how to get rich in today’s world. Finally he kind of gets to the point and tells me I could get involved if I’m interested, keep in mind I still don’t understand what he’s asking me to get involved with. He gives me a business card that says nothing more than “portico” with his name and number on it, and a cd calf rich plan poor plan. Then he invited me to come to his house Wed and meet his “team” and that I should bring my wife. I tried getting him to be more specific but he still didn’t elaborate much. He was a nice guy and seemed very intelegent. I just don’t know what to think about it. Has anyone had this kind of experience before that could maybe clue me onto what’s going on?
sounds like a stupid MLM scheme. Somewhere he’s gonna drop the “you need to invest money” bomb. Which, in other words means, he wants to steal your “investment”.
I agree, the first thing that popped into my mind was MLM.
Those in MLM really know how to talk, they can make everything sound so wonderful, but I believe there are no such thing as easy money.
If this guy goes on a rant about all that, he is just trying to make his “scheme” sound more appealing. If it is for real, and it works, he has no need to say so many things just to get you interested.
You can always try, but if I were you, I wouldnt take the risk. It sounds very unusual that he would invite you, a stranger, and your wife to his house. Meeting a stranger is already quite dangerous, and that is in a public area so it is not as suspicious. But at his home? I wouldn’t.
Do you really really need this potential source of income and the risks that come along with it? If you bring your wife, will you be willing to put her at risk too, in case this man is some sort of psycho? There are other ways of earning money.
Even if you want MLM, you can always approach reliable sources instead of trusting this dubious, vauge stranger.
Good luck making a decision! 🙂