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                    [Title] => Hate the traffic? - Don't drive
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It seems like a crazy solution.

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Exploitative pyramiding scams masquerading as legitimate multilevel marketing (MLM) schemes have once again evoked the attention of our government regulators and lawmakers...

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Nowadays, there seems to be a proliferation of investment scams, business opportunities with unreasonable high returns or the so called get-rich-quick schemes.

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You’d think after several major pyramiding scams in the past, Filipinos would have learned to be more discerning in where they put hard-earned money.

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It was a rough year for Ponzi schemes. In 2009, the recession unraveled nearly four times as many of the investment scams as fell apart in 2008, with "Ponzi" becoming a buzzword again thanks to the collapse of Bernard Madoff's $50 billion plot.

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The Asian Development Bank (ABD) recently approved a $1-million technical assistance (TA) grant, which would lay the foundations for a pension system for India’s unorganized or informal sector.
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He also warned companies involved in such schemes that the government is ready to impose sanctions on them should their marketing plans turnout to be pyramiding schemes.

The DTI issued the warning due to continuous inquiries about certain "direct-selling companies."
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                    [DatePublished] => 2019-06-17 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => Hate the traffic? - Don't drive
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It seems like a crazy solution.

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Exploitative pyramiding scams masquerading as legitimate multilevel marketing (MLM) schemes have once again evoked the attention of our government regulators and lawmakers...

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Nowadays, there seems to be a proliferation of investment scams, business opportunities with unreasonable high returns or the so called get-rich-quick schemes.

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You’d think after several major pyramiding scams in the past, Filipinos would have learned to be more discerning in where they put hard-earned money.

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It was a rough year for Ponzi schemes. In 2009, the recession unraveled nearly four times as many of the investment scams as fell apart in 2008, with "Ponzi" becoming a buzzword again thanks to the collapse of Bernard Madoff's $50 billion plot.

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The Asian Development Bank (ABD) recently approved a $1-million technical assistance (TA) grant, which would lay the foundations for a pension system for India’s unorganized or informal sector.
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He also warned companies involved in such schemes that the government is ready to impose sanctions on them should their marketing plans turnout to be pyramiding schemes.

The DTI issued the warning due to continuous inquiries about certain "direct-selling companies."
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