RB> The simple test works like this:

RS> This is a pathetically useless test to identify scams Dick.

RB> would you *buy* the product/service offered by the company
RB> even if you weren't in the commission-plan or if it didn't
RB> have one!? If yes.. then it's probably not a scam.

RS> Pity that EWI fails that test Dick. Its a scam anyway.

RB> EWI doesn't fail that test Rod!

Fraid so.

RB> You told me yourself that you have bought shares!!!

Yes.

RB> If EWI didn't use NEtwork-Marketing to raise advertising capital then
RB> they too would have used the traditional method of a share float etc.

And the traditional method of a share float has funky stuff like
the issuing of prospectuses which spell out the full detail of the
companys financial situation, so you can get a clear idea on just what
sort of operation you are considering buying share in actually is.

And when EWI doesnt go that route, AND attempts to raise money
in Aust to spend in the US, AND uses spivs and con men like
you and Chan to do so, the entire thing REEKS of scam Dick.

Particularly when the US has even more stringent protection
against telling porkys in prospectuses than we do. How amazing
that EWI pumps the pockets of extremely stupid Austs instead.

RB> Even without being a normal share, there are thousands,
RB> perhaps millions of people who will *buy* into such an
RB> investment (and who have done and will continue to do)!

Fraid not Dick, we have LAWS on attempting to raise investment
money like that without the use of a prospectus, even if shares
arent involved. And ignorance of THAT law wont help your case
when the law comes calling either.

RB> Just because you wouldn;'t buy it doesn't mean others wouldn't!

You can say that about ANY scam Dick. Yes, like Barnum
said, there is atleast one sucker born every minute. Which
is part of the reason we have laws which attempt to minimise
the chance of spivs and con men to pump their pockets.

RS> If someone offered you 15% per month interest on what you
RS> deposit, and paid that for some months, it would pass your
RS> test, and would be a scam anyway Dick. It is an absolutely
RS> classic Ponzi scheme where they fund that 15% interest a
RS> month out of the new investors deposits, they cant possibly do
RS> that for long, the whole thing implodes in no time. Illegal too.

RB> This also seems to be your understanding of EWI.

Nope, EWI is different in detail to that
particular scheme. Still a Ponzi scheme tho.

RB> Before I "bought" such an investment, I would want to know
RB> how they are making such huge amounts of interest for me!
RB> When I find out that their product is simply shifting money
RB> around then there really is no product! So I would not buy it!

They are careful to ensure you CANT see thats whats happening Dick.

Just like EWI pumps pockets in Aust and purports to be spending
the money in the US, where you cant readily check up on their lies.
That gives them lots of time to pump pockets here before they bugger
off to the Bahamas where even the US authoritys cant touch them.

The rest of your juvenalia binned.

--- PQWK202