Client Council and Police monitor ‘Elite Society’ Fb web page for alleged pyramid scheme
A Fb web page, ‘Elite Society’ is on the radar of the Client Council of Fiji and the Police as it’s suspected to be a pyramid scheme that’s allegedly recruiting brokers for a attainable scheme.
Whereas responding to questions by fijivillage Information, the Client Council of Fiji says they’ve been monitoring the ‘Elite Society’ web page on Fb and though no complaints have been formally registered with the Council concerning the web page, quite a few client inquiries prompted an preliminary investigation.
They are saying throughout their preliminary investigation, the Council has discovered that the web page is run by a person named Mark Manaog, allegedly primarily based within the Philippines.
The Council says regardless of having solely 997 followers, the related particular person accounts boast considerably greater follower counts.
Allegedly, the web page is recruiting brokers for a attainable multi-level advertising and marketing scheme, requiring an preliminary funding of $1,200 and upon fee, consumers are promised a bundle from ‘Elite Society’ comprises varied skincare and well being merchandise, purportedly for resale.
They are saying a number of native ‘coaches’ have been enlisted by Elite Society to advertise the scheme on social media, aiming to increase its attain and entice extra members.
The Council says primarily based on the promotional actions surrounding the Elite Society web page and its merchandise, they believe it to be a rip-off.
They are saying folks ought to keep away from participating with this web page because of the excessive danger concerned.
As soon as the Council has accomplished its preliminary investigation, it’ll make the findings public.
They are saying this matter can also be earlier than the Anti-Rip-off taskforce which is chaired by the Everlasting Secretary for Commerce, Co-operatives, Small and Medium Enterprises and Communications.
The taskforce contains of Client Council of Fiji, Fijian Competitors and Client Fee; Reserve Financial institution of Fiji and Fiji Police Power and On-line Security Fee.
In the meantime, Assistant Commissioner of Police Crime, Mesake Waqa says they believe that it’s a pyramid scheme and the Cybercrime Unit is carefully monitoring it.