Anyone considering signing up to be an Independent Representative for a telecommunications company called ACN might want to do some actual due diligence by typing 'acn scam' into a search engine, also the company president's name, Greg Provenzano. Of course, I didn't do that before I paid out the $499 to get in on this "ground floor" opportunity.
I was pulled in by a very persuasive guy who ran an ad under "Sales" in the local newspaper; he convinced me I could be making over $10000 a month in 120 days, that ACN was a 'short window of opportunity' that wouldn't come again, and yadda-yadda.
Like I said, he was very convincing, represented himself as an ACN Regional Vice President who had been asked by ACN to start a "hybrid group" in my city, and that I had 48 hours to get in.
I could go on, it was all hype. I found out there are hundreds of people in my city alone already signed up. And I alienated my family and friends by pushing it on them. ACN has had great difficulties in Australia and Canada, because those countries recognize a pyramid scheme when they see it.
The reality is that ACN rakes in millions in their $499 sign up fees and that money apparently is used to pay out recruiting bonuses; the "residual income" pitch is strictly to get you hooked.
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