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TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE?

HE’D seen pictures on social media of people posing with luxury cars and read reports of recruits saying the scheme had changed their lives. Money was pouring in, they said, and it was all so easy.

For Jason Peters*, a salesman with three children from a town in the Northern Cape, it seemed like a no-brainer.

He started investing in Crowd1 in December and all in all has sunk R5 500 into the scheme, which promises handsome rewards. All you do is invest in a “wonder package”– mostly for online learning, gambling and gaming – then recruit more members and ka-ching! The bucks barrel in.

At least, that’s what a marketing video from Barend Spies, Crowd1’s

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