Spam from MLM?

courtlirwin
courtlirwin Posts: 7 Member
edited November 14 in Health and Weight Loss
Has anyone else been receiving generic messages from members regarding different fitness and clean eating challenges? It sounds like a beachbody coach to me but I'm not sure.

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  • cessi0909
    cessi0909 Posts: 654 Member
    So far I've only gotten one on this app & it was months ago. I do get quite a few on IG though
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Sometimes. I just ignore them.
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    Sometimes. I just ignore them.

    Same.

    Though sometimes, if I'm feeling extra snarky, I just respond with "k" or "lol".

    That's always fun.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    You can Block these people. It blows my mind that there's no Report feature. You can email mods about these messages.
  • crzycatlady1
    crzycatlady1 Posts: 1,930 Member
    Occasionally, I just block the user.
  • courtneyfabulous
    courtneyfabulous Posts: 1,863 Member
    I got a beachbody coach emailing me telling me I could work from home as a motivational health coach despite having no experience or credentials... I'd never realized beachbody was a pyramid scam before.
  • courtlirwin
    courtlirwin Posts: 7 Member
    courtneyfabulous wrote: »
    I got a beachbody coach emailing me telling me I could work from home as a motivational health coach despite having no experience or credentials... I'd never realized beachbody was a pyramid scam before.


    That is what drives me nuts!!! I saw a nutritionist after my son was born, ya know- someone who was educated on the subject!! Agh
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    I let a moderator or staff member know when I get one and who it was from. Might as well help them find their way off this site while protecting more gullible members.
  • coleg04
    coleg04 Posts: 126 Member
    courtneyfabulous wrote: »
    I got a beachbody coach emailing me telling me I could work from home as a motivational health coach despite having no experience or credentials... I'd never realized beachbody was a pyramid scam before.

    Me neither until reading this. Wow!
  • MAGNIFIEDME
    MAGNIFIEDME Posts: 52 Member
    What makes you think it's a pyramid scheme?
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    I haven't, but would likely report to the staff and then block the person.
  • Anamaere
    Anamaere Posts: 60 Member
    Im getting slammed with Thrive spam everywhere but here (thankfully). it drives me insane. I've had a few random messages from mlm 'health' and 'lifestyle program' scams in the past, but i seem to have dropped off the radar now that im nowhere near as active on the forums as i used to be
  • AngInCanada
    AngInCanada Posts: 947 Member
    courtneyfabulous wrote: »
    I got a beachbody coach emailing me telling me I could work from home as a motivational health coach despite having no experience or credentials... I'd never realized beachbody was a pyramid scam before.

    I had zero experience with nutrition or fitness when I joined as a coach to get a discount on products when I first started. They never provided any training either. It was crazy. Then I was taken off as an "active coach" because I didn't sell enough even though they took my money each month and deemed them "coaching fees"
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,210 Member
    MAGNIFIEDME wrote: »
    What makes you think it's a pyramid scheme?

    Because they are. That's their whole business model.
  • Rebecca0224
    Rebecca0224 Posts: 810 Member
    edited January 2017
    If you get a discount for signing people up and they get a discount for signing people up that's usually a pyramid scheme. It's also a bad sign of product quality if they have to give a discount to get people to use the product.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    edited January 2017
    I get them sometimes, I just ignore them. I'd rather those than the one i got the other day which said " Do you taste as good as you look". What grotty pig would think that's a flattering thing to say to a woman! :confounded: and the other one "there are sparkling stars in the sky" mmm okay :neutral:
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,210 Member
    Unfortunately these so-called coaches and the like see MFP like fish in a barrel, ripe for picking.
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