Is Fortune Hi Tech Marketing a legal business?

Answer 1

there is nothing illegal about it. It is based on the same as AMWAY, which has been around most living peoples lives. It is a matter of how many people you get to join gives you a share of the profits being made. I have run into people in this that I already knew were reputable business people. It is not easy and will take a lot of time. If you do not have hundreds of friends the best you will do is a few hundred.

On the contrary - There is nothing that Fortune Hi-Tech does that makes it legal.

It never ceases to amaze me how the Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing cult followers put a twisted spin on everything they say and the number of articles being posted to the internet lately to counter attack the millions of "scam" and "illegal pyramid scheme" allegations that are out there by hundreds of ex-representatives.

Recently I read an article claiming that the FTC gave their seal of approval to FHTM when in fact it is the exact opposite. The FTC's "Operation Empty Promises" campaign and the joint effort of local Attorneys general offices like Roy Cooper in North Carolina have serious criminal and civil investigations ongoing against Paul Orberson and FHTM. What will the excuses be and the twisted story become if another State AG shuts down FHTM or even worse Paul Orberson is indicted by the feds for fraud?

Maybe it is just because folks in America who worked for $6/hr prior to FHTM have no idea how to differentiate between reality and the myths and lies spread by the FHTM leaders to make them appear to be legitimate. There is a huge difference between hiring an ex-AG from the 80's as a legal consultant and having an ex-AG as a representative. That is such a far-fetched twist of reality. Is there such a thing as corrupt politician, corrupt attorney or AG? Has there ever been a case where the attorney leading a huge Ponzi scheme went to prison? Research the facts and the answer to that question is yes a dozen times over. It is only in the minds of small thinking people, that these anti-reality blazing statements can be construed as legitimate.

These same representatives are probably new to the FHTM scam and therefore, like good little soldiers, go around the country and the internet and spout the fallacies that helped FHTM get to where they are today. There are many rewards mall programs and affiliate marketing deals available to anyone who spends 15 minutes on the internet doing some research. If a company like Home Depot aligns itself with a rewards mall and FHTM happens to figure out a way to make money from that mall relationship does it mean that Home Depot and FHTM have some sort of marketing partnership?

Absolutely not, unless it is a mall that has been developed by FHTM and all of the vendor contracts are directly with them. In the case of FHTM - they were an affiliate marketer for the BSP Rewards Mall through a company called Ocenture. After all of the legal woes began for FHTM in December 0f 2009, they have since dropped Fortune. None of the companies that market their products through an mall or affiliate deal ever heard of Fortune nor do they promote network marketing as a way to sell their products.

For years everyone that spent one day as an independent representative for FHTM has attempted, at one time or another, to prove FHTM legitimacy for association. With millions of scam allegations on the internet it is no wonder representatives have to work extra hard to counter attach the real truth. The famous last words, of every FHTM cult leader is, "These Fortune 100 companies and ex-AG's wouldn't associate with FHTM if we were illegal, a scam or a pyramid deal". The truth of the matter is none of these companies associate with nor have approved any deal with FHTM to market their product or associate their brands with FHTM. Over the past year, this has become painfully obvious with the loss of their BSP rewards mall, Travelocity, GE, DuPont, AT&T and Verizon Wireless.

Anyone can hire an attorney but that doesn't make your company legal by any sense of the word. That paid spokesperson is nothing more than a person or firm paid big bucks to spew crap to calm the masses of representatives. If anyone would actually take the time to research this company for themself, the truth would be obvious.

For years Judy Hammerschmidt, the ex-general counsel for FHTM was portrayed as an assistant Attorney General to President Reagan. That title is rather impressive except they forgot to tell you that there are dozens of assistant attorney generals and none of them work directly for or with the President of the USA. These same liars neglected to mention that her real title was Special Assistant to the Attorneys General. That is a completely different position. A Special Assistant to the AG is a legal clerk, a glorified secretary. She held this position right out of law school. Not a big deal - unless you are trying to spin your credentials in an effort to make yourself someone you never were or to impress unsuspecting cult followers. This has been a web of deceit since the beginning.

So back to the original question - Is Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing a SCAM? Who really knows the answer? If it walks like a duck and sounds like a duck, it probably is a duck. Many media sources and regulatory authorities think so. I think it is more of a cult than a scam. Members join - most never make any money yet are brainwashed into convincing herds of other this is the greatest thing since sliced bread - 99% quit within ninety days according to a recent conference call held by the founder Paul Orberson and less than 5% earn anything. Like other cults - anyone who quits FHTM loses money, precious time, family, friends and their integrity. When will morals overtake American Greed?