Donations from church goers… thinking they’re doing charity and helping the needy through an omniscient being… but they’re being robbed by someone very mortal. “Don’t ask why the pastor got to have a nice car”
I think I could sell shit in a bag on Fox News and get rich doing it. Claim that one in every 25 bags actually has a lucky Trump turd. I could easily see his sheep buying it and digging through each bag to see if they were “lucky”.
Private equity: saddle a company with debt from you buying them, sell off all the assets, spin off the shriveled husk into a new corporate entity that goes bankrupt and leaves all the workers you haven’t already fired jobless.
– Health insurance and Medical industry ( does seem to be more of an NA issue)
– “Health” industry ( useless supplement, fear mongering, false claim, product that does nothing, …)
– MLM
– Religion ( has a mean to make money I mean, not the actual Faith)
– Any form of cold approach sell, they are all based on contacting you without you consent to sell you overprinced thing you don’t need using all sell technique they can without letting you time to actualy think about what you are accepting or educate yourself on the subject and target vulnerable people
– being the House in any form of gambling ( casino, sport bet, …)
– Lauching/promoting crypto
Make promises of life after death and that people’s imaginary “crimes” against one or another “deity’s” “arbitrary prohibitions” can be paid off easily by donating money, time and resources to the people who claim to speak on behalf of one or more “deities”; and by doing rituals and also brainwashing their children into the cult. The more window-dressing, arbitrary rituals, arbitrary prohibitions and other fluff the cult has, the better.
All banking. Take away their “fees” and they’re much less valuable.
No reason for overdraft fees OR maintenance fees, or finance charges on top of ridiculous interest for low income borrowers if they can even get a loan.
By far the shadiest of all the shady industries. Also, used primarily for money laundering.
Making people pay for insurance and then doing everything in your power to void that insurance policy/not pay out when someone wants to claim on their policy.
… But astrology and everyone who gives out advice based on it, to make a living.
It’s fraudulent without being classed as fraud.
But I’m a lot more diplomatic than I used to be around stuff like this in real life. My partner absolutely believes this stuff, and if I was in my 20s again, I totally would make some kind of snide, condescending comment about it.
But you know what? I’ve learnt to smile and nod. One of life’s superpower abilities to learn how to do.
Apps collecting and selling users personal data’s without clearly informing users technically burying the terms and conditions in those long lists and sometimes you can’t even use the application if you don’t agree or tick that box
Giving secured loans to people that you know can’t pay them.
Back in the 90’s my (then) boss’ brother was a loan shark. He’d lend lump sums of cash to desperate people secured on their homes, then send the heavies and boot them out when they inevitably defaulted.
Families, young kids, he didn’t give a flying fuck, they were out on the street the day they defaulted.
Anything that’s a subscription. You can legit just put any policies you want on it, say it’s non refundable even if cancelled 1 second later, and repeat. As long as it can create interest for people to sign up, you’ll probably always have some kinda customer, unfortunately, even with bad reviews
I’ve seen denying claims at an insurance company, but IMO, selling the insurance plans felt unethical as hell when I tried years ago. Especially Medicare.
I buy designer clothes wear them once with tags tucked in then return them. Been doing this for two years now basically have a free rotating wardrobe. The stores never question it since I’m always polite and keep everything pristine.
Crypto and nft scams where the only promise is “sick art” or “community” its not a scam if you pay for sick art and recive nothing but sick art and debt.
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Pay day loans.
Being a politician
Denying claims in health insurance company
betting and tobacco companies
Multi Level Marketing
Churches.
“Charity”.
Insurance for some reason
Playing with people’s health.
Pretending to be homeless and asking for money on the streets
Donations from church goers… thinking they’re doing charity and helping the needy through an omniscient being… but they’re being robbed by someone very mortal. “Don’t ask why the pastor got to have a nice car”
In order:
Senior life insurance
I think I could sell shit in a bag on Fox News and get rich doing it. Claim that one in every 25 bags actually has a lucky Trump turd. I could easily see his sheep buying it and digging through each bag to see if they were “lucky”.
Pretty much anything related to crypto
Reselling tickets
Selling timeshares?
Being a CEO of a gambling company
Industrial War Complex
I dare you to find a better one lol
Politicians trading stocks
Private equity: saddle a company with debt from you buying them, sell off all the assets, spin off the shriveled husk into a new corporate entity that goes bankrupt and leaves all the workers you haven’t already fired jobless.
Scalping products. Especially products aimed towards children.
Ticket and console scalping. Buy a bunch when it’s released sell 2nd hand for more than you bought it for.
Republican politics.
Insurance
Sales
Funeral Pre Pay schemes
Mega church. It’s actually super legal.
Real Estate Agencies
Selling way overpriced gold to old people disguised as an investment, have a buddy that does this.
Selling someone eleses body parts
Parking inspector
-Payday loan
– Health insurance and Medical industry ( does seem to be more of an NA issue)
– “Health” industry ( useless supplement, fear mongering, false claim, product that does nothing, …)
– MLM
– Religion ( has a mean to make money I mean, not the actual Faith)
– Any form of cold approach sell, they are all based on contacting you without you consent to sell you overprinced thing you don’t need using all sell technique they can without letting you time to actualy think about what you are accepting or educate yourself on the subject and target vulnerable people
– being the House in any form of gambling ( casino, sport bet, …)
– Lauching/promoting crypto
insurance
Be president of the United States.
Start a towing business
I know someone who would loan money to pawn shops and other morally grey businesses at a 48% Apr collateralized interest rate.
Dropshipping. Pretending to be a real webshop while you basically just link to aliexpress.
Scalping pokemon cards actually
Just asking for money online feels unethical—sometimes in real life too. If a good reason isn’t given.
Being a scalper.
Oh I know. It just seems to attract the worst kinds of people.
Collection Agency
Churches. Prosperity gospel.
Cintas.
Health Insurance CEO
How billionaires have infected politics and all the information platforms we consume in order to take wealth/power away from us.
President of the USA manipulating the stock market with social media posts
panhandling while not needing money, in places where it is not illegal.
Tithe.
Televangelist
Apparently becoming president
Owning and operating a casino.
Read this one a few years ago and it’s an absolute classic…
Start a pet-minding business targeted at religious folks who believe in the rapture.
Obviously they can’t take their beloved pets with them, so you’ll look after them after the rapture occurs.
You’ll look after their pets and make sure they have a good home / fed / vet visits etc after their owners have ascended.
They pay a lump-sum fee up-front, then a monthly fee, because you never know when the rapture will occur, right?
Can’t be illegal due to laws around protections and freedom of religion.
Sheer freaking genius!!
Make promises of life after death and that people’s imaginary “crimes” against one or another “deity’s” “arbitrary prohibitions” can be paid off easily by donating money, time and resources to the people who claim to speak on behalf of one or more “deities”; and by doing rituals and also brainwashing their children into the cult. The more window-dressing, arbitrary rituals, arbitrary prohibitions and other fluff the cult has, the better.
Get elected.
Lobbying.
Easiest to get into Landlord
But private equity probs takes the cake.
Renewing cancelled TeamViewer subscriptions.
Probably starting a fundraiser and only donating 1% of the money raised and using the other 99% as operating costs.
I think BLM donation group had a big scandal about this
Car salesman. Real estate agent.
All banking. Take away their “fees” and they’re much less valuable.
No reason for overdraft fees OR maintenance fees, or finance charges on top of ridiculous interest for low income borrowers if they can even get a loan.
By far the shadiest of all the shady industries. Also, used primarily for money laundering.
Viatical settlements.
Casino.
Probably anything to do with American Private Health Insurance from the stories I’ve heard.
Multi-level marketing.
Get Elected to Congress
Telling grandma that she might fall down the stairs in her wheelchair if she doesn’t do the onlyfans show
Work in an animal industry.
New Age religions stuff, like candles, books, crystals etc.
Start a cult. Brainwash your followers and there’s no stopping your rise to power and wealth
Making people pay for insurance and then doing everything in your power to void that insurance policy/not pay out when someone wants to claim on their policy.
Plasma companies. They make thousands off on one donation and you get maybe $60. Literally exploiting the bodies of the poor for massive profits.
Exploiting Children for Content
Those weird sleazy Televangelists c*nts!
Being a personal injury whore attorney.
Health care.
Marry into money and then divorce for it.
The mortuary industry.
Making AI movie trailers for non-existent movies
Hospital administration. (US)
20x lev on rheinmetall
Maybe not the most unethical…
… But astrology and everyone who gives out advice based on it, to make a living.
It’s fraudulent without being classed as fraud.
But I’m a lot more diplomatic than I used to be around stuff like this in real life. My partner absolutely believes this stuff, and if I was in my 20s again, I totally would make some kind of snide, condescending comment about it.
But you know what? I’ve learnt to smile and nod. One of life’s superpower abilities to learn how to do.
Being a psychic
Apps collecting and selling users personal data’s without clearly informing users technically burying the terms and conditions in those long lists and sometimes you can’t even use the application if you don’t agree or tick that box
Almost all debt collectors.
Giving secured loans to people that you know can’t pay them.
Back in the 90’s my (then) boss’ brother was a loan shark. He’d lend lump sums of cash to desperate people secured on their homes, then send the heavies and boot them out when they inevitably defaulted.
Families, young kids, he didn’t give a flying fuck, they were out on the street the day they defaulted.
Selling homeopathic supplements to chronically or terminally ill people.
Anything that’s a subscription. You can legit just put any policies you want on it, say it’s non refundable even if cancelled 1 second later, and repeat. As long as it can create interest for people to sign up, you’ll probably always have some kinda customer, unfortunately, even with bad reviews
Good example is Homeaglow
That healy mlm thing is pretty dang scummy
Literally anything that is just owning stuff rather than creating value.
Private Equity buying retirement homes and gutting services.
Be an estate agent
Those ppl selling courses
Trying to build an artificial superintelligence that would represent a severe existential threat to not only humanity but all life in the universe.
ESPN starting a betting (ESPN BET) company
Politicians
I’ve seen denying claims at an insurance company, but IMO, selling the insurance plans felt unethical as hell when I tried years ago. Especially Medicare.
Prison labor
I buy designer clothes wear them once with tags tucked in then return them. Been doing this for two years now basically have a free rotating wardrobe. The stores never question it since I’m always polite and keep everything pristine.
Crypto and nft scams where the only promise is “sick art” or “community” its not a scam if you pay for sick art and recive nothing but sick art and debt.
Prosperity minister
Payday loans to the poorest of the poor
Religious grifter taking advantage of the naive/gullible/simple minded