A 2007 SEC report said over half the free-lunch seminars they scoped out had misleading claims, 13% were straight up frauds, and 100% of the “free seminars,” many marketed at seniors, were, shock of shocks, actually sales presentations.
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A 2007 SEC report said over half the free-lunch seminars they scoped out had misleading claims, 13% were straight up frauds, and 100% of the “free seminars,” many marketed at seniors, were, shock of shocks, actually sales presentations.
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