Look-out, folks, head’s up!  The Pyramid Scheme is back!  It’s cruising Hawaiian beaches and making time on our internet.  Ty Coughlin calls his brand of pyramid scheme the Reverse Funnel System, instead of The Gifting Circle, Women Helping Women Program, Spirit of Giving, The NASCAR Club, Airplane Scheme, Share the Wealth, etc.  But if it squawks like a seagull, dives like a seagull, waits for refuse like a seagull...then it’s a seagull.  (No offense to seagulls.)

 Now for some relevant history on the biggest pyramid scammer of all time:  Italian immigrant, Charles Ponzi (1882-1949) was the first to have a field day using the pyramid scam to rip-off half of Boston. When law enforcement came knocking, though, Ponzi wound up in a U.S. prison for about 12 years.  In his last interview from a Brazilian charity hospital bed, Charles Ponzi had this to say about the wild Boston escapade he had masterminded:  Even if they never got anything for it, it was cheap at that price. … I had given them the best show ever staged in their territory since the landing of the Pilgrims!  It was easily worth fifteen million bucks to watch me put the thing over.

 Personally, I don’t think Reverse Funnel System is worth 50 cents, much less the 50 dollar application fee.( If your "application" is not graciously accepted yours will be the first) I’ve cruised many of the Funnel’s web sites, waded through tons of Funnel pap and gotten a Reverse Funnel neck-ache. It mostly boils down to this:  There’s an ‘opportunity’ to spend anywhere from $50 dollars to $10,000—just for the privilege of wrangling some money from others.  The mastermind, Ty Coughlin (a 29 years old, single, athletic, Capricorn networker) stands almost five feet three inches tall and probably still blames his parents for that.  I’m not kidding. Go to his MySpace.  

 On second thought, don’t waste your time.  Here’s the Reverse Funnel poop in a nut shell—using Ty’s own words, of course:  Reverse Funnel is not a business, not an investment, doesn’t sell a product and is not a company with principals — it is a private sharing group, an exclusive activity, an expression of kindness…”

 OK, folks, now I’m going to go hog-wild and quote a bit of Ty-talk from his FAQ section (typos included):

  How did this concept begin? How does the gifting activity work?

Giving private gifts to one another is an expression of kindness, which has been going on for centuries. Governments have allowed its practice for individuals to share their wealth with families, friends and others.”

 “Individuals share using a basic concept that “All things must be done in order” and follow the Universal Law of Sowing and Reaping—“when you give, you shall receive.”  This follows God’s laws of Reciprocity…  This activity is offered only by means of an exclusive one-to-one invitation to individuals over 18 years of age.  When someone accepts the invitation, they move through a natural progression from the giving to the receiving stage of the activity.  In this activity, there is no fixed hierarchy of individuals who have an advantageous position or unfair advantag3 over new participants.

 Had enough yet?  It’s just like Harry S. Truman said: If you can’t convince them, then confuse them.  And from what I’ve seen of beach bums, they are easily confused.  We on the net are more than a couple cuts above.

 Please, folks, do not be confused about the nature of the exclusive Reverse Funnel Expression of Kindness Club.  Do you need more time with Ty to make your decision? If the answer is ‘Yes’,  email me, Chris Tatro (info@opportunityreviewer.com) , and I will try to talk you down.  Having lived in Mt Shasta (the New Age capital of the planet) for fifteen years, I know about these kinds of scams, plus I have some funny stories to tell.