Pyramid schemes, an illegal business model in China, are targeting inexperienced and exploitable college graduates to expand their businesses in secret. Coaxed into locked and boarded-up apartments, the victims’ smartphones are taken away, and they are subjected to beatings and manipulation. Under abusive confinement, they must work under the pretense of being happy while being surveilled night and day, even in the bathroom. Those exploiting them attempt to cover their own identities, despite the evidence left online. Those who regain their freedom after police shut down the organizations need rehabilitation services. Experts suggest that graduates be vigilant to any fraudulent get-rich-quick schemes when they look for a job.
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