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Raskolnikov
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Can someone please translate the term "pyramid scheme" into french.

Thanks a lot!
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scheme can mean many different things in French, what's the context ?
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A pyramid scheme is a scam.
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Is it when part of what you sell goes to the person above you, and so and so, and you have to find more and more sellers if you want to have a chance of earning more money ?
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Yes that's it exactly.

Do you know the french term?
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I 'm pretty sure it's 'vente pyramidale'
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YEs this is it "vente pyramidale"
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Raskolnikov wrote:Can someone please translate the term "pyramid scheme" into french.

Thanks a lot!
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