As you will find in our story, Merchants of Deception, I was a loyal IBO and invested nearly a decade of my life building "the business" to the Founder's Emerald level. At that point, I discovered the rampant, systematic fraud that causes financial losses of countless loyal IBO's.

I naively reported details of the fraud and deception directly to then President Dick DeVos. He refused to respond and instead Amway/Quixtar responded in a manner detailed in the book Merchants of Deception.

Each day, more and more IBOs drop out under the weight of these losses, unaware of how they are being scammed and convinced by promoters that they are personal 'failures". Internal management reports show an incredible 95% drop out rate over five years. These people are regularly replaced by yet another unaware group of consumer "IBO" investors who all fall into the same calculated trap.

I am asking you now to support me in breaking this cycle of deception and victimization. When the truth is widely known, this pyramid will topple. We are near a make-or-break point. I am speaking out with my book, news media contacts, website and through networking with other consumer advocates.

But I face the force that has silenced many other corporate whistleblowers: drowning in a sea of legal defense costs. One report: MorrisonEtAlLegalFees.pdf alleges that a group of former Emeralds in Texas who spoke out and litigated against abuses in the business were recently bankrupted with over $6,000,000 in legal fees.

One Diamond sued me and Quixtar retained the law firm Brinks Hofer to file legal action in an attempt to force me into their gagged arbitration process. This legal effort failed (see http://www.amquix.info/quixtar_scheibeler_arbitration.html). this action was followed by a lawsuit against me. Despite never paying a cent in judgment, it created an enormous legal expense that reached fees totaling $45,000. Quixtar may have woefully underestimated my resolve to protect the public and IBOs globally.

This consumer advocacy work is clearly important and clearly having a favorable impact for consumers. The response to this work and www.merchantsofdeception.com has been overwhelming with over two hundred thousand copies of the free book being downloaded and thousands of near identical IBO testimonials coming in from over 20 countries.

Now I truly need your help. If the web site or book have been of assistance to you or those you love, please make a significant donation to my legal defense. The non profit consumer group, Pyramid Scheme Alert has been kind enough to accept funds for my defense to pay the law firm directly. I will never have personal access to these funds.

Please see the bottom left hand of the page at Pyramid Scheme Alert's Legal Defense Donation page for details. If you can afford a small donation, it will be greatly appreciated. If you have the means to make a significant donation that too will be appreciated beyond words.

Thank you for your support.

Kindest Regards,

Eric Scheibeler