Does Andrew Tate Run A Pyramid Scheme?

Andrew Tate rose to fame in bizarre fashion a number of years ago, with a wave of misogynistic and outright offensive clips circulating the internet, and generating millions of views in the process.

He then built on this recognition with more content boasting a wide range of material possessions - most notably a Gold Bugatti Chiron - once again building to his fame and likability amongst a small cult-like group of men.

But I think the question people want to know the real answer to is… where did it all come from? How did he make all his money? Is he a scammer? A genuine business mogul?

And after a number of rumours that have circled about his businesses and how they work, I’m here to give you the truth.

What is A Pyramid Scheme?

A pyramid scheme is a work scheme, illegal in most parts of the developed world, where a paying participant is instructed by the schemer to recruit several more individuals, whilst being financially rewarded for doing so at the expense of the new recruits.

Often, there’s little to no intrinsic value taking place, except the recruitment of new participants in the scheme who make money for both the person who recruited them, and the head honcho.

Recruiters do all the work, get paid if they can recruit new people, and all the while the schemer, the person sitting at the top of the pyramid, makes a ton of money off the back of the work done by recruiters.

And in this case, that’s Andrew Tate.

Pyramid schemes can often be hard to spot, because they’re disguised as legitimate businesses. But, beneath the surface, you can sometimes begin to spot patterns emerging that points in the direction of a pyramid scheme.

Tate’s Online Business

Tate began his online money making career… basically as a pimp. He would employ women to talk to lonely men over webcam, and get them to part ways with a bunch of their money so they can have the pleasure of chatting to gorgeous women.

In reality, it was a hideous bald idiot living out of a warehouse in Romania.

It’s one of the scummiest ways you can make money, which is no surprise why Tate was into it, but this pales in comparison to what he’s been up to in the past few years.

After making a bit of money in the webcam industry, Tate learned that he could extract obscene levels of wealth by exploiting the desires of sad, purposeless men.

So, let’s think of a couple right now…

1. The desire for the attention of hot women - completed it mate.

2. The desire to be filthy rich - next on the agenda.

Tate then created what was formerly known as Hustler’s University: an online Discord server which gives you all the education you need to ‘make money online’ and ‘EsCaPe ThE MaTriX.’

The idea was that you’d join the program (at a hefty $50 a month) and learn ‘modern money making methods’ so you can be your own boss, live life on your terms, and crucially… get filthy rich.

But, once you join the program you soon begin to spot the lies.

Upon signup, you’ll receive a welcome email outlining the following details.

• Thanks for the money, sucka! (only joking)

• You’re here to make money.

• We want to help you start making money as quickly as possible.

• Here, use this referral link to get 2 (or more) friends to sign up so you can make your money back right away.

• You’ll receive 50% commission of the initial signup fee on any successful referrals.

• The more you refer, the more you make!

Members are strongly advised, as soon as they join, to start the process of referring other people to the program, and then proceed onto the other money making methods.

It’s done with the aim of ‘helping you make your money back as quickly as possible’, but anyone who can think critically knows that this is merely a facade for a system which almost creates an infinite money glitch for baldy at the top.

And here’s the thing…

…once you start to make a bit of money from the referral method (and the same can be said for the people you refer, and the people they refer, and the people they refer, and so on) why bother looking into any of the other legitimate methods?

You’re getting $25 from every referral. Four or five a day, and that’s a living wage.

See the problem? See the pyramid emerging?

The Reason Behind Tate’s Popularity Surge

Tate’s pyramid scheme is nothing more than an elaborate affiliate marketing program, but it works as a pyramid because you have layer upon layer upon layer of new referrals.

Affiliate programs aren’t illegal. It’s a very legitimate form of marketing. But when you’re marketing a program that has the sole purpose of making money, guess what? It turns into a pyramid scheme.

And it didn’t stop at two per member, either. No, this shit went wild.

There was a time a couple of years ago where you couldn’t go on any social media platform without seeing clips of Tate either showing off a new supercar, or saying some of the grossest shit you’ve ever heard come out of a man’s mouth.

And this was all part of the scheme, too.

A number of members would not only get a few friends to join, but their entire work would go into creating social media accounts, and posting clip after clip of Tate shenanigans to get people to sign up through their affiliate links.

Again… all by exploiting the desires of young broke (mostly) men.

What was originally a slow, subtle pyramid scheme turned into an explosion of exploitation; one the internet had never seen before.

At it’s height, the program had over 100,000 members. Assuming most of these had been recruited through affiliate links (50% commission, remember) that would bank Tate and his cronies a minimum of $2,500,000… every, single, month.

All from broke teenagers and young men looking for a saviour in a world of shitty, dead end jobs and relentless escapism.

I’m sure that some people made money from it… good money in fact, but like all illegal schemes, most people lose out.

And there is of course one big beneficiary to it all. The man at the top of the pyramid.

Final Thoughts

From his social media activities, it seems as though the online business is nowhere near as popular as it used to be (sorry, I’m not parting ways with $50 of my hard earned money to give you official figures) and Tate seems to now have moved over to selling generic merch and fitness supplements to his followers.

It’s difficult to officially accuse Tate of running a pyramid scheme, because they can be easily disguised as something else.

Because of that, it seems impossible that any legal action can be taken against him for illicitly misleading thousands of members. It’s an affiliate program, but given the aim is for all members to make money, in a program designed to help you make money, there’s evidently some shady shit going on.

In truth, it’s a foolproof business model:

You promise to help people make loads of money → You give them a number of methods to do so, some of which are very beneficial to yourself (as discussed) → if said member fails at making money, blame them for not working hard enough.

Absolutely bulletproof. You can’t lose.

So… is Tate running a pyramid scheme? Yes, but given how many people will bypass all the red flags to see if he really is the messiah of making money, there’s still a lot of money on the table for Tate and his gang of yes men to take from naive speculators who want a different life from the one they’re living.

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