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Is YTB International, YourTravelBiz.Com a Scam?
Is YTB International’s YourTravelBiz.com business opportunity a Ponzi-type investment scam?  Or is it the victim of an unfair, politically motivated smear campaign.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown’s vote:  Scam.
According to STLtoday.com, the Californis Attorney General is suing the company for $25 million in fines and restitution.  The AG accuses YourTravelBiz.com, a subsidiary of YTB International, “of recruiting tens of thousands of members with misleading promises that they’d earn large sums of money selling travel online to friends and acquaintances. Agents pay YTB a $499 fee to join, …read more

(FranchisePick.Com)  This past August, STLToday reported on the charismatic leader of YTB International whipping his YourTravelBiz.com “agents” into a frenzy at their sales meeting in St. Louis:
“I believe we’ve become the hope for tens of thousands of people pursuing their dreams,” said Chief Executive J. Scott Tomer. “We’re going to become the hope for millions of people around the world.”
The 18,000 roared.
But is the hope that YTB is selling a false one?
Is it offering a tremendous opportunity? Or just peddling an illusion?
Those are the questions facing the Wood River-based travel company, which is led by a small-town pastor turned …read more