Short story:
The caller is part of an online advertising pyramid scheme run by the parent site dyfonline.com
Long story:
I was working at a large retailer in Minneapolis when a man approached me and asked me to help him find a product. His name was David Ebersviller. He was a very friendly and intelligent guy who was good at steering conversations in the way he wants, avoiding direct questions by hiding behind very vague statements or a promise of more information later. He asked some personal questions so that he could get an idea for who I was and tailor the conversation to fit. He offered me an interview, we exchanged contact information and set up an interview at a coffeeshop. We had a short interview in which only vague information, similar to the video that you will find on their website, was shared. He then set me up with a group informational session, which I did not attend because I did some research on the company and also found this website
Here is a link to his difonline.com type webpage that I assume everyone that is part of this pyramid scheme gets: http://ebersviller-intl.com/. Here is the link to the parent site:http://dyfonline.com/. Looks nice, lots of multimedia, a short video that extremely vaguely says this is a pyramid scheme. So you can't just enter the site without a login name and password which the recruiter/advertiser will provide you with without your permission. This having been said I am ok with anyone using my login name and password, which was provided freely, without my consent and with no stipulation not to share it:
[email protected], password-4419. This will give you a look at the company.
I think this pyramid scheme works so that the people on the bottom of the pyramid use their social network to advertize products to their friends and that when the family and friends buy the product, they enter in some some sort of identification number that shows who referred them, then the person who did the advertising gets a portion of the profit. Also the people who recruited this advertiser probably get a small portion of the profit also. The advertiser, once having exhausted their social network turns into the recruiter and recruits more advertisers with.
I think this guy was a good guy and his reason for finding it ok to exploit me as another leg on the pyramid that supports him is that he thinks he was providing me with a business opportunity that he himself thinks is legitimate. I do not.
The phone number he used was 612 387 5534.