Petro America Corp. (fka PTRZ)

[dhrr06]

According to Affinity Scams, victims that sell and take active part in the scam by promoting it in any way are subject to the same laws as the ones actually controlling the scam. Ignorance is not an exception to the law. Unfortunately, nice people get in trouble right along with the ones creating the scam. The reason, "the law believes it is everyone’s responsibility to investigate and do DD on any business opportunity, before taking part in it." They will investigate, and sometimes when they find out they didn't know, if they cooperate with the officials, charges are reduced, fines and sentences as well...

It doesn't seem quite fair, and that's one of the reasons I was concerned about people invested in Petro...Affinity scam is the worst, because we know our friends and know their good characters and think they have checked things out. But it's really up to each individual, to check things out.
The government all along, with the cease and desist orders, were cluing investors into this being questionable...so I feel like they were putting brakes on it from the beginning...it's just that people will read something and dismiss it, because it's not what they want to think about it...they don't have deductive reasoning, and if they do, they don't take warning and act on it.

http://www.eagleresearchassociates.org/red-flags.php

This link to the website used to have a very good article about affinity scams. It also stated the law about if you took part unknowingly, that you were just as responsible as those perpetrating the scam.

I hope these links answers some questions.

http://www.bustathief.com/affinity-fraud-affinity-scam/

There may be more information available if you google...