[morgante]

I don't really understand how these predatory businesses continue to exist.

I understand some entrepreneurs are very out of the loop / far from the VC ecosystem, but even just Googling about it you will find lots of clear advice to never pay for introductions or accelerators.

[OJFord]

It's just falling for a scam like any other really isn't it? It happens, the promises you want to believe, etc.

We can sit here and say we don't understand how people fall for Nigerian princes, attorneys for the estate of long lost cousins, and all that sort of thing, but clearly it works on some people vulnerable and wishful enough to believe it.