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Often a [[Parody Religion]]. See also [[Church of Happyology]] and [[God Guise]]. Contrast [[Path of Inspiration]], where the cult members are [[Obliviously Evil]] [[Mook|Mooks]] of some kind of [[Evil Overlord]] or [[Ancient Conspiracy]], and [[Scary Amoral Religion]], which leads its followers into depravity.
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'''NOTE:''' Only add examples that can be objectively verified to be scams according to the narrative. Thus, '''[[No Real Life Examples, Please|NO Real Life examples]]''', since we can't see our world from the outside. That includes any religion that ''you'' personally consider to be a scam, no matter what evidence you have or how large majority of mankind agrees with you. If you think this trope is being ''[[Invoked Trope|invoked]]'' in real life, it's probably a [[Parody Religion]].
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* Bokononism in ''[[Cats Cradle|Cat's Cradle]]''. Quite openly.
* Hillman Hunter of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (Franchise)/And Another Thing|And Another Thing]]'' has one of these and is shocked when the apocalypse he's been preaching not only happens, but his cult is let off the planet in time, which (at least superficially) is just as he predicted.
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* The book ''Leaving Fishers'' by Margaret Peterson Haddix is about a girl who joins a cult called Fishers of Men. Among the many other things wrong with it, one thing she finds out at the end {{spoiler|when she de-converts}} is that the head of the cult is using their donations to support a lavish lifestyle, while making it out as though he can barely afford things. {{spoiler|The main character admits to having given the cult her college savings...}}
* In ''[[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]]'', Moses exposes the polytheism of Egypt as a scam religion by calling down ten plagues. Each plague is directed against one major Egyptian deity, but each time the polytheistic priesthood is unable to stop the plagues - thus proving that the God of Moses is the true God.
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