- What's Wrong With Multi-Level Marketing? - http://www.vandruff.com/mlm.html
Business analysis of 4 major systemic problems with MLM: 1) Market Saturation, 2) Pyramid Structure, 3) Morality and Ethics, and 4) Relationship Costs
- WorldWide Scam Network, The - http://www.worldwidescam.com/
Parodies of and information about the multi-level marketing scams, frauds, and rip-offs.
- False Profits - http://www.falseprofits.com/
About the book, an exposé and analysis of the multi-level marketing (MLM) industry
- Anti-MLM and Anti-Amway Webring - http://www.cocs.com/jhoagland/webhq.html
Sites containing informational material regarding the MLM industry, especially Amway.
- MetroActive: Shaking the Money Tree - http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/10.03.96/cover/multilevel-9640.html
by Amy Chen Mills- "From Amway to Equinox, multilevel marketing schemes have won 7 million devotees on the promise of unlimited wealth and freedom. But when the numbers don't add up, distributors lose more than their dreams."
- MLM Survivor - http://www.mlmsurvivor.com/
News, lawsuits, personal experiences, and information.
- The Hype of It - http://www.thehypeofit.com
True story of a PartyLite Gifts consultant's trek to the top followed by the use of the 10 day clause by the company to terminate her contract.
- Pyramid Scheme Alert - http://pyramidschemealert.org/
Exposes, studies and aims to prevent illegal pyramid schemes. Site includes news, alerts, resources, legal information, updates and consumer information about a number of companies and MLMs operating suspected pyramid schemes.
- Bigsmart Pyramid Promoters Settle FTC Charges - http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/08/bigsmart.htm
Federal Trade Commission press release announces that Darrin Epps and Edward Lamont are barred for life from participating in multi-level marketing schemes.
- Cagey Consumer: Multi-level marketing - http://cageyconsumer.com/mlminfo.html
Analysis and debunking of Multi-Level Marketing as an industry as well as scrutiny of a number of specific MLMs and complaints generated about them.
- Multilevel Marketing Plans - http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/invest/mlm.htm
Tips from the Federal Trade Commission regarding MLMs.
- Metabolife probe launched - http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/diet.fitness/08/15/ephedra.investigatio/index.html
Metabolife International, the leading seller of the controversial weight-loss supplement ephedra, is the subject of a criminal investigation by the Justice Department.
- MLM Survivors Club - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mlmsurvivorsclub/
A discussion group for people who've survived MLM.
- An Employment Scam in the Financial Services Industry - http://www.armydiller.com/financial-scam/index.htm
Describes an employment scam that finance grads and those considering financial, insurance and securities sales should be aware of. What to do if you've been scammed; links to similar sites.
- PC Income - http://www.pcincome.co.uk/scams.htm
Warns of business opportunity and work-at-home scams on the internet.
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