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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.  Skeptic's Dictionary: multi-level marketing  - http://skepdic.com/mlm.html  Encyclopedia-type article about multi-level marketing.  The God of the Bible versus the god of Multi-Level Marketing  - http://www.users.fast.net/~gospeltruth/  Christian site calling the teachings of Amway Motivational Organizations "a Satanic distortion of Biblical truth."  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.  The Truth About Marketing Plans  - http://www.home.cio.net/timo/plan/  Information on evaluating network marketing plans.  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.  FTC Sues Nationwide Internet Scam  - http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/06/streamline.htm  Press release about FTC lawsuit against StreamLine business opportunity.  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.  Personal Experience: Mary Kay Cosmetics  - http://cageyconsumer.com/mlm/marykay.html  Associate recounts her negative experience with the company.  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.  The Mirage of Multilevel Marketing  - http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mlm.html  Article by Stephen Barrett, M.D., on bogus health products.  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.