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News Media Keep Taking the Bait of MLM “Products”

News Media Keep Taking the Bait of MLM “Products”

Jun 14, 2019 | Economics / Financial, False Profits, MLM, News

It is often said that recognizing “pyramid schemes” is difficult, complex, and confusing. Over the years that I studied “multi-level marketing”, I came to realize that the challenge of recognizing pyramid schemes is not complexity or disguise; it is political...
News Media Keep Taking the Bait of MLM “Products”

Advocare’s Claim, “FTC-Made-Us-Quit-MLM,” is Suspicious

May 30, 2019 | Economics / Financial, False Profits, Legalities and Laws, Pyramid Scheme Politics

The big story about the MLM, Advocare, dropping out of MLM and adopting a “single-level” system (actual direct selling) supposedly as a result of “confidential talks” with the FTC is highly suspicious on its face. At its website, Advocare states: On May 17, AdvoCare...
News Media Keep Taking the Bait of MLM “Products”

Sign of What’s Coming in Pyramid Scheme Law Enforcement at the FTC

Jan 22, 2017 | False Profits, News, Pyramid Scheme Politics

Perhaps the clearest and most direct indicator of what is coming in America for pyramid scheme law enforcement and consumer protection occurred in recent week before the inauguration of president-elect, Donald Trump. Regulation and consumer protection are poised for a...
News Media Keep Taking the Bait of MLM “Products”

Naked Truth: Penn & Teller Nail MLM

Jul 30, 2010 | False Profits, Individual / Social Impact, PSA in the Media

Since the book, False Profits, was published in 1998, scores of journalists, including CBS 60 Minutes, Wall Street Journal, London Times, BBC and many daily newspapers, each have conducted interviews and presented news stories, feature articles or radio and television...
News Media Keep Taking the Bait of MLM “Products”

Buyer Beware: What Is Not Disclosed when You Are Recruited to Join a Multi-level Marketing Scheme

Mar 4, 2010 | Economics / Financial, Ethics, False Profits

Consumers often ask: Even if multi-level marketing companies are pseudo-businesses, pyramid schemes and financial traps, couldn’t they run legally if they just disclosed how they are structured and operate, the actual financial loss rates, the quitting/turnover rates,...
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