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Parodies of and information about the multi-level marketing scams, frauds, and rip-offs.
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WORLDWIDESCAM.COM  ...
http://www.worldwidescam.com/

About the book, an exposé and analysis of the multi-level marketing (MLM) industry
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FalseProfitsHomePage  Viewing this page requires a browser capable of displaying frames....
http://www.falseprofits.com/

Sites containing informational material regarding the MLM industry, especially Amway.
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Welcome to The Anti-MLM and Anti-Amway Webring Home Page  Our mission is to help organize the informational material regarding the MLM industry and its leader, Amway. To achieve that mission, the webring will increase traffic and awareness of each members sites as well as serve as a research jump-on...
http://www.cocs.com/jhoagland/webhq.html

Encyclopedia-type article about multi-level marketing.
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multi-level marketing  For information on ordering from BN or from other countries, click here Merchants of Deception Fitzpatrick, Robert L. and Joyce Reynolds. False Profits Seeking Financial and Spiritual Deliverance in Multi-Level Marketing and Pyramid Schemes MLM Alerts! on the Net Before...
http://skepdic.com/mlm.html

Christian site calling the teachings of Amway Motivational Organizations "a Satanic distortion of Biblical truth."
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Home  Satan is increasing the pace and sophistication of his deception of fallen man. In the last half of the 20th century, a new category of home businesses has emerged known as multi-level marketing. From humble roots of door-to-door selling to...
http://www.users.fast.net/~gospeltruth/

News, lawsuits, personal experiences, and information.
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MLMSurvivor.com. Headlines and breaking news about Quixtar/Amway and other Multi-Level Marketing businesses.  M from the list below for more information. Select an MLM 2Extreme Amway Bigsmart.com Cocooning Club Double Eagle Marketing Equinox Herbalife KM.net Mannatech Melaleuca NuSkin Omegatrend Pre-Paid Legal Services PRSI Purchase Plus Quixtar Renaissance: The Tax People Skybiz Streamline International...
http://www.mlmsurvivor.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.
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The Hype of It!  My high school sweetheart and wife of 17 years was recovering from a 4-year bout with depression followed by agoraphobia. One day she decided that she would either have to pick herself up and get on with life or die....
http://www.thehypeofit.com

Information on evaluating network marketing plans.
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Network Marketing Plans What You Should Know  Take the time to read this! If you are currently in a Network Marketing company, or are thinking about joining one, this is a must read. You won't find this information anywhere else. To help you understand, we will use...
http://www.home.cio.net/timo/plan/

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.
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Pyramid Scheme Alert  The first international organization to expose, study and prevent illegal pyramid schemes....
http://pyramidschemealert.org/

Press release about FTC lawsuit against StreamLine business opportunity.
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Streamline International, Inc  Commission has brought suit against a fraudulent Internet operation posing as a legitimate multi-level marketing business. The FTC charges that the scheme is actually an illegal pyramid that uses phony promises of easy income to scam consumers from across the...
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/06/streamline.htm

Federal Trade Commission press release announces that Darrin Epps and Edward Lamont are barred for life from participating in multi-level marketing schemes.
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Bigsmart.Com L.L.C.  Internet shopping mall network have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their scheme was an illegal pyramid operation. The settlement permanently bars two of the promoters, Darrin Epps and Edward Lamont, from participating in multi-level marketing schemes. A...
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/08/bigsmart.htm

Associate recounts her negative experience with the company.
http://cageyconsumer.com/mlm/marykay.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.
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Cagey's multi-level marketing  Everybody throws money in the air picks up what they can MLM the truth! How to analyze MLM programs Nonsense Silly Statements About Multi-Level Marketing We'll Build Your Downline for You The truth about spillover Rick Ross Commercial/Business Gropups The...
http://cageyconsumer.com/mlminfo.html

Tips from the Federal Trade Commission regarding MLMs.
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Multilevel Marketing Plans  Produced in cooperation with the North American Securities Administrators Association Multilevel marketing plans, also known as network or matrix marketing, are a way of selling goods or services through distributors. These plans typically promise that if you sign up as...
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/invest/mlm.htm

Metabolife International, the leading seller of the controversial weight-loss supplement ephedra, is the subject of a criminal investigation by the Justice Department.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/d.../ephedra.investigatio/index.html

A discussion group for people who've survived MLM.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mlmsurvivorsclub/

Article by Stephen Barrett, M.D., on bogus health products.
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The Multilevel Mirage  Americans have signed up as distributors for multilevel companies that market such products from person to person. Often they have tried the products, concluded that they work, and become suppliers to support their habit. Multilevel marketing (also called network marketing)...
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mlm.html

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.
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An Employment Scam in the Financial Services Industry HOME  Considering a financial sales job? To future financial consultants, finance management trainees/associates, financial services sales professionals, financial executives, investment advisors, financial planners, and the like: There is a scam you should be aware of. CONTENTS: Introduction How The Scam Works...
http://www.armydiller.com/financial-scam/index.htm

Warns of business opportunity and work-at-home scams on the internet.
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Work from Home Scams. Info and guidance. Free eBooks, etc.  Books about how and what to sell on the Internet, plus health, herbs, sci-fi, poetry, prose, etc. Work at Home SCAMS See also: Home Working information 48 home working articles NIGERIAN SCAM Beware of emails offering very large sums of...
http://www.pcincome.co.uk/scams.htm