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An Employment Scam in the Financial Services Industry
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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.
Anti-MLM and Anti-Amway Webring
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http://www.cocs.com/jhoagland/webhq.html
Sites containing informational material regarding the MLM industry, especially Amway.
Bakers Delight: Truth Behind the Lies
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http://www.bakersdelightlies.com/
Andrew Austin warns of misleading franchise agreements and possible bankruptcy facing those who join the Australian company, with testimonials and links to other franchise warning sites.
Bigsmart Pyramid Promoters Settle FTC Charges
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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
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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.
False Profits
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http://www.falseprofits.com/
About the book, an exposé and analysis of the multi-level marketing (MLM) industry
FTC Sues Nationwide Internet Scam
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http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/06/streamline.htm
Press release about FTC lawsuit against StreamLine business opportunity.
Metabolife probe launched
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http://archives.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/diet.fitness/08/15/ephedra.investigatio/
Metabolife International, the leading seller of the controversial weight-loss supplement ephedra, is the subject of a criminal investigation by the Justice Department.
MetroActive: Shaking the Money Tree
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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
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http://www.mlmsurvivor.com/
News, lawsuits, personal experiences, and information.
MLM Survivors Club
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http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/mlmsurvivorsclub/
A discussion group for people who've survived MLM.
Personal Experience: Mary Kay Cosmetics
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http://cc.edumacation.com/mlm/marykay.html
Associate recounts her negative experience with the company.
PinkLightHouse.com
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http://www.pinklighthouse.com/
Ex-Mary Kay consultants offer news, stories, testimonials and forum on negative experiences with the company.
Pyramid Scheme Alert
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http://pyramidschemealert.org/
Exposes, studies and aims to prevent illegal pyramid schemes. News, alerts, resources, legal information, updates and consumer information about a number of companies and MLMs operating suspected pyramid schemes.
Skeptic's Dictionary: multi-level marketing
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http://skepdic.com/mlm.html
Encyclopedia-type article about multi-level marketing.
The God of the Bible versus the god of Multi-Level Marketing
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http://www.users.fast.net/~gospeltruth/
Christian site calling the teachings of Amway Motivational Organizations "a Satanic distortion of Biblical truth."
The Mirage of Multilevel Marketing
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http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mlm.html
Article by Stephen Barrett, M.D., on bogus health products.
The Truth About Marketing Plans
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http://www.home.cio.net/timo/plan/
Information on evaluating network marketing plans.
What's Wrong With Multi-Level Marketing?
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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
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http://www.worldwidescam.info/
Parodies of and information about the multi-level marketing scams, frauds, and rip-offs.
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