Multilevel marketing (MLM) programs are a legitimate way of selling products – think Amway, Tupperware and Mary Kay. They become illegal pyramid schemes when the emphasis is on recruiting new distributors rather than actually selling products. Most participants in pyramid…[Continue Reading...]
Suryapet: Thousands of unsuspecting people have fallen victim to fraudulent app-based multi-level marketing (MLM) schemes that promised substantial returns on their investments within short timeframes. These schemes displayed impressive growth in users' account balances initially, enticing them to invest more.…[Continue Reading...]
Most multilevel marketers have rebuttals at the ready when potential recruits accuse them of peddling a pyramid scheme. One of the canned comebacks for Donald Trump’s late-aughts MLM—because, of course, Trump once had his own MLM—is a doozy: “If you…[Continue Reading...]
Most people aren’t making money off these opportunities, though. A 2018 AARP Foundation study found that only one-quarter of MLM participants earned a profit, while nearly half lost money. Of the few who did profit, 53% reported earning $5,000 or…[Continue Reading...]
The day Emily Paulson was awarded her new Lexus — gleaming white, topped with a big red bow and a vanity plate reading FREECAR — she was surrounded by more than 100 women with their iPhones aloft, eagerly snapping photos.…[Continue Reading...]
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