As the United States plunges into weeks of quarantine, multi-level marketing distributors are looking to fear and panic as a new opportunity. They offer work-from-home and promise to make up…
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‘Snake oil’ is lingo for any product that is sold to solve a problem (or many problems) that it doesn’t. It’s a form of deceptive marketing. Many MLMs sell essential…
The dietary supplement company Advocare was fined $150 million by the federal trade commission. The FTC explained that the Avocare business model “was a pyramid scheme.” Avocare operated for around…
On July 19th, AdvoCare is changing from an MLM compensation model to a single-level compensation plan. In other words, AdvoCare will only pay distributors commissions for their wholesale and retail…
Trades of Hope is a company which claims to help empower artisans around the world by connecting them with ‘Compassionate Entrepreneurs’ in the United States to sell their product. It…
Sometimes it’s our best friends who get us into the most trouble. Just in time for the holidays, gift scams are back! If you hear about a game or project…