These days, retirees are warned about financial drains like phishing emails or fake IRS calls, but there’s another scheme that can be harder to recognize because it often doesn’t look like a scam at ...

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When 23-year-old college graduate Julie was invited to a “girls night party” where the guests were told by a woman named Shawna from a company called Pure Romance that they could make big bucks ...

“Wanna swim in cash?” The first season of the podcast “The Dream” starts by asking the listener this question. This is the ploy many people who sell the fantasy of wealth for a multi-level marketing ...

Critics of multilevel marketing businesses like Amway and Herbalife make bold claims. Bill Ackman, an institutional investment manager who tried to take down Herbalife, once said of the company, which ...

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I read the report “Trio charged with promoting illegal MLM scheme, unlicensed forex trading” (Jan 9), and am reminded that it is so easy for people to fall for such multi-level marketing (MLM) schemes ...

Most Americans have been aware for some time that multi-level marketing schemes are bad — either through recent books or documentaries like LuLaRich. But did you know exactly how bad? Bridget Read, ...