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Amway and Quixtar
AmQuix.info, Amway and Rules Enforcement, Amway Sucks, Amway/Quixtar Memory Hole, The, Amway: The Continuing Story, Amway: The Untold Story, Distributors sue Amway, claim misrepresentation, ex-cult.org: Amway, MLM Survivors Homepage: Quixtar, My Civic Responsibility Section... Just Don't
Carleton Sheets
Analysis of Carleton H. Sheets' Books and Tap, Carleton Sheets Articles Index, Mazu Publishing: Carleton Sheets
Cutco Cutlery and Vector Marketing
Channel 10 News Cutco Cutlery Story, Cutco/Vector/Alcas - Important Facts for Potential, Firm misled sales recruits to sell knives, student, If you're thinking about working for Vector M, Online student group undercuts sales firm Vector M, PioLog classified ad misleads student, Stop the Scamful ways of Vector Marketing and Cutc, Student Group Wants to Slice Up Vector, Students Unite Against Vector Marketing, Vector Marketing: Great offer or scam?
Don Lapre
Don Lapre: The Money Making Package, Don't Be Fooled By Don Lapre, Mazu Publishing: Don Lapre
Excel Communications
Excel Communications: Look Before You Leap Forum, Forbes calls Excel a pyramid
Herbalife
MLM Watch Index: Herbalife International, Work from Home - Unwelcome Herbalife Signs
Institute for Global Prosperity
Global Prosperity Group Scam, Multilevel marketing madness still among us, Oregon Attorney General's letter to Dave Stru, Prosperity at a Price, Quatloos! Commentary on the Global Prosperity Grou, Securities Commissioner Orders Out of State Scheme
Internet Treasure Chest
Internet Treasure Chest and Don Lapre, The "Internet Treasure Chest" isn't
Medco
FTC Press Release, SEC Cease-and-Desist Proceeding
Pre-Paid Legal Services
CBC Marketplace Files: Pre-Paid Legal, EFF "Legal: Cases: PrePaid Legal v. Sturtz&qu, MediaMoogle.com - A Critique of Pre-Paid Legal&apo, Tips for Consumers: Legal Service Plans, Yahoo! PPD
Primerica
Misled by PFS, Misled by PFS Message Board, Primerica Buster, Primerica Buster, So What's Wrong With Primerica?, The Rip Off Report: Primerica, US Securities Exchange Commission vs Primerica
World Financial Group
The Truth about World Financial Group, WMA/WFG Secrets, Worldwidescam.com
An Employment Scam in the Financial Services Indus
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
Sites containing informational material regarding the MLM industry, especially Amway.
Bigsmart Pyramid Promoters Settle FTC Charges
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
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
About the book, an exposé and analysis of the multi-level marketing (MLM) industry
FTC Sues Nationwide Internet Scam
Press release about FTC lawsuit against StreamLine business opportunity.
Metabolife probe launched
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
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
News, lawsuits, personal experiences, and information.
MLM Survivors Club
A discussion group for people who've survived MLM.
Multilevel Marketing Plans
Tips from the Federal Trade Commission regarding MLMs.
My Unlived Life With SkyBiz
Petteri Haipola's experiences with SkyBiz and background.
Personal Experience: Mary Kay Cosmetics
Associate recounts her negative experience with the company.
Pyramid Scheme Alert
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.
Skeptic's Dictionary: multi-level marketing
Encyclopedia-type article about multi-level marketing.
The God of the Bible versus the god of Multi-Level
Christian site calling the teachings of Amway Motivational Organizations "a Satanic distortion of Biblical truth."
The Hype of It
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.
The Mirage of Multilevel Marketing
Article by Stephen Barrett, M.D., on bogus health products.
The Truth About Marketing Plans
Information on evaluating network marketing plans.
What's Wrong With Multi-Level Marketing?
Business analysis of 4 major systemic problems with MLM: 1) Market Saturation, 2) Pyramid Structure, 3) Morality and Ethics, and 4) Relationship Costs
Work at home scams
Warns of business opportunity scams on the internet.
WorldWide Scam Network, The
Parodies of and information about the multi-level marketing scams, frauds, and rip-offs.