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Bad Propaganda: Avon was NOT a sterling example of MLM success
uAvon logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)When trolling for new members, the recruiters for MLM often cite Avon, Amway, and until recently, Herbalife as sterling examples of network marketing. But are they...
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Bad Propaganda: Found and Lost on Oprah's Website
Given the amount of woo that had been pushed by Oprah and her various spawns like Dr. Oz, it's very ironic that her own quiz of what's a scam and what's a cure, is no longer available.Wonder if it hit...
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MLM Absurdities: The "Big Placebo" industry that markets nutritional...
Dietary supplements Do they actually improve your health?(Photo credit: Andrei Z)In studying the network marketing industry, MLM Skeptic had come to a conclusion that most network marketing companies...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: World Ventures *is* a Pyramid Scheme, according to Norwegian...
Norwegian authorities, after an investigation, concluded that World Ventures is a pyramid scheme.See BehindMLM report for full...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: WCM777 / KINGDOM777 switched names again, now Global Unity or...
Various reports in Spanish from WCM777 adherents reported that WCM777, which had earlier renamed itself Kingdom 777 after it was outlawed on multiple continents, has renamed itself yet again to "Global...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: TelexFree Fraud Warning in Europe
TelexFree, a suspect Ponzi in Brazil, has apparently trying to make inroads in other parts of the world, which resulted in a warning from at least two European police units, specifically, from Jersey...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: FTC responds to Senator Markey's Letter... with nothing
FTC just made public their response to Senator Markey's letter regarding Herbalife and its investigation.They took 3 pages to get to the point, which can be roughly summarized as"We're looking into it,...
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BREAKING NEWS: TelexFree cancels recruitment seminar on Jersey
According to Detective-Sargeant Andrew Smith of Police of Jersey, when TelexFree reps learned that the local police is already aware of them, a recruitment seminar scheduled was abruptly cancelled, as...
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Scam Psychology: Scam Denial for Dummies (i.e. How to be happy sheeple)
Editor's Note: After reading the article"Science Denial for Beginners" by Austin Cline, I just had to adapt it for scam denial. All credit goes to original author, and any mistakes are my...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: TelexFree under investigation in Africa
The East African newspaper out of Kenya has confirmed with Rwandan government officials that TelexFree had spread to Rwanda and is being investigated by officials of being a fraudulent scheme.Emmanuel...
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Found This Pix on Reddit: VERY appropriate
Actual Advice Mallard says:If you have to pay anything up front before you start a job, you're a customer, no an employee. Isn't it surprising that so many MLMers fail to realize this, and manage to...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: ZeekRewards receiver filed civil suit against "insiders" and...
According to PatrickPretty.com, Zeek Rewards receiver Ken Bell has filed lawsuit against the "net winners" of Zeek Rewards, alleging that they had long conspired to defraud others. This includes all of...
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Scam Psychology: Charlie Munger on How You Screw Up, Part 1 of 6
You may have heard of Charlie Munger. But if you haven't, you should have heard of his partner: Warren Buffet, one of the 5 richest man in the world. In 1995, Charlie Munger gave a speech at...
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Scam Psychology: Charlie Munger on How You Screw Up, Part 2 of 6
You may have heard of Charlie Munger. But if you haven't, you should have heard of his partner: Warren Buffet, one of the 5 richest man in the world. In 1995, Charlie Munger gave a speech at...
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Guest Post: Vemma and Napoleon Hill's "Think and Grow Rich", part 4 of 6
Previously we had SlayerofScams, a fellow scambuster on IGN, posting his essay on how people misconstrue Napoleon Hill's advice to coerce the weak-minded sheeple. Here is part 4 of 6. ----------...
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Duke University's Free Coursera Course on Critical Thinking: Take it!
Duke / Coursera has a free course on critical thinking. It can even lead to a certificate if you take a couple other classes, but by itself it's a great intro to critical thinking and proper arguments,...
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BREAKING NEWS: Quebec, Canada, and Alaska, US, issues alert regarding WCM777...
State of Alaska, United States of America, issued an investor fraud alert regarding WCM777 (later renamed Kingdom777, later renamed Global...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Herbalife confirmed it is under investigation by FTC
In a webcast, Herbalife confirmed that it is indeed under investigation by FTC.http://www.marketwatch.com/story/federal-probe-is-latest-twist-in-herbalife-saga-2014-03-12
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Ming Xu claims he's no longer involved in WCM777 / Kingdom 777...
In a series of tweets, instead of Bible-sounding quotes (i.e. "God gave me strength to persevere") Ming Xu claimed he's no longer involved in WCM / Kingdom / Global "due to investigations". He claimed...
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BREAKING NEWS: Italy fined Vemma, Organo Gold, and Asea 500K Euros for...
Flag of Italy (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Italy's Financial Regulators (Guardia di Finanze) Special Market Protection Unit, Anti-Trust Group, just issued fines to Vemma Italy (100K Euro fine), Asea Italy...
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