• Herbalife is Not Like Vemma, Unless It Is

    In light of the recent shutdown of multi-level marketing company Vemma (following allegations that it is a pyramid scheme),there has been much discussion of Herbalife. Is it a more legitimate MLM, or is it a pyramid scheme like Vemma and […]

  • MLMs as Pyramid Schemes (Vemma Shut Down)

    Multi-level marketing companies – – MLMs for short – – go to great lengths to distance themselves from pyramid schemes. The Direct Selling Association (a lobbying group funded by multi-level marketing companies that helps ensure our government continues to allow […]

  • Primerica Income Disclosures

    Primerica sells insurance and investments through a multi-level marketing structure. Some call Primerica a scam or a pyramid scheme. Primerica representatives sometimes seek out new recruits with unethical practices, such as fake job interviews. A former Primerica representative shares her […]

  • Rigging a Contest, Jennifer McKinney Style

    Remember our favorite serial scammer, MckMama?  Well, the infamous Jennifer McKinney is back and is scamming the sheeple again. (Who am I kidding? She never STOPPED scamming businesses and consumers.) We’ve talked here at length about Jennifer and Israel McKinney’s […]