Tag: multilevel marketing scheme

Consumer Protection, Public Companies, Pyramid Schemes & MLM

Herbalife Under FTC Investigation? Or Not?

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Today the New York Post reported that Herbalife (HLF) is under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and that has sent the stock price down more than 10%. The newspaper bases this story on a Freedom of Information request done by the newspaper. It says, regarding consumer complaints received …

Pyramid Schemes & MLM

Inline Marketing Scam: Same MLM Scam, Different MLM Name

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Through the years, multi-level marketing companies and MLM distributors have played a clever game of changing the wording to hide the truth. MLM activities have been referred to as direct sales, dual marketing, network marketing, multilevel marketing, consumer direct marketing, affiliate marketing, seller assisted marketing scams, home-based business franchising, and …