Government advice service Consumer Direct is urging people to avoid falling victim to pyramid schemes which are costing UK consumers an estimated £420 million a year. Pyramid schemes - often ...

THE anonymous caller wasn't pleased with our expose of pyramid scam VIP. Last month we warned you to keep clear of this nightmare, which takes £1,695 from victims at mass cult-style presentations. It ...

LANCASHIRE County Council's Trading Standards is warning people of the return of the pyramid selling scams. Trading Standard's is now receiving enquiries which indicate that these schemes are ...

Up to 1,000 people in the UAE and Oman are fighting an uphill battle after a 'multi-level marketing scheme' has been labelled as a pyramid-selling scam by a Philippines court. PowerHomes Inc, based in ...

A Chinese man who masterminded a pyramid scheme that lost investors a total of $246m (£170m) has been sentenced to 15 years in jail. Zhao Pengyun was described by Chinese media as the "main culprit" ...

A PYRAMID "get-rich-quick" scam which led hundreds of people to invest sums of up to é1,000 has been wound up by the High Court. Macclesfield-based Pyramidcash.com attracted custom by placing ...

MONTRÉAL, Sept. 26, 2025 /CNW/ - The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is warning Quebeckers about solicitations that are being carried out using multi-level marketing (MLM) principles. In some ...

EMPLOYEES of a council that is probing a pyramid selling epidemic have themselves been paying £3,000 to join it. EMPLOYEES of a council that is probing a pyramid selling epidemic have themselves been ...

Women could find themselves the targets of a clever scam which promises to make them rich for doing virtually nothing. The pyramid scheme Women Empowering Women, or WEW, which first appeared on the ...

A man has been accused of duping 900 people out of their savings using a secretive Scottish ‘tax haven’ firm. Belarussian Vladislav Shevelenko promised investors returns of between 100 and 300 per ...