Does it seem like your inbox is bombarded with offers for essential oils, detox shakes, leggings and other products? Are you regularly presented with exciting job opportunities that are light on ...

If you’ve ever gotten a message from one of those former friends from high school offering you a “once in a lifetime business opportunity,” odds are you’ve been exposed to a multi-level marketing (MLM ...

So the next time a friend or family member reaches out with an exciting opportunity to make money ― and someone undoubtedly will ― stop and consider whether it may really be a ploy to rope you into an ...

WHEN Charlie Harris, 34, from Derby, was approached on social media about joining a travel MLM, she jumped at the chance of making easy money from home. Instead, she ended up in debt, her family ...

Still, it seems like everyone has at least a few high school acquaintances hawking essential oils, dietary supplements or leggings on Facebook. Luckily, the funny folks of Twitter have found humor in ...

Direct-selling company QNET has been accused by India's economic crime agency of duping, "a huge number of innocent investors". The BBC has been speaking to victims and campaigners against the scheme, ...

Social media has provided MLM distributors with a new channel and outlet to sell their wares. Rather than the logistics of arranging an in-person party or conversation, all a distributor has to do is ...

There is a growing rumble of discontent against multi-level marketing (MLM) businesses. As well as a growing backlash from former MLM recruits, regulators are getting involved, too. Unfortunately, ...

‘If you’re just getting started with the Breakaway Movement you don’t have to tell your friends or family about this business…’ With her friendly voice and big smile, Amelia Whelan delivers this line ...

Police in Phu Tho Province have dismantled a large-scale illegal multi-level investment scheme known as Meta Whale, which ...