FTC Acts to Halt Vemma as Alleged Pyramid Scheme
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Promised unlimited income potential, but most participants lose money
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FTC Returns Almost $1.9 Million to Consumers in BurnLounge Pyramid Scheme
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The FTC is mailing 52,099 checks to consumers who lost money to a pyramid scheme that pretended to be a legitimate multi-level marketing program selling opportunities to operate online digital music...
U.S. Appeals Court Affirms Ruling in Favor of FTC, Upholds Lower Court Order Against BurnLounge Pyramid Scheme
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In a victory for the Federal Trade Commission, a federal appeals court has upheld a district court ruling that BurnLounge, a multi-level marketing business, and several associated individuals...
Pyramid Scheme Operator Settles FTC Charges
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An operator who used deceptive earnings promises to recruit consumers for a multi-level marketing operation that was a pyramid scheme has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the...
FTC Asks Court to Shut Down Illegal Pyramid Operation
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On June 6, 2007, the FTC filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against BurnLounge, Inc. The complaint charges that BurnLounge sold opportunities to...
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How to Avoid Job Scams
Join experts from the Federal Trade Commission for a webinar about how to avoid job scams. The FTC will give advice on how to spot and avoid scams when you’re searching for jobs or money-making...
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Stopping business opportunity and credit repair scams in their tracks: What to know about the FTC’s allegations against Growth Cave and Apex Mind
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The FTC recently filed a case to stop what it describes as a fast-moving scam involving a group of companies offering business opportunities and a supposed credit repair service. Although the names...
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New resources to help protect consumers and small businesses from fraud
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Consumers speak many languages and unfortunately scammers are conversant in all of them. That’s why the FTC has reinforced its fraud fighting capabilities by collecting scam reports in multiple...
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FTC crunches the 2022 numbers. See where scammers continue to crunch consumers.
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There are prime numbers, irrational numbers, and Fibonacci’s numbers – but from a consumer protection perspective, no number is quite as sobering as the dollar amount that people reported losing to...
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Reported crypto scam losses since 2021 top $1 billion, says FTC Data Spotlight
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Let’s call it The Recliner Interval – the time it takes for an obscure niche product to start running prime time TV commercials. It’s a made-up metric, of course, but a few hours in front of the TV...
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Back to business #4: Back-to-work basics for job seekers
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We’ll leave it to the economists to crunch the employment numbers. We’re just happy to see more Help Wanted signs in the windows of Main Street retailers. That’s good news for Americans affected by...
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FTC again warns multi-level marketers about unproven health and earnings claims
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Dear Multi-Level Marketer. Stop it. Stop all promotions that push your products by claiming they prevent or treat COVID-19. Stop all misleading or unsubstantiated promotions that push your business...
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New FTC warning letters cite unsupported Coronavirus-related health and earnings claims
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The FTC is not the pen pal you want if you operate a multi-level marketing company but aren’t closely monitoring your distributors. In its latest round of warning letters, the FTC warns ten MLM...
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Certifiably shady
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Certificates of Existence, Status, or Good Standing – sounds like an existential crisis, right? Instead of a philosophical commentary on the meaning of life, the certificates in question refer to...
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