Katie Zacharia says she worked as a Beachbody affiliate after returning from China in 2013. She described the fitness company ...

Modern pyramid schemes aren’t always marked with easy-to-spot red flags. Today, they hide in plain sight, masquerading as multi-level marketing (MLM) opportunities, exclusive cryptocurrency investment ...

Read your favorite blog, listen to your favorite podcast, or follow your favorite traveler on Instagram, and you will inevitably run into affiliate marketing links inviting you to spend money on ...

White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia may not have passed the bar ... but she did work for a multilevel marketing ...

Scammers want you to believe they're offering you a legitimate money-making opportunity. Seniors are seen as prime targets due to the potential that they have money saved for retirement. If an ...

Have you ever been approached for a "business opportunity" that promises you'll earn a ton of money from your home? This is a subtle warning that someone may be attempting to recruit you as part of a ...

Main StoryThis is a story from about 20 years ago. I was a university student and decided to return to my hometown for summer ...

a pyramid scheme in the hands of a fraudster. Fans of the old horror movie Poltergeist 2 remember the classic line "They're back" and so it is with the classic Secret Sister scam which returns each ...

MLMs are similar in structure to pyramid schemes, but with the essential difference that an MLM is considered a legitimate business enterprise and a pyramid is a scheme to defraud. Understanding this ...