Links

[Soapboxmom]

http://www.mlm-thetruth.com/ (http://www.mlm-thetruth.com/)

http://www.pyramidschemealert.org/PSAMain/home.html (http://www.pyramidschemealert.org/PSAMain/home.html)

http://www.vandruff.com/mlm.html

http://www.culthelp.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44&Itemid=7 (http://www.culthelp.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44&Itemid=7)

http://www.oag.state.tx.us/consumer/consumer.shtml (http://www.oag.state.tx.us/consumer/consumer.shtml)

[USANAWatchDog]

I'm going to add my own two consumer awareness websites about the MLM company USANA Health Sciences, Inc.

http://www.mlmpyramid.com (http://www.mlmpyramid.com)

http://www.usanawatchdog.blogspot.com (http://www.usanawatchdog.blogspot.com)

It should be noted that I don't make a dime from those websites.

[Emet]

http://www.quackwatch.org/index.html
Your guide to Quackery, Health Fraud, and Intelligent Decisions
Stephen Barrett, M.D.

http://www.rickross.com/
The Ross Institute: Internet archives for the study of destructive cults, controversial groups and movements
Rick A. Ross

[GlimDropper]

Eagle Research Associates (http://www.eagleresearchassociates.org/) : Consumer information, Assistance and Investigation of Cyber Crime.

[Foolmewunz]

May I offer, as "General Studies", my own home away from home?

JREF Forum (http://forums.randi.org/forumindex.php?)

You'll generally find issues on business, MLM, Pyramid Schemes, Sniffex, Amega Wand, etc.... spread throughout. The MLM and Amway threads were in Business/Economics, and the Sniffex and Amega Wand were under "General Skepticism and the Paranormal". While not totally dedicated to scamsters, there's a lot of good debunking going on, and a well worded question will likely get you about ten skeptics looking up your answers for you, so it's like having a back office full of researchers at your finger tips.
(If you post a sincere enquiry/request for help, be real clear that you're not a wolf in sheep's clothing. The poor guy who started the Amega Wand thread went through about four pages of people suspecting him of shilling.)

[Lightbulb]

Romance Scam (http://www.romancescam.com)
General information about love/dating/romance scammers, the pictures they use, their stock cut-n-paste emails and advice for victims.

Welcome to ScamWarners (http://www.scamwarners.com)
General information about all kinds of email scams and advice for victims.

Welcome to the 419 Eater (http://www.419eater.com/)
While not about specific scams, you can ask questions about scams and scammers. It is more a bunch of people who enjoy wasting scammer's time legally and safely.

[Whip]

Spam, Scam and Phishbusters forum - dslreports.com broadband community (http://www.dslreports.com/forum/scambusters)

[Soapboxmom]

Short, but great article about MLMs inherent flaws:

what is wrong with multi level marketing (http://www.ukskeptics.com/article.php?dir=articles&article=what_is_wrong_with_multi_level_marketing.p hp)

Soapboxmom

[Emet]

What's The Harm? (http://www.whatstheharm.net/index.html)


My name is Tim Farley, and I am a software engineer who lives in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. I created the site myself. It is not sponsored by any organization and does not pursue any hidden agenda, other than promoting critical thinking.

I created the site to help educate the public about the power of critical thinking, and the danger of neglecting it. It is a personal project.

[Unsaved Trash]

What's The Harm? (http://www.whatstheharm.net/index.html)

Thanks for posting that, Emet. I used to read that site and when I bought a new computer, I didn't transfer it over to one of my favorites. You brought it back for me! It's a great resource to expose the BS.

[Doc Bunkum]

What's The Harm? (http://www.whatstheharm.net/index.html)

Someone should forward that site to Doyley and have him click on the Colloidal Silver link.

[consolidation]

Great thread and thanks,
let's not forget the basics like facebook, linkedin and twitter, most western scam artists have ego's that require them to have dedicated pages.
They do not always allow instant info access but quite often via setting up a new "throw away account" and then viewing friends and following clues etc you can find a obvious trail to some interesting info.

Charity registers/company registers for the individual countries are great too!


Consolidation - floundering member

[Wizzard7]

My new phpBB3 site:

ASD Updates • Index page (http://asdupdates.wizzard7.net/phpBB3/index.php)

[Char]

"ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MLM"

Plus a list of all MLM and directs sales companies listed on left of page under:

"Before you get too excited about any "business opportunity", remember how many before you thought the same of their own biz op!"


All You Need To Know About MLM (Is MLM a Scam?) (http://www.financialindustryscam.com/mlm.htm)

[EagleOne]

www.behindmlm.com One of our main resources.

[Whip]

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