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5 Sites in Business Opportunities

Business Opportunities: Consumer Information

Federal Trade Commission site with tips on how to avoid scams. Most files are in PDF.

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/bizopps/coninfo.html
Shaking the Money Tree

Online article by Ami Shen Lee exposes the pitfalls of multilevel marketing.

http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/10.03.96/cover/multilevel-9640.html
Suspected Pyramid Schemes

Oregon Department of Justice site with information, hotline, and complaint form.

http://www.doj.state.or.us/finfraud/pyramids.shtml
What's Wrong With Multi-Level Marketing?

Includes an in-depth analysis of MMF and MLM techniques and areas to be avoided.

http://www.vandruff.com/mlm.html
Women Empowering Women, a Pyramid Gifting Scheme

Site details the pyramid gifting scheme operating in Massena, NY, also known in other cities as the Women Empowerment Network or as The Dinner Club.

http://hometown.aol.com/massenapyramid/myhomepage/business.html

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