Pyramid schemes want people to believe they're legitimate companies. Only the very few at the top of the pyramid ever make a ...

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 heard of someone who claimed to make a lot of money by investing in a new cryptocurrency or a trading program that promised high returns? Did they also tell you that you could join them ...

Tupperware is among the best-known American multi-level marketing schemes, which promise big pay-outs but often leave their adherents bankrupt. A new book details how the industry came to dominate so ...

The Secret Sister gift exchange may look festive, but it's an illegal pyramid scheme that resurfaces every holiday season.

Most Americans have been aware for some time that multi-level marketing schemes are bad — either through recent books or documentaries like LuLaRich. But did you know exactly how bad? Bridget Read, ...

The Government of New Zealand has previously funded Branislav Hock's research on pyramid schemes but not directly related to this article. The Government of New Zealand has previously funded research ...

When 23-year-old college graduate Julie was invited to a “girls night party” where the guests were told by a woman named Shawna from a company called Pure Romance that they could make big bucks ...