Pyramid Scheme Alert https://www.pyramidschemealert.org The first international organization to expose, study and prevent pyramid schemes. Tue, 12 May 2026 03:35:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Crypto and Prediction Markets — Legacy of MLM https://www.pyramidschemealert.org/crypto-and-prediction-markets-legacy-of-mlm/ Mon, 11 May 2026 03:56:20 +0000 https://www.pyramidschemealert.org/?p=4025 by Robert L. FitzPatrick Remembering I am one of the few people in the world that for more than 30 years consistently examined and sought to expose the lie that is called “multi-level marketing” (MLM). I am not alone, but part of a tiny cadre of truth-tellers, nearly all of whom have been sued and […]

The post Crypto and Prediction Markets — Legacy of MLM first appeared on Pyramid Scheme Alert.]]> Good-bye, F.T.C.  https://www.pyramidschemealert.org/good-bye-f-t-c/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 17:52:29 +0000 https://www.pyramidschemealert.org/?p=3995 Since the mid-1990’s when the voices of “anti-MLM” started to grow, citizens who were injured, some irreparably, by multi-level marketing (MLM) turned to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for truth, justice and protection. Still today, FTC is treated by anti-MLM as the last best hope. FTC officials are honored guests and speakers at anti-MLM […]

The post Good-bye, F.T.C.  first appeared on Pyramid Scheme Alert.]]> Quiz: How Many MLMs Are There?  https://www.pyramidschemealert.org/quiz-how-many-mlms-are-there/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 18:23:13 +0000 https://www.pyramidschemealert.org/?p=3832 Many people move from one MLM to another thinking they are different, when in fact they're all the same.

The post Quiz: How Many MLMs Are There?  first appeared on Pyramid Scheme Alert.]]> Institutional Support for Multi-Level Marketing in America Is Cracking https://www.pyramidschemealert.org/institutional-support-for-multi-level-marketing-in-america-is-cracking/ Fri, 06 Jun 2025 21:05:22 +0000 https://www.pyramidschemealert.org/?p=3805 The consequences of media and institutional support for MLM are getting worse, and MLM's ill-gotten money is being used for an extremist political agenda.

The post Institutional Support for Multi-Level Marketing in America Is Cracking first appeared on Pyramid Scheme Alert.]]> MLM Champion, Dr. Lasdwun N. Luzes, Condemns Labeling MLM as “Cult” https://www.pyramidschemealert.org/mlm-champion-dr-lasdwun-n-luzes-condemns-labeling-mlm-as-cult/ Tue, 06 May 2025 20:25:06 +0000 https://www.pyramidschemealert.org/?p=3784 (Unverified Report) The country’s most ardent advocate for multi-level marketing, Dr. Lasdwun N. Luzes, has condemned a recently published  slide presentation on YouTube by Robert FitzPatrick that identifies and defines multi-level marketing (MLM) as “the world’s largest and least examined cult movement.” Dr. Lasdwun N. Luzes is a sought-after consultant to MLM companies and traders of […]

The post MLM Champion, Dr. Lasdwun N. Luzes, Condemns Labeling MLM as “Cult” first appeared on Pyramid Scheme Alert.]]> Multi-Level Marketing Identified as “Cult” in New Book from Major Publisher https://www.pyramidschemealert.org/multi-level-marketing-identified-as-cult-in-new-book-from-major-publisher/ Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:43:16 +0000 https://www.pyramidschemealert.org/?p=3769 FTC Report on MLM “Earnings Claims” Rule Confirms Views of Dr. Lasdwun N. Luzes, Legendary MLM Economist https://www.pyramidschemealert.org/ftc-report-on-mlm-earnings-claims-rule-confirms-views-of-dr-lasdwun-n-luzes-legendary-mlm-economist/ Sat, 14 Sep 2024 18:02:27 +0000 https://www.pyramidschemealert.org/?p=3713 The recent report by staff of the FTC Consumer Protection Bureau related to a proposed rule on MLM "Earnings Claims" confirms the economic analysis of Dr. Lasdwun N. Luzes that such a rule would be useless and unworkable. Dr. Luzes is the author of the ground-breaking booklet, In Defense of the Pyramid Scheme.

The post FTC Report on MLM “Earnings Claims” Rule Confirms Views of Dr. Lasdwun N. Luzes, Legendary MLM Economist first appeared on Pyramid Scheme Alert.]]> “MLM Is Legal” Is the Heart of the Big Lie https://www.pyramidschemealert.org/mlm-is-legal-is-the-heart-of-the-big-lie/ Mon, 27 May 2024 20:56:02 +0000 https://www.pyramidschemealert.org/?p=3687 he Big Lie is: “MLM is Legal.” This Big Lie is promoted by MLMs, for obvious reasons, but it is also spread, incredibly, within “anti-MLM” too. 

When anti-MLMers repeat it, it diminishes all valid revelations.

The post “MLM Is Legal” Is the Heart of the Big Lie first appeared on Pyramid Scheme Alert.]]> Conference of Mice Skirts “Tray” Deception https://www.pyramidschemealert.org/conference-of-mice-skirts-tray-deception/ Sun, 28 Apr 2024 19:58:04 +0000 https://www.pyramidschemealert.org/?p=3666 Reports of mice losing lives or limbs in what are called “mouse trays” containing delicious food had increased to alarming levels. It became the subject of intense controversy, leading to a conference of concerned mice. The mice have been told by other trusted mice that the trays offer a unique opportunity to obtain nutritious food […]

The post Conference of Mice Skirts “Tray” Deception first appeared on Pyramid Scheme Alert.]]> The Plainest Truth of MLM is the Most Avoided https://www.pyramidschemealert.org/the-plainest-truth-of-mlm-is-the-most-avoided/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:46:58 +0000 https://www.pyramidschemealert.org/?p=3653 If "Selling the Dream" were about mouse traps and written to help mice, the book would offer a lot of interesting information about various cheeses and other baits, their quality, taste, color, etc. It would tell the mice some colorful stories about the trap’s inventors. But it would avoid telling the mice right from the start, clearly, and forcefully that the cheese sits on a malevolent device designed to break their little necks! It would not definitively explain that the device is a murderous trap, not a plate of free food, as it is disguised.

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