Yes, over at the Anti MLM Coalition we (along with a growing chorus of others) are jumping up and down about the lack of honesty and visibility people entering these “businesses” have. The pandemic has sadly swelled the number of people vulnerable to these “opportunities”. The U.K. needs to up its game and start examining these thinly disguised recruitment schemes and updating the legislation around trading schemes.
If anyone is coming across the issue of MLM for the first time they might find the following useful:
www.mlmtruth.org - general site with information about helping loved ones in MLM or leaving one yourself, how to check if a company is an MLM, links to other antiMLM content, MLM master list
Talented Ladies Club - excellent breakdowns of the lies and number fudging of MLM
The Secrets of the Multilevel Millionaires - Ellie Flynn investigates the truth for 99.6% of sign ups to MLM in this excellent documentary - still on BBC iPlayer.
The Dream podcast - the history of pyramid schemes and MLM right up to the present day and what happens when they join one. Lots of interesting commentators
The Missing Cyrpto Queen - about a one woman crypto fraud (OneCoin) that spread thanks to the MLM model).
The Elle Beau Blog - a Younique horror story
The MLM Lies exposed page on FB
Follow antiMLM and antiMLMMovement hashtags on Twitter
The Timeless Vie site - a few years old but the horror stories they report on have sadly not changed
AntiMLM on YouTube - new generation of antiMLM content