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Ask Your Teachers for a Rebate

Posted on September 11, 2009
Image via WikipediaIan Ayres, a law professor at Yale, has found a novel way to beat the high cost of text books""He handed out more than...

Senate Hearing on Madoff's Ponzi Scheme

Posted on September 11, 2009
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeHere is the Senate Hearing on Bernie Madoff's ponzi scheme. From Harry Markopolos testimony on the Madoff ponzi. "The current situation...

Coffee is for Closers, Only.

Posted on September 10, 2009
This video was up at False Profits, Robert FitzPatrick's blog about the illusion of profits in multi-level marketing. Robert wrote in an email to me:...

I am Dumb, but Dummies Lie

Posted on September 10, 2009
Image via Wikipedia One of the most interesting and challenging logical phenomena discovered in the 20th century was the rigorous study of the relationship, for...

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Coffee is for Closers, Only.

Posted on September 09, 2009

How Much Money Can You Make with Arbonne?

Posted on September 03, 2009
Everyone asks, "how much money can I make investing in this franchise, distributorship or network marketing opportunity?" Sometimes, as in the case of the...

David A. Souza Ponzi Scheme

Posted on September 01, 2009
Image via WikipediaThis is from the SEC Press Release on the David Souza Ponzi scheme."The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday charged David A. Souza...

Why Smart People do Stupid Things.

Posted on August 30, 2009
Image via WikipediaOver the years I have counselled many franchises and business opportunities distributors, I have been struck by the number of smart and successful...

American Casino - Film at 11

Posted on August 30, 2009
American Casino movie trailer from Leslie and Andrew Cockburn on Vimeo.If buying credit default swaps was gambling, then how come these debts were legally enforceable?...

Rawman or Raw deal?

Posted on August 27, 2009
Image via WikipediaAround the end of May, 2006, I was conned. By a franchisor named Robert Morgan, now going by the name of Rawman or...

How Much Can I Make?

Posted on August 25, 2009
Image by inju via FlickrForbes wrote an article about their Top 20 Low Cost Franchise systems, but then noted, that: "Potential profitability is another, but...

Trade Mark Owners Fight Back Against Deceptive Testimonials

Posted on August 21, 2009
Image via WikipediaDick Smillie, writing at Forbes, had a nice article in June, 2009 about the deceptive marketing practices of anti-aging shills for resveratrol and...

Why are Regulators Idiots?

Posted on August 21, 2009
From the FBI Press Release about the recent construction ponzi scheme."WENDELL RAY SPELL, 50, of Gainesville, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge...

Affiliate Marketing and the FTC

Posted on August 20, 2009
Image by affiliatesummit via FlickrI am surprised how little the affiliate marketing crowd understands or is aware of the FTC's agenda on deceptive advertising, especially...

Duncan Group Real Estate Ponzi

Posted on August 17, 2009
Image via WikipediaFrom the FBI Press Release:Aaron Duncan, the former CEO and owner of The Duncan Group, was indicted on multiple charges involving a multi-million...

Strategic Responses to Disclosure Information

Posted on August 14, 2009
Image via WikipediaOne of the oddities about franchise disclosure laws is this: more disclosure law produces less actual due diligence. This is not the intended...

Google Profit Kit - Not

Posted on August 12, 2009
Image via WikipediaThe FTC regulates the "buy a job" schemes in two ways: under Section 5 of the FTC Act which regulates misleading advertising. The...

Are You a Critical Thinker?

Posted on August 11, 2009
Julian Baggini of the Philosophers Magazine interviewed Nigel Warburton in 2001 about his book Thinking From A to Z...

How Much Greatness Do You Possess?

Posted on August 11, 2009

Don't Pitch to the Bitch

Posted on August 11, 2009
Image via WikipediaKaren Blumenthal, writing at the WSJ, has a nice article entitled "Fraud Doesn't Always Happen to Someone Else.""Scammers are very good at zeroing...

AOB Commerce Ponzi

Posted on July 27, 2009
Image via WikipediaFrom the SEC Press Release on the AOB Commerce Ponzi:The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a civil injunctive action against Darryl Lamonth...

How to Get Rid of Your Money Problems Once and For All

Posted on July 25, 2009
Image via WikipediaHow to get rid of your money problems? Lose your entire investment in business opportunities scams as outlined in the FTC's Project False...

Can Kindle Replace Text Books?

Posted on July 24, 2009
Image via WikipediaIs the Kindle DX: Amazon's 9.7" Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation) a disruptive device for the textbook market?A technology which displaces conventional methods...

Criminal Charges in Castaldi Ponzi

Posted on July 22, 2009
Image via WikipediaFrom the FBI Press release about the Castaldi Ponzi scheme:A suburban businessman who offered and sold purported investments to hundreds of investors was...

The Psychology of Scams

Posted on July 21, 2009
Image via WikipediaIn February, 2009, the FTC stated that they were going to try to recreate in the laboratory conditions which enabled consumer fraud, specifically...

$18.9 Million Ponzi Scheme

Posted on July 17, 2009
Image via WikipediaFrom the FTC Press Release on the Internet Kiosk ponzi scheme:At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has imposed...

How to Tell Whether GWT is Real?

Posted on July 17, 2009
Image via WikipediaThere are several network marketing schemes which sell jewellery, and Global Wealth Trader, GWT, is one of them.From the Global Wealth Trade's description...

Surplus Goods Business Opportunity Scam

Posted on July 16, 2009
Image by AlaskanLibrarian via FlickrFrom the FTC Press Release on the World Traders Biz Op Scam:, my emphasis in bold."Scammers who duped consumers into paying...

Mr. Cigar Inc Franchisor - Ten Years Later

Posted on July 15, 2009
Image via WikipediaThe great thing about the internet is how it makes the past present. What was previously long forgotten becomes accessible for those doing...

Tennesse Titan Ponzi

Posted on July 14, 2009
Image via WikipediaFrom the FBI Los Angeles Press Release:A former player with the Tennessee Titans pleaded guilty this afternoon to federal fraud charges related to...

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