New Wave Of Network Marketing Scams

Most people are aware of pyramid scams and they are able to differentiate between illegal network marketing scams such as pyramid schemes and legal network marketing companies. The information is wide spread and easily found online. Most network marketing companies are a rip off and do not represent a residual income business opportunity but that's another issue.

The new wave of mlm scams hidden as mlm network marketing training programs.  

Summary: Many network marketers are taken in by network marketing training scams found on the Internet. Illegal network marketing training scams can be easily identified by four typical characteristics: illegal income claims, fake guarantees, high fees, and the lack of official contact information.

Unfortunately, the training programs of most network marketing companies consist of barely motivational meetings and conference calls. Most network marketers quit, except for the leaders, who start looking for additional training and education. Hungry for success, members of the latter group end up as easy prey for the current network marketing training scams.

To generate leads, these training programs sometimes use cold calling, but for the most part they use Internet marketing through pay-per-click advertising. Most network marketers are not acquainted with Internet marketing, and they fail to recognize that the sponsored links they find through search engines are, basically, advertisements. They typically offer a free report in exchange for a network marketer's information.

What are the characteristics of illegal network marketing training scams?

1. Illegal income claims. Typically, network marketing training scams lead with hype, and they promise that by joining their educational program, network marketers are guaranteed to make a huge amount of money in their first year.

2. Fake guarantees. These training programs promise to provide a guarantee, in writing, of their illegal income claims. In addition, in order for their students to qualify for the training program's refund guarantee, they have to fulfill difficult conditions, disclosed after paying tuition; the refund policies often require the student to regularly attend personal conference calls five times per week for an entire year.

3. High fees. Network marketing training scams require a large, one-time fee to be paid in full in advance, which reflects the hit and run mentality.

4. No official contact information. The marketing training Web site has no phone contact information or physical address.

It is recommended that network marketers looking for further training thoroughly investigate the network marketing training programs in which they are interested and exercise caution in giving out their credit card information.



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Sue Huss
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