Q Sciences

Hemp MLM deceptively markets “side-gig” that can “replace your full-time income completely.”

TINA.org Finds Plexus Deceptively Marketing Supplements for Kids

Distributors deceptively claim products boost childrens’ immune systems and may even keep them virus free.

19 Things Le-Vel and Its Distributors Deceptively Represent Are Attainable with MLM

Exaggerated earnings claims are not hard to find.

Trump’s MLM Pitch Misled Consumers, Lawsuit Says

Complaint alleges Trump secretly received millions of dollars in payments while deceptively marketing ACN.

After LuLaRoe, do we need another ‘empowering’ leggings MLM? Savvi thinks so

Ali Montag, Fortune

Fifth Avenue Collection

MLM is just the latest to have its advertising claims referred to the FTC.

Bitconnect’s Marketing Representations

These Companies Should Get Coal in their Holiday Stockings

Some notable companies facing deceptive advertising claims.

TINA.org’s Year in Review 2018

It was another successful year outing deceptive marketing on multiple fronts.

OXO Worldwide

Get rich from real-time quantum-infused holograms? Hmm.

Kind Law/Ben Travis Law

Law firms’ Instagram ads touting “compensation” for MLM victims aren’t what they may seem.

TINA.org’s Year in Review 2023

Here’s what we accomplished in 2023 with your help.

5 Ad Trends to Be Wary of in 2021

From fairwashing to fragrance, consumers have plenty to watch out for in 2021.

Monster Energy Car Wraps

Fake check scam targets TINA.org reader. She’s not the only one.

Internet Scams: Avoiding Fraud on the World Wide Web

Over 200 million people in the U.S. are now Internet users.  Many of our daily activities – reading the news, watching movies, paying bills, buying products, and even catching up…

IYOVIA/IM Mastery Academy/iMarketsLive

TINA.org investigated International Markets Live, Inc., otherwise known as iMarketsLive, IML, IM Mastery Academy, IMMA, or IYOVIA, a multilevel marketing company that sells, among other things, financial educational products, and…

How MLMs Exploit Consumers During a Pandemic

Deceptive earnings claims edition.

Mixed Messaging in the MLM Industry Regarding Coronavirus Claims

We have to make sure we’re not seen as “taking advantage of a crisis situation,” said DSA President Joe Mariano.

TINA.org Fast-Tracks Team National’s Checkered Income Claims to FTC

The truth is — and the MLM admits — the vast majority of distributors make no income at all.

MLMs Are Using Coronavirus Anxiety To Exploit The Quarantined and Unemployed

Jesselyn Cook, HUFFPOST