Most people think that all MLM opportunities are scams and this is not true. There are some very legitimate MLM opportunities both on the Internet and land-based that have been around for several years and made some of the people working in them a lot of money. The problem is that the few bad MLM scams that are run are examples of how unscrupulous some people can be and make it hard to sort out what is a good opportunity and what is an MLM scam.

This is where the spotting of a scam becomes a little difficult. An MLM scam to one person may not be a scam for another person. Why? Because, one person may be a natural workaholic and will think that the work involved in making money with their MLM is very easy, while another person may not want to work more than an hour a day will feel the same MLM opportunity is a total scam because of the work involved.

So, before moving to how to spot the scam, think about what your definition of “easy money, ” “little work, ” or “more time” is. When you have a clear idea of what you personally are willing to invest to make easy money, work less, or have more time, it will be easy to spot those MLM opportunities that aren’t for you.

One of the classic signs that an MLM is a scam, or something that you want to thoroughly investigate before investing any time or money in, is the long sales letter. These are those letters that go on for pages and pages, repeating a few key phrases and giving absolutely no information that will be of any value to you in deciding if there is an opportunity there. A legitimate MLM does not have to exaggerate, give a lot of hype, or hide their product under tons of garbage.

If the Internet were a car lot, the long sales letter would be that annoying little salesman that follows you around trying to force a car on you. They think that by repeating themselves over and over in a mantra that ends with “buy me!” “easy money!” you will make the investment. You wouldn’t buy a car from a person like that and you don’t want to “buy” the opportunity that the letter is trying to sell you either.

The key red flags lie in the phrases that you see tagged to an MLM. Scammers are very careful not to break the law, but they have no problem stretching the truth to the breaking point. So when you see a statement that you know is not valid, don’t fall for it. If a person was really making a gazillion dollars at their MLM, do you really think they would be selling the $49.95 secret to success? Of course not! They’d be hiding that secret and living on some island counting their money.

“It’s so easy that anybody can do it!” Yes, most MLM opportunities are so easy that anyone can do them. But, the question is, do you want to do it. When you see this statement in an advertisement, it is important to think about the product and whether or not you are willing to do the work to keep that product selling.

Many unscrupulous people know that the economy is in the dump right now and people are looking for ways to make extra money. However “Easy money, only an hour a day!” is not a reality for a successful MLM. This and the “Make money while you do nothing!” are two of the most favored phrases by MLM scams. They aren’t “exactly” lies, but they are not the truth either. The amount of money that a person can make with an MLM is directly related to the amount of time that they work at making that money. In many cases, starting an MLM will take more time than a regular job. You are starting a business that will need to be marketed, grown, and sustained just like any other business.

Most MLM scam opportunities are started with an emotional hook, something you care about and get emotional about. If you remove your emotions from your decision making process, it will be easy to spot the scams and also to see the legitimate opportunities that you can make money at. There is money to be made in many MLM opportunities, from the person who sells make-up door to door to the person selling e-books on the Internet, money can be made if the product is worth selling. If there is no product, then the MLM is a scam because MLM is about selling a product.

When you are looking at MLM opportunities consider the product. An MLM scam will either have no product or a product that is not worth what it will cost to market. If the opportunity you are looking at does not have a product, but rather depends on money coming from people you “recruit” it is a pyramid scheme that should be avoided. A true MLM opportunity will have a product that you can sell and if you want to recruit people you can make more money.

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