Pull Back From Pyramids
          
          
               As you can see, the organization chart of an MLM
          organization is shaped like a pyramid.  Therefore, a
          lot of people confuse legitimate MLM organizations with
          pyramid scams.  And, in truth, some business
          opportunities billed as "multi-level marketing" or
          "network marketing," are pyramid scams.
               How can you tell the difference?  With a pyramid
          scam, the payoff is primarily for bringing in recruits
          instead of for selling products.  Ask yourself if there
          are any conditions under which a person would rather
          purchase a product than become a distributor; if there
          aren't, you're probably looking at a pyramid scheme.