$133 Million –This weeks total ..so far

Posted on August 8th, 2008 in Scams and Ripoffs, Recent Posts by Sarah Thompson

Hi Sarah here:

Please take 15 minutes , and read these 3 headlines on MLMwatchdog.com… Then watch You will see this happening every week , as the Presidential election drawscloser - the Attorney Generals will increase activty on Scams all accros the net -

FEDS WANT $55 MIL ITV - MLM PARENT
7 Aug 2008 — Federal rules against ITV…………………………

AD SURF DAILY:  FEDS GRAB $53 MILLION = SCAM
5 Aug 2008 — Owners houses seized/searched and offices records taken.

CALIFORNIA AG HITS YTB $25 MILLION
This morning 5 Aug 2008 - As WatchDog Predicted numbers just don’t run……………..

You can read these at http://mlmwatchdog.com

We have been trying to tell folks - a bit politley, but warning none
the less - If your in an MLM compnay, YOU need to

READ Your policies and procedures

Understand the Companies Business Model

Know if You are in a “5 Pillars company”

You have to protect Your investment, the only way to do
this is to learn what defines a “valid”  company that You can
build and not worry about losing it when the Feds shut You
down. Notice Please –I said Valid not Legal.

We canhelp,We teach, Mentor and coach folks for Fr*e*e and
we can show you how to properly evaluate Any Network Marketing
company-

We do this so that the average person can become successful
at Network Marketing. This is a Great Industry and has given
me a life most folks only dream about.

Do you realize that twhen these 3 companies topple, that close  to
200,000 , thats Two Hundred Thousand Distributors will be affected ?

If Your in  one these , or Not sure about your company, If you want success
Please ,Please download my e-book  and READ it - then lets talk

You can get a copy here  http://stsebook.com

It is Later than you think Read the e book

California AG says “YTB is a Gigantic Pyramid Scheme”

Posted on August 5th, 2008 in Scams and Ripoffs, Recent Posts by Sarah Thompson

I have been teaching people how to DoYour homework before you commit to a company or program to  avoid pyramid schemes and scams. You need to know what to look for to do the analysis - When  You know this it is like having your own crystal ball. You will be able to predict whcih companies are Scams and Pyramid schemes .

Attorney General Brown said  

“YourTravelBiz.com operates a gigantic pyramid scheme that is immensely profitable to a few individuals on top and a complete rip-off for most everyone else, Today’s lawsuit seeks to shut down the company’s unlawful operation before more people are exploited by the scam.”

The above quote comes directly from the office of the Attorney General for the State of California. You can view the news release here…. http://ag.ca.gov/newsalerts/release.php?id=1596&

Industry leaders in network marketing industry immediately reported, YTB, or Your Travel Biz, as being a pyramid.  They had the knowledge to properly analyze YTB, and to see behind the curtainf

A perfect example is Burnlounge, they too were a  publicly traded illegal pyramid.  The Attorney General sued them and they terminated the MLM program within a few short days - All of their distributors lost their entire organizations.

Did you know that  YTB has released  plans to change to a franchised  operation. Get the details here;

http://www.ytb.com/downloads/franchiseInfo.pdf

Your overriding  concern should be is to find out if your MLM companies pay plan is similar to YTB’s . Once You read this and understand Why YTB is pyramid schem, you can and should review Your company to see if they are similar, I have seen many network marketing companies that have YTB mirror image compensation plans .

Typical companies with low profit margin products and services using Ytb mirror image plans are usually service, and education or technology based operations.

As these companies grow the number of people that get scammed increases, when the pain level increases the Attorney General has to act.  This is Why these companies last for 2 or 3 years

You can learn and watch for reports like this one by signing up for  Rod Cook’s MLM Watchdog newsletter at http://mlmwatchdog.com

My axiom “Get educated, or get scamed”

You can begin your education process here for Free

http://stsebook.com

Protect Your Reputation

Posted on July 20th, 2008 in Skills Training, Scams and Ripoffs by Sarah Thompson

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We all know that we only have one reputation, right? Well Friends…once you have thrown that reputation in the toilet- It’s in the toilet!! Protect your reputation by making sure that what, and who, you are promoting are good quality things and people. This is not hard to do……It only takes a second to type someones name into the Google search box and hit the enter key on your keyboard. Everything that person has ever done, or that thing is about, will pop right up on your screen and all you have to do is take the time to read it. Isn’t it worth the time to protect your reputation and your other team members? Once you promote something to someone and it turns out to be a fraud, there goes your Integrity! and most likely the people who you have promoted this junk to will not want to talk to you anymore. Who knows….they may be mad enough to stomp a mud-hole in your back side!
Make sure you’re not selling your reputation for that few bucks in your wallet promoting for example; an Ebook written about building a Network Marketing business by someone who has never built a business themselves! It’s a very simple thing to write an Ebook these days. Google can also be used to gather information on the subject of your choice and all you have to do is re-package someone Else’s work as your own. Just like Ann Sieg did when she compiled that little thing called “The 7 Great Lies of Network Marketing”She’s real quick to tell you that she’s built many many downlines in a lot of companies, yet I couldn’t find one name! She’s using this Ebook as a FREE give-away to promote that cold, impersonal card service that she’s joined. I would be insulted if someone sent me one of those things! In the time it takes to call up this company I could get out my cards, write a note in my handwriting, from my heart, put a stamp on it and drop it in the mail. My family and friends sure deserve that few minutes of my time! On this note….If you are one of the people promoting this Ebook be forewarned that your downline could disappear right out from under you and suddenly re-appear right under WHO? Yep..that’s right, The Renegade Network Marketer herself!

Another tip…save yourself $67 if you are thinking about buying the Renegade Network Marketing system. You can get all the information in that system right off the Internet for FREE! This is the true “Modus Operandi” of Ann Sieg and how she really makes her money, not by building big solid Network Marketing business’s but, by selling you the information she’s gathered off the Internet. The chances of anyone making any money off of that system are slim to none. You’d be better off buying lottery tickets!

If you really want to know how to build a BIG Network Marketing business just contact me and my team at Mentoring for Free. We’ll show you how a true professional Builds it BIG, Builds it ONCE, and Builds it to pay their children’s children! We’ll do it FREE!

Point to Ponder; People are not duplicatable! Systems are!

Sarah Thompson

Do your Homework Before ! You Commit

Posted on July 17th, 2008 in Scams and Ripoffs, Recent Posts by Sarah Thompson

Hi! Sarah here,

Everyday, when I check my email and I see who is promoting who,or what programs I am flabbergasted. I get dozens of e-mail from so called “big name” gurus, and even from people I know. These are folks whom I think have a certain amount of common sense. Obviously, these people did not take the time to do their homework on the company or person before signing their name to the offer.

The lateset round of e-mails and offers that have hit my in-box concern another self proclaimed Guru Ann Sieg. Now, She may or may not be, until I do my homework I won’t know if this is an offer I should consider.

The internet allows us to do our homework on any MLM company, or person trying to shove yet another costly secret at us. Finding valuable information either good or bad can be done with ease. Properly doing Your research will require less than an hour of Your time. All You have to do is a Google search on either the company or the person. You will be very surprised at how easy it is to determine if You should invest either Your time, Your reputation, Your money or all three .

Please Remember there are five essential items/ things / attributes that a good and decent network marketing company MUST have in order to let you be successful promoting that company or person.

We will explain in the post on “How to Eavaluate a network marketing company to determine if the companyYou are reviewing , will help or hinder your achievment ofYour MLM dreams.

Please remember you only have one reputation, guard it well, if you become known as a person that will promote anyone or anything just to make a buck you can be assured that your business will not last.

As for education and training on how to make a decent living in this great industry of ours, that should be free. We who have “become sucessful” in network marketing should be very willing to help anyone that wants to learn how.

The available abundance of wealth will never run out, we should not try to hoard it for ourselves.

In my next post I will show you the results of my resarch on Ann Sieg, then I will detail the process I used.

I am going to spend 15 minutes on Google and show you what I found on the latest so called secret and marketing system being presented by Ann Sieg. This is just one example of the many offers flooding my in-box everyday.

Now, You have to remember that I have been asked to purchase this several times by emails, from so called gurus and even from people I know. The price of this so called secret is a mere $ 67.00. Do you realize that at the minimum wage in this country this is over 10 hours worth of work? I believe that this is worth my time investmet of one hour or less,so that I can verify the validity of the offers.

This is an ongoing investigation, As I review more of these “opportunities” I will post the research results here.

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Kraig Ward, Probably not the Last Word

Posted on September 29th, 2007 in Scams and Ripoffs, Recent Posts by Sarah Thompson

I am quite sure by now most of you have heard of Kraig Ward, if not you can read our apology to him as required, by his Lawyers. I wanted to let you all know a bit of what his lawyers said to us and the following is a quote from a letter I received from a H.William Minninsohn, Attorney at Law. and I quote “the fact that Mr. Ward never worked for any of the companies is of no legal consequence”

Now, perhaps it is just my opinion but if Mr. Ward never worked for any of these companies , then how would he be able to provide advice on how to be sucessful in them ? this is just a question that has been on my mind since this fiasco started. If you want to learn how to tell if a program is a scam or a valid opportunity, start by reading this e book

Mr. Kraig Ward

Posted on September 4th, 2007 in Scams and Ripoffs by Eagle

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The Eagleslog Group is publishing this post as Mr. Ward’s lawyers have contacted us and we have been instructed to publicly apologize for our post, or we will face legal action from his team of lawyers.

As I believe that our time is one of our most precious assets I am not inclined to spend time in court over this issue. Our Apology to Mr. Ward is posted below.

To: Mr. Kraig Ward
re: Public apology

Mr. Kraig Ward the Eagleslog team hereby apologizes for the statements in our prior post we apologize for the statement “Why do I feel that Kraig Ward scam is the worst type?” and for the statement that he is an”Unknown” and has Never built a Network Marketing downline or been a front line distributor in any of the companies for which he provides advice in the form of his special report. We Sarah Thompson, and Tina Gregory do publicly apologize to Mr. Kraig Ward for these statements.

I have included a copy of the legal notice we received from one of the companies he represents, as you can see they are threatening legal action. A registered letter followed this from his Lawyer with the same basic message. However this still leaves open, at least in my opinion, the question that if he has indeed built sizeable downlines in any legal Network Marketing companies, why would he simply not tell us what he has accomplished and end the questions as to whether or not he is providing a valid legal opportunity to people?

Well, that question can only be answered over time, we have our opinion, You should develop Your own.. If You wish to see Mr. Kraig Wards opinions on our post you can visit either of his BLOGS at the links www.startmlmright.blogspot.com and www.retainreps.wordpress.com.
Everyone should look at his response and make up your OWN mind to determine if he sounds like a successful Professional Network Marketer or not. My last comment is that he, Mr. Kraig Ward states in his posts that we are “selling” products or services on our Blog - this is not true we do not have any items “for sale” on our Blog, all of our information offerings are 100% free!
Thank You for taking the time to read this and make up Your own mind.Please remember you only have one reputation guard it well
Thank You
Sarah Thompson and Tina Gregory

A copy of the notice that we received is below,

This is to serve as legal notice and is being copied to our council. We are the Dream Team, On Stage Marketing, LLC. You have made statements in defamation of character and liable about a Kraig Ward.

Kraig is a part of our organization, a Certified Master, and making claims, most of which are nothing but simple babble that are unfounded is grounds for legal redress which we intend to pursue unless such postings are removed from public access immediately.
Kraig has successfully built several MLM and other business models and we will document these for you when disposed in court to do so, but saying you found no records publicly is a gross misrepresentation of possibility.
When have built many successful MLM downlines too, but you can’t access company records to prove these things, at least not publicly. You are making these statements to then offer your services, thereby promoting yourself through the detriment of another, which is not only unethical, it is a violation of law.
Again, this is a formal request for cease and desist.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation,

The Dream Team,

Do Your Homework, Before You commit

Posted on July 29th, 2007 in Scams and Ripoffs by Eagle

Hi! Sarah here,

Everyday, when I check my email and I see who is promoting who,or what programs I am flabbergasted. I get dozens of e-mail from so called “big name” gurus, and even from people I know. These are folks whom I think have a certain amount of common sense. Obviously, these people did not take the time to do their homework on the company or person before signing their name to the offer.

The lateset round of e-mails and offers that have hit my in-box concern another self proclaimed Guru Ann Sieg. Now, She may or may not be, until I do my homework I won’t know if this is an offer I should consider.

The internet allows us to do our homework on any MLM company, or person trying to shove yet another costly secret at us. Finding valuable information either good or bad can be done with ease. Properly doing Your research will require less than an hour of Your time. All You have to do is a Google search on either the company or the person. You will be very surprised at how easy it is to determine if You should invest either Your time, Your reputation, Your money or all three .

Please Remember there are five essential items/ things / attributes that a good and decent network marketing company MUST have in order to let you be successful promoting that company or person.

We will explain in the post on “How to Eavaluate a network marketing company to determine if the companyYou are reviewing , will help or hinder your achievment ofYour MLM dreams.

Please remember you only have one reputation, guard it well, if you become known as a person that will promote anyone or anything just to make a buck you can be assured that your business will not last.

As for education and training on how to make a decent living in this great industry of ours, that should be free. We who have “become sucessful” in network marketing should be very willing to help anyone that wants to learn how.

The available abundance of wealth will never run out, we should not try to hoard it for ourselves.

In my next post I will show you the results of my resarch on Ann Sieg, then I will detail the process I used.

I am going to spend 15 minutes on Google and show you what I found on the latest so called secret and marketing system being presented by Ann Sieg. This is just one example of the many offers flooding my in-box everyday.

Now, You have to remember that I have been asked to purchase this several times by emails, from so called gurus and even from people I know. The price of this so called secret is a mere $ 67.00. Do you realize that at the minimum wage in this country this is over 10 hours worth of work? I believe that this is worth my time investmet of one hour or less,so that I can verify the validity of the offers.

This is an ongoing investigation, As I review more of these “opportunities” I will post the research results here

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