Is multi-level marketing illegal? Some people say it creates pyramids, which are illegal but i dont know?

Question by Fizzy: Is multi-level marketing illegal? Some people say it creates pyramids, which are illegal but i dont know?
please help me and give me all the info you can because i was thinking of joining a company (4Life) which works on multi-level marketing.

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Answer by curmudgeon
multi-level marketing does not ‘create’ a pyramid, it IS a pyramid scheme.

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