Cleaning out the hard dive.  Found this fragment of an advice 
message and I thought I'd pass it on before dumping it.
    Multilevel Marketing: is a legal retailing method in which
products are sold by independent business people.  Their
compensation includes their sales as well as a percentage of earnings
from the sales force they have built up.
     Some pyramid promoters try to make their schemes look like
multilevel marketing by taking on a product line.  However, little
effort is made to market the product.  Instead, money is made
from recruitment, with new distributors pushed to purchase large
amounts of inventory.
    Multilevel marketing companies usually offer products that have an
established market.  Pyramid schemes tend to market miracle products
and exotic cures.
    Work At Home Schemes: If a work-at-home program is legitimate,
the sponsor should be willing to tell you (in writing and for free)
what tasks you will be performing; how much, when, and by whom you
will get paid, and what your total cost will be. 
    Illegitimate work-at-home schemes nearly always require you to
send a fee before you get the information.
    One place to check on such offers is the Home Based Business
Project, 2018 Carlton Hall, Whitewater, WI53190, (414) 472-1917
(e-mail to wisbus.uww.edu).
Contact your local consumer affairs office or attorney general's 
office to complain about employment schemes.  The US. Postal Service 
also investigates fraudulent mail practices.
    Overseas Jobs: Beware of to-good-to-be-true overseas employment
offers.  Legitimate employment firms have permanent addresses, not
post office boxes, and will almost certainly need to meet you before
they can market you effectively to an employer.
    Get all promises in writing and check with the embassy of the
country where the job is supposed to be located to be sure you are
eligible to work there.
Don't mind me, I'm just waiting for the drugs to take hold
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