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The Federal Trade Commission suggests that consumers follow the following steps before buying into any business opportunity:

• Get all earnings claims in writing.
• Interview references provided by the promoter of the business opportunity.
• Study the business opportunity's franchise disclosure document.
• Ask the Attorney General's office, state or county consumer protection agency and Better Business Bureau in the area in which the business opportunity promoter is based and where you live whether the promoter has a history of unresolved complaints.
• If the business opportunity involves selling products from well-known companies, call the legal department of the company whose merchandise is being promoted. Find out whether the business opportunity and its promoter are affiliated with the company.
• Consult an attorney, accountant or other business advisor before you put any money down or sign any papers. (FTC)
• If you have already been entrapped in a scheme and you want to complain to higher authorities, complain to your state's attorney general, local Better Business Bureau, local post office, or a local consumer protection offices. Scams are illegal. You can do your part to save others from being scammed by these scammers.

The most important precautionary measure is -

1.DON'T MAIL MONEY TO ANY EMPLOYER - IT IS MOST LIKELY A SCAM.

2. DON'T SEND A SASE ENVELOPE UNLESS SENDING A RESUME AND PORTFOLIO

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