<prompt> Human: Initial information; I am a college student currently still early on in it and havent taken out any loans yet as my two parents and grand-parents have been splitting the bill thus far. My mother, her mother and my sister, etc have all been involved in LifeVantage which I am sure a few of you may have heard of. If not, it is a company that uses network marketing as their method of selling supplements and other health products. Anyways, a few years back my father had given my mother money to help her start her own business to sell the product and I guess move up the chain or add more chain but not really move up and make money as a side job. It obviously never really took off and as her actual job took more of her time among other personal things it seemed to have died down. After a few years of filing losses for her company it went away. Both of my parents ended up investing and losing money in LifeVantage, however my father never really wanted to be a part of this. Now in January of 2018 she has decided to start back up with this business model so eventually she can work part time from her real job, but needs to use a family members information to keep things more streamlined in getting back into the processparaphrasing she is asking me to use my name and social security number to start a new business for six months so that she can report to people in our area instead of different people that would help her get back on track or something. I obviously felt unsure and didnt say yes and she wants me to talk with some guy that can give me more details. I hope this is enough information to help get advice from you guys because I am wondering about the following things:How would a business started and closed in 6 months time have an affect on my credit? taxes? future self employment options? Is there any questions I should be asking her more specifically?Also she said she would need to know before the first of February! She gave me two days noticeThanks to anyone who can offer some advice for me, I really appreciate it.Edit: Update: I have frozen my credit and now understand how to take things from here. Thanks everyone who offered advice, reddit comes thru againAssistant: Nope nope nope. Do not allow this under any circumstances.Human: Keep in mind I dont want her to do this, but I need good reasons as to why when I tell her no as she will press me fairly hard.  <response>: Just say no. Its obviously a pyramid scheme. Tell her its a crime to use your information and you wont allow it. 