Herbalife pull misdirection on wholesale customers
Misdirection (n): Misdirection is a form of deception in which the attention of an audience is focused on one thing in order to distract its attention from another. I’ve been buried under a mountain of...
View ArticleMyCenterBid Review: Bidify v3.0 relaunch
Running a near identical business model, Bidify sprung up in the shadow of the $600M Ponzi scheme Zeek Rewards. When Zeek Rewards was shut down by the SEC in mid 2012, Bidify immediately went into...
View ArticleXplocial Review: $29/$100 a month cash gifting
Xplocial are based out of New York in the US and appear to have initially launched mid 2012 as some sort of “viral” Facebook marketing campaign opportunity. Affiliates paid $49.95 a month and were paid...
View ArticleJubiRev & AddWallet: MLM revenue-sharing in crisis
Revenue-sharing, profit-sharing, a daily leadership bonus, daily bonus pool, a VIP points pool, a retail profit pool… whatever you want to call the latest attempt to marry MLM to the Ponzi scheme...
View ArticleCieAura Review: Holographic chips?
CieAura launched in March of 209 and are headquartered in the US state of Texas. Heading up the company is CEO Paul Rogers, who was appointed following the acquisition of CieAura by Digital Media Group...
View ArticleBrazilian Court suspends TelexFree operations
When news broke back in February that TelexFree was under criminal investigation in Brazil, many TelexFree affiliates went into a panic with the company’s then recent attempt at US market penetration...
View ArticleIndian MoCA: Newspapers should be MLM police
To be honest I’m not really sure what’s going on in India at the moment regarding MLM regulation. Last we checked in the Department of Financial Services had recommended amending the 1978 Prize Chits...
View ArticleTelexFree mislead affiliates on Brazil injunction
Following the granting of an injunction to Brazilian authorities which resulted in the effective shutdown of TelexFree yesterday, the company scrambled to put together a conference call assuring...
View ArticleDay 1 Review: One24 hybrid + charity?
Day 1 launched in mid 2012 and, trading as “Day 1 Corporation” are based out of Florida in the US. Heading up Day 1 is Founder and President, Mark Seyforth. Seyforth has been involved in MLM since 1975...
View ArticleAddWallet: “We get paid by advertising companies”
Following a series of ongoing problems plaguing the AddWallet business opportunity, the company has struggled to keep up with the expectations of affiliates who invested with them. The daily ROI...
View ArticleDouble Up Dollars Review: $150 a month “education”
There is no information on the Double Up Dollars website indicating who owns or runs the business. The company’s website domain (“myoea.com”) was registered on the 3rd of June 2013, however the domain...
View ArticleTelexFree lawyer describes company as Ponzi scheme
Earlier this week on Monday TelexFree had their formal appeal unanimously rejected by three judges in Acre’s Civil Court. Despite the granting of a business crippling injunction and rejection of two...
View ArticleAdvertOnly Review: Fundraiser for AdsProfitWiz?
There is no information on the AdvertOnly website indicating who owns or runs the business. The AdvertOnly website domain (“advertonly.com”) was registered on the 15th of May 2013 and lists an...
View ArticleAdsNetworkPaid Review: $7-$200 Ponzi scheme
There is no information on the AdsNetworkPaid website indicating who owns or runs the business. The company’s website domain (“adsnetworkpaid.com”) was registered on the 12th of April, however the...
View ArticleTVI Express kingpin arrested in South Africa
Taking a break from the current devastation being wrought by scammers in South America, today we return to what was a hotbed of pyramid scheme mayhem for much of 2011 and 2012. Like a plague spreading...
View ArticleBBOM assets frozen, Judge agrees it’s a Ponzi
A day after I reviewed BBOM, Federal Police in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco announced that they had launched an investigation into the company. Like TelexFree, BBOM accepts investments from...
View ArticleMyCenterBid baffled by affiliate hesitation
At the heart of the MLM penny auction niche is the idea that retail customers buying bids and participating in auctions provides the bulk of revenue. Take away this core concept and ultimately,...
View ArticleFTC to be coaxed into Herbalife investigation?
Despite the Herbalife PR machine churning out news of sports sponsorships and the hiring of new executive staff, along with the theatrics that continue to be played out in Wall Street, a storm has been...
View ArticleTelexFree injunction denied, BBOM denies Ponzi
As was reported on Wednesday July 10th, TelexFree latest attempt to circumvent a business crippling injunction handed down against them in June was to file an injunction appeal of their own. Upon...
View ArticleEmpower Network: 37% sales are retail, not revenue
Consider: You run an MLM company and offer two products, a WordPress installation for $25 and affiliate training for $1000. Affiliates pay $19.95 to join as an affiliate, and must either purchase or...
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