BREAKING NEWS: Fed Grand Jury Indicts Paul Burks of Zeek Reward Ponzi Scheme
Star Tribune (North Carolina) has reported that Federal grand jury has indicted Paul Burks, head of Rex Venture Group, parent company of Zeekler and ZeekRewards ponzi scheme, of wire and mail fraud,...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: GetEasy under police investigation in Portugal
RPT "Friday at 9" News reported that GetEasy, an alleged Ponzi scheme, is under Judicial Police investigation in...
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BREAKING NEWS: Indian police arrested "YOBSN" heads (3 Indians, 1 non-Indian)...
First reported by PatrickPretty.comCCB, Bengaluru City @CCBBangalore Busts INTERNATIONAL MLM Fraud which collected millions of $s and arrested New... http://t.co/J0g2LwHJK0— BengaluruCityPolice...
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WSJ: T. LeMont Silver Blames Everyone But Himself for Being Sued as "Net...
Wall Street Journal article, published 2014-DEC-03 specifically named T. LeMont Silver, a Zeek "net winner" (i.e. he got more than he put in while others lost money), and serial Ponzi participant, as...
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MLM Mythbusting: Is MLM really a growth industry? (The Numbers May Surprise You)
When you listen to MLMers / Network Marketers, you're often told that MLM is the big thing, it's "experiencing record growth", it's "amassing fortunes for millions of people each year", it's "#1...
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Bad Argument: Distributors can't lose money if they enjoy the product (WTF?!)
One of the contentious issues between MLM proponents and critics is the definition of a "customer" vs. a "distributor".Logically, the differences are crystal clear:Customer spends money, buys stuff...
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NEWS UPDATE: WCM777 Ponzi leader Phil Ming Xu used Ponzi money to fund House...
The receiver attempting to recover assets from WCM777 Ponzi scheme operated by "Phil" Ming Xu has found more money laundered by Ming Xu.When SEC caught up with Ming Xu and his ponzi scheme in March...
View ArticleNEWS UPDATE: TelexFree may be the widest Ponzi scheme ever, surpassing...
Previously the Ponzi scheme with the widest reach is believed to be Zeek Rewards at 1 million victims and almost nine hundred million dollars. It was shut down in 2012 by SEC and other US agencies.The...
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News Update 19-DEC-2014: Zhunrize Plea Deal; PlanB4You Busted; Zeek Money May...
Lots of little news this week... Remember folks, don't accept random news items without attribution. I link to my sources, and you should click through to make sure I didn't lie to you (unlike...
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BREAKING NEWS: TachoEASY AG confirms name was stolen by TachoEASY Iberica,...
Sharp-eye readers of BehindMLM have just spotted this press release on the TachEASY.DE (and TachoEASY.AT) TachoEASY AG has recently become aware of the fact, that the trade name TachoEASY was...
View ArticleEXPOSED: "Wake Up Now" sells dreams to people who can't afford it in...
This American Life, a NPR radio / podcast, has a segment on "Wake Up Now", a business that "inspires" people into joining and making big bucks via cult-like mass media events, while its own PR chief...
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Scam Tactic: Love Bombing
Sun Myung Moon (Photo credit: Wikipedia)This is the start of a new subtopic called "Scam Tactics" where I attempt to document certain approaches used by unscrupulous people on unsuspecting...
View Article(Humor) Classifying the Different Types of Network Marketing Douchebags
Let's face the reality: Network Marketing has always had an image problem. It's a thin blurry line away from an illegal pyramid scheme. Even the so-called "legitimate" companies now admit they sell...
View ArticleMurder Linked to WCM777 Ponzi, Arrests Made
According to Press Democrat news of Napa County, California, an arrest on 15-JAN-2015 was made related to a murder in 2014 of a Santa Rosa businessman. The murder is related to losses related to the...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Coverup in Ghana? Bank employees claimed they've been duped to...
Nine workers of "Opportunity Savings and Loans" in Ghana are threatening to sue the S&L for wrongful dismissal. The S&L apparently started providing loans to people for purchasing TelexFree...
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BREAKING NEWS: India FINALLY moved against SpeakAsia Ponzi, SIX ARRESTED
Those in the US never heard much about SpeakAsia, because it was a hybrid pyramid/Ponzi scheme in India. And it ensnared a LOT of people and money back in 2011. The current estimate was the SpeakAsia...
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Any one can be conned: 5 rules of recognizing a con
One of the most frustrating aspects of being a skeptic is the utter... "faith" a victim has in his/her ability to recognize a con, i.e. "it can't be a con... I'd know if it is a con" usually followed...
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Is "Wake Up Now" heading for eternal slumber?
After that "This American Life" expose on Wake Up Now, it seems there's an internal revolt going on, and the company had ground to a halt, if you believe the postings from various WUN affiliates....
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Why Law of Attraction / The Secret is bull****, according to Psychology...
What is "The Secret"? Some new-age mumbo-jumbo about just think positive and good things will happen to you because "Law of Attraction". What is law of attraction? It can summarized as "happy thoughts...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: BLGM busted by HKPD, 5 arrested, office locked and dark
According to multiple media reports, Better Living Global Marketing, which operates "Bidder's Paradise" has been raided by Hong Kong Police Commercial Crime Bureau and 5 were taken into custody. Office...
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