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RELATED NEWS: Mastermind behind $45 million global ATM heist, linked to...

Liberty Reserve was in recent news when it was shut down before Memorial Day weekend. On Tuesday, 28-MAY-2013, it was revealed that it is indeed involved in much of money laundering. Specifically, a...

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Why Was Liberty Reserve Shut Down? Money Laundering is only half the story

Why was Liberty Reserve shut down? Money laundering was part of it. Indeed, 6 billion dollars moved is definitely something watching out for, but here's what you don't know... The authorities in Puerto...

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Bad Argument: Imply There's a Conspiracy, Even If There Isn't One

Yawning Baby(Photo credit: Wikipedia)One of the most persistent arguments presented by defenders of a suspect scheme is the "conspiracy" argument, in that there is some sort of a conspiracy acting...

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BREAKING NEWS: Norway announced WorldVentures is under investigation as...

The "Norway Gaming Board" government regulatory agency has issued a press release that stated that World Ventures, a "travel MLM", is suspected of being a pyramid scheme, and has issued request of...

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HILARIOUS AND SAD: Ponzi scammers will even prey on family

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Ponzi schemers are such narcissistic personalities, they think the entire world owe them something, and EVERYBODY deserves to be cheated,...

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Herbalife-based "Cult" Exposed by Israeli newspaper Haaretz

taken by משתמש:Hmbr (Photo credit: Wikipedia)This blog has been highlighting some negative aspects of the MLM world that many people don't want to talk about. Previously, we have covered several times...

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BREAKING NEWS: Costa Rican President Chinchilla denies link to Liberty...

English: foto de laura chinchilla (Photo credit: Wikipedia)TicoTimes reported that CR attorney Angie Portela, who listed on her LinkedIn Profile that she worked at Liberty Reserve (and was also company...

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BREAKING NEWS: Money Laundering Investigations Continue After Liberty Reserve...

Multiple reports out of Asia revealed that more governments are following the US lead in investigating Liberty Reserve and their "local" exchanges feeding the global money laundering...

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The MLM Test by Rod Cook of MLMWatchDog

Is your "business" based out of one of these?A UPS Store?Image via CrunchBaseRod Cook, who runs the MLM Watchdog website, has been a long-time player in the MLM scene, and he's well known for his blunt...

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Why Did Herbalife Have Third-Party Marketing Organizations, When It Already...

Ever heard of "incomeathome.com"? No? Okay, that's all right.If you listen to a lot of talk radio, such as Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Dr. Laura... these names should be familiar to you. What do they...

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Bad Argument: The "Instinctual Reaction"

This blog has discussed many times that MLM seem to rely people using emotion, instead of logic, to conduct their business, leading to rash decisions. One of those rash decisions, when combined with...

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BREAKING NEWS: More Potential Ponzi Schemes Flee US, while Ponzi Pitchmen get...

John Scheppcoff, presenting yet another "opportunity"on a Youtube video after Profitable Sunrise wasdeclared a scam. This one supposedly is "1000%  better", according to the guy with badjudgement and...

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How many stock photos can a fake university steal?

A fake university, with no campus and no students, usually resort to stock photos to create the impression that it is a real university.The fake "Riverbanks" university is no exception. We've...

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Why Scammers Hate Skeptics

PolySkeptic (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Scammers are expert bullsh**ers. They are experts in appearing trustworthy that you accept their word as believable without verifying the information they give out....

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HYIP Pitchman's New Pitch

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XKCD on Crowdsourcing... Isn't Crowdsourced Marketing MLM?

http://xkcd.com/1060/Isn't crowd-sourced marketing just MLM? Think about it. MLM companies "crowd-source" their marketing to their reps (letting them bear the marketing costs).The problem with some MLM...

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BREAKING NEWS: TelexFree gets "cease and desist" court order in Brazil

According to Brazilian news "Globo" (as reported by Behindmlm) the local court judge had ordered TelexFree to cease operation in its recruiting and and advertising arm.Oz at BehindMLM has long...

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Ten Months Later, Zeekheads Still In Denial

English: The protest event Occupy Wall Street in Zuccotti Park in New York, on Day 8, September 24. with protester making a sign "I don't mind being called a conspiracy theorist" (Photo credit:...

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WTF is TelexFree trying to do in Brazil?

Either they got a real cult going or they're making up **** as they go.First, they started floating unverified claims that they signed a contract with Best Western to build hotels in Brazil (for the...

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You cannot trust the disclaimer

NOTE: Part of this post was reworked into one of my hubpages hubs.Suspect schemes often contains some strange disclaimers, as if they can avoid legal responsibility with it.  The matter of act is if a...

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