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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...
View ArticleWhy 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...
View ArticleBad 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...
View ArticleBREAKING 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...
View ArticleHILARIOUS 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,...
View ArticleHerbalife-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...
View ArticleBREAKING 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...
View ArticleBREAKING 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleWhy 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...
View ArticleBad 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...
View ArticleBREAKING 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleWhy 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....
View ArticleHYIP Pitchman's New Pitch
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View ArticleXKCD 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...
View ArticleBREAKING 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...
View ArticleTen 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:...
View ArticleWTF 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...
View ArticleYou 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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