Ant Ranch “click a button” app Ponzi collapses
The Ant Ranch “click a button” app Ponzi scheme has collapsed.
Earlier today the scam disabled its website and began feeding investors excuses.
In the lead up to Ant Ranch’s collapse, new investors were lured in on the promise of a “10% discount”.
After it disabled its app and website, Ant Ranch sent out a vague exit-scam message:
Due to the huge number of Ant Ranch users. We want to ensure the safety of the funds of every Ant Ranch user.
Our Ant Ranch technical department needs to handle every detail more carefully. So it takes longer. So, please be patient. Once completed, we will notify you.
This then evolved into an an unscheduled “system upgrade” exit-scam.
Dear Rancher
Since IOS system compatibility takes time, the system upgrade of Ant Ranch is expected to be completed before 10:00 am South Africa time tomorrow.
If you did not click “Feed” the animal rancher today due to system upgrade, after the maintenance upgrade is completed tomorrow, contact me to compensate you for one day’s income.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused to you!
This message appears to be a joke aimed at Ant Ranch investors who circulated the update without reading it. The third paragraph leaves whoever circulates the update on the hook for victim losses.
In August 2023 SimilarWeb tracked just over 200,000 visits to Ant Ranch’s website. 97.3% of this traffic originated out of South Africa.
In the lead up to Ant Ranch’s collapse, ringleaders held a marketing event in Gauteng, South Africa over September 23rd and 24th.
One ringleader in attendance, Lorraine Sampson, reassured investors Ant Ranch “is not a scam”.
There is a chance Ant Ranch briefly returns tomorrow at 10am South African time. Investors have been told there will be a 25% discount on investment packages, starting October 3rd.
This could see Ant Ranch return for a final milking of investors, before shutting down again – this time for good.
Ant Ranch is part of a series of “click a button” app Ponzis run by Chinese scammers.
To date BehindMLM has reviewed almost a hundred of the scams, all of which follows the same basic “click a button” Ponzi template.
Update 6th October 2023 – Ant Ranch has geo-blocked access to its Ponzi scheme from anywhere except South Africa.
Update 12th October 2023 – After geo-blocking access except to South Africa, Ant Ranch did indeed return for a last round of plundering South Africans.
Ant Ranch’s second round of plundering came to an end on October 11th, wherein the Ponzi scheme collapsed again.
Please inform me of the new developments promotions.
…you want to be informed about promotions in a collapsed Ponzi scheme?
Instead of giving your money to Ponzi scammers go donate to charity or something. I don’t know how you’ve made it this far in life.
That was so quick, so from what i know, members had been maxing out their credit cards and making loans to buy these animals, up to R150k for a horse.
So mathematically one can assume that many people have invested these amounts within the last week. It had to have been a lot, because why the sudden rug?
I gave it till end on oct/ nov in my previous post but this surprised me.
They did a fine job of stealing those peoples money. At least it stopped now , because I suspect that a lot of people resigned from their jobs and took their pension monies to invest in this, before even more damage is done.
South Africans, please stop investing in ponzi schemes. It will hurt you and destroy you.
If you bothered to read, they may come back once more for a final rug and then make a final exit. It all depends if you are willing to lose more. The more people that people are willing to lose, the more the scammers make ,its simple.
Well newsflash the Ant ranch server was updated and Ant ranch did not collapse so to those who are hoping and waiting for it to happen it’s going to.. We are back and better than before.
Updated what? And Ant Ranch’s website remains unavailable.
Sorry for your loss.
Ant Ranch did not collapse and the link is still working perfectly fine. I am also not a ringleader as referred to in your post above.
I am only one of the people that decided to invest in Ant Ranch and only attended the carnival as an invester not a ringleader.
Please stop using my name in your posts without even having your facts straight to begin with.
I’m getting a 403 block when attempting to access Ant Ranch’s website. It has been that way since the collapse.
If a Ponzi scheme goes offline it has collapsed, regardless of what happens after that.
Finally if you’re out there promoting Ant Ranch on social media, you’re a ringleader. Own your thievery Lorraine, you know what you are.
Straight facts:
Ant Ranch is a collapsed Ponzi scheme. And even if it didn’t collapse yet, it has only a few days left to live. As good as dead.
You ARE a ringleader. Stop making excuses. You can feed this “I’m just an investor, Ant Ranch is not a scam” nonsense to other people, not here.
You have publicly posted proof of your participation in a Ponzi event. Expect public criticism.
I think this site need to ask for proof from those saying ant Ranch is a scam, they are just talking without proof.
I can die for Ant Ranch company because I know the changes I have attained from the company , and I am using it also to change many people life too.
“This site” is saying Ant Ranch is a scam. There’s nobody to ask.
Ant Ranch is a simple Chinese “click a button” app Ponzi, same as all the others.
Seeing as you brought up proof, where is the proof you’re investing in animals?
*crickets*
Imagine being willing to die for a cookie-cutter low-effort app Ponzi. Sorry for your loss.
Hi Lorriane. I think that you do not understand . People like us, non investors and members. Are unable to access the site. It’s members only. Which means that they are planning their exit.
Take it from someone who has been scammed, get out immediately and stop investing your money into this. You run a huge risk to your self and whoever else is in your close knot circle of friends.
This has to be your first ponzi. Hopefully it’s your last. These schemes only aim to benefit the few greedy people who got in early and are now playing with monopoly money. The rest are in for a huge surprise.
Simply put: Server updates in Ponzi-land, means exit scam protocol has been initiated. The funds will unfortunately be locked forever, never to be accessed by anyone except the real wallet holders.
Please consider not signing up any more people. I am sure that you would not want to be the person who is responsible for people becoming entirely despondent because they got scammed.
You are right, people will die for antranch, should they decide to end it, due to undue pressure exerted from recruiters to make loans and cash in on their pensions, even quit their jobs, to invest in a ponzi scheme, now are now neck deep in debt and drowning.
Password and email doesn’t want to go through.
is that just you, or are others voicing concerns about the same thing ?
Can you check again, please when I try and access, it redirects to the login page.
So no new users can sign up, only existing members can log in.
Lol, the scammers have geo-blocked everywhere except South Africa.
Silly attempt to keep the gullible idiots rolling in I guess.
The scheme is still up and running and they are running promotions currently: seems like they are going for more.
People asked me about to review this rubish. I advised them against this scam.
Most people are going for it as people are marketing the platform with tsocial media posts withhipe and high returns.
People are borrowing and lending money for this. The sad part is we know how it is going to end.
They are still active and running full force. Running promotions and people are taking their cash and risking it. The people pro
moting their returns and cash outs are the markets and lets not talk about the FOMO.
Why South Africa? My friend caught up in GSP is going to South Africa for a “conference” this fall, so I’m curious what the deal is there.
Well, there’s not much time left. They SEEM tp be working as usual, but in fact the Ponzi is as good as dead.
Decent internet connectivity,smartphone penetration,and a lack of financial education and common sense
I also wonder why South Africans seem so gullible.
Being South African I get to say that it has to be a mixture of too much sun, alcohol, strong weed, inbreeding, rugby head injuries and a seeming inability to learn.
That goes for all races and it goes for the neighbouring countries too.
Where in any other region of the world would would a sack of shit like Coenie Botha be allowed to injunct a regulator from stopping him from stealing and having the court action paid by his victims cheer leading from the side?
I am stunned by what you guys are saying my money is tied unto it.
Well the scam has shut it’s email shut all WhatsApp groups. Exactly at 7 o’clock after saying there would be meeting.
It’s funny how these guys don’t just steal your money, they also make you an idiot on top of that. Posted 30 codes to the groups which when you enter them into your turn to money but they is a catch, one code can only work once.
Only one person can redeem. So they watch us rushing for the codes like chickens. I’m pretty sure they laugh.
I didn’t invest much, nothing I can cry about. I told my team to hold back when I started suspecting so non of them lost. But I feel sorry for others. Really.
Some invested more than R100k. How do they enjoy doing this?
I am so broken, what right that I did not do that make me financially literacy . Kindly teach me how to spot such..
The ant ranch app and link has vanished and we don’t know what to do anymore since we’re supposed to get our returns ….
Our manager’s said that their busy with financial department for our withdrawals but they’re nowhere to found as we speak ..
This is unfortunate because I know of at least 50 thousand people waiting to register and waiting for a result to do so. And now it’s closed I think you should reopen.
The ranch only became a topic in the last couple of days. I do hope you pay out there’s a lot more to come if you do.
We were scammed bad they kept us going for three days this Ponxi Cult never again will SA see such a large Ponzi estimated at stealing over 5 Billion.
I did not expect that I will be scammed because I saw that Ant rancher is registered.
Invested R7900.00 hope to get something back.
Yup….antranch is no more…so much pain and loss again for so many hopefuls. Humanity yet again proved itself worthless.
We are surely a most selfish and hurtful specie, in general of course. Im ashamed to be a part of humanity…wish i was a rock….yup, i want to be a rock.
My heart goes out to all who have lost, and my bullet goes out to all who where involved in this scam…
Getting a lot of the usual post-Ponzi iS iT dOwN?, hOw DiD tHis HaPpEn?, wHeRe’S mY mOnEy? etc. nonsense.
1. Ant Ranch collapsed on or around October 2nd. They geo-blocked everywhere but South Africa on their website so that South Africans would continue to scam each other.
2. Your money is gone. It was stolen by Chinese scammers and local South African recruiters.
3. This isn’t the first “click a button” app Ponzi to target South Africa, and it’s probably not going to be the last.
4. Do not be a dumbass and rush to join the inevitable “make your money back” click a button app Ponzi clones that will follow. You’ll just get fleeced again.
Antranch you have to return our money we invest then take your profit, some of us they lend money to invest by I hope of good returns I’m also heartbroken.
Scammers aren’t returning your money. That’s not the Ponzi business model.
Bet Lorraine is feeling like the king of the world right now.
my son lost R7000 on friday 6oct 2023.
From friday they just try to get more money to steal before they shut down yesterday.
its gone , we tried to warn all the people in the numerous facebook antranch groups but no one would listen to the negative antranch bashing. hope you learn from this.
They enjoy it because this their chosen way to earn a living and they are very successfull at it.
I doubt that you know 50thousand people waiting to register , if you did and promoted this then you would have been resposible for their losses, people were warned, numerous times.
Registration means nothing, even mti was registered. Has anyone who invested in antfarm ever hear of mti, karatbars , or gsp partners.
if not , take time , search this site, go through the reviews, and think hard before giving you money to scammers.
It at no point crossed anyone’s mind that sending real money to someone who can’t be found to buy a virtual cow is maybe a bad idea?
Whoooooa bro,don’t be bringing logic now.
The next scam for them might be ufarm. Also targeting the same people.
if any of the antfarm losers invest more money into ufarm, then there is no help for any of them.
I have read all the comments above. How can we make a case against these people so that it would not happen again.
A lot of destitute people borrowed money to buy into this scheme.
If they can be caught and brought to justice, maybe everybody will feel a little bit better.
There is nothing you can do. No action will be taken against Chinese scammers, especially now that we are having an cosy affair with them. Good luck with that.
We tried to warn you. please guys for the life of me, please stop investing into ponzis.
Come here first and see if there is a review first and ask questions. Stop believing everything that people tell you.
Have you received your payouts of the snake?
I invested a 12k into this ranch. Very sad. There were some red flags but because the managers got some money, that convince me that I will also get.
Secondly the person who recruit me is in jail.I also trusted him cause he is a family member.
How stupid of me to trust him in the first place. He got his money and even send proof of it.im sorry to say but I really think that some of the managers are in on the scam.
One manager even went so far to say that he just followed orders because he was scared he is going to be fired. They got their money to fool us.
This is so unbelievable. Lesson learnt.
Listen, I dont know who runs this site, but I just want to say thank you.
It might not feel like you are making a difference, because all you see are the people getting scammed. But you are a lighthouse in an ocean of desperate and vulnerable people.
A lighthouse keeper never sees the ships he saves. But they are there, my friend. They are there.
And I salute you.
getting paid means nothing, other that the money going out is the result of new members making deposits. The more withdrawals are being made, the quicker the scheme collapses.
if you look at the amount of repurchases are being made , via withdrawals, its almost half. So they had to close the scheme in order to make a profit.
There will be more scams like like this, its easy money. Just wait till next year this time. It looks like a once a year thing.
They took from the very poor. This is the account that i deposit my share that they stole.
The account is register in a ” Jacobs” surname ????
Hope they would be hunt down.
@Adj
Thanks for the support! The encouragement is very much appreciated.
Where are the people now who said they will die for Ant Range … Is he dead yet lmklaaaaaaaaaa.
Where are the people now who said Ant Range is still up and running when they where warned several times.. .you should’ve used a strategy with them before they left …
probably in hiding now.
A lot of the whatsapp ponzi schemes in south africa use that language – back and better than before.
Even the people who lost in antranch, when the scammers come back and say we are back, better than before…….RUN!!!!!!!
You will borrow R300k and reinvest in Antranch2.0, hoping to revover your losses. Do you really want to play russian roulette with scammers , and try to guess when they will rug ? You will lose that as well.
There is no get rich quick schemes that are not scams.
It’s the same Chinese motherf*ckers who scammed us and thousands others in a company called PMP mine (cryptocurrency mining app).
My team had over 300 people from levels 1-2-3, then in March 2023 the company gave me R20000 to host a workshop, I did, only for it to disappear in May this year (2023).
I joined in October 2022. I was watching from a distance as I knew Antranch was exactly as PMP was. How sick are these Chinese f*cks???
Unfortunately the police won’t help. I tried with PMP and those account numbers from people who were used to.
Fascinating,got more details here?
Did they contact you directly? Telegram? Did they pay you in the app or direct?
I don’t even want to count how much ive lost. My recruiter lost.
I had one who bought cow abd and house iyohhh bathong i am still traumatized.