City 2000 fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

City 2000’s website domain (“app.city2000.cc”), was registered with bogus details on August 12th, 2024.

Of note is City 2000’s website domain being registered through the Chinese registrar Alibaba (Singapore).

City 2000 has already attracted the attention of financial regulators. The Central Bank of Russia issued a City 2000 pyramid fraud warning on February 21st, 2025.

As always, if an MLM company is not openly upfront about who is running or owns it, think long and hard about joining and/or handing over any money.

City 2000’s Products

City 2000 has no retailable products or services.

Affiliates are only able to market City 2000 affiliate membership itself.

City 2000’s Compensation Plan

City 2000 affiliates invest tether (USDT). This is done on the promise of advertised returns:

  • VIP1 – sign up, click buttons and receive 1.89 USDT a day (note can’t withdraw unless invest at VIP2 or higher)
  • VIP2 – invest 15 USDT and receive 9 USDT a day
  • VIP3 – invest 46 USDT and receive 30 USDT a day
  • VIP4 – invest 98 USDT and receive 71 USDT a day
  • VIP5 – invest 194 USDT and receive 146 USDT a day
  • VIP6 – invest 285 USDT and receive 225 USDT a day
  • VIP7 – invest 558 USDT and receive 475 USDT a day
  • VIP8 – invest 1569 USDT and receive 1334 USDT a day
  • VIP9 – invest 3480 USDT and receive 3063 USDT a day
  • VIP10 – invest 6777 USDT and receive 6099 USDT a day

The MLM side of City 2000 pays on recruitment of affiliate investors.

Referral Commissions

City 2000 pays referral commissions on invested USDT down three levels of recruitment (unilevel):

  • level 1 (personally recruited affiliates) – 16%
  • level 2 – 2%
  • level 3 – 1%

Downline Investment Bonus

City 2000 rewards affiliates for generating downline investment over a rolling 24-hour period:

  • generate 500 USDT in downline investment and receive 20 USDT
  • generate 1000 USDT in downline investment and receive 55 USDT
  • generate 7000 USDT in downline investment and receive 400 USDT
  • generate 10,000 USDT in downline investment and receive 730 USDT
  • generate 30,000 USDT in downline investment and receive 2400 USDT

Joining City 2000

City 2000 affiliate membership is free.

Full participation in the attached income opportunity requires a minimum 15 USDT investment.

City 2000 Conclusion

City 2000 is yet another “click a button” app Ponzi scheme.

City 2000 misappropriates the name and branding of Dunlop Sports, a UK sports equipment manufacturer.

Needless to say City 2000 has nothing to do with Dunlop Sports the bike company.

City 2000 doesn’t bother coming up with a ruse. This makes it a typical “task-based” Ponzi scheme.

The assigned task in City 2000 is “orders”. This sees City 2000 investors log in daily to “click a button”.

Clicking the button daily qualifies City 2000 investors to receive advertised daily returns.

Beyond that clicking a button inside City 2000 does nothing. There is no external revenue; all City 2000 does is recycle newly invested funds to pay earlier investors.

City 2000 is part of a group of “click a button” app Ponzis that emerged in late 2021.

Examples of already collapsed “click a button” app Ponzis using the stolen identity ruse are AI-UP, FIS VIP and Salavi88.

Since 2021 BehindMLM has documented hundreds of “click a button” app Ponzis. Most of them last a few weeks to a few months before collapsing.

“Click a button” app Ponzis disappear by disabling both their websites and app. This tends to happen without notice, leaving the majority of investors with a loss (inevitable Ponzi math).

Case in point, last month City 2000’s website domain was being used to promote a BMW stolen identity “click a button” Ponzi:

Next month City 2000’s will probably be rebooted again with a different stolen identity scam.

As part of a collapse, “click a button” Ponzi scammers often initiate recovery scams. This sees the scammers demand investors pay a fee to access funds and/or re enable withdrawals.

If any payments are made withdrawals remain disabled or the scammers cease communication.

Organized crime interests from China operate scam factories behind “click a button” Ponzis from south-east Asian countries.

In September 2024, the US Department of Treasury sanctioned Cambodian politician Ly Yong Phat over ties to Chinese human trafficking scam factories.

Trafficked victims report they were forced to scam under threat of violence and having their organs harvested.

Through various companies he owns, Phat is alleged to shelter Chinese scammers operating out of Cambodia.

Myanmar claims to have deported over 50,000 Chinese scam factory scammers since October 2023. With “click a button” app scams continuing to feature on BehindMLM though, it is clearly not enough.

In late January 2025, Chinese ministry representatives visited Thailand. The stated aim of the visit was to tackle organized Chinese crime gangs operating from Myanmar.

In early February 2025, Thailand announced it had cut power, internet access and petrol supplies to Chinese scam factories operating across its border with Myanmar.

As of February 20th, Thai and Chinese authorities claim ten thousand trafficked hostages had been freed from Myanmar compounds.

Also on February 20th, five Chinese crime bosses were nabbed in a wider raid of four hundred and fifty arrests in the Philippines.

Regardless of which country they operate from, ultimately the same group of Chinese scammers are believed to be behind the “click a button” app Ponzi plague.