Equat USDT Review: Stolen identity “click a button” Ponzi
Equat USDT fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.
Equat USDT’s website domain (“us.equat-usdt.com”), was registered with bogus details on July 8th, 2024.
Of note is Equat USDT’s website domain being registered through the Chinese registrar Alibaba (Singapore).
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.
Equat USDT’s Products
Equat USDT has no retailable products or services.
Affiliates are only able to market Equat USDT affiliate membership itself.
Equat USDT’s Compensation Plan
Equat USDT affiliates invest tether (USDT). This is done on the promise of advertised returns:
- AI-0 – sign up, click a button and receive 2.8 USDT a day (note can’t withdraw unless invest at VIP1 or higher)
- AI-1 – invest 22 USDT and receive 10 USDT a day
- AI-2 – invest 72 USDT and receive 37 USDT a day
- AI-3 – invest 172 USDT and receive 99 USDT a day
- AI-4 – invest 372 USDT and receive 234 USDT a day
- AI-5 – invest 672 USDT and receive 456 USDT a day
- AI-6 – invest 1072 USDT and receive 793 USDT a day
- AI-7 – invest 1672 USDT and receive 1254 USDT a day
- AI-8 – invest 2872 USDT and receive 2182 USDT a day
- AI-9 – invest 4872 USDT and receive 3751 USDT a day
- AI-10 – invest 7872 USDT and receive 6140 USDT a day
- AI-11 – invest 12,872 USDT and receive 9655 USDT a day
- AI-12 – invest 22,872 USDT and receive 16,011 USDT a day
- AI-13 – invest 52,872 USDT and receive 33,309 USDT a day
The MLM side of Equat USDT pays on recruitment of affiliate investors.
Referral Commissions
Equat USDT pays referral commissions on invested USDT down three levels of recruitment (unilevel):
- level 1 (personally recruited affiliates) – 15%
- level 2 – 2%
- level 3 – 1%
Downline Investment Bonus
Equat USDT rewards affiliates for generating 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 50 USDT
- generate 2000 USDT in downline investment and receive 150 USDT
- generate 3000 USDT in downline investment and receive 250 USDT
- generate 5000 USDT in downline investment and receive 500 USDT
- generate 10,000 USDT in downline investment and receive 1300 USDT
- generate 20,000 USDT in downline investment and receive 3000 USDT
Joining Equat USDT
Equat USDT affiliate membership is free.
Full participation in the attached income opportunity requires a minimum 22 USDT investment.
Equat USDT Conclusion
Equat USDT is yet another “click a button” app Ponzi scheme.
Equat USDT misappropriates the name and branding of Al Ghurair, a family business group in the Middle East.
Needless to say Equat USDT has nothing to do with Al Ghurair.
Equat USDT doesn’t bother coming up with a ruse. This makes it a typical “task-based” Ponzi scheme.
The assigned task in Equat USDT is “orders”. This sees Equat USDT investors log in daily to “click a button”.
Clicking the button daily qualifies Equat USDT investors to receive advertised daily returns.
Beyond that clicking a button inside Equat USDT does nothing. There is no external revenue; all Equat USDT does is recycle newly invested funds to pay earlier investors.
Equat USDT 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 USDOzon, Puma Invest and TCDD USD.
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).
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.
Through various companies he owns, Phat is alleged to shelter Chinese scammers operating out of Cambodia.
Regardless of which country they operate from, the same group of Chinese scammers are believed to be behind the “click a button” app Ponzi plague.
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