Crowdfunders United Review: 5000% ROI Ponzi scheme
There is no information on the Crowdfunders United website indicating who owns or runs the business.
The Crowdfunders United website domain (“crowdfundersunited.com”) was registered on the 30th of May 2016, however the registration is set to private.
The Crowdfunders United Terms and Conditions suggests the company might be based out of the Netherlands:
(Crowdfunders United) is owned by Crowdfunders United b.v., Koppelingsweg 5 d, 6673 DT, Andelst, The Netherlands, chamber of commerce number: 66171601.
At the time of publication, Alexa also estimates that 95.8% of all traffic to the Crowdfunders United website originates out of the Netherlands.
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.
The Crowdfunders United Product Line
Crowdfunders United has no retailable products or services, with affiliates only able to market Crowdfunders United affiliate membership itself.
The Crowdfunders United Compensation Plan
The Crowdfunders United compensation plan sees affiliates invest between €250 to €5000 EUR on the promise of a ROI of up to €250,000 EUR
- Starter – invest €250 EUR and receive €12,500 EUR
- Premium – invest €500 EUR and receive €25,000 EUR
- Business – invest €750 EUR and receive €37,500 EUR
- Professional – invest €1000 EUR and receive €50,000 EUR
- Enterprise – invest €1250 EUR and receive €62,500 EUR
- VIP – invest €2500 EUR and receive €125,000 EUR
- Founder – invest €5000 EUR and receive €250,000 EUR
Newly invested funds are distributed to existing Crowdfunders United affiliates. An investment made by a newly recruited affiliate qualifies them to receive ROI payments from subsequently recruited affiliates.
Payments within Crowdfunders United are tracked via a 2×6 matrix.
A 2×6 matrix places an affiliate at the top of a matrix, with two positions directly under them:
These initial two positions form the first level of the matrix, with the second level generated by spitting each of the two positions into another two positions each (4 positions).
Subsequent levels of the matrix are generated in the same manner (up to six levels), with a full 2×6 matrix housing 126 positions.
Each Crowdfunders United investment level operates as a separate matrix tier, with funds passed up until the advertised ROI amount is received.
Note that in order to qualify for ROI payments, each Crowdfunders United affiliate must recruit at least two affiliates.
World Pool Share
Crowdfunders United affiliates can earn shares in the World Pool Share, which is made up of a percentage of invested funds.
Crowdfunders United don’t disclose what percentage of invested funds they deposit into the World Pool Share.
Affiliates obtain shares via recruitment of new affiliates, capped based on how much they have invested:
- Starter – recruit 22 affiliates and receive 1 share, recruit 24 affiliates and receive two shares or recruit 26 affiliates and receive 3 shares
- Premium – recruit 20 affiliates and receive 1 share, recruit 22 affiliates and receive two shares or recruit 24 affiliates and receive 3 shares
- Business – recruit 18 affiliates and receive 1 share, recruit 20 affiliates and receive two shares or recruit 22 affiliates and receive 3 shares
- Professional – recruit 16 affiliates and receive 1 share, recruit 18 affiliates and receive two shares or recruit 20 affiliates and receive 3 shares
- Enterprise – recruit 14 affiliates and receive 1 share, recruit 16 affiliates and receive two shares or recruit 18 affiliates and receive 3 shares
- VIP – recruit 12 affiliates and receive 1 share, recruit 14 affiliates and receive two shares or recruit 16 affiliates and receive 3 shares
- Founder – recruit 10 affiliates and receive 1 share, recruit 12 affiliates and receive two shares or recruit 14 affiliates and receive 3 shares
Joining Crowdfunders United
Crowdfunders United affiliate membership is €25 EUR a year (first year is free).
On top of that affiliates must invest at least €250 EUR to participate in the attached MLM opportunity.
Conclusion
Under the guise of crowdfunding, Crowdfunders United run a simple enough Ponzi scheme.
Aside from the business model betraying the true nature of the company, Crowdfunders United themselves refer to the company as a “closed membership club”.
You, as anew affiliate, sign up and invest funds into the system. These funds are used to pay off existing investors, making Crowdfunders United a Ponzi scheme.
As with all Ponzi schemes, once affiliate recruitment dries up so too will newly invested funds. This will see Crowdfunders United unable to meet its advertised ROI obligations.
Being a matrix-based scheme, Crowdfunders United affiliates will be able to spot a collapse as matrices take longer and longer to fill.
One final note, in researching Crowdfunders United I came across the claims of a partnership between the company and LikesXL.
Specifically, LikesXL affiliates are able to use 50% of their ROI payouts to directly fund investment in Crowdfunders United.
This strongly suggests that, on some level, the owners of LikesXL and Crowdfunders United are linked (or even the same individual(s)).
For those unfamiliar with the scheme, LikesXL is a Ponzi scheme launched about a year ago. Many affiliates promoting Crowdfunders United are also promoting LikesXL.
The owner of Crowdfunders United is Martijn / Martin Persoon from The Netherlands.
He’s a serial scammer and was also recruiter for the other Dutch fake crowdfunding opportunity Crowdfunding International. He is or was involved in United Wealth, another MLM opportunity that went bust once and then rebooted.
This came in through email:
Put his E-mail in FB: persoon1974
His wife owns a dry cleaningbusiness, and she is also one of the moderators of the FB Group: uwelectrocare
The address is a house which also lists a beautysalon, but it is still correct because he has another company – MnE Persoon B.V. – registered in the Dutch Companies House (KvK)
BONUS: Googling Trade4Profit brought up another scammers name: Mariska v.d. Langenberg ! which set of an alarm bell because she was involved in [ ? ] and discussed here in another BehindMLM thread.
Needless to say but.. STAY AWAY!!
bernard says “Dutch fake crowdfunding opportunity Crowdfunding International” please explain where the info is based on.
If it is not based on facts it is a lie. So better be sure what you are mentioning.
Martijn Persoon has a post on his facebook wall with a video by Frank van Zon who has been in jail for scamming people. He was as well a crypto888 recruiter.
I don’t like Persoon edifying this van Zon on 2 oktober 15:32 van Zon had a big team in Bonofa.
Persoon was promoting an energy deal with powerpoint webinars with the business plan. He seems to be able to think really big but companies like Trade4profit, UW Energy, United Wealth 1 never went anywhere long.
I know the mindset of all the local groupies who still believe in him. They are either desperate and/or have a imaginative mindset.
I don’t believe the United Wealth 2 will last long. It pays a monthly roi based on a real forex trader. I know his name, his history and the broker he trades with for
united wealth 2.0.
Was’nt the overall history so ‘gaslighting’ this forex could actually be a good opportunity.
Well that didn’t last long: alexa.com/siteinfo/crowdfundersunited.com
Good thing Martijn Persoon enriched himself with 200.000 Euros of founders certificates before launching this failure or he would barely have scammed anyone.