Grossbyte Review: Crypto mining Ponzi targeting Africa
Grossbyte operates in the cryptocurrency MLM niche.
The company states on its website that it is headed up by “Thomas Patrick”.
A cropped image of Patrick appears on the Grossbyte website. Patrick however has no digital footprint outside of the “about us” page on Grossbyte’s website.
Furthermore, it appears Patrick’s entire Grossbyte corporate bio is rewritten content stolen from other executives.
Given this, it’s highly likely that neither Thomas Patrick or any of the other executives listed on the Grossbyte website actually exist.
Grossbyte provides an incorporation number that corresponds with Grossbyte LTD in the UK.
UK incorporation is dirt cheap and for the most part unregulated. It is a favorite for scammers looking to incorporate dodgy companies.
Incorporation certificates for Grossbyte are also provided for Seychelles and Ras Al Khaimah, two additional dodgy jurisdictions.
Whoever is actually running Grossbyte has a poor command of English, as evidenced by numerous paragraphs like this on their website;
Online investment attraction is that the best way to build our business grow quicker.
At the time of publication Alexa estimates Nigeria (31%), Ghana (18%) and Tanzania (14%) are the largest source of traffic to the Grossbyte website.
It’s highly likely (but not certain) that whoever is actually running Grossbyte is based out of Africa itself.
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.
Grossbyte Products
Grossbyte has no retailable products or services, with affiliates only able to market Grossbyte affiliate membership itself.
The Grossbyte Compensation Plan
Grossbyte affiliates invest funds on the promise of an advertised ROI.
- Standard – invest $30 to $999 and receive a 162% ROI after 90 days
- Premium – invest $1000 to $24,999 and receive a 200% ROI after 100 days
- Exclusive – invest $25,000 to $50,000 and receive a 242% ROI after 110 days
Referral Commissions
Grossbyte pays referral commissions on invested funds down two levels of recruitment (unilevel):
- level 1 (personally recruited affiliates) – 8%
- level 2 – 2%
Residual Commissions
Grossbyte pays residual commissions via a binary compensation structure.
A binary compensation structure places an affiliate at the top of a binary team, split into two sides (left and right):
The first level of the binary team houses two positions. The second level of the binary team is generated by splitting these first two positions into another two positions each (4 positions).
Subsequent levels of the binary team are generated as required, with each new level housing twice as many positions as the previous level.
Positions in the binary team are filled via direct and indirect recruitment of affiliates. Note there is no limit to how deep a binary team can grow.
Residual commissions are paid based on funds invested by directly and indirectly recruited binary team affiliates.
At the end of each day Grossbyte tallies up new investment volume on both sides of the binary team.
Affiliates are paid 10% of funds matched on both sides. After being paid out on, binary team fund are flushed.
Any leftover volume on the stronger binary team side is then carried over the following day.
Joining Grossbyte
Grossbyte affiliate membership is free.
To participate in the attached MLM opportunity however, a minimum $25 investment is required.
Conclusion
Grossbyte is what you’d expect from an MLM cryptocurrency company.
We are composed of the strongest traders team from the United Kingdom, Singapore, Seychelles and the creators of the largest mining pools from the US north-western provinces.
All talk and no evidence to back up any of their claims.
Supposedly returns are generated via “information centers”, that supposedly trading/mining bitcoin.
We’ve setup five information centers and repeatedly upgraded technical equipment. Presently our main facilities are settled in Ireland, Italy, Germany, Thailand and US.
Like Grossbyte’s executive info, this is of course not verifiable and assumed to be made up.
The only verifiable source of revenue entering Grossbyte is new affiliate investment.
Using newly invested funds to pay affiliates returns of up to 242% every 110 days makes Grossbyte a Ponzi scheme.
Additionally referral commissions add a pyramid layer to the scheme.
As with all MLM Ponzi schemes, once affiliate recruitment dies down so too will invested funds.
This will starve Grossbyte of ROI revenue, eventually prompting a collapse.
The math behind Ponzi schemes guarantees that when they collapse, the majority of participants lose money.
I am convinced that Grossbyte is a scam. The address is fake. They stole the identities of two well business women to promote them.
The first time someone pitched it to me and I recognized Cate Costa’s picture on their staff except for with a different name.
I confronted the person about it. A week later, her picture disappeared from Grossbyte page. Very obvious scam.
OmG!!!!!
50 days ago.. i joined these guys with my 36USD because I was convinced by my friend (O.B from high school).
They have a whatsapp group where i was added. And the members there are 100% African residents. .from Nigeria ( one strong Admin) and other African countries. .including our Uganda.
Am not yet sure whether I’ll get my money back after 90 days… but am so much scared after reading this blog!
(Ozedit: solicitation for recruitment removed)
I regret my quick decision before I could analyse and carry out more research about Grossbyte.
Am not scared of my comments because I want to save other people who want to join this so called Grossbyte. Because many red flags have been raised.
Let me make this easy for you going forward. Research if it’s MLM aka network marketing aka direct selling with multiple layers. If it is, RUN.
Consider this first line elimination. The name of the company or product in MLM is insignificant.
Think of MLMers as a gang of thieves using different vehicles, tools, and masks to perpetrate the con game.
too many false proofs of withdrawals !!!! Business to avoid at all costs !!!