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PassPass Review: Daily giveaways + savings platform

PassPass operates in the ecommerce discounts MLM niche. The company is based out of the US and headed up by co-founders Edgel Groves Jr. (CEO) and Kristopher Groves (President). As far as I can tell, Edgel Groves doesn’t have any prior MLM experience. Kristopher Groves is a former Kyani promoter. PassPass is run through PassPass [Continue reading…]


Thrive99X Review: Marketing courses pyramid scheme

Thrive99X fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. Thrive99X operates from two known website domains: thrive99x.com – privately registered on December 26th, 2024 (already abandoned) thrive99x.io – privately registered on April 8th, 2025 Thrive99X launched on or around April 22nd. The company maintains social media profiles on both Instagram and TikTok. All [Continue reading…]


Elevana Review: Phil Piccolo, vapes & securities fraud

Elevana operates in the vaping MLM niche. The company operates from two known website domains: myelevana.com – privately registered on March 27th, 2025 info4elevana.com – privately registered on June 30th, 2025 The only executive Elevana discloses on its websites is Global Director “Felix Anthony”: Felix Anthony is an alias of serial fraudster Philip Piccolo (right). [Continue reading…]


Anubi WebKey Review: Web3 phone ruse Ponzi scheme

Anubi Webkey fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. Anubi Webkey’s website domain (“webkey.vip”), was privately registered on July 12th, 2024. Anubi Webkey’s official marketing documentation is named in Chinese: This suggests whoever is running Anubi Webkey has ties to China. Supporting this are staged Anubi Webkey marketing events, featuring song and [Continue reading…]


R1Life Review: Marketing tools pyramid scheme

R1Life fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. R1Life’s website domain (“r1life.com”), was privately registered on March 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.


Essens Review v2: Tons of products, no retail focus

BehindMLM first reviewed Essens back in 2017. Following a reader request back in May, today we’re revisiting Essens for an updated review.


Bit Klever Token Review: Boris CEO MLM crypto Ponzi

Bit Klever Token, aka BKT, fails to provide verifiable ownership or executive information on its website. Bit Klever Token represents it is headed up by CEO “Alan Clarke”. Clarke doesn’t exist outside of Bit Klever Token’s own marketing (also note none of the above social media links work). In official Bit Klever Token marketing videos, [Continue reading…]


DigitalBot Review: Collapsed Optimus VIP Ponzi reboot

DigitalBot fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. DigitalBot’s website domain (“digitalbot.app”), was privately registered on an unknown date. Further research reveals offsite marketing citing Antonio Salas as DigitalBot’s founder. Salas, a Brazilian national, is behind the recently collapsed Optimus VIP Ponzi scheme. Optimus VIP collapsed in March 2025. BehindMLM covered the [Continue reading…]


TGI AG Review: Gold ruse investment fraud

TGI AG, aka Trust Gold International, operates in the gold investment MLM niche. The company provides a corporate address in Lichtenstein on its website, however TGI AG doesn’t appear to have any actual ties to Lichtenstein. Heading up TGI AG we have founder Helmut Kaltenegger. Other names attached to TGI AG are Michael Ewy (Managing [Continue reading…]


Cforth Review v3: StoplightGo gone, One Marketplace?

BehindMLM last checked in on Cforth back in 2023. At the time owner Mark Seyforth had rebranded as StoplightGo in mid 2022. Today there’s no StoplightGo branding on Cforth’s website. StoplightGo’s old website domain now redirects to Cforth. The only mention of StoplightGo on Cforth’s website is in the website footer; CFORTH is powered by [Continue reading…]