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The Z System Review: Paul Darby still pushing pyramids

The Z System, also going by the Z 712 Money System, is the latest MLM opportunity from serial scammer Paul Darby. To his credit, Darby fronts The Z System in a marketing video front and center on the company’s website. BehindMLM first covered Darby in 2013, as owner of the YouGetPaidFast gifting scheme. Back then [Continue reading…]


Hacken Pool Review: “Pumping and dumping” crypto Ponzi

Hacken Pool provides no information on its website about who owns or runs the company. Hacken Pool’s website domain (“hackenpool.com”), was registered on June 19th, 2021. The domain registration was last updated on March 22nd, 2022. Hacken Pool’s website domain registration lists “Isabella Alexander” as the owner, complete with a bogus address in the UK. [Continue reading…]


GoTik: Tiktok themed “click a button” Ponzi targeting Colombia

Whereas “click a button” Ponzis typically have a functioning website, GoTik directs website visitors straight to their app: GoTik operates from the domain (“gotik.info”), privately registered on July 8th, 2022. Despite being run in Spanish and targeting Colombians, if we look at GoTik’s website source-code we find Chinese: This strongly suggest whoever is behind GoTik [Continue reading…]


O’Qubuss Review: Desperate IX Inversors third reboot Ponzi

O’Qubuss is being run in secret. That’s because it’s likely a reboot of the twice collapsed IX Inversors Ponzi scheme. A visit to O’Qubuss’ website reveals a blank page. Apparently the signup form and backoffice are only accessible with an O’Qubuss referral link. This is an attempt to hide the scheme from authorities. O’Qubuss’ website [Continue reading…]


IDLife Review 2.0: Josh Paine leads WorldVentures refugees

BehindMLM first reviewed IDLife back in 2014. Back then IDLife was fronted by founder and CEO Logan Stout. Of note was IDLife wading into dangerous regulatory territory, by representing itself to be a pharmacy equivalent. The clear implication was IDLife’s supplements were comparable to prescribed medication. Back in April IDLife issued a press-release announcing Josh Paine [Continue reading…]


Coinaxium Review: Crypto Ponzi feeder

Coinaxium fails to provide company ownership or executive information on its website. Coinaxium’s website domain (“coinaxium.com”), was privately registered on March 11th, 2022. SimilarWeb reports an uptick of traffic to Coinaxium’s website beginning June 2022: Top sources of traffic are France (36%), the UK (21%) and Switzerland. As always, if an MLM company is not [Continue reading…]


AOL918 Review: “Click a button” task-based app Ponzi

AOL918 provides no information on its website about who owns or runs the company. AOL918’s website domain (“aol918.com”), was privately registered on March 10th, 2022. If we look at the source-code of AOL918’s website, we see it is localized to Chinese: This strongly suggest whoever is behind AOL918 has ties to China. SimilarWeb shows a [Continue reading…]


Tectum Review: Failed blockchain co. launches 300% Ponzi

Tectum operates in the cryptocurrency MLM niche. The company represents it is part of CrispMind LTD. CrispMind purportedly has both US and European offices. Tectum’s provided Illinois corporate suite address is shared by a number of other companies, suggesting it’s virtual in nature. Tectum’s European office is represented to be in Ireland. Tectum’s website has [Continue reading…]


MyGenStart Cycler: Genusity now a $195 in, $10,330 out Ponzi

Genusity is an MLM company co-founded by Tim Sebert and Randy Thomas. BehindMLM reviewed Genusity in late 2017. We noted an MLM opportunity built around the sale of bluetooth spam devices. Today Genusity markets a bunch of white-label supplements… …as well as a $195 in, $10,330 out Ponzi cycler.


ShopWithMe Review: Christian Wiesner’s new ecommerce opp

ShopWithMe fails to provide company ownership or executive information on its website. ShopWithMe operates from the domain (“shopwithme.biz”), privately registered on April 14th, 2021. On June 30th BehindMLM reader Melanie noted a Direct Selling Magazine article. The June 28th article represents ShopWithMe was launched by Christian Wiesner. Christian Wiesner starts the new social commerce revolution [Continue reading…]