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SmartValue Review: Purchase products pyramid scheme

SmartValue, which also goes by “SVPSL”, is an MLM company based out of Delhi, India. SmartValue describes itself as “a revolutionary idea that has transcended itself beyond the ordinary”. SmartValue was founded in 2000. I’ve also seen a 2006 incorporation date, suggesting the company operated informally over its first six years. Heading up SmartValue is [Continue reading…]


TDM Poolex Academy Review: 4% a day factory Ponzi

TDM Poolex Academy is part of a series of Ponzi schemes BehindMLM uncovered in our Homes CNL review. Marketing videos for the various Ponzi schemes were hosted on a Vimeo channel bearing the name “Cryptocurrency”. Shortly after our Homes CNL review went live, the scammers running the Ponzi factory deleted every Ponzi marketing video from [Continue reading…]


LZTrade Fund Review: Lazy Boris CEO trading bot Ponzi

LZTrade Fund operates in the trading bot MLM niche. The company represents it is incorporated as Leizan Capital Limited in the BVI LZTD Investment Holdings in St Vincent and the Grenadines and LZTD Investment Holdings in South Africa BVI and St Vincent and the Grenadines are scam-friendly jusridictions that automatically raise red flags. South Africa [Continue reading…]


NotchFX Trade Review: 220% a day Ponzi by serial-scammers

NotchFX Trade provides no verifiable information on its website about who owns or runs the company. NotchFX Trade’s website domain (“notchfxtrade.com”), was privately registered on September 12th, 2021. Despite only existing since 2021, NotchFX Trade falsely claims it has beenĀ “running since” February 2017. Janky English and the weird spelling of Dorothy… …suggests NotchFX Trade is [Continue reading…]


Sefiwo Farm Review: A Ponzi scheme for chickens?

Sefiwo Farm provides no information on its website about who owns or runs the company. Sefiwo Farm’s website domain (“sefiwo.com”), was privately registered on May 3rd, 2022. SimilarWeb currently ranks top sources of traffic to Sefiwo Farm’s website as Russia (19%), Ukraine (11%) and Brazil (9%). Those percentages aren’t definitive but do suggest Sefiwo Farm [Continue reading…]


Alfa Investment Review: 30% a month Ponzi targeting Ecuador

Alfa Investment provides no information on its website about who owns or runs the company. In fact as I write this, Alfa Investment’s website domain is nothing more than an affiliate signup/login form: What we do get is a link to a “paper”, in either Spanish or English (Alfa Investment’s website defaults to Spanish). In [Continue reading…]


Instant Recall Review: $3.99 a month geolocation pyramid

Instant Recall provides no information about who owns or runs the company on its website. Instant Recall’s website domain (“instantrecalls.com”), was privately registered on January 14th, 2021. Further research reveals Instant Recall marketing videos citing Paul Schneider as “creator” of the company. BehindMLM first came across Schneider in January 2014, as part of our coverage [Continue reading…]


Fondo Angel Review: App Ponzi targeting Peru

Fondo Angel (Angel Fund), provides no information about who owns or runs the company on its website. Fondo Angel’s website domain (“fondoangel.co”), was privately registered on May 23rd, 2022. Fondo Angel specifically targets Peru through us of the Peruvian SOL. As always, if an MLM company is not openly upfront about who is running or [Continue reading…]


RicaBot Review: Tether trading bot Ponzi scheme

RicaBot runs three website domains that I’m aware of; ricabot.world, ricabot.io and ricabot.info. There are probably more. RicaBot fails to provide company ownership or executive information on any of its websites. “Ricabot.world” was privately registered on January 9th, 2022. “Ricabit.io” was first registered in March 2021. The private registration was last updated on February 28th, [Continue reading…]


Tradeknology Review: Trading from a “Grand Master Trader”?

Tradeknology operates in the trading MLM niche. The company launched in 2020. Tradeknology is based out of Texas. Heading up the company are co-founders Manoah McClendon, Jorge Raziel and Domingo Silvas. According to McClendon’s Tradeknology corporate bio, as of 2020 he’d “been a successful trader for the last 11 years”. I wasn’t able to verify [Continue reading…]