ClashNode fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

ClashNode’s has three known domains it operates from:

1. clashnode.io – privately registered on May 21st, 2024
2. clashnode.finance – registered with a Hong Kong address on June 11th, 2024
3. clhctoken.com (used to host web assets) – registered with a Hong Kong address on June 11th, 2024

The face of ClashNode promotion across Asia is someone going by “Mr. Jason”:

Mr. Jason not using his actual name as a corporate representative of ClashNode is a due-diligence red flag.

Another country targeted by ClashNode is Brazil (ClashNode marketing is typically in Chinese, Portuguese and English).

This ties into ClashNode naming Carlos Nobre as its CEO in official marketing material:

Carlos Nobre appeared on BehindMLM’s radar in 2021 as CEO of BullRun.

BullRun was a Ponzi scheme fronted by Nobre targeting Brazilians. It has of course long since collapsed.

Beyond ClashNode and BullRun, Nobre has a long history of participation in MLM scams.

BNG was an MLM scam that scammed thousands in Brazil circa 2016.

As part of their coverage of BNG’s collapse, UnversoMLM cited Carlos Nobre (right) as the company’s Marketing Director.

UnversoMLM tied Nobre to UniverTeam, a Portuguese scam that was eventually sold off to the notorious OneCoin scheme.

Going back even further, in 2012 Nobre was promoting the AiYellow pyramid scheme.

The first MLM crypto scam I was able to pin Nobre to was Digital Goen.

Digital Goen was a Brazilian crypto Ponzi scheme advertising a 3% daily ROI. Digital Goen collapsed in December 2019.

Nobre’s extensive history of fraud is likely why there is no mention of him on ClashNode’s website.

Whether Nobre is working alone or with Chinese scammers in Hong Kong is unclear.

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. [Continue reading…]

uTrading fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

uTrading’s website domain (“utrading.ai”), was privately registered on an unknown date.

Over on uTrading’s official YouTube channel, we find robo-dubbed marketing videos with an Asian accent. The use of “VIP” to name uTrading accounts is also typical of Chinese scammers.

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Pixar MOV fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

Pixar MOV’s website domain (“pixarmov.com”), was privately registered on August 24th, 2024.

Pixar MOV has already attracted the attention of financial regulators. The Central Bank of Russia issued a Pixar MOV pyramid fraud warning on September 3rd, 2024.

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. [Continue reading…]

AiBN fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

AiBN’s website domain (“aibnglobal.com”), was privately registered on February 3rd, 2024.

AiBN marketing suggests it is run by Indian looking scammers hiding in Dubai with fake names:

This is reflected in AiBN marketing webinars, attendees of which have names from the region (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc.).

Due to the proliferation of scams and failure to enforce securities fraud regulation, BehindMLM ranks Dubai as the MLM crime capital of the world.

BehindMLM’s guidelines for Dubai are:

1. If someone lives in Dubai and approaches you about an MLM opportunity, they’re trying to scam you.
2. If an MLM company is based out of or represents it has ties to Dubai, it’s a scam.

If you want to know specifically how this applies to AiBN, read on for a full review. [Continue reading…]

Noon Mall fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

Noon Mall’s website domain (“noonmaill.com”), was registered with bogus details on August 28th, 2024.

Of note is Noon Mall’s website domain being registered through the Chinese registrar Alibaba (Singapore).

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Veelive has surfaced as a spinoff of Harald Seiz’s failed Minebase Ponzi scheme.

Before we get to Veelive though, we need to look at where MineBase is at. [Continue reading…]

Four hundred and eighty-seven QNet promoters have been arrested in Ghana.

Citing QNet as a Ponzi scheme, authorities in Kumasi made the arrests on September 2nd, 2024. [Continue reading…]

Following a review of seventy MLM income disclosures, FTC staff have concluded they are “confusing” and “ambiguous”.

Specific issues with MLM income disclosure statements cited by the FTC include: [Continue reading…]

You Cubez fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

You Cubez’s website domain (“youcubez.vip”), was registered with bogus information on September 2nd, 2024.

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. [Continue reading…]

MaxiBots fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

MaxiBots’ website domain (“maxibots.co”), was privately registered on May 8th, 2024.

MaxiBots’ sole marketing video is a stock footage + AI robodub job. This is typical of non-native English speaking admins.

Supporting this are numerous spelling errors throughout MaxiBots’ website.

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