CoffeeGems operates in the coffee MLM niche. The company claims it was founded by “two dreamers, Abelardo and Antônia Santos”.

Supposedly the Santos’ are based out of Brazil and have “years of experience in the coffee production industry”.

If you run a search for either name however, nothing comes up in relation to coffee outside of CoffeeGems.

Seeing as the Santos’ appear on CoffeeGems’ website in name only, this puts a question mark on whether they actually exist.

CoffeeGems’ website domain (“coffeegems.com”) was first registered in November 2015.

The private domain registration was last updated on October 12th, 2019.

I was able to verify through the Wayback Machine that prior to October 2019, CoffeeGems’ domain was for sale.

This confirms that the current owner(s) took possession of the domain in October 2019.

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…]

RECB stands for “Real Estate Community Bank”. No information about who owns RECB is provided on its website.

RECB’s website domain (“recbank.io”) was privately registered on April 3rd, 2020.

It’s worth noting the RECB’s official Vimeo presentation is in Spanish. At the very least this suggests whoever is running RECB is targeting a Spanish audience.

In an attempt to appear legitimate, RECB provides a corporate address in London, UK on its website.

Research reveals the street address provided is that of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

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…]

Nimbus Platform operates in the cryptocurrency MLM niche. Heading up the company is CEO Andrea Zanon.

Zanon’s LinkedIn profile is linked to from Nimbus Platform’s website. Curiously, Nimbus Platform is not featured on Zanon’s profile.

In an official Nimbus Platform marketing video featuring Zanon, he claims to be a “global financial executive with twenty years experience”.

Zanon goes on to state he is from Italy, however he typically lives between the US, Latin America and the Middle East.

The backdrop of the video linked above could be Italy but I’m not sure.

On its website Nimbus Platform provides what appears to be an incomplete corporate address in Malta.

Any ties Nimbus Platform has to Malta are assumed to be on paper only (shell companies for banking etc.).

As far as I can tell Nimbus Platform is Andrea Zanon’s first MLM venture as an executive.

Update 24th September 2020 – Nimbus Platform has been in touch to advise earlier this month they appointed a new CEO on September 7th.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Fernando Martinho is based out of the UK.

Martinho doesn’t appear to have an MLM history but is the co-founder and CTO of Naoris.

Naoris was launched in 2018 and markets itself as “the world’s 1st cybersecurity blockchain-based ecosystem”.

Naoris’ Alexa web traffic ranking is currently over 1.8 million, suggesting the company failed to gain traction.

As per a press-release put out by “Nimbus Community” on September 9th, Andrea Zanon is still working at Nimbus.

Since Andrea’s interests and expertise lay in traditional finance and the banking industry, he is moving up to a higher global regulated phase.

He will develop our new products that we will soon present to you all!

/end update

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Green Compass operates in the CBD MLM niche.

Two corporate addresses are provided on Green Compass’ website; one in North Carolina in the US and one in London, UK.

The US address belongs to a UPS store. The UK address belongs to shared office spare provider WeWork.

Heading up Green Compass are co-founders R. Sterling Cook, Jr. (CEO) and Meredith Cook (President).

According to his Green Compass corporate bio, Cook, Jr. has a background in agriculture and finance. His wife Meredith has a background in anesthesiology.

As far as I can tell, Green Compass is the first MLM venture for both Cooks.

As per a January 2020 interview with Direct Selling News, Meredith Cook began taking CBD oil after her first pregnancy.

“I found that the majority of CBD was from hemp grown in China, even though it’s ultimately manufactured in the U.S.,” she explains. “I realized that not all hemp is created equal.”

“Our friends were growing hemp through the program and had a tiny extraction machine,” she recounts.

“They’d already tested their plants and found it was some of the cleanest hemp they’d seen, so I asked them to make some for us.

This one made me feel completely like myself again. I felt comfortable giving it to my kids and could tell a difference with them.”

Meredith and her husband Sterling Cook saw the potential of CBD and knew that their newfound passion combined with Sterling’s background in agriculture could lead to something big.

They partnered with Adam and George Wooten to explore the possibility of growing hemp and manufacturing CBD products, giving birth to a new company—Green Compass Global.

The Cooks are based out of North Carolina. UPS addresses aside, this appears to be where Green Compass is operated from.

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Like most of you we weren’t really sure why a January 13th, 2021 date for distribution payments was set.

Turns out that was more of a deadline, following reports from multiple TelexFree victims of received payments. [Continue reading…]

Metron Neutraceuticals, an Ohio based supplement manufacturer, has sued Root Wellness and principals Clayton Thomas and Christina Rahm Cook.

According to Metron, Root Wellness has infringed on its intellectual property and patents. [Continue reading…]

A year on from its collapse, Chinese authorities have arrested 109 scammers tied to the Plus Token Ponzi scheme. [Continue reading…]

About a week ago a reader wrote in asking I take a look at Ulyfe. At the time Ulyfe’s website was just a “coming soon” message.

There wasn’t any other information to go on. Nevertheless I added Ulyfe to the review list, expecting additional information to surface by the time it came up.

Today Ulyfe’s website is still “coming soon”, but we’ve since learned it’s a reboot of the failed Neworkoin Ponzi scheme. [Continue reading…]

InnovaTech provides no information on their website about who owns or runs the company.

In fact InnovaTech doesn’t provide any information whatsoever. As I write this InnovaTech’s front-end website is nothing more than an affiliate login form.

InnovaTech’s website domain (“innovatechinternational.com”) was privately registered on October 1st, 2019.

The majority of InnovaTech’s official marketing videos are in Spanish. This is also true of InnovaTech general marketing.

At a minimum, this suggests whoever is running InnovaTech has ties to a Spanish-speaking country.

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…]

Rapido Run provides no information on its website about who owns or runs the company.

Rapido Run’s website domain (“rapido.run”) was privately registered on June 23rd, 2020.

At the time of publication Alexa cites India at the top source of traffic to Rapido Run’s website (73%).

Such a high percentage suggests whoever is running Rapido Run is likely based out of India.

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…]