Univia operate in the personal care MLM niche and, according to the company’s Policies and Procedures, are based out of Utah in the US.

The Florida address provided on the Univia website appears to be for product returns only.

Univia fails to provide any executive information on their website. The Univia website does have an “about section” but it only contains marketing information.

Further research reveals Kevin Hafen credited as Univia’s CEO.

Hafen doesn’t seem to have an MLM history as far as I can see. In fact besides a Facebook profile abandoned since 2016, Hafen doesn’t seem to have any digital footprint whatsoever.

It’s always a bit strange when a nobody suddenly pops up as the CEO of an MLM company, so I’m flagging this as somewhat suspicious.

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…]

Aborted exit-scam or actual collapse avoided?

Within hours of CoinMD’s $100,000 cash grab being shut down by Crowdfunder, Tom McMurrain has backflipped and announced all is well. [Continue reading…]

Devide provides no information on their website about who owns or runs the business.

The Devide website domain (“devide.com”) was first registered in 2011.

The domain registration was last updated in May, 2018. This is probably around the time the current owners took possession of it.

Further research into Devide reveals a since-deleted “Word From Devide CEO”, dated June 10th.

The email itself is just marketing spam but is signed off on by “Anja Al-Akabi” as “CEO Devide”.

On her LinkedIn profile, Al-Akabi cites her location as Andalusia, Spain.

Altogether Devide seems to be primarily marketed in and targeting Europe.

This is supported by the following paragraph from Al-Akabi’s CEO email;

In case you haven’t heard, we have two events coming up where we show you “Devide the Movie”; one in Oslo on the 16th of June and one in Gothenburg on the 17th of June.

Whatever you do, don’t miss the chance of meeting some of our top Brand Ambassadors in those two cities.

It is also supported by Devide’s use of euro in its compensation plan.

Devide does provide a corporate address in Malta for “Vindorale LTD” on their website.

The address provided actually belongs to Walter Rizzo & Associates, who on their website provide a Maltese Holding Company service.

Thus is appears Vindorale LTD is just a shell company, and Devide has no actual physical business operations in Malta.

According to Al-Akabi’s social media profiles, prior to Devide she was working as CEO of Loft & Roomers, a furniture store in Spain.

Possibly due to language-barriers, I was unable to put together or verify Al-Akabi’s MLM history.

Read on for a full review of the Devide MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]

In a “State of the Union” video published a few days ago, Tom McMurrain has revealed CoinMD is facing a “financial hurdle”.

CoinMD has grown quickly – in fact too quickly and we have run out of operating capital. This is a good and bad problem.

Pending injection of new investment, McMurrain has threatened to “close the doors” by the end of the month. [Continue reading…]

Following on from claims process approval, the Traffic Monsoon Receiver has now filed for permission to pursue net-winners. [Continue reading…]

Countdown4Freedom fails to provide any information on who owns or runs the business on its website.

The only clue is a quote from Holton Buggs at the footer of an email capture page, accessed if a visitor to the site clicks a button.

Further research reveals Buggs credited as founder (and presumably owner/co-owner) of Countdown4Freedom.

For some reason though Buggs seems intent on shying away from public ownership of his company. Instead he refers to himself as a “steward” of Countdown4Freedom.

Late last year it emerged that Buggs was promoting the IQ Chain Ponzi scheme.

Officially Buggs was credited as a “strategic advisor”, but it was pretty clear he’d taken over all marketing for the company (specifics were never publicly disclosed).

In December IQ Chain collapsed and was rebranded as IQ Legacy.

Alexa ranking for the IQ Legacy website show a complete collapse from late January.

Buggs seems to have taken whatever he was paid and quietly left the company. Again, the specifics of Buggs’ relationship with IQ Chain and IQ Legacy were never publicly disclosed.

And so now we have Countdown4Freedom, which appears to be a placeholder name until a March 8th reveal:

Note that while all the IQ Legacy/IQ Chain shenanigans were going on, Buggs retained his Organo Gold executive position as Chief Visionary Officer.

Despite the apparently looming launch of his own MLM company, Buggs is still credited as CVO on Organo Gold’s website.

On the Countdown4Freedom management side of things (working under Buggs), is CEO David Manning.

Manning (right) first appeared on BehindMLM as the travel services provider of The Vacation Network back in 2012.

Manning owns and is the CEO of Xstream Travel, who are also the travel services provider for Countdown4Freedom.

Back in 2012 Manning was also running Traverus, a typical recruitment-driven MLM travel company.

By 2014 both Vacation Network had collapsed, prompting Manning to launch Paycation in March.

Traverus has continued to operate in conjunction with Xstream Travel, although it doesn’t appear to have gained any traction since 2012.

Today the Paycation website redirects to the Traverus Global website, which according to Alexa has been in decline since mid 2018.

There’s no mention of an MLM opportunity on the Traverus Global website, so whether the income opportunity still exists is unclear.

In any event the primary focus now appears to be Countdown4Freedom, or whatever the actual name of the company winds up being.

Update 11th March 2019 – Countdown4Freedom’s actual company name has been revealed as “iBuumerang”. /end update

Read on for a full review of the Countdown4Freedom MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]

Last May Pedro Fort and his Fort Ad Pays Ponzi scheme entered default.

Now the SEC has moved for $31.5 million in relief against three Fort Ad Pays defendants. [Continue reading…]

A few days ago we reported that the X10 Platform Ponzi scheme had collapsed.

Accompanying the collapse was a series of emails sent out, asking for a fee in lieu of a final payment.

What made the emails strange was that X10 Platform affiliates who’d never invested were also receiving them.

Now a second email has been sent out, upping the fee requested and promised payout. [Continue reading…]

4Life operate in the nutritional supplement MLM niche. The company launched in 1998 and is based out of Utah in the US.

Heading up 4Life are husband and wife co-founders, David and Bianca Lisonbee.

Danny Lee serves as 4Life’s CEO and President.

Way back in 1985 David Lisonbee co-founded Nature’s Labs, which was later renamed to Enrich International.

Enrich International marketed nutritional supplements, sold in capsule form.

Towards the end of the 1990s Enrich International went through management and ownership changes, coinciding with Lisonbee’s launch of 4Life.

Danny Lee was appointed CEO of 4Life in late 2017.

Lee has been with 4Life since 2008, having served as COO and CMO prior to his CEO appointment.

Read on for a full review of the 4Life MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]

The Traffic Monsoon Receiver has submitted a victim claims process for approval. [Continue reading…]