Some things in the MLM underbelly never change.

When a resident Ponzi scheme collapses, rather than admit the scam ran out of funds, cliched excuses about hackers and funds being frozen are trotted out.

My 24 Hour Income was an adcredit Ponzi scheme promising ROIs of up to 130% on $5 to $75 investments. The scam launched in July and by late November had collapsed.

Drew Burton, the owner of My 24 Hour Income, blamed the first collapse on hackers. He claims hackers stole 800 BTC from the system ($769,384 USD).

Burton eventually re-opened the site only to find affiliates pile on the withdrawal requests with no new investment coming in.

With Christmas looming, My 24 Hour Income went down again after a few days has been “under maintenance” ever since.

Burton has been promising a reboot for most of the month, with a new version of My 24 Hour Income now set to go live in a few days. [Continue reading…]

The last few months haven’t been good for Kairos Technologies.

Back in September thirty odd leaders of the Ponzi scheme were arrested in Belarus.

In November Kairos Technologies had to suspend affiliate withdrawals, following the launch of a criminal investigation in Hungary.

Now the cash-strapped scam has announced plans to offer affiliates shares… [Continue reading…]

Earlier this month the Italian Antitrust and Consumer Protection Authority (AGCM) had issued cease and desists against local OneCoin affiliates.

Yesterday the AGCM issued an interim injunction against One Network Services, effectively banning the promotion of OneCoin in Italy. [Continue reading…]

For a company that’s been around since 1999, you’d think Dubli (Omnito) would have had plenty of time to fine tune its business model into profitability.

Things were looking pretty bleak this time last year, with Dubli reporting $13.9 million dollars in losses.

The good news? Dubli managed to reduce their losses in 2016.

The bad news? The company still managed to blow through $10.3 million dollars. [Continue reading…]

There is no information on the Easy Cash 4 Ads website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Easy Cash 4 Ads website domain (“easycash4ads.com”) was registered on the 29th of October, 2016. Craig Haywood is listed as the owner, with an address in Gauteng in South Africa also provided.

On his Twitter profile, Haywood (right) cites himself as a “marketer, author, programmer, speaker (and) coach”.

Haywood’s Twitter profile features internet marketing promotional material, but there doesn’t appear to be anything MLM specific.

The earliest record of Haywood in the MLM industry I was able to find was a Global Domains International testimonial that stated Haywood had been an affiliate since 2005.

Easy Cash 4 Ads appears to be Haywood’s first MLM venture as an owner.

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

There is no information on the XenixCoin website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The XenixCoin website domain (“xenixcoin.com”) was registered on October 11th, 2016. Louis Hutchinson of Xenix Technologies LTD is listed as the owner.

There doesn’t appear to be any third-party information available on Hutchinson’s role within XenixCoin.

A corporate address in London is provided on the XenixCoin website. Further research reveals this is a virtual office address provided by i2 Office.

Despite a provided UK incorporation (about £20 GBP), it appears XenixCoin has no actual physical presence in the UK.

Given this and coupled with the lack of information provided, it’s doubtful Louis Hutchinson actually exists.

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…]

The terms and conditions of the Associate Marketing Program website state it is “owned by Voltage Partners Holdings LLC”.

This matches the Associate Marketing Program website domain registration, which lists Gordon Comfort of Voltage Partners as the owner.

Voltage Partners launched earlier this year and sought to capitalize on crowd-sourced app ideas.

Alexa traffic estimates suggest the idea flopped. Earlier this month Voltage Partners launched Associate Marketing Program, a transition towards selling third-party apps.

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

There is no information on the Amazing Pre Builder website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Amazing Pre Builder website domain was registered on November 20th, 2016. John Dierksmeier is listed as the owner, with an address in the US state of Texas also provided.

Dierksmeier (full name John Dierksmeier Quesada) first popped up on BehindMLM’s radar last year as the owner of 2×2 Wealth, a matrix cycler.

Other MLM opportunities Dierksmeier has launched include Only7Bucks, Cafe Nopal, Eco Plus Network, My Secret Fortune and EZAdsNet.

EZAdsNet was a two-tier matrix Ponzi cycler that collapsed around June. That prompted Dierksmeier to launch 2×2 Destiny in July.

2×2 Destiny was a matrix cycler feeder for Dierksmeier’s iTravel Party downline.

iTravel Party, a third-party travel niche recruitment scheme, appears to be dead in water.

Dierksmeier appears to have moved on to Amazing Living, with Amazing Pre Builder launched to build his downline.

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

There is no information on the Trade Coin Club website indicating who owns or runs the business.

Infact, at the time of publication the Trade Coin Club website was nothing more than a placeholder for the company’s logo.

The Trade Coin Club website domain (“tradecoinclub.com”) was privately registered on August 2nd, 2016.

Alexa currently estimate that the two largest sources of traffic to the Trade Coin Club website are the US (22%) and Brazil (18%).

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…]

There is no information on the Coin4All website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Coin4All website domain (“coin4all.net”) was privately registered on September 16th, 2016.

One point of interest on the Coin4All website is a comparison to MLM underbelly scams:

We’re not huge network marketers. We’ve dabbled here and there in various programs. We’re quick learners and highly creative and problem solvers.

We are a designer, a programmer, and a small business owner who came together around what we think is a brilliant idea.

Building on the success of other programs like Zarfund and Crowdrising, we think we have the perfect system that solves all the problems we’ve seen.

Both ZarFund and CrowdRising are cash gifting schemes, suggesting whoever is running Coin4All has experience in scamming people.

At the time of publication Alexa estimate that Nigeria is the largest source of traffic to he Coin4All website.

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…]