The dilemma of a Ponzi scheme is paying affiliates enough to keep them around, without exhausting funds invested.

Mathematically this is a zero-sum game. Once funds paid out eclipse funds invested, it’s game over.

Trouble is a Ponzi scheme always promises to pay out more than invested. This ever-growing liability always triggers an eventual collapse.

For My 24 Hour Income that was December last year. Amid the usual Ponzi claims of hackers, DDOS and frozen funds, My 24 Hour Income ran out of money and went down for over a month. [Continue reading…]

There is no information on the 2×2 Funds website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The 2×2 Funds website domain (“2x2funds.info”) was privately registered on February 4th, 2017.

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…]

Purium was founded in 2004 by David Sandoval and Amy Venner.

The company is based out of Utah and began in 1993 as a small green foods manufacturing facility. Produce was grown locally in Sandoval and Venner’s privately owned farm.

According to a blog post on the Purium website, the facility initially manufactured private label products for a “huge international company” (I wasn’t able to find a name).

Just when they had finally turned a profit, that company (their biggest client) bailed and left them struggling. They were in a desperate financial situation.

At that point they knew they needed to put 100% of their effort, focus, and determination into creating their own brand.

That brand was Platinum Health Products, which was later renamed to Purium.

Of the two Purium founders, Sandoval appears to be much more in the public eye. The Purium website credits Sandoval as sole owner and founder of the company.

Venner does have a “MillionMom” page on the site, but it reads more like marketing than a corporate bio.

Sandoval (right) serves as Purium’s CEO. So the story goes;

Twenty-four years ago David Sandoval was like many of us, working a sedentary job, eating a conventional diet and watching his family members suffer from cancer, diabetes and obesity among other illnesses.

He knew he needed a lifestyle change and set out on a relentless mission to find the answers he needed to turn his life around.

“I was your typical businessperson eating a rather conventional diet. Although I was chronologically younger in the photo on the left my biological markers for aging (blood pressure, heart rate etc) were much worse (older) than they are today.

In other words, I am biologically younger today than I was 20 years ago.

I did a 180 on my eating habits and that created a 180 for the rest of my life. Today I am thinner, healthier and happier than I was back then and feel like I haven’t even reached the prime of my life yet.

I’m in my 50s but I expect to live another 70 good years.”

Amy Venner serves as Purium’s President.

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

Amid ongoing delays in paying their affiliates, Kairos Technologies announced the use of SchonPay on February 2nd.

Please note that this payment option is functioning in test mode.

We recommend you to register in Schonpay system and to create a withdrawal request in the KairosPlanet Cabinet using the SchonpayID.

The algorithm for creating these applications imply that they will be processed in March.

With March still a fortnight away, Belize’s International Finance Commission has issued SchonPay with a cease and desist. [Continue reading…]

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

The Real Points Terms and Conditions states the company is ‘owned and operated by Real Points Academy Ltd, a limited liability company registered in the British Virgin Islands‘.

The Real Points website domain (“realpoints.eu”) was registered on April 16th, 2016 and lists “Real Poins” as the owner. A residential address in Lemesos, Cyprus is also provided.

Further research reveals Real Points affiliates identifying Alanki Murali as founder and CEO of the company.

As above, Murali is also credited as CEO of Award Group Asia and Real-FX Group.

Award Group Asia appears to be based out of Hyderabad and up until recently had a website presence:

For reasons unknown the Award Group Asia website is now offline. I wasn’t able to ascertain what Real-FX Group is (it’s obviously not the US based real estate company bearing the same name).

Murali’s full name appears to be “Murali Krishna Alanki”. He is listed as the sole director of RealPoints LTD, as registered with the UK Companies House on September 22nd, 2016.

The address used to incorporate RealPoints LTD actually belongs to British Monomarks.

On their website, British Monomarks offer Post Box services and virtual office services. As such it appears Real Points has no physical presence in the UK.

Alanki’s country of residence listed on the UK Companies House website is Cyprus.

Outside of Real Points marketing material, there is no information available on Murali. This is highly 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…]

There is no information on the Happy World Meal Gate website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Happy World Meal Gate website domain (“happymealworldgate.com”) was privately registered on September 21st, 2016.

On their website, Happy World Meal Gate claim to be a ‘dynamic Multi Level Marketing (MLM) company of African extractions‘. This aligns with Alexa’s estimate that pretty much all traffic to the Happy World Meal Gate website originates out of Nigeria.

An address in Lagos, Nigeria is provided on the Happy World Meal Gate website but appears to be spelt incorrectly.

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…]

On February 14th the Zeek Rewards Receiver filed his Status Report for the fourth quarter of 2016.

Nothing much new in the report, but it does give us a current status update as to where everything’s at.

I’ve included the more interesting parts of the report below under respective headings. [Continue reading…]

aUganda is the latest country to issue a regulatory warning against OneCoin.

A notice published by the Bank of Uganda on February 14th all but accuses OneCoin of being a Ponzi scheme. [Continue reading…]

There is no information on the Bitcoin4All Club website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Bitcoin4All Club website domain (“bitcoin4all.club”) was privately registered on January 4th, 2017.

Alexa currently estimate that the largest sources of traffic to the Bitcoin4All Club website are the Netherlands (34%), India (12%) and Nigeria (12%).

It is highly probably that whoever is running Bitcoin4All Club is also based out of one of these three countries.

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…]

Poofy Organics was founded in 2006 and is based out of New Jersey in the US.

So the story goes;

Poofy Organics was founded in 2006 after a family member was diagnosed with breast cancer. Our family was determined to stop using products laden with toxic chemicals.

We are a small family-run business and proud of our accomplishments.

Heading up Poofy Organics are co-founders Kristina Gagliardi-Wilson (CEO) and Nella Gagliardi.

In her previous life, Kristina was a special education teacher and worked as an adjunct professor at Montclair State University.

Her staff does not follow directions but she loves them anyway.

Nella, who used to be an Italian interpreter, loves to work with her family.

She does everything in the store from filling product, hoarding napkins, shipping and taking care of Baby Poof!

“Baby Poof” refers to Kristina’s son (Nella Gagliardi is Kristina’s mother).

As far as I can tell, Poofy Organics appears to be the Gagliardi’s first MLM venture.

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