Dorian da Silva Santos, 29, was a relatively well-known TelexFree net-winner residing in Serra Preta, a city in the eastern state of Bahia, Brazil.

Known for “changing lives”, TelexFree may certainly have changed the life of Santos.

On Tuesday Santos was found dead in a field. His hand were tied and he’d been shot multiple times in the head. [Continue reading…]

There is no information on the Paid Instantly Club indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Paid Instantly Club website domain (“paidinstantly.club”) was registered on the 5th of July 2016, however the domain registration is set to private.

The official Paid Instantly Club Facebook group is adminned by a Facebook account bearing the name “Michael Morris”.

The Michael Morris Facebook account was only created on July 7th and is likely to be fake.

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 Royalty Crowdfunding website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Royalty Crowdfunding website domain (“royaltycrowdfunding.org”) was registered on the 15th of June 2016. “Royalty Crowdfunding” is listed as the owner, with an address in Manila, Philippines also provided.

Further research reveals the email address used to register the Royalty Crowdfunding domain belongs to Edwin Ramos.

On the 28th of June, Ramos published a Royalty Crowdfunding marketing pitch on his Facebook wall. The affiliate referral code used was “royaltyadmin”.

Edwin Ramos (right) first popped up on BehindMLM’s radar as the owner of Blessing4All in 2014.

Blessing4All was a matrix cycler pyramid scheme. It collapsed shortly after launch.

Recent scams marketed by Ramos include the Ponzi schemes iGems2Gold and Global InterGold (formally EmGoldex).

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

This is starting to get a bit predictable.

On July 13th Troy Barnes filed yet another Motion to Continue Docket Call, again requesting more time to go over discovery. [Continue reading…]

The evidence part of Paul Burks’ criminal trial appears to be over, with a Motion for an Acquittal filed by Burks on July 19th.

Burks is seeking an acquittal on count four of his indictment (tax fraud), after a Motion to Dismiss the count was denied last month. [Continue reading…]

Ahyio identify themselves as “Ahyio Trading DWC-LLC” on their website. A PO Box address in Dubai is also provided.

There is no information provided as to who owns Ahyio or Ahyio Trading DWC-LLC.

The Ahyio website domain was registered on the 28th of March 2016. Pascal Moreno (right) is listed as the owner, with an address in the Parisian Region of France also provided.

Pascal Moreno’s YouTube channel features promotional videos in French for Lifevantage and the Ponzi scheme BeOnPush. Moreno’s Facebook profile also features marketing for Empower Network, Rippln and Wor(l)d Global Network.

Moreno’s exact role within Ahyio is unclear.

Of note is the Terms of Service on the Ahyio website provides contact information for a company called Adquatic:

On their website, Adequatic describe themselves as an ‘offshore development centre with teams in Africa, Europe, India (and) Dubai‘.

Whatever your needs are in mobile, Web and any developments, our experts will answer all your questions and offer the best solution at the best rate.

The exact nature of the relationship between Adequatic and Ahyio is unclear.

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

GulfRevShare identifies “Celena H. Fernandez” as admin of the company on their website. The GulfRevShare Facebook page additionally provided a residential address in the US state of Alabama.

The GulfRevShare website domain (“gulfrevshare.com”) was registered on January 3rd 2016, however the domain registration is set to private.

In the absence of absolutely any information on Celina H. Fernandez, in connection with GulfRevShare or otherwise, I’m flagging it as a likely alias.

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 their website Entrepreneur Unified name Shebin John (alias: Remedcu) as owner of the company.

He is a SEO expert, and has been working till the last april for MTV. He is also a php coder and designer. He designed the homepage himself using bootstrap template from online. Also the logo and banners where (sic) created by himself.

He has been with many online programs, and now has laid a sure shot plan to help everyone to earn online.

On social media, John (right) claims to be ‘a strategist on various aspects, like in revshares, hyips, etc.‘.

Revshares and HYIPs are typically Ponzi schemes, with revshares in particular frequently populating the MLM underbelly.

Such schemes John has recently participated as an affiliate include Passive Earner, Shareholder IC, My Traffic Value and Paidverts.

John is based out of Delhi, India, which is presumably where Entrepreneur Unified is being operated from.

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

There is no information on the Universal Plan B website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Universal Plan B website domain (“universalplanb.com”) was registered on the 26th of March 2016. David Embe is listed as the owner and an address in the US state of Virginia is also provided.

Embe appears as the default affiliate referrer if you visit the Universal Plan B without an affiliate referral link. If you click sign-up now, a random Universal Plan B affiliate is then chosen as a sponsor.

Despite my best efforts, I was unable to source any additional information on Embe’s MLM history.

A marketing video featured on the Universal Plan B website is hosted on a YouTube channel bearing the name “Angelina Curtin”.

On July 6th and 7th Angelina Curtin openly advertised Universal Plan B on her Facebook page:

The posts have since been deleted.

Three months ago Curtin (right) began uploading promotional videos for iMarketsLive (stock advice). Whether she is still involved in the business is unclear.

Ditto her role within Universal Plan B and professional relationship with David Embe.

Update 27th October 2016 – Angela Curtin has been in touch via email and claims;

I do not own UPB, run any part of UPB or even participate in the program. I was hired to do marketing material for the owner who actually never even paid for the services I provided.

/end update

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

Despite not officially operating in the US, on July 13th OneCoin US affiliates held a recruitment event in Miami Florida.

In attendance were Joshua Unseth and Chris DeRose, two Bitcoin enthusiasts who run a South Florida Bitcoin meetup group every week.

DeRose and Unseth recorded their attendance at the event, which revealed Carl Wilt and other affiliates promoting OneCoin as an investment opportunity.

A few hours ago DeRose and Unseth released an audio recording from the event. The recording, which is hard to make out at times, showcases OneCoin affiliates unable to respond to claims OneCoin is a Ponzi scheme. [Continue reading…]