The original PLR System compensation plan was simple enough: Invest $25 and receive an eventual $100 ROI or invest $50 and receive an eventual $200 ROI.

Payments were paid directly to The PLR System affiliates, combining elements of both a Ponzi and cash gifting scheme.

The PLR System initially launched in late 2015 with current Alexa rankings for The PLR System website suggest the scheme has collapsed.

Owner Johnny Ganoza announced a “V2” reboot on August 25th.

Read on for a full review of The PLR System V2 MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]

BitClub Network’s original premise saw affiliates invest on the promise of a 1000 day ROI.

When the anonymous owners of the scheme realized they were going to run out of newly invested funds long before 1000 days was up, they changed the ROI maturity period to 600 days.

The idea was that affiliates who initially invested would re-invest after 600 days, giving BitClub Network more breathing room.

Evidently this change wasn’t enough, with the company now set to dump early investor contracts. [Continue reading…]

When THW Global surfaced back in June, the company’s prime drawcard was affiliates purportedly able to earn up to $25 for watching “YouTube type videos”.

This made no sense, primarily because the commission rates touted by THW Global were disconnected from the reality of online advertising.

No legitimate advertiser on the planet is paying random users $25 to watch an hour of YouTube videos.

In a move that confirms the original “up to $25 an hour” commission rate was baloney, THW Global have rolled out the actual primary source of revenue for the company…

…and it’s got nothing to do with online advertising or YouTube like videos. [Continue reading…]

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

Whole World do however reveal they are based out of Russia. Russian registration numbers are provided on the Whole World website, along with a corporate address in Saint Petersburg.

The Whole World website domain (“wholeworld.biz”) was registered on April 27th 2013, with Gold Line Company Limited listed as the owner.

Gold Line International was the precursor to Whole World, with the company dropping Gold Line International branding in 2013.

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…]

Such is the pulling power of Ponzi schemes in Africa at the moment that even after MMM Global collapsed, local chapters of the scheme in some countries continue to lure victims in.

One of those countries is Zimbabwe, where regulators have admitted they are powerless to stop the scam. [Continue reading…]

Following the denial of a preliminary injunction motion a few weeks back, it appears Vemma didn’t have much left to bargain with.

Over the past few weeks they’ve been negotiating with Hanover Insurance, with a settlement reached on or around August 17th. [Continue reading…]

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

The Fundising website domain (“fundising.com”) was registered on the 25th of July 2016, however the domain registration is set to private.

Alexa currently estimate that 100% of traffic to the Fundising website originates out of Spain, suggesting the that’s probably where the company is being operated from.

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 Calorchi website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Calorchi website domain (“calorchi.com”) was registered on the 20th of July 2015, however the domain registration is set to private.

A corporate address in the US state of Texas is provided on the Calorchi website. Taken at face value, the Calorchi Independent Affiliate Agreement suggests this is where the company is run out of:

(Calorchi) has its’ home office in Dallas, Texas and will not be collecting sales tax at the time of purchase from any Residents outside of the areas its location requires it to.

Any substantive or procedural rights other than the enforceability of the arbitration agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas, County of Dallas.

Further research reveals Calorchi affiliates naming Sam Mendez as Founder and CEO of the company:

Mendez first popped up on BehindMLM’s radar as a co-founder of My Shopping Genie back in 2011.

Following a six-month period during which My Shopping Genie failed to pay affiliates, the company collapsed in mid 2012.

In 2014 Mendez reemerged as the co-founder of 15 Winks, a subscription-based mobile dating app.

In our BehindMLM review of 15 WInks I myself didn’t realize Mendez was involved. In researching Calorchi however I came across a marketing pitch for 15 Winks that named Mendez as co-founder:

Recognizing this potential I immediately grabbed one of the Platinum Level Firstmover packages at a cost of $5000.

I spoke with co-founder Sam Mendez on January 1 and he told me that two-thirds of the Platinum Level packages have been sold.

Under the marketing campaign “BeaFirstMover”, 15 Winks solicited investments of $250 to $5000 on the promise of an eventual >100% ROI.

Today the 15 Winks website is still online, however the Alexa ranking for the site suggests the opportunity has long-since collapsed.

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

There is no information on the We Care We Can website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The We Care We Can website domain (“wecarewecan.net”) was registered on August 22nd, 2016. Kao Ke Saetern is listed as the owner, with an address in the US state of California also provided.

Saetern (right) first popped up on BehindMLM’s radar earlier this month as the admin behind Team Build Income, a five-tier cash gifting scheme.

Alexa statistics for the Team Build Income website suggest that, less than a month after launch, the scheme has already collapsed.

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

Putting together information on SkyWay Capital is tricky, primarily because most of it is in Russian.

As per the SkyWay Capital website (“skyway.capital”), Evgeny Kudryashov is credited as Director of the company.

Kudryashov (right) is also listed as the owner of the SkyWay Capital website domain, albeit with an incomplete address in London, UK.

Kudryashov himself appears to be a real person, with active Twitter and VK (Russian Facebook) accounts.

Due to language-barriers, I was unable to put together an MLM history on Kudryashov. Kudryashov’s SkyWay Capital executive bio describes him as a “specialist on internet marketing”.

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