Vemma still losing money, losses in decline
Vemma’s second quarter report for 2016 was filed on June 20th.
The good news? Net losses are on the decline and there might light at the end of the tunnel yet. [Continue reading…]
OneCoin investors arrested in Bangladesh
Following an investigation by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Counter Terrorism Unit, two OneCoin investors have been arrested in Bangladesh. [Continue reading…]
Mastercard denounce OneCoin, US event in Chicago
One of the big selling points for OneCoin up until March was the issuing of OneCoin branded Mastercard debit cards.
For the short time they were available, OneCoin affiliates could transfer withdrawal requests to the card and spend the money wherever MasterCard was accepted.
On March 17th OneCoin abruptly announced card approval and use of already issued cards was suspended.
Three days later it was revealed the owner of the company OneCoin was accessing the cards through, was part of a multi-million dollar drug gang.
No doubt aware of the impact of being able to mention “Mastercard” in OneCoin marketing presentations (not to mention the embarrassment of losing access to the cards in the first place), it seems OneCoin have been pursuing regaining access to the Mastercard network.
Unfortunately for them, Mastercard appear to have been investigating OneCoin themselves. According to a representative in Austria, another OneCoin branded Mastercard won’t launch any time soon. [Continue reading…]
QM Matrix Review: Six tier matrix-based cash gifting
There is no information on the QM Matrix website indicating who owns or runs the business.
The QM Matrix website domain (“qmmatrix.com”) was registered on the 31st of May 2016. Ivan Tezak of “Cosmos-Star D.O.O.” is listed as the owner.
Cosmos-Star D.O.O. are located in Croatia, with the company’s website describing it as a supplier of goods to schools, sports facilities, hotels and restaurants.
In a Facebook group titled “Quatermillion – Balkan”, Tizak (right) is cited as QM Matrix’s admin. Tezak’s role in Cosmos-Star D.O.O. however is unclear.
Tizak appears to have gotten involved in MLM in 2014 as an investor in the GetEasy Ponzi scheme.
In 2015 Tizak was promoting Dubli, with marketing for several MLM underbelly HYIP scams appearing on his Facebook timeline thereafter.
Read on for a full review of the QM Matrix MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]
OneCoin acquires Bonofa pyramid scheme
Bonofa launched in mid 2013 an MLM opportunity attached to the Cube7 social network.
Cube7 failed to take off, with Bonofa by and large functioning as a chain-recruitment pyramid scheme.
Bonofa affiliates paid up to 2490.90 EUR to join the company and were paid to recruit others who did the same.
Regulatory troubles for Bonofa began in 2013, following the arrest of an executive in Lebanon.
Last month, the owners of Bonofa were apprehended in Germany. German authorities have so far recovered €1.1 million EUR, with around 60,000 affiliates estimated to have lost over €100 million EUR.
No doubt seeing the collapse of Bonofa as easy pickings, earlier this month OneCoin purchased the Bonofa affiliate-base and effectively bought the company. [Continue reading…]
PTCHits4u Review: $1 in, $1.50 out ad-credit Ponzi scheme
PTCHits4u initially launched as a Ponzi scheme back in May, 2011.
Micro investments of $1 and $2 were made by investors, with PTCHits4u offering 125% to 200% ROIs.
PTCHits4u does appear to have survived for longer than your average online Ponzi scheme, likely owing to small amount of money involved.
Nevertheless the scheme eventually collapsed in early 2015. Rather than acknowledge recruitment had died down and starved the scheme of new funds to pay off, the PTCHits4u admin offered up this excuse:
PTCHits4u and a few other sites were with Buxhost for years and for us it was around 4.5 years we didn’t go scam but were scammed by Buxhost.
They downgraded the servers that much that nobody could log in to any site hosted by BuxHost.
I sent support tickets in but BuxHost never replied to them, this was the same story with other admins who also trusted BuxHost.
A few weeks ago a relaunch of PTCHits4u was announced, with the rebooted scheme going live on June 8th.
As for who’s running the opportunity, there’s no information provided on the PTCHits4u website.
The PTCHits4u website domain however was registered on the 22nd of May 2015, with “Neil Duffy” listed as the owner. A residential address in Queensland, Australia is also provided.
Duffy appears to have been around a while, with an affiliate top list linking him to The Perfect Startup in 2006.
The Perfect Startup was a $35 matrix Ponzi cycler launched in late 2006. By mid 2007 it had collapsed.
Read on for a full review of the PTCHits4u MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]
Club Cornerstone Review: Grey area e-commerce platform
Club Cornerstone operate in the e-commerce MLM niche and is headed up by Tom Kudirka, who serves as Club Cornerstone’s CEO.
A corporate address in the US state of Nebraska is provided on the Club Cornerstone, however further research reveals this address belongs to a local post office (UPS).
According to Tom Kudirka’s Club Cornerstone corporate bio;
Tom worked as a Field Engineer for AT&T for over 15 years. He earned an Associates Degree in Electronic Engineering Technology and a Bachelors Degree in Business Information Systems.
Tom is an entrepreneur at heart, with a passion for business. In 1997 he founded 2015 Games and created “Medal of Honor: Allied Assault” for Electronic Arts, garnering both critical acclaim and commercial success.
Many of the team members from 2015 went on to form Infinity Ward, developing the Call of Duty/Modern Warfare series generating billions in sales. Yeah, that’s right, he started all that.
Kudirka doesn’t appear to have a background in MLM, with Club Cornerstone marking first MLM venture.
Read on for a full review of the Club Cornerstone MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]
Dynamico Review: Energy drink and weight loss
Dynamico was founded in April 2016. The company does not provide any information on its website suggesting where it is being operated from.
Identified as founders of Dynamico on their website are Philip Mongelluzzo, Jr and T.V. Wilson (left and right respectively below).
From their respective Dynamico corporate bios;
Dr. Philip A. Mongelluzzo, Jr. is a board certified general internist with the American Board of Internal Medicine. He currently practices medicine in his hometown of Waterbury, CT.
Dr. Phil has over five years of experience in the Relationship Marketing industry and has earned over six figures per year in a part time basis.
Dr. T.V. Wilson is known to many as the “Millionaire Maker”.
He has spent over 30 years in Relationship Marketing as a top trainer, recruiter and has earned Millions with multiple companies at record pace.
Prior to founding Dynamico, Philip Mongelluzzo was an affiliate with Visalus (2012-2014).
T.V. Wilson was an affiliate with Monavie a few years back and before that YTB Travel.
Read on for a full review of the Dynamico MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]
Avalon Life Review: Recruitment, mining & AVLX coins
Avalon Life claim to be incorporated in Costa Rica as “Avalon Life AG”.
The company is headed up by Tom Koller (right), who serves as CEO and CTO.
On his LinkedIn profile Koller lists his location as the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, which is likely where Avalon Life is actually being operated from.
On a blog pitching “VIP Coaching”, Koller reveals he was formerly an affiliate with Monavie (circa 2011). Koller’s Twitter profile also ties him as an affiliate to FGXpress (2015).
Read on for a full review of the Avalon Life MLM business opportunity. [Continue reading…]
OneCoin charging 7236 EUR for a 550 EUR tablet
OneCoin are currently representing to affiliates in their backoffice that the value of OneCoin is €6.23 EUR.
If you’ve bought into the fantasy that centralized Ponzi points will ever be publicly traded, you’d expect one OneCoin to publicly trade for €6.23 EUR. Right?
Unfortunately, you’d be wrong. 1,411% wrong. [Continue reading…]