ZokoCloud fails to provide verifiable ownership or executive information its website.

While ZokoCloud does provide a long list of executives on its website, none of the individuals exist.

The photos used to represent ZokoCloud’s fictional executives are believed to be stolen profile photos and/or AI generated images.

ZokoCloud’s website domain (“zokocloud.com”), was first registered in 2017. The private registration was last updated on June 30th, 2024.

If we look in ZokoCloud’s website source-code, we find Chinese:

As opposed to its fictional presented executives, it appears whoever is running ZokoCloud has ties to China.

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…]

HB Naturals, aka Heart & Body Naturals and Green Organics LLC, operates in the nutritional supplements and essential oils MLM niches. The company is based out of Ohio in the US.

Heading up HB Naturals we have co-founders Paula Scarcella (CEO), Ben Scarcella and Alexandria Brighton (formulator).

BehindMLM first came across Paula Scarcella in 2016, as CEO of goDesana.

goDesana’s website is still up and lists Paula Scarcella as founder and CEO. Alexandria Brighton is also the formulator of goDesana’s products.

There is considerable overlap between goDesana and HB Naturals, leading me to wonder why the Scarcellas and Brighton are running two MLM companies. More on that in the conclusion below.

Read on for a full review of HB Naturals’ MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]

The Earn World Ponzi scheme has collapsed.

Investors are being lied to about recovery and owner Suki Chen is believed to have gone into hiding. [Continue reading…]

Engie USDT fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

Engie USDT’s website domain (“usdtengie.top”), was registered with bogus details on July 8th, 2024.

Of note is Engie USDT’s website domain being registered through the Chinese registrar Alibaba (Singapore).

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…]

Baccarat Entertainment fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

Baccarat Entertainment operates from two known website domains:

1. baccarat-entertainment.com – first registered in May 2022, private registration last updated on May 3rd, 2024
2. baccarat-entertainment.info – first registered in July 2022, private registration last updated on July 27th, 2023

Baccarat Entertainment has already attracted the attention of financial regulators. Germany’s BaFin announced they were investigating Baccarat Entertainment for gaming fraud on May 29th, 2024.

This ties into SimilarWeb attributing 100% of Baccarat Entertainment’s website traffic to Germany as of June 2024.

Between BaFin’s investigation and the German website traffic, it’s likely whoever is running Baccarat Entertainment has ties to Germany –  or at the very least speaks German.

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…]

Family First Life has settled a robocall fraud lawsuit filed against it in Indiana.

On June 12th Notice of a Settlement was filed on the case docket. [Continue reading…]

Playstation VIP fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

Playstation VIP’s website domain (“playstationvip.top”), was registered with bogus details on July 7th, 2024.

Of note is Playstation VIP’s website domain being registered through the Chinese registrar Alibaba (Singapore).

Playstation VIP has already attracted the attention of financial regulators. The Central Bank of Russia issued a Playstation VIP pyramid fraud warning on July 15th, 2024.

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 SAEG Receiver has accepted 211 victim claims totalling $57,715,542.

Of the accepted claims, 160 were for the amount submitted. 51 claims have been accepted with a reduced claim amount totalling $13.2 million. [Continue reading…]

Farad Connect fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

In fact as I write this, Farad Connect’s public-facing homepage is nothing more than an affiliate login/sign up form:

An MLM company not disclosing information about itself to consumers is an immediate red flag.

Further research reveals Farad Connect marketing citing Nick VandenBrekel as “architect and founder” of the company:

VandenBrekel (right), originally from the Netherlands but now residing in Florida, first appeared on BehindMLM in 2019.

VandenBrekel was the “architect” of ORU Marketplace, an MLM pyramid scheme built around ORU Ponzi points.

Today ORU Marketplace’s website is disabled:

Farad Connect operates from the website domain “faradconnect.net”, first registered in June 2023. The private registration was last updated on June 24th, 2024.

In researching this review, other companies I came across that VandenBrekel is associated with include Positron Magnetics and Grange Group.

Positron Magnetics is some malarkey about “decentralized electric power”. Grange Group claims it “excels at leisure lifestyle real estate projects”.

Read on for a full review of Farad Connect’s MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]

GMC Elev8ed, launched as part of the collapsed Greek Mythology Club Ponzi, has itself collapsed.

Following widespread losses throughout the week, GMC Elev8ed investors are now reporting liquidation. [Continue reading…]