Archive for April 2013

UBER-BIZARRE: Man Stabbed Parishioners During Sunday Mass Because He Believed Choir Director Was ‘Part Of A Group Of Freemasons Who Are Involved In A Large-Scale Conspiracy,’ Albuquerque Police Say

UBER-BIZARRE: Man Stabbed Parishioners During Sunday Mass Because He Believed Choir Director Was 'Part Of A Group Of Freemasons Who Are Involved In A Large-Scale Conspiracy,' Albuquerque Police Say

Sunday Mass at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church was the site of multiple attacks by a knife-wielding man who believed the choir director was “part of a group of Freemasons who are involved in a large-scale conspiracy,” the Albuquerque Police Department said. Lawrence Capener, 24, was arrested on three counts of aggravated battery with a […]

Now, Boat-Sharking For ‘Biwako Bank Limited’: Promos Appear On Facebook Site For Profitable Sunrise And Claim Enterprise Is ‘Japan’s Strongest Bank’

Now, Boat-Sharking For 'Biwako Bank Limited': Promos Appear On Facebook Site For Profitable Sunrise And Claim Enterprise Is 'Japan's Strongest Bank'

Biwako Bank Limited caught our attention yesterday after a boat-shark appeared on a Facebook Profitable Sunrise site to promote it while making this claim: “**THIS IS NOT AN HYIP , THIS IS A BANK**” The claim is at odds with a claim on the MoneyMakerGroup Ponzi forum that Biwako has a “GoldCoders’ HYIP Manager License.” […]

UPDATE: MPB Today Operator Ordered To Stay Away From MLM As He Awaits Sentencing In Racketeering Case; Separately, MLM ‘Programs’ Get Pounded In The Press

UPDATE: MPB Today Operator Ordered To Stay Away From MLM As He Awaits Sentencing In Racketeering Case; Separately, MLM 'Programs' Get Pounded In The Press

Gary Calhoun, the operator of the MPB Today MLM “program,” has joined AdSurfDaily Ponzi schemer Andy Bowdoin as a member of a dubious club: A Florida judge has ordered Calhoun not to get arrested on new charges and to stay away from MLM while he awaits sentencing in a racketeering case brought by Florida authorities […]

FBI: Affinity Fraudster Sued By SEC Launched Follow-Up Scam; Shervin Neman Allegedly Paid Law Firm, Earlier Victims With Money From New Mark — And Then Wrote A Bad Check For $2.35 Million

FBI: Affinity Fraudster Sued By SEC Launched Follow-Up Scam; Shervin Neman Allegedly Paid Law Firm, Earlier Victims With Money From New Mark -- And Then Wrote A Bad Check For  $2.35 Million

Shervin Neman, the alleged affinity fraudster sued by the SEC last year in a Ponzi scheme targeted at the Persian-Jewish community, now has been arrested by the FBI in Los Angeles. Neman, 31, also is known as Shervin Davatgarzadeh, the FBI said. The Century City resident was arrested today on a three-count indictment charging him […]

Indiana Man Who Dressed As Pastor As Part Of Ponzi Swindle Sentenced To Prison; Bradley Collins Told Marks ‘He Only Worked With God-Fearing, Church Going People And Was Blessed To Be Blessing Potential Investors’

Indiana Man Who Dressed As Pastor As Part Of Ponzi Swindle Sentenced To Prison; Bradley Collins Told Marks 'He Only Worked With God-Fearing, Church Going People And Was Blessed To Be Blessing Potential Investors'

“[Bradley] Collins worked under the guise of a religious man and told his victims he only worked with God-fearing, church going people and was blessed to be blessing potential investors. His portrayal of a Christian man put many of his victims at ease, increasing the amount of funds they invested.” — Indiana Secretary of State […]

NO REST FOR THE WEARY: Apparent Zeek Rewards Reload Scam Exposed, WFMY Reports

NO REST FOR THE WEARY: Apparent Zeek Rewards Reload Scam Exposed, WFMY Reports

WFMY (CBS/Greensboro, N.C.) is reporting that it exposed an apparent Zeek Rewards reload scam operating on Google’s Blogspot platform — and that Google has removed the offending Blog. The scam was operating at a URL of ZeekRewardsIsComingBack.blogspot.com, the station reported. WFMY contacted Zeek Rewards’ receiver Kenneth D. Bell as part of its report. Bell told […]

WTOL Introduces Middle America To The Profitable Sunrise HYIP Scheme; Graphic Shows 3-Tiered Affiliate Program On Top Of Absurd Payout

WTOL Introduces Middle America To The Profitable Sunrise HYIP Scheme; Graphic Shows 3-Tiered Affiliate Program On Top Of Absurd Payout

During its 11 p.m. newscast yesterday, WTOL (CBS/Toledo) aired a report titled “Holy Rip-Off” about the alleged Profitable Sunrise HYIP scam. The report, which began with images of Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff playing in the background, focused on alleged Profitable Sunrise pitchwoman Nanci Jo Frazer of Bryan, Ohio. Frazer and her NJF Global Group are […]

WTOL To Air Profitable Sunrise Report Titled ‘Holy Rip Off’

WTOL To Air Profitable Sunrise Report Titled 'Holy Rip Off'

EDITOR’S NOTE: GlimDropper, an administrator at the RealScam.com antiscam forum, gave PP Blog readers a heads-up on the WTOL report yesterday . . . WTOL, the CBS affiliate in Toledo, Ohio, says it will air a report Thursday (April 25) at 11 p.m. EDT titled “Holy Rip Off.” A teaser for the report shows photos […]

BULLETIN: Authorities In Canada Say Terror Plot Linked To Al-Qaeda Was Thwarted And That 2 Arrests Have Been Made

BULLETIN: Authorities In Canada Say Terror Plot Linked To Al-Qaeda Was Thwarted And That 2 Arrests Have Been Made

BULLETIN: (UPDATED 4:08 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) The Royal Canadian Mounted Police says a terrorist plot against a VIA passenger train in the Toronto area was thwarted and that two suspects were arrested today after a probe that began last year. Arrested were Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, and Raed Jaser, 35. RCMP said they lived in the […]

UPDATE: North Carolina Says Profitable Sunrise Investors Have Been Targeted In ‘Reload Scams’ Like Zeek Rewards Investors Before Them

UPDATE: North Carolina Says Profitable Sunrise Investors Have Been Targeted In 'Reload Scams' Like Zeek Rewards Investors Before Them

UPDATED 11:28 A.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The Securities Division of North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine F. Marshall has issued a warning that Profitable Sunrise investors are being targeted in “reload scams.” North Carolina issued a similar warning in August 2012, saying then that members of the Zeek Rewards “program” — an alleged $600 million Ponzi- […]

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Bombing Suspect In Custody, Boston Police Say

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Bombing Suspect In Custody, Boston Police Say

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: A suspect (Dzhokar Tsarnaev)  is “in custody” in the Boston Marathon bombing, the Boston Police Department announced on Twitter minutes ago . . . Boston PD on Twitter. UPDATE 9:07 P.M. EDT: As shown on U.S. television networks, residents of Watertown are applauding and cheering for police as they pass […]