Archive for November 2013

Conflicting Reports Over Status Of U.S. Payza Funds: Frozen? Withheld By Vendor? Seized By Department Of Homeland Security?

Conflicting Reports Over Status Of U.S. Payza Funds: Frozen? Withheld By Vendor? Seized By Department Of Homeland Security?

With Cyber Monday and the traditional online sales coming up a few days from now on Dec. 2, this is what we know: Payza, the successor brand to Montreal-based AlertPay, a Ponzi-forum darling and chronic HYIP- and fraud-enabler, suddenly says this in a headline on its Community forum: “US Funds Frozen | Obopay/Ultralight FS. issue.” […]

Thanksgiving Eve Wave Of IPs From Fort Lauderdale And British Virgin Islands Descends On PP Blog; Other IP (From Ukraine) Tries To Execute Command String That Suggests It’s Part Of Botnet Circling PP Blog And Another Well-Known Online Pub That Covers MLM

Thanksgiving Eve Wave Of IPs From Fort Lauderdale And British Virgin Islands Descends On PP Blog; Other IP (From Ukraine) Tries To Execute Command String That Suggests It's Part Of Botnet Circling PP Blog And Another Well-Known Online Pub That Covers MLM

A Thanksgiving Eve wave consisting largely of IPs from Fort Lauderdale and the British Virgin Islands descended on the PP Blog beginning at approximately 12:35 p.m. ET today. It was accompanied by an IP from Ukraine that sought to execute a fractured command string focused on a PP Blog story that will be five years […]

REPORT: Woman Survives TelexFree-Related Death Plunge

REPORT: Woman Survives TelexFree-Related Death Plunge

A woman who borrowed money to join the TelexFree MLM “program” leaped from the fifth floor of a parking garage at the Manaíra Mall, a Brazilian news portal is reporting. PBAgora.com.br, based in the Brazilian state of Paraíba, reported yesterday that the woman was injured critically, but survived the plunge.  She is being treated at […]

TelexFree Affiliate Pitches Appear To Have Been ‘Scraped’ To Drive Traffic To Purported Gold And Silver Venture In Panama; Spam Link Leads To Site That Showcases ‘First Zeek Red Carpet Event’ And ‘Banners Broker’ In Folder Labled ‘aaronsharazeek’

TelexFree Affiliate Pitches Appear To Have Been 'Scraped' To Drive Traffic To Purported Gold And Silver Venture In Panama; Spam Link Leads To Site That Showcases 'First Zeek Red Carpet Event' And 'Banners Broker' In Folder Labled 'aaronsharazeek'

UPDATED 7:36 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) Let’s say you’re out there feverishly flogging the TelexFree MLM even as the pyramid-scheme probe moves forward in Brazil, a judge and prosecutor have been threatened with death and TelexFree executive Carlos Costa is pulling an Andy Bowdoin and telling the world that God used him to bring the purported […]

Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Had Armor-Piercing Bullets, Pointed Handgun And Threatened To Kill Victim, Fled Scene, Got Arrested And Released — And Then Was Arrested Again After Separate Victim Menaced With Rifle, Sheriff’s Office Says

Purported 'Sovereign Citizen' Had Armor-Piercing Bullets, Pointed Handgun And Threatened To Kill Victim, Fled Scene, Got Arrested And Released -- And Then Was Arrested Again After Separate Victim Menaced With Rifle, Sheriff's Office Says

Purported Tampa-region “sovereign citizen” Eric Holtgard had been out of jail less than 10 hours before he was arrested a second time for menacing and brandishing weapons, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said. In the first incident on Nov. 20 just after 3 p.m., Holtgard, 27, appeared at a car dealership, started screaming at employees […]

SPECIAL REPORT: WCM777 Says Its U.S. Operations ‘Will Be On Hold Until Further Notice’ Because Its Securities Sales ‘Failed To Fully Comply With Laws And Regulations In United States’ — But Will The ‘WCM 777 Boston’ Band Play On In Houston? And What About The Highly Curious ‘Joseph Global Institute?’

SPECIAL REPORT: WCM777 Says Its U.S. Operations 'Will Be On Hold Until Further Notice' Because Its Securities Sales 'Failed To Fully Comply With Laws And Regulations In United States' -- But Will The 'WCM 777 Boston' Band Play On In Houston? And What About The Highly Curious 'Joseph Global Institute?'

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story covers highly curious events associated with WCM777 and related entities or people. In this post you’ll find: News on yesterday’s announcement by WCM that it had mothballed its U.S. operation that sells securities. Questions about whether a WCM777 event scheduled over the next two days in Houston would occur or whether […]

If The Good Lord’s Willing And The Creek Don’t Rise, Be At The Zeek Rewards Auction On Dec. 16 And 17

If The Good Lord's Willing And The Creek Don't Rise, Be At The Zeek Rewards Auction On Dec. 16 And 17

UPDATED 7:42 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) Not only is the court-appointed receiver in the Zeek Rewards Ponzi-scheme case selling Zeek’s old headquarters (with attached coin-operated laundry) in Lexington, N.C., he’s also selling a hefty collection of country-music memorabilia and other entertainment keepsakes. Among them is a “Saturday Night Live Script featuring Johnny Cash and musical guest […]

WCM777 — In Pictures: (1) Send In $14,000, Get Back 35 Times That Amount (c. $500,000); (2) Launch Scheme, Buy A Golf Course And Invite Friends; (3) Rip Off Scenes From ‘Rocky Balboa’ And Pretend Sly Stallone Is On The Train

WCM777 -- In Pictures: (1) Send In $14,000, Get Back 35 Times That Amount (c. $500,000); (2) Launch Scheme, Buy A Golf Course And Invite Friends; (3) Rip Off Scenes From 'Rocky Balboa' And Pretend Sly Stallone Is On The Train

These are screen shots from three different promotional videos or news releases for WCM777 online. The first reflects a claim that people who send $14,000 to WCM777 in a poor economy will fetch back $500,000, 35 times-plus the amount they sent in. This will be accomplished in 52 weeks through the rollover of earnings in […]

REPORT: Member Of Peru’s Congress Raises Concerns About WCM777

REPORT: Member Of Peru's Congress Raises Concerns About WCM777

A member of Peru’s Congress has raised concerns about the legitimacy of the WCM777 “program,” Peru21 is reporting. The news site identified the Congressman as Jaime Delgado. Here is a link to the Peru21 story in Spanish. Here is a link to the story as translated in English by Google Translate. The PP Blog sought […]

Extraordinary Drama Plays Out In France As Police Seek Gunman Or Gunmen Who Opened Fire Inside Libération Newspaper Building And Outside Societe Generale Tower; Libération Also Reportedly Hit By DDoS Attack

Extraordinary Drama Plays Out In France As Police Seek Gunman Or Gunmen Who Opened Fire Inside Libération Newspaper Building And Outside Societe Generale Tower; Libération Also Reportedly Hit By DDoS Attack

UPDATED 9:02 P.M. ET (NOV. 20, U.S.A.) There has been an arrest in the alleged shootings. The suspect has been identified by Reuters as Abdelhakim Dekhar. The PP Blog’s original story is below . . . An extraordinary drama is playing out in Paris today, as French police search for a gunman or gunmen who […]

NEW RECORDING: TelexFree Members Told To Pay The Piper 20 Percent Within 10 Days Or Lose Positions

NEW RECORDING: TelexFree Members Told To Pay The Piper 20 Percent Within 10 Days Or Lose Positions

UPDATED 6:14 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) TelexFree members who wish to maintain their position in the “program” and are nearing their one-year anniversary dates will receive an invoice from the company for 20 percent of their program “income” and must pay it within 10 days, according to a recording of a Nov. 15 TelexFree conference call. […]