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Month: September 2009

Surf’s Up Mods Have High Positions In AdViewGlobal

Four moderators at the Pro-AdSurfDaily Surf’s Up forum hold high positions in the AdViewGlobal autosurf or have a spouse who does, according to AVG’s website. AVG launched in the aftermath of the seizure of tens of millions of dollars last year from ASD, a Florida company federal prosecutors said was engaged in wire fraud, money-laundering…

Sep 12, 2009
Noobing-Connected Firm Discussed In Senate Hearing

The head of the Federal Trade Commission told a Senate panel yesterday that a firm associated with the Noobing autosurf embarked on a scheme to sell a $59 book and then used a telemarketing company to upsell customers to an expensive program that fraudulently sold “guaranteed” government grants from economic-stimulus funds. “Just last week, some…

Sep 11, 2009
ESSAY: Autosurfs Deserve A Hall of Fame Prosecution

AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin is entitled to his dignity. He is not, however, entitled to sustain the lies that sustained ASD during its miserable run or kept false hope alive for thousands of members after the U.S. Secret Service seized his money. When the ASD case ends, it should end without ambiguity. The prosecution of…

Sep 10, 2009
BREAKING NEWS: Judge Denies ASD Pleadings En Masse

UPDATED 4:50 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) A federal judge has issued an order denying 31 pro se filers standing in the ASD case. Judge Rosemary Collyer denied the filings in a four-page order. Three pages of the document included the names of the individual filers, and a specific order to each one denying their motions to…

Sep 9, 2009
MUSINGS: It’s Possible ASD NEVER Operated Legally

EDITOR’S NOTE: Many observers hold the view that ASD broke the law the first time it paid an “old” member with funds from a “new” member in the classic Ponzi setup. It’s hard to argue with that point of view, given the failure of hundreds and hundreds of autosurfs, all of which used a Ponzi…

Sep 9, 2009
BREAKING NEWS: Pro Se Filer Says Government Owes Her ‘Approximately $250,000 In [ASD] Ad Packages’

More pro se motions to intervene in the AdSurfDaily civil forfeiture case have streamed into U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Some of today’s docketed motions were mailed in September — after Judge Rosemary Collyer’s Aug. 31 denial of motions filed by the first 10 pro se litigants. Today’s docketed filers include Julie…

Sep 8, 2009
AdViewGlobal Domains Offline

UPDATED 8:09 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Two domains for the AdViewGlobal (AVG) autosurf will not resolve to a server. The domains are: adviewglobal.com startavga.com Why the domains will not resolve is unclear. The domains normally resolve to a server in Panama. As reported previously, a third domain associated with AVG — advglobal.com — also won’t resolve.…

Sep 8, 2009
UPDATE: Sham ‘Attorney General’ In ‘Indian’ Case Sought $1.7 TRILLION From SEC; Wikipedia Says He Was Jailed In Nevada For ‘Attempted Murder,’ Other Charges

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an update to supplement a story about bizarre securities litigation that has occurred recently. (Updated 9:10 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Think the $250 million judgment sought against a public servant by a sham “sovereign” Utah “Indian” tribe to which AdSurfDaily mainstay Curtis Richmond belonged was bizarre and extreme? It turns out to…

Sep 6, 2009
EDITORIAL: ‘Meanwhile, Andy Bowdoin Was Negotiating’

Perhaps you’ve read that the AdVentures4U (ADV4U) autosurf suspended payouts on or about Aug. 28. The surf, which purports to be a professional communications firm, butchered its announcement message to such a degree that professional Ponzi promoters began to email their lists to explain what they thought ADV4U was saying. Perhaps the only thing not…

Sep 5, 2009
ATTACK UNDERWAY: Ponzi Advocate ‘joe’ Says ‘joe Leaves When joe Wants To Leave’ And That Blog Will Be ‘Scrambling To Put Out Fires’

UPDATED 8:44 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The attack described below abated for a short time, and then started anew, with “joe” back posting from his usual IP. He has posted from two IP’s today, using the identities “Mr. Wonderful”; “Quicjk”; and “Almighty Joseph (the risen),” along with multiple email addresses, including one that uses the word…

Sep 4, 2009
BREAKING NEWS: Prosecution Files Supplemental Brief In Response To Pro Se Pleadings In ASD Case; Says Petitioners ‘Must Establish An Interest In A Property That Existed BEFORE The Crime Occurred’

Federal prosecutors in the AdSurfDaily forfeiture case have filed a supplemental brief in response to a spate of pro se motions filed by members of ASD that says the members “must establish an interest in a property that existed before the crime occurred.” Today’s brief by the prosecution may be a bid to put would-be…

Sep 4, 2009