Images Of Trump, Oprah Appear For 10 Continuous Minutes In Data Network Affiliates Promo On YouTube; Boss Has Impressive ‘Speed Dial’ List, Narrator Says
Images of Donald Trump and Oprah Winfrey appear in a YouTube video promo for Data Network Affiliates. Neither Trump nor Winfrey could be reached for comment tonight.
The images of business tycoon Donald Trump and entertainment icon Oprah Winfrey appear for 10 continuous minutes in a sales pitch for Data Network Affiliates (DNA) on YouTube.
DNA pitchmen have described the company as a multilevel-marketing (MLM) company that recruits affiliates to record license-plate numbers in the parking lots of retail stores, churches, doctors’ offices and “anywhere” cars are parked in a group. Some critics have raised propriety, safety, legal and privacy concerns.
It was unclear whether either celebrity approved the use of the images in the ad. A security guard answered the phone tonight at the Trump Organization in New York. He said the media office was closed for the day.
An operator answered the phone at Harpo Productions, Winfrey’s Chicago-based production company. She said no one would be available for comment until tomorrow.
The promo for DNA incorporates an audio recording from a company conference call. An image of Trump appears on the left side of the video screen, with Winfrey’s image on the right. The video appears to be an affiliate promo.
Referring to DNA Chief Executive Officer Dean Blechman, the narrator in the DNA conference call dubbed into the You Tube video says, “This is the guy. He rolls with the Donald Trumps; he rolls with the big boys. I mean, you know, he has [inaudible] certain people on speed dial that’s incredible.”
DNA’s web domain lists an address in the Cayman Islands. A “Contact Us” link on the DNA website resolves to message that says, “Information is coming soon!”
The domain advertised in the promo — DataNetworkAffiliates.org — is registered behind a proxy. A DNA affiliate URL on the .org website begins with the word “students,” and includes this message:
“We are sharing all of our marketing tools with our team so they can capitalize on this wonderful opportuniy (sic).” Get stared (sic) today at the link above.”
It was unclear if one of the tools was the video featuring the images of Trump and Winfrey.
Unbelievable. This is going to get extreme.
Quick note:
URL of video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tZ6AIY_n9I
Patrick
What do you mean it is going to? It already has.
Fascinating that the more they ‘advertise’, the more they prove the scam can not survive on it’s own merits.
Here is some interesting information that was posted by Char over at scam.com.
http://nvsos.gov/sosentitysearch/Cor…53d%253d&nt7=0
So we have a new name registered in Nevada.
William Forester listing a business type address in Utah.
Perhaps this is just normal business practice for corporations???
My take is that they are fixing to shut down the Texas company and start up again in another state to try and ward off any further investigation by the Authorities in Texas. The heat has been turned up and before the whole thing collapses they just move to another state that is less stringent on their operations.
Greg Abbott has requested information concerning the operations of NARC and where the money is coming from. Narc has avoided answering the same and has informed the AG to contact their Attorney who seems to always be unavailable to answer the questions. So much for cooperating with the authorities.
I know that the connection between DNA and Phil Piccolo has been firmly established, but just in case there is anyone with any doubt:
http://whois.domaintools.com/datanetworkaffiliates.com
Yes, it’s still registered to the Cayman Islands. If you check the server stats tab it’s hosted on server IP 4.71.4.21. Do a whois on the IP and check the domain name of the expired SSL cert:
Intelatrader is Phil’s.
https://wyobiz.wy.gov/Ecommerce/Common/FilingDetail.aspx?FilingNum=2008-000561982
Phil Piccolo, the one man internet crime wave is behind DNA. Run away NOW!
One could even go as far as to speculate that somehow, a database will become ‘lost’ in the move. Or, that russian hackers have stolen it.
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