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BULLETIN: USDA Following Specific Leads In MPB Today Matter; Agency’s Food And Nutrition Arm Will ‘Take Appropriate Action As Needed’

BULLETIN: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said this afternoon that the agency’s Food and Nutrition Service is following specific leads in the MPB Today matter and will “take appropriate action as needed.” For the first time, the agency used the word “investigate” in its remarks about MPB Today, an MLM tied to a purported…

Sep 24, 2010
A CEP PONZI SCHEME TIE? MPB Today Member Says ‘Trevor Reed’ In His Organization; No Immediate Comment From USDA

UPDATED 1:03 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Two days ago the PP Blog reported that a Sept. 20 “news release” for MPB Today’s purported “grocery” program solicited financially strapped Americans to sell $200 worth of Food Stamps to raise cash to join the Florida-based MLM. The Blog further reported that a name referenced in the news release…

Sep 23, 2010
MPB TODAY SPONSOR ATTACKS FELLOW MEMBERS: Join My Group Because Other Uplines ‘Lying’ To Prospects; ‘People Are Gonna Try To BS You To Try To Get You To Join’

An MPB Today sponsor is asserting in a YouTube video that his upline is honest — but that other uplines in the company consist of liars who are “gonna tell you whatever they think you’re gonna want to hear” in a bid to get you to join the Pensacola-based multilevel-marketing (MLM) program that purports to…

Sep 23, 2010
FBI Says It Has Opened 291 New HYIP Cases And Has 780 Pending Cases Of High-Yield Fraud; Many Have ‘International Nexus,’ Agency Notes

How confident are you that the HYIP you’re flogging on the Ponzi boards isn’t already under investigation by any of a number of state or federal agencies? Court records show that the alleged Legisi HYIP Ponzi scheme (about $70 million) was under investigation by state and federal law-enforcement agencies even as promoters were pitching it.…

Sep 22, 2010
‘News Release’ Suggests MPB Today Prospects Should Sell $200 Worth Of Food Stamps To ‘Friend, Family Member Or Whoever’ To Raise Cash To Join MLM Program

Impoverished prospects should sell $200 worth of Food Stamps to a “friend, family member or whoever” to raise cash to join the MPB Today multilevel-marketing (MLM) program, according to a news release published on a free publicity site. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which is conducting a “review” of claims about MPB Today, had…

Sep 21, 2010
Pensacola Fraudsters Sentenced To Federal Prison; Pinnacle Quest International Vendors Sold ‘Tax And Credit Card Debt Elimination Scams,’ Federal Prosecutors, IRS Say

â€œThey helped form a series of sham business entities and then promoted fraudulent debt elimination tactics intended for the sole purpose of concealing income from the IRS.” — Victor S. O. Song, chief, IRS Criminal Investigation As the U.S. Department of Agriculture was conducting a “review” of claims made by affiliates of a purported “grocery”…

Sep 21, 2010
Golden Panda Forum DOA — Again; WebsiteTester.biz Continues To Baffle And May Have MPBToday Link

The Golden Panda Ad Zone forum, also known as the Online Success Zone (OSZ), appears to have died — again. Visitors are greeted with a note that says the forum is “currently unavailable.” Like ASAMonitor, MoneyMakerGroup and TalkGold, OSZ was a site that pitched Ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes, cash-gifting programs and other highly questionable business…

Sep 20, 2010
‘Jah’ Dumps Narc That Car (Crowd Sourcing International) After Spending Months Defending It, Slamming The BBB And Producing Check-Waving Videos And Promos

Crowd Sourcing International (CSI) promoter “Jah” has dumped the company after defending it for months, clashing with critics, bashing the Better Business Bureau and publishing check-waving videos on YouTube to promote the Dallas-based firm. “I’m no longer with CSI after the new changes 8/16,” Jah noted on his Blog. He added that he now would…

Sep 19, 2010
INTERPOL Chief Says His Identity Was Stolen In Fraud Bid On Facebook; Meanwhile, MPB Today Members Post Check-Waving Videos On Social-Media Sites And WebsiteTester.biz Gathers 400,000 Names And Email Addresses

Earlier this week the PP Blog reported that members of MPB Today were using YouTube and other sites to post images of checks drawn on a distressed Florida bank. The checks, which were supplied as purported “proof” of MPB Today’s legitimacy, may expose both the posters and the bank to security breaches and identity theft.…

Sep 18, 2010
UPDATE: Promoted On Ponzi Forums And Twitter, Mysterious BizOp Known As WebsiteTester.Biz Reports Troubles With Launch, Relaunch; Same Forums Continue To Pitch MPB Today

A Nevada-based business that appears to have collected the names and email addresses of 400,000 people worldwide scrubbed its launch and then scrubbed its relaunch, blaming it on technical difficulties. Websitetester.biz now says it will be back online “Sunday afternoon.” Although Alpha Market Research, the purported parent company of WebsiteTester.biz is registered as a corporation…

Sep 18, 2010
Now, An MPB Today Pitch Page That Uses Walmart’s Name In Registered Domain; Site Sells Duplicates For $150 Set-Up Fee

UPDATED 2:10 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Walmart’s name is being used in a domain registered Aug. 27 that promotes the MPB Today multilevel-marketing (MLM) company. The domain name begins with Walmart’s name, although the website is not registered in the retail giant’s name. Instead, the domain is registered in the name of a Tampa-based company that…

Sep 16, 2010