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Former Zeek Pitchman Who Also Pushed JSS/JBP Scam Reportedly Doubts He’ll Be Paid By ProfitClicking, A Follow-Up ‘Program’

Former Zeek Rewards and JSSTripler/JustBeenPaid pitchman “Alan Chapman” reportedly now claims he hasn’t been paid by “ProfitClicking” for “at least 3 months,” according to a post quoting “Chapman” on the MoneyMakerGroup Ponzi forum. ProfitClicking is the absurd follow-up “program” to the bizarre JSS/JBP scam, a 730-percent-a-year “opportunity” purportedly operated by Frederick Mann. JSS/JBP may have…

Jan 14, 2013
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: New Filings By SEC Suggest Zeek Probe Began In April 2012 Or Earlier; Agency, Receiver Oppose Motions To Intervene By Possible Clawback Targets

UPDATED 9:46 A.M. ET (JAN. 13, U.S.A.) New court filings by the SEC in the Zeek Ponzi scheme case in the Western District of North Carolina strongly suggest that the Zeek probe was under way at least by April 17, 2012. On that date, according to the filings, an IT specialist for the SEC was…

Jan 11, 2013
UPDATE: Craddock To Zeek Troops: Receiver Is Still Evil — And BOLO For Commies And Nazis

UPDATED 7:03 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) Zeek Rewards figure Robert Craddock told his conference-call audience last night that the court-appointed receiver in the Zeek case was still evil. For good measure, Craddock pointed listeners to a video that planted the seed there is a Communist or budding Hitler behind every tree. (These evildoers, if our take…

Jan 11, 2013
ASD Figures Todd Disner And Dwight Owen Schweitzer Toss Linguistic Spitballs At Federal Judge; Government Calls Them ‘Intemperate Attacks’

UPDATED 7:49 P.M. ET (JAN. 14, U.S.A.) Judge Rosemary Collyer has been on the federal bench in the District of Columbia for 10 years. She was nominated by President George W. Bush in 2002 and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Earlier in her career, then-attorney Collyer was appointed by President Reagan to lead the…

Jan 10, 2013
PP Blog Experiences Unusual Traffic Pattern

UPDATED 10:03 A.M. ET (JAN. 5, U.S.A.) The PP Blog has experienced an unusual traffic pattern on a couple of occasions today. Like previous strange patterns, “readers” displaying a range of international IPs sought to pull the same story virtually simultaneously. Today’s unusual pattern involved repeated calls to the Blog’s database to load a story…

Jan 4, 2013
STAR TRIBUNE: Ponzi Pitchman Bo Beckman Sentenced To 30 Years; Judge Scolds Trevor Cook’s Key Rainmaker For Wordplay

UPDATED 7:52 A.M. ET (U.S.A.) The Star Tribune of Minneapolis/St. Paul is reporting that Jason Bo-Alan Beckman has been sentenced to 30 years in the $194 million Trevor Cook Ponzi scheme and that the sentencing judge scolded Beckman for using the English language as a weapon against investors he harmed. Beckman was Cook’s key rainmaker…

Jan 3, 2013
Rumors Swirl About Banners Broker ‘Program’

UPDATED 8:54 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) Rumors abound online that authorities in India have carried out some sort of action against the Banners Broker “advertising” program. As of the time of this post, the PP Blog has been unable to confirm the rumored action with a law-enforcement source. “Advertising” scams long have been associated with the…

Jan 1, 2013
WHACK-A-MOLE: In Aftermath Of Zeek Collapse, ‘ProfitableSunrise’ Emerges

EDITOR’S NOTE: For the definition of “whack-a-mole,” see the Online Slang Dictionary . . . UPDATED 6:12 A.M. ET (U.S.A.) ProfitableSunrise will take you and provide an extraordinary interest payment daily in the form of numbers on a screen — but only if you “fully accept the fact that all communication between you and Profitable…

Dec 30, 2012
LETTER TO READERS: Our Choice For The Most Important PP Blog Post Of 2012

Dear Readers, The PP Blog’s choice for the “Most Important” story to appear on the Blog in 2012 is this one, dated July 28: “Site Critical Of Zeek Goes Missing After HubPages Receives Trademark ‘Infringement’ Complaint Attributed To Rex Venture Group LLC — But North Carolina-Based Rex Not Listed As Trademark Owner; Florida Firm That…

Dec 27, 2012
Florida Man Who Hosts Zeek Calls Featuring Robert Craddock Was Winner In Botfly LLC Ponzi Scheme

UPDATED 3:57 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) Gregory Baker, a Florida man who hosts calls featuring Robert Craddock in the aftermath of the SEC’s Ponzi-scheme case against Zeek Rewards, is listed as a winner in the Botfly LLC Ponzi scheme case, one of the Sunshine State’s ugliest fraud schemes. Prosecutors said that David Lewalski, Botfly’s now-imprisoned operator,…

Dec 24, 2012
Conference Call By Zeek Receiver Under Way [Call Ended At 6:03 P.M.]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This post was updated at 2:48 p.m. on Dec. 20 to include this link to a recording of the receiver’s Dec. 17 call. The information below reflects the PP Blog’s original notes from the call on Dec. 17 . . . UPDATED 7:27 A.M. (DEC 18, U.S.A.) A conference call by Kenneth D.…

Dec 20, 2012