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UPDATE: ‘Wealth Creation Alliance’ Now Publishing Ads For HYIP Scheme After HYIP Scheme

UPDATE: (UPDATED 11:51 A.M. EDT U.S.A.) Our first story on Wealth Creation Alliance (WCA) is here. Like the collapsed Zeek Rewards MLM scheme that the SEC accused last month of being a $600 million Ponzi- and pyramid fraud, WCA preemptively denies it is an investment company. And WCA also specifically denies in is an “HYIP,”…

Sep 7, 2012
UNBELIEVABLE: In Wake Of Zeek Collapse, Members Get Pitch For ‘Wealth Creation Alliance’; Promo Features Strange Use Of Capital Letters; Pitchmen Are Called ‘Prosperity Advocates’ — And Promo Claims Tie To Bank Of America

UPDATED 11:55 A.M. EDT (U.S.A.) On Aug. 17, the SEC accused the purported Zeek Rewards revenue-sharing program of being a $600 million Ponzi- and pyramid scheme that had affected more than 1 million people. Zeek was touted on the MoneyMakerGroup and TalkGold Ponzi forums. Now comes word that Zeek members are being pitched on a…

Sep 5, 2012
The Bizarre Wordplay Of ‘ProfitClicking’

“25. Individual PC members are not responsible for the performace [sic] of PC or any other programs, products, and services provided by PC. Individual PC members, including those who introduce, sponsor, or refer other members, incur no liabilities or obligations in respect of PC’s financial decisions and directions and any other programs, products, and services…

Sep 4, 2012
Zeek Fallout Almost Too Strange To Contemplate

For starters, Zeek affiliates being approached by upline sponsors and email/website appeals to send in money “to defend Zeek Rewards and all of our independent businesses as per our legal rights of due process” might want to read this July 25 PP Blog post. It’s about how wordplay was used to sanitize HYIP scams. For…

Aug 27, 2012
As Zeek-Related Fundraising Efforts Begin, ‘Andy’s Fundraising Army’ Down For The Final Count: AdSurfDaily Patriarch Andy Bowdoin Awaits Sentencing In Pre-Zeek, 1-Percent-A-Day Ponzi Scheme Case

UPDATED 11:31 P.M. EDT (AUG. 26, U.S.A.) After the collapse of AdSurfDaily in 2008, there were at least four efforts to raise funds to “defend” the Ponzi enterprise and/or its participants. The PP Blog has received reports that at least one such effort is under way in the aftermath of the collapse last week of…

Aug 24, 2012
NORTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL WARNS: Watch For ‘Reload Scams’ In Wake Of Zeek Collapse

UPDATED 4:06 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) It happened after the collapse of AdSurfDaily in 2008 — and it’s happening now in the aftermath of the collapse of Zeek Rewards amid spectacular allegations by the SEC Friday of Ponzi and pyramid fraud. The office of North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper issued a warning minutes ago about…

Aug 20, 2012
UPDATE: North Carolina Investigators Demanded Info From Zeek On July 6; State Says It Has Not Taken Shutdown Action

UPDATED 10:58 A.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Two new details have emerged in the mysterious shutdown yesterday of the office and websites of Zeekler/Zeek Rewards: The office of North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper told the PP Blog this morning that it has taken no action to shut down Zeek, the operator of an MLM and a…

Aug 17, 2012
On Heels Of AG Examination, Zeek Blog Says Red Carpet Event For Aug. 22 Is Canceled

With a headline of “Red Carpet Wednesday – URGENT,” the Zeek Blog is reporting that a Red Carpet event scheduled Aug. 22 has been canceled. Zeek, the operator of the Zeek Rewards MLM “program” and the Zeekler penny auction, provided no explanation for calling off the event. Zeek is a purported arm of Rex Venture…

Aug 16, 2012
JSS Tripler/JustBeenPaid Operator Frederick Mann Says He Can’t Appear At Prospective California Meeting For ‘Security Reasons’: ‘The [Government] People In Power — They Regard Citizens As Livestock’

The purported operator of a “program” that claims to provide a return of 60 percent a month cannot meet with participants because of “security reasons,” according to a recording of the Aug. 9 conference call for JSS Tripler/JustBeenPaid. JSS/JBP’s Frederick Mann hinted to conference-call listeners that he could be arrested if he appeared at a…

Aug 15, 2012
BULLETIN: Zeek Asked To Supply ‘Documents’ To North Carolina Attorney General’s Office; ‘Concerns’ Over Zeek ‘Continue,’ Agency Says

“The complaints generally seek refunds and say the company has not lived up to its promises.” — Office of North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, Aug. 7, 2012 BULLETIN: The Zeek “program” that marries an MLM scheme (Zeek Rewards) to a penny-auction site (Zeekler) is the subject of a state examination by the office of…

Aug 7, 2012
PP Blog Sustained By Readers: Why It Does What It Does

Dear Readers, I am updating this donation post at 11:30 a.m. (EDT) on Aug. 7. Donations have been received from 12 readers, and the Blog is back from the edge of the abyss. Thank you, dear readers. ** ____________________________ ** This Blog does what it does because its author — and many, many of its…

Aug 7, 2012