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DATA SHAPING? Bowdoin Email ‘Blasts’ To 77,000 Members Delayed In Favor Of Purported ‘Soft Launch’

Late Tuesday, a fundraising email attributed to accused Ponzi schemer Andy Bowdoin of AdSurfDaily acknowledged that an advertised email “Blast” to 77,000 ASD members that was supposed to have occurred on Monday — the third anniversary of the Aug. 1, 2008, ASD-related asset seizures — had not occurred. What actually occurred, according to the email,…

Aug 4, 2011
STATEMENT: PP Blog Experiencing Unusual Circumstance

The PP Blog is experiencing an unusual circumstance that has affected operations throughout the day. Data suggest the circumstance presented itself in the early morning hours. An engineer is addressing the problem, which has persisted into the evening and appears to involve rogue traffic that is affecting the site in multiple ways.

Aug 3, 2011
UPDATE: No Reports Received Of Andy Bowdoin Email ‘Blast’ That Had Been Scheduled For Aug. 1, Third Anniversary Date Of AdSurfDaily-Related Asset Seizures (And Also Third Anniversary Of Total Eclipse Of The Sun)

UPDATED 11:23 A.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Yesterday marked the third anniversary of the seizure of tens of millions of dollars from the personal bank accounts of AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin amid allegations he was presiding over an international autosurf Ponzi scheme from a former floral shop in Quincy, Fla. Although some ASD members had received an…

Aug 2, 2011
David R. Lewalski Pleads Guilty In $30 Million Botfly LLC Ponzi Caper; Case Had ASD-Like Twists, Including Efforts To Demonize Government; Attorney Seeking Relief For Victims Was Called Vile Name

UPDATED: 3:07 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) David R. Lewalski, a Florida man who ran a $30 million Forex Ponzi scheme through a firm known as Botfly LLC, has pleaded guilty in federal court in the Middle District of Florida. Lewalski, 47, formerly resided in Gainesville. Parts of the Botfly case are reminiscent of the AdSurfDaily case.…

Aug 1, 2011
EDITORIAL: Was ‘Andy’s Fundraising Army’ Website Launch And Video Release Deliberately Put Off Until AFTER Andy Bowdoin’s July 22 Appearance Before A Federal Judge In Washington? (And Is Bowdoin Risking A Massive Spam Fine In A Purported Email ‘Blast’ Scheduled For Monday?)

UPDATED 7:42 A.M. EDT (July 31. U.S.A.) Accused Ponzi schemer Andy Bowdoin of Florida-based AdSurfDaily twice has tried to prevent U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer of the District of Columbia from presiding over Bowdoin and ASD-related matters. In December 2009, Bowdoin tried to have Collyer disqualified from hearing the civil-forfeiture case in which the U.S.…

Jul 30, 2011
BULLETIN: CenturionWealthCircle.com — ‘Opportunity’ Pushed By Club Asteria Members And New Darling Of The Ponzi Boards — Is Offline; Nameserver Data Show Same Info ASD Cash Generator/AdViewGlobal Sites Displayed When They Went Missing

BULLETIN: The website of CenturionWealthCircle.com will not resolve to a server, and DNS data that appears in domain-registration info strongly suggest the site was suspended for spam and abuse. The DNS data include this string on two nameservers: SUSPENDED-FOR.SPAM-AND-ABUSE.COM. In 2008 and 2009, nameserver information for the ASD Cash Generator and AdViewGlobal autosurfs included the…

Jul 28, 2011
U.S.-Based Business Says It Was Swarmed With Unwanted Traffic From Wellpaid-Bux.com, A Paid-To-Click Site With Argentinian Address

The operator of a U.S.-based business contacted the PP Blog early this afternoon, saying the enterprise was being swarmed by unwanted traffic from Wellpaid-Bux.com, an apparent paid-to-click “program.” Wellpaid-Bux uses a hotmail email address and a street address in Argentina, according to registration data, although the “program’s” domain appears to be hosted in the United…

Jul 28, 2011
BULLETIN: FTC, Canadian Competition Bureau Take Down Alleged ‘Yellow Pages’ Scam; Case Reminiscent Of Failed 2009 Bid By AdViewGlobal Autosurf To Launch New Website With Purported ‘Listing Service’

BULLETIN: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Canadian Competition Bureau have taken down an alleged ‘Yellow Pages” scam in which businesses in the United States and Canada were deceived into paying for unwanted listings in online business directories. The scam was centered in Europe, authorities from both countries said. The Competition Bureau said it…

Jul 28, 2011
Bowdoin Blames Former Attorneys, ‘Single, Lone Judge’ For His Legal Predicament; ASD Patriarch Now Claims He Was ‘Crucified’ By Prosecutors, Secret Service — After Earlier Comparing Them To ‘Satan’ And The 9/11 Terrorists

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is based in part on the content of a video released last night in which AdSurfDaily President and accused Ponzi schemer Andy Bowdoin appeared. A group known as “Andy’s Fundraising Army” is seeking to raise at least $500,000 to pay for Bowdoin’s defense on criminal charges related to the alleged ASD…

Jul 27, 2011
PP Blog Enables Donation Button; Higher Monthly Costs And Underperforming Economy Put Blogger At Edge Of Abyss

Dear Readers, A recent price increase by our host — along with the higher monthly costs brought on by the DDoS attacks last fall — has put the PP Blog against the wall and its author at the edge of an abyss. These higher costs have coincided with a loss of income. I am passing…

Jul 26, 2011
PRONOUN MYSTERY: ‘We Plan To Go After Akerman [Senterfitt] Next,’ AdSurfDaily Member Writes; No Immediate Comment From Law Firm That Represented Andy Bowdoin

UPDATED 3:59 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) An email attributed to an AdSurfDaily member claims “We are now playing offense” and “We plan to go after Akerman Senifit (sic) next.” Why the pronoun “we” was used was not immediately clear. Also unclear is why Akerman Senterfitt has been identified as a prospective target of litigation and what,…

Jul 25, 2011

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