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BULLETIN: No Immediate Comment From Federal Prosecutors On Payza/Obopay Announcement On U.S. Attorney’s Site In District of Columbia: [UPDATE: Prosecutors Confirm Probe Under Way, Decline To Provide Details Or Identify Subject Of Investigation]

EDITOR’S NOTE ADDED AT 10:09 A.M. Federal prosecutors in the District of Columbia now have confirmed that an investigation is under way, but declined to provide details. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office is involved in a pending investigation and we are unable to state the subject of the investigation or provide details,” the office of U.S.…

Dec 13, 2013
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Lawsuits Against Zeek Insiders, Winners Believed Imminent; Paul Burks, Dawn Wright-Olivares, Darryle Douglas Among Alleged Insiders; AdSurfDaily Figures Todd Disner And Jerry Napier Among Alleged Winners; Prospective Defendants’ List Also Includes Legendary HYIP Hucksters T. LeMont Silver And Aaron/Shara

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: (UPDATED 5:27 P.M. ET DEC. 16 U.S.A. ) The court-appointed receiver in the Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme case has advised a federal judge that he intends to sue Zeek operator Paul R. Burks and five alleged insiders, amid allegations they developed and operated a colossal fraud, breached their fiduciary duties,…

Dec 12, 2013
REVISITING ADVIEWGLOBAL AND ‘ONEX’: Why Promoters Of Better-Living Global Marketing, Zeek Rewards, TelexFree And Profitable Sunrise Should Care About Scam History

EDITOR’S NOTE: The PP Blog is back — after its most recent brush with death led to a suspension of publishing that lasted through all or parts of six days. You’ll read more in the days ahead about certain changes the Blog plans to implement to safeguard its right to publish, to improve revenue, to…

Dec 10, 2013
ESSAY: The Reality Of The PP Blog, Why I Do What I Do And Why I Refuse To Lose Hope

EDITOR’S NOTE: Absent sufficient contributions from readers as outlined here, the PP Blog will suspend publication at 5 p.m. today, Dec. 5. I will try to bring it back as soon as possible, but my hands are tied for now by a lack of money. This morning I restored full functionality, after causing the Blog…

Dec 5, 2013
As Longstanding Antiscam Publication Passes 2,200-Post Milestone, It Passes The Hat: Help Needed From Readers

Dear Readers, Post updated 5:06 p.m., Dec. 5. It is the 11th hour. This post has been up since Nov. 23, resulting in $135 in contributions from readers. That is at least $515 short of what is needed. This Blog has made a difference in people’s lives. I hope it always will, despite the challenges.…

Dec 2, 2013
DISTURBING NEW LOW FOR MLM: TelexFree Affiliate Spams Sign-Up Offer In Comments Thread About Tragic Suicide Death Of Fellow Affiliate

Citing a Brazilian media account, Oz at BehindMLM.com reported tonight that the TelexFree member who jumped from the fifth floor of a parking garage in the state of Paraiba last month has died. The PP Blog reported on Nov. 27 that the woman initially survived the plunge and was hospitalized in critical condition. PBAgora.com.br, a…

Dec 2, 2013
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: United States, 10 Foreign Law-Enforcement Agencies, Seize 706 Domain Names In Cyber Fraud Crackdown

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: The United States and 10 law-enforcement agencies in Europe and Hong Kong have seized 706 domain names in a Cyber Monday fraud crackdown, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said. The photo above is from one of the domains: nfl-go.com, which has been linked to counterfeiting, according to a seizure…

Dec 2, 2013
BULLETIN: AdSurfDaily Story Figure Kenneth Wayne Leaming Officially Loses Title To Seized Weapons, Badges, Police Gear, Computers And ‘Client’ Records

BULLETIN: UPDATED 8:17 P.M. ET (DEC. 10 U.S.A.) A federal judge in Washington state has issued a final order of forfeiture that awards title to items seized from AdSurfDaily story figure and purported “sovereign citizen” Kenneth Wayne Leaming to the U.S. government. Judge Ronald B. Leighton of the Western District of Washington signed the order…

Dec 2, 2013
Conflicting Reports Over Status Of U.S. Payza Funds: Frozen? Withheld By Vendor? Seized By Department Of Homeland Security?

With Cyber Monday and the traditional online sales coming up a few days from now on Dec. 2, this is what we know: Payza, the successor brand to Montreal-based AlertPay, a Ponzi-forum darling and chronic HYIP- and fraud-enabler, suddenly says this in a headline on its Community forum: “US Funds Frozen | Obopay/Ultralight FS. issue.”…

Nov 28, 2013
Thanksgiving Eve Wave Of IPs From Fort Lauderdale And British Virgin Islands Descends On PP Blog; Other IP (From Ukraine) Tries To Execute Command String That Suggests It’s Part Of Botnet Circling PP Blog And Another Well-Known Online Pub That Covers MLM

A Thanksgiving Eve wave consisting largely of IPs from Fort Lauderdale and the British Virgin Islands descended on the PP Blog beginning at approximately 12:35 p.m. ET today. It was accompanied by an IP from Ukraine that sought to execute a fractured command string focused on a PP Blog story that will be five years…

Nov 27, 2013
REPORT: Woman Survives TelexFree-Related Death Plunge

A woman who borrowed money to join the TelexFree MLM “program” leaped from the fifth floor of a parking garage at the Manaíra Mall, a Brazilian news portal is reporting. PBAgora.com.br, based in the Brazilian state of Paraíba, reported yesterday that the woman was injured critically, but survived the plunge. She is being treated at…

Nov 27, 2013

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