Tag: AdSurfDaily
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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…
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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…
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PICTURE STORY: 2008 PDF Promo For ASD Claimed Google, Pepsi, Starbucks, Quiznos And Other Famous Companies Were ASD Advertisers: Is Cropped Image In Promo From Same Original Of Bowdoin That Appears On ‘Andy’s Army’ Fundraising Site?
Do a purported fundraising site for accused Ponzi schemer Andy Bowdoin and a 2008 promo for AdSurfDaily that claimed famous companies had hopped aboard the ASD train have anything in common? The fundraising site, which has missed two advertised launch dates this month, uses this photo of Bowdoin: The 2008 promo for ASD, which appeared…
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Bowdoin’s Purported Fundraising ‘Army’ Misses ‘Revised’ Launch Date; Site Now Advertises ‘Final Revised Launch Date’ Of July 26
A website that says it is raising “required” defense funds for accused Ponzi schemer Andy Bowdoin of AdSurfDaily now has missed its second launch date and claims it is working on a third. Dubbed “Andy’s Fundraising Army,” the site first advertised a launch date of “on or before” July 15. It then advertised a “revised”…
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Effort To Raise Funds To Stone ‘Goliath’ With $50 ‘Rocks’ In Federal Court Apparently Delayed Owing To Need To Perform More ‘Testing’
“David” apparently needs five more days of “testing” before he can equip himself properly to stone “Goliath” with $50 “rocks” in federal court. A fundraising website for accused felon and MLM huckster Thomas A. “Andy” Bowdoin missed its advertised launch date Friday. Bowdoin, 76, was positioned as “David” on a “temporary” site that advertised his…
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Tax Lien Was Filed Against Golden Panda’s Clarence Busby Prior To Lawsuit Autosurf Operator Filed Against Bank; Separately, Georgia Has Dissolved 2 Busby Firms And Says Biz Ad Splash ‘Surf Company In State Of Noncompliance
EDITOR’S NOTE: Clarence Busby Jr., a figure associated with at least four autosurfs — AdSurfDaily, Golden Panda Ad Builder, LaFuenteDinero and BizAdSplash — has encountered a recent string of troubles, including a mortgage foreclosure and tax liens. Owing to his association with ASD President Andy Bowdoin, who operated ASD and LaFuenteDinero and once had a…
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BULLETIN: ASDCashGenerator Website Is Active Again; Is A New ‘Program’ In The Offing? Page Is Accessible Through Old ASD Ad That Features Image Of Purported Club Asteria Owner; No Comment From Investigators
This old ad for AdSurfDaily features an image of Hank Needham, the purported owner of Club Asteria. An ASD affiliate link in the ad summons ASD’s old ASDCashGenerator.com URL, which went dormant after the federal raid on ASD’s Florida headquarters in August 2008. In recent hours, however, the old ASDCashGenerator URL began to resolve to…
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DIALING UP THE BIZARRE: Purported Fundraising ‘Army’ Displays Photo Of Accused AdSurfDaily Huckster Andy Bowdoin Smiling Ear To Ear
Although AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin has described himself in court filings as an elderly man suffering from diabetes, lack of sleep caused by worrying about his ill wife, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease and multiple Transient Ischemic Attacks (ministrokes), some of his supporters apparently disagree with Bowdoin’s assessment of his own medical condition. A website with…
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Missouri-Based ‘Trainer’ For Florida-Based AdSurfDaily Was Head Of Purported ‘Religious’ Nonprofit Firm In Oregon; State Dissolved Firm Over Which Erma ‘Web-Room Lady’ Seabaugh Presided; Address For ‘Carpe Diem’ Was A Mail Drop
On Jan. 16, 2008, the state of Oregon recorded the business registration of an entity known as “Carpe Diem,” a purported “religious” nonprofit firm. AdSurfDaily figure Erma Seabaugh of Cape Girardeau, Mo., was listed as Carpe Diem’s president and secretary. ASD members described Seabaugh as a “trainer” for the Florida-based autosurf firm whose operator, Thomas…
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June Ends With MULTIPLE Fraud Filings By CFTC; Air-Traffic Controllers Who Allegedly Solicited Colleagues Into Fraud Scheme Charged In Georgia; Investigators Link Georgia Scheme To Alleged Botfly Caper In Florida, Saying Federal Aviation Administration Employees Became Investors
EDITOR’S NOTE: The disturbing information that follows this intro is presented largely in capsule form, with links to CFTC charging documents in three new cases. Perhaps the most notable case in this summary is the one filed in Georgia. As things stand, it demonstrates: Interconnectivity: Ties between and among scams and scammers are common in…
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UNCONFIRMED: Club Asteria Suspends Member Cashouts; If Ponzi Forum Reports On Payout Halt Are True, Then Decision Was Made Virtually 2 Years To The Day After AdViewGlobal Autosurf Collapsed
A Virginia-based company that trades on the name of the World Bank and claims to help lift some of the poorest people on earth out of poverty by involving them in an income and MLM-like recruitment scheme has suspended member cashouts, according to posts on Ponzi scheme and criminals’ forums. If the news about Club…