Carlos Costa

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With Carlos Costa Gesticulating Wildly, TelexFree, An Alleged Pyramid Scheme, Says It’s Now A Soccer Benefactor

With Carlos Costa Gesticulating Wildly, TelexFree, An Alleged Pyramid Scheme, Says It's Now A Soccer Benefactor

What do you do when a Brazilian court freezes money and blocks new registrations for your “program” in that country, amid serious pyramid-scheme allegations? Well, if you’re TelexFree, you file losing appeal after losing appeal. And then, while continuing the pyramid battle, you change your logo so no one can get the idea you ripped […]

TelexFree Affiliate Pitches Appear To Have Been ‘Scraped’ To Drive Traffic To Purported Gold And Silver Venture In Panama; Spam Link Leads To Site That Showcases ‘First Zeek Red Carpet Event’ And ‘Banners Broker’ In Folder Labled ‘aaronsharazeek’

TelexFree Affiliate Pitches Appear To Have Been 'Scraped' To Drive Traffic To Purported Gold And Silver Venture In Panama; Spam Link Leads To Site That Showcases 'First Zeek Red Carpet Event' And 'Banners Broker' In Folder Labled 'aaronsharazeek'

UPDATED 7:36 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) Let’s say you’re out there feverishly flogging the TelexFree MLM even as the pyramid-scheme probe moves forward in Brazil, a judge and prosecutor have been threatened with death and TelexFree executive Carlos Costa is pulling an Andy Bowdoin and telling the world that God used him to bring the purported […]

MODERN MLM PR: TelexFree Rep’s Blog On Loss Of Payment-Processing Firm: ‘We Killed Them’

MODERN MLM PR: TelexFree Rep's Blog On Loss Of Payment-Processing Firm: 'We Killed Them'

If continuing to recruit during multiple pyramid-scheme probes even as a judge and prosecutor reportedly had been threatened in Brazil with death were not enough, another MLM PR disaster is unfolding: The Blog of Faith Sloan, late of Zeek Rewards and Noobing, an HYIP Ponzi scheme that ripped off people with hearing impairments, wants TelexFree […]

TelexFree Says It Seeks Bankruptcy

TelexFree Says It Seeks Bankruptcy

UPDATED 7:21 A.M. ET Jan. 21, 2013, to correct misspelling. With pyramid-scheme probes under way in multiple Brazilian states and affiliates also filing actions against the company, TelexFree says it is seeking bankruptcy protection in Brazil. Early details are sketchy. Here’s TelexFree executive Carlos Costa making the announcement while waving the flags of Portugal and […]

EDITORIAL: Want To Build Your U.S. TelexFree Downline While An Active Pyramid-Scheme Investigation Is Under Way In Brazil? Ignore Or Downplay The Probe And Tell A ‘Carlos Danger’ Joke

EDITORIAL: Want To Build Your U.S. TelexFree Downline While An Active Pyramid-Scheme Investigation Is Under Way In Brazil? Ignore Or Downplay The Probe And Tell A 'Carlos Danger' Joke

EDITOR’S NOTE: TelexFree has two executives named Carlos — Carlos N. Wanzeler, and Carlos Costa. Neither of them is “Carlos Danger.” TelexFree, an MLM “opportunity,” has been under investigation in multiple states in Brazil since at least late June. There have been reports of death threats against a judge and a prosecutor — and there […]

Notes/Analysis On TelexFree: A Little Like AdSurfDaily/AdViewGlobal, TextCashNetwork, Zeek Rewards, Profitable Sunrise And World Marketing Direct Selling

Notes/Analysis On TelexFree: A Little Like AdSurfDaily/AdViewGlobal, TextCashNetwork, Zeek Rewards, Profitable Sunrise And World Marketing Direct Selling

UPDATED 10:22 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The purported TelexFree “opportunity” is under investigation by multiple agencies in Brazil, its purported base of operations despite competing claims the company is headquartered in the United States.  The notes below concern TelexFree’s U.S. presence and positioning. They are presented in no particular order of importance. TelexFree says it is […]