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Noobing-Connected Firm Discussed In Senate Hearing
The head of the Federal Trade Commission told a Senate panel yesterday that a firm associated with the Noobing autosurf embarked on a scheme to sell a $59 book and then used a telemarketing company to upsell customers to an expensive program that fraudulently sold “guaranteed” government grants from economic-stimulus funds. “Just last week, some […]
BREAKING NEWS: Judge Orders Offshore Assets Of Firm Associated With Noobing Autosurf Repatriated; Broadens Authority Of Receiver To Pursue Recovery
In a ruling that may send shockwaves throughout the offshore autosurf “industry,” a federal judge has ordered the parent company of the Noobing autosurf to repatriate to the United States all assets and documents held on foreign soil. U.S. District Judge Julie A. Robinson also cleared the way for any safe-deposit boxes to be opened […]
RECEIVER: Firm Associated With Noobing Autosurf Charged Senior Citizen In Search Of Housing Grant $995 For Three Names And Addresses Of Providers; One Of The Addresses Proved To Be Regional HUD Office
UPDATED 2:11 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) A company associated with the Noobing autosurf charged a 70-year-old Philadelphia man on Social Security $995 for the names and addresses of three entities that possibly could help him secure a grant to repair his rapidly deteriorating home, according to the receiver in the fraud case against Affiliate Strategies Inc., […]
UPDATE: Noobing Surf Site Offline As FTC Fraud Case Against Affiliate Strategies Inc. Proceeds; Receiver Appointed And Expected To File Preliminary Report Soon
A receiver has been appointed in the case against Affiliate Strategies Inc. (ASI) and Brett Blackman, ASI’s president, chief executive officer and founding partner. Noobing, a surfing site, is in the ASI fold, but has not been named a defendant. Regardless, the Noobing site is offline. A federal judge has granted a freeze of ASI’s […]
Noobing, Surf Site That Pitched Itself To Deaf Community, Goes Missing; Purported President Was Named In FTC Complaint Against Separate Firm Last Month That Alleged ‘Guaranteed’ Government ‘Stimulus’ Grants Of $25,000
UPDATED 10:48 A.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The Noobing surf site is throwing a server error and will not resolve. The development came in the aftermath of a Federal Trade Commission complaint filed late last month against Brett Blackman and others, although Noobing was not named in the FTC complaint. On July 24, a federal judge froze […]
AdSurfDaily Downline Group Known As ‘Oneteam’ Repeatedly Used Names Of Government Agencies, Bank Of America In Advertisements For Embattled Andy Bowdoin ‘Surf’ Firm
An AdSurfDaily downline group known as “oneteam” used the names of U.S. government agencies, a Congressionally chartered insurance entity for depositors and Bank of America in what appears to have been a brazen bid to disarm doubting prospects continuously in advertisements for at least 18 months. The ads appeared online beginning in February 2007. Among […]