UPDATED 6:12 P.M. EDT (MAY 7, U.S.A.) McAfee Site Advisor has issued a phishing warning for the website domain of “UPrivateBanking,” one of the “programs” targeted on Facebook at victims of the Profitable Sunrise HYIP scheme.
McAfee is an Internet security service.
The PP Blog, which uses the McAfee service, observed the warning on a Profitable Sunrise Facebook site late last night. The Blog observed today that, when it typed the URL for the UPrivateBankingSite in the location bar, a Site Advisor warning page appeared in the Blog’s browser window.
“Whoa! Are you sure you want to go there?” Site Advisor warned. “[Domain Name Deleted by PP Blog] may try to steal your information.”
“When we visited this site, we found it may be designed to trick you into submitting your financial or personal information to online scammers. This is a serious security threat which could lead to identity theft, financial losses or unauthorized use of your personal information,” Site Advisor warned.
Various boat-sharks for various scams-in-progress have been targeting Profitable Sunrise victims on Facebook. In April, the SEC said Profitable Sunrise was running an offering fraud from a mail drop in England. Some of the purported “opportunities” pitched by the Facebook boat-sharks promise to pay even more than the absurd 2.7-percent-a-day “Long Haul” plan advertised by Profitable Sunrise.
UPrivate Banking purports to be “an international financial institution specializing in investment and wealth management.” Details about the “program” are exceptionally murky.
On Facebook yesterday, UPrivateBanking was pitched as a “business opportunity unprecedented in the history of Network Marketing.” The promo featured a photo of a MasterCard and urged Profitable Sunrise members to watch a YouTube video.
Read a review of Universal Private Banking (UPrivateBanking) at BehindMLM.