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  • An Incredibly Toxic Series Of HYIP Swindles — Everything From Bitcoin-Themed Scams To Purported Real-Estate Ventures That Claim To Aid Victims Of Terrorism

    FundComing.com says it is a real-estate venture that pays 5,000 percent after three days and had helped victims of terrorism in Syria, one of the homes of ISIS,
    FundComing.com says it is a real-estate venture that pays 5,000 percent after three days and had helped victims of terrorism in Syria, one of the homes of ISIS,

    Bitcoinest.net, a site that covers cryptocurrency news, reported today that “DoubleCloud.pw Is Another Bitcoin HYIP Ponzi Scheme.”

    The “pw” extension stands for Palau, an island country in the Western Pacific. But the extension has been rebranded as “Professional Web,” according to Wikipedia. The user-created encyclopedia says Symantec, the security company, reported in 2013 a lot of “pw” spam.

    The PP Blog today visited the DoubleCloud.pw website and observed an offer that advertises a “350% profit after 48 hours.” The Blog further visited the “Rules” page at the domain, which may be operating from Russia.

    While at the domain, we copied this “rules” passage — “is not available to the general public and is opened only to the qualified members” — and pasted it into Google. Turns out the phrase appears on many, many sites, meaning it is part of a script in which the operators simply swap in the name of their particular swindle.

    Bernard Madoff became infamous as a Ponzi schemer who tried to instill a sense of exclusivity in his investors. These HYIP scams are doing the same thing.

    Perhaps of particular concern is that the phrase is on many sites that do not have a Bitcoin theme, meaning the kit is being used by scammers across the HYIP sphere.

    One of them is known as FundComing.com, a purported real-estate venture that promises 5,000 percent after three days.

    A note on the site clams as such (italics added):

    “Today, we received a letter of thanks from investors [sic]. The investor comes from Syria, a 7 years [sic] old boy whose husband [sic] died from a terrorist attack. After the consent of her consent [sic], we put the letter of gratitude, the mood to share to you.”

    Syria, of course, is one of the strongholds of ISIS. Based on the purported testimonial, the FundComing “real estate” website appears to be positioning itself as a safe venture for families shattered by terrorists. Meanwhile, it is using the same “rules” as DoubleCloud.pw, the purported Bitcoin earnings “program.”

    Separately, a site styled Bond-dot.com is using the same “rules.” It says it is involved in both cryptocurrency and Forex from a purported base in “London (England).” It appears to be soliciting sums from $10 to $5,000, making it both a micro- and a macroscam.

    Other sites with virtually the same “rules” — and this is just the tip of the iceberg:

    • RazInvest.com
    • NextPayMoney.com
    • NanoIncomes.com
    • HYIPFirst.com
    • NextHourPay.com
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    From the second page of Google search results for “is not available to the general public and is opened only to the qualified members.”




     

  • BULLETIN: ‘MooreFund,’ A Ponzi-Board HYIP ‘Program’ Pushed By Achieve Community Huckster, Is Using Unauthorized Security Seal From Norton

    moorefundBULLETIN:  (Updated 8:17 a.m. ET Feb. 25 U.S.A.) An HYIP “program” that operates at MooreFund.com is using a “Norton Secured” seal that is not authorized, Symantec told the PP Blog late this afternoon.

    Symantec, owner of the famous Norton brand, is a software and computer-security company. Its name is misspelled as “Symentec” on the FAQ page of MooreFund in an awkwardly worded passage that plants the seed Symantec and other security firms are providing deposit insurance.

    Under a subhead that reads “How can I be sure that Moore Fund is licensed and safe,” the MooreFund site claims (italics added/verbatim):

    Moore Property Investment Co Limited is registered in United Kingdom and verified by Worlds most popular security insurance company like Symentec-Norton (veriSign), Comodo and TRUSTe. MOORE PROPERTY INVESTMENT CO LIMITED holds a website identity assurance warranty of $1,750,000. This means that you are insured for up to $1,750,000 when relying on the information provided by IdAuthority on this site. US Patent Number 7,603,699.”

    The PP Blog contacted Symantec after observing a YouTube promo today for MooreFund by Achieve Community huckster Rodney Blackburn. The Blog also contacted the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority because MooreFund purports to operate from the United Kingdom through Moore Property Investment Co Ltd. FCA, closed for the evening, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

    Update 8:17 a.m. ET Feb. 25 U.S.A. Chris Hamilton, a spokesperson for FCA, declined this morning to comment specifically on MooreFund. Hamilton added, however, that “the FCA is one of a number of organisation that does investigate, and prosecute, Ponzi schemes. The other UK authorities include the Police and the Serious Fraud Office.” (Original story continues below . . .)

    “They have insurance to cover . . . so, it helps you to feel, you know, more peace of mind in getting into an investment like this,” Blackburn says in his video for MooreFund. The 13:11 production is dated today and titled, “Moore Fund- Rodney’s Review on this HYIP.”

    Blackburn also advised MooreFund registrants to place banner ads for the “program” on other HYIP sites. In what might be a troubling trend, HYIP schemes recently have been publishing ads for other HYIP schemes, a development that suggests tainted proceeds are circulating among any number of scams.

    Achieve Community, which was charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Feb. 12 with operating a Ponzi- and pyramid scheme that had gathered more than $3.8 million, permitted members to place banner ads for other “programs.”

    Like Achieve, MooreFund has a presence on well-known Ponzi-scheme forums such as MoneyMakerGroup and TalkGold. The “program” purports to offer four investment plans. These promise absurd daily interest rates of between 1.5 percent and 3 percent, with “compounding” available on three of the four plans and tiered recruitment commissions offered on all four.

    Investors, according to the website, may send in sums from $15 to $99,999, a circumstance that suggests MooreFund is operating both a micro and macro scam.

    MooreFund claims its accepts Bitcoin. It also claims prospects can send money via Western Union, bank wire and a range of processors, including well-known fraud enablers such as SolidTrustPay, Perfect Money and EgoPay.

    The site includes a number of awkward passages in English such as “Fill up the form to make a new deposit,” “Sometime website is down due to ongoing maintenance work,” “You just have to contact the support department and ask for cancelling your investment” and “MooreFund minimizes risk level by offering deposit insurance system.”

    This is the supposed insurance (italics added/verbatim):

    Plan Beginner – 99.99% of the funds are insured
    Plan Pro – 75% of the funds are insured
    Furthermore, You can cancel and refund your money anytime between first 7 days of your deposit.

    Using a calculator on the MooreFund site, Blackburn asserts that by compounding his $500 deposit over the course of a year, he’ll emerge with $53,721.54.

    “Guys, that is a nice little nest egg right there,” he says.