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Law Firm’s Name Used In Bid To Dupe Members Of Banners Broker, Profit Clicking, MLM Attorney Says

UPDATED 11:28 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Scammers have used the names of government agencies and famous businesses in bids to dupe the public. Now, the name of a well-known MLM law firm appears to have been used for the same purpose. Attorney Kevin Thompson published a Blog post today that warns of a bogus Banners Broker/Profit…

Jul 2, 2013
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Threshold Dollar Number For Zeek Rewards’ Net Winners To Avoid Receivership Litigation Now Public; At Least 136 Settlement Agreements Ironed Out, Receiver Says

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: (UPDATED 8:05 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) From the standpoint of avoiding financial accountability, it may have become more difficult for serial scammers who foist HYIP scams on the international public to thumb their noses at law enforcement and the courts. The court-appointed receiver in the Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme case has…

Jun 29, 2013
BULLETIN: SEC Backs Legisi Receiver’s Bid To Pursue E-Bullion Cash

BULLETIN: The SEC has asked a federal judge to permit the receiver in the Legisi HYIP Ponzi-scheme case to pursue funds tied up after the arrest of James Fayed, the operator of the e-Bullion payment processor. Fayed was convicted in 2011 of ordering the murder of his wife, a potential witness against him. Pamela Fayed…

Jun 24, 2013
Zeekers Share Their Conspiracy Theories At Newspaper Site

The Dispatch of Lexington, N.C., published a story June 7 to update readers on Zeek Rewards-related litigation — specifically the date of a hearing on a motion by certain Zeek members (alleged net winners) to dissolve the receivership. (See link to story/Comments below.) As of this morning, about 27 comments appear below the story. The…

Jun 21, 2013
BULLETIN: Legisi Receiver Goes After E-Bullion Assets Tied Up After Grisly California Murder; Robert D. Gordon Says More Than 85 Percent Of Funds Directed At HYIP Flowed Through Shuttered Processor

UPDATED 5:08 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) How dangerous and bereft is HYIP Ponzi Land? More than 85 percent of the $72.6 million directed at the Legisi HYIP Ponzi scheme before its May 2008 collapse flowed through the now-shuttered e-Bullion payment processor operated by convicted murderer James Michael Fayed, according to the court-appointed receiver in the Legisi…

Jun 19, 2013
SEC And FINRA Say ‘Pump And Dump’ Spam Increasing Sharply; McAfee Says ‘Botnet-Creating Malware’ Was Being Sold Through Liberty Reserve

DISCLOSURE: The PP Blog uses McAfee security software. The Blog is not compensated for its use of the software. UPDATED 10:23 A.M. (JUNE 15, U.S.A.) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) have issued an Investor Alert warning about a sharp increase in spam linked to “pump-and-dump” stock schemes.…

Jun 14, 2013
BBC HOST: ‘We Have An Idiot On The Program Today’ — And It’s Alex Jones

HYIP apologists dating back (at least) to the AdSurfDaily Ponzi scheme in 2008 ($119 million) have bizarrely sought to defend their favorite scams by steering discussions off the track. Why talk about the recidivist securities felon who presided over ASD (Andy Bowdoin), for instance, when the “real menace” is the Bilderberg Group? And, hey, since…

Jun 10, 2013
‘Felmina Alliance,’ Another Ponzi-Board ‘Program’ Pushed By ‘Ken Russo,’ Appears To Be DOA

Felmina Alliance, another in a long line of HYIP “programs” pushed on the Ponzi boards by serial huckster “Ken Russo,” appears to be DOA. “Ken Russo” also is known as “DRdave.” His record in promoting scams, pooh-poohing or ignoring regulatory actions and engaging in willful blindness may be unparalleled. Regulators in the United States and…

Jun 4, 2013
HYIP Spammer Hits Profitable Sunrise Facebook Site With Drive-By Offers For ‘AdHitProfits,’ A Ponzi-Board ‘Program’ Whose Thread-Opener Bragged, ‘Payza, STP & Liberty Reserve Accepted !!’

UPDATED 5:41 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) A spammer hit a Profitable Sunrise Facebook site yesterday with five drive-by offers for “AdHitProfits.” All five of the machine-gunned theft bids claimed the same thing: “make money every half an hour…100% commission let your money grow for you at high speed.” The AHP “program” also is being pitched on…

Jun 2, 2013
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Liberty Reserve, Founder, Others Indicted In New York

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: (15TH UPDATE 2:31 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) Liberty Reserve, its founder and several others have been indicted in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Manhattan). The charges, which include conspiracy to commit money-laundering, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business and operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business, were…

May 28, 2013
Zeekers Targeted As Early Ponzi-Board Rift Develops Over Promo For ‘My Fun Life’; Lawsuits Involving Other MLMs Make Headlines

UPDATED 4:04 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) It has been another miserable PR week for MLM. Some members of the alleged Zeek Rewards Ponzi- and pyramid scheme now are receiving over-the-top emails for an emerging travel-membership “program” known as “MyFunLife,” a source tells the PP Blog. Meanwhile, executives from a longstanding MLM company are suing each other…

May 24, 2013