MASS MLM SPAMMER GETS 7 YEARS IN SLAMMER
30 May 2004 – Howard Carmack was sentenced by a Buffalo N.Y. court of sending 850 million junk emails concentrated on drugs and MLM. Of course there were several added years for stealing identities of people used to sign up for over 300 phoney earthlink accounts he hijacked.
LEARN WATERHOUSE – RUN!
29 May 2004 – High return loans repaid by offshore investing? Remember the Watchdog motto: “If it is being done offshore so Feds can’t touch it, what do you think your chances are of ever seeing your money again?” More kiosks! Qwest Int? Sound familiar? See:
XANGO SUES NEW VISION FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT
Len Clements Vs. Rod Cook
New Vision has been selling a product called with Mangosteen in it for a month or so. On May 4th Xango was issued a patent (#6730333) on the "composition" of their Mangosteen product. On May 4th Xango quickly filed a patent infringement suit against New Vision (District Court of Utah, case #2:04cv00405)
PYRAMID WOMAN! - NEW MEXICO JAIL TIME!
26 May 2004 – Pyramid Woman the talk of New Mexico cowboys!
PRIVATE PAGE -- PYRAMID SCHEME TRAINING
24 May 2004 – Another 2x2 fast moving (9 reports one week) head hunting pyramid. As Mr. James Kohm, acting Associate Director of the Federal Trade Commission says, every scham like this needs a “fig leaf” This one has safe lists and free ware for product (not real creative). Oh, and also has typical illegal income claims. http://theprivatepage.com/comp.html
GASUPUSA FOOLS ASST. AG -- ASST AG FIRED?
21 May 2004 – GasUpUSA was shut down by Penn State Attorney General (AG). The Asst. AG Micheal Butler must have hired the worlds flakiest auditors. Butler turned GasUPUSA loose from the state court action. The audit reported that with the breakage (no use) on the gas card that the company could have been viable. Click for two articles!> I and Len Clements of Market Wave attack the audit from two different directions. http://www.mlmwatchdog.com/Report_GasUpUSA.html
IS YOUR MLM ABOUT TO GO BANKRUPT AND LEAVE YOU FLAT?
SKYBIZ REFUNDS - $20 MILLION ON THE TABLE! GET YOURS!
19 May 2003: The Federal Receiver is ready to start passing out money in August. Make sure that your are on the list to collect money out of the $20 Million Dollars. Check or get your name on this Skybiz list ASAP! Send an email and this link to friends ASAP/! http://www.mlmwatchdog.com/Report_SkyBiz1.html
READERS TELL WACTHDOG DAILY PAY 4u2 IS A SCAM -- LOOK!
18 May 2004 - - My oh my am I embarrassed hidden behind the Daily Pay 4 U 2 is our old friendly scam Lead SStampede. I did not find it but 7 readers did! Now look behind link below http://www.dailypay4u2.biz/gettingstarted.htm
DAILY PAY 4u2 A SCAM? GOOD TRAINING FOR YOU!
18 May 2004 - - Just one page and…..! The earnings claim of $1200 a day is illegal….. odds are 99.9% that the rest of it is a name sellng game scam! Name selling "leads" is the favorite cover for scams this year! Heaven help this poor soul putting out email on a scam! High Sheriff and Police not far behind! http://www.dailypay4u2.biz/joe/
VOTE AGAINST THE FDA!
TRIM INTL. - BIZ OPP AND FTC VIOLATIONS ALL IN ONE AD! WOW!
18 May 2004 – Joint Investigation MLM Truth and MLM WatchDog. Place $10,000 into the AD Program and you will stay in this system until your commissions from retail customers, individuals, or outlets reach $12,500, plus have them assigned to your organization and earn residual income from their reorders, FOR LIFE! Wow! Top winner for bad ad for Bizopp invest in ads. This page doesn't show anything but illegal earnings claims to pull in suckers! >>> http://www.msmarketingpro.com/
FEDS HERDING MORE GLOBAL PROSPERITY RINGLEADERS TO JAIL
17 May 2003 – Justice is slow. My biggest vendetta against crooks and murders. I started on these Global Prosperity Scum bag crooks back in 1997. They sold harmful information supporting NOT PAYING TAXES! They hit innocents with an Aussie 2 up (scam sign #1) on buying a $1200 package on how to not pay taxes. These guys KILLED PEOPLE TOO read more!
DISTRIBUTORS SUE MLM COMPANIES FOR A POSSIBLE $133 MILLION!
14 May 2004 – EcoQuest, Morinda, and Freelife are under the gun as terminated distributors sue for lost commissions. Termination by companies is often done without full contemplation or research of the facts. Don’t think these three will rank the most Distributor friendly companies of the year! http://www.mlm-dra.com/A_mlm_lawsuit_Termination_2004.html
FALL MLM MASTERMIND – SAVE $200! SHORT FUSE!
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CONGRESSIONAL AIDES ATTACK WATCHDOG!
11 MAY 2004 - I got email attacks about the Social Security Scam Congressmen are running while they collect millions! The comments say, my numbers are wrong. Sorry critics I counted in the perks. Health Insurance = Free in any military medical facility. What a private Jet? Congressmen can book military jets take wife and spouses on them. When did you ever have a private jet at your beck and call? Of course the military jets are available "only when not in use." But, it seems when the guys that control the money want a private jet -- they are available. Cost to Europe and back for a Congressional family of 3? About $500,000 fuel, crew and maintenance! There are more perks that I have not listed!
CONGRESSMEN CAUGHT IN PYRAMID SCHEME
MLM ON NIGHTLINE BETTER THAN EXPECTED
11 May 2004 – The NBC Dateline segment on Alticor/Quixtar wasn’t as bad as we thought that it would be. In fact the average earnings they gave were more on the positive side than your editor thought they would be. There was absolutely no spillover to the General MLM Industry. No back whacks or anything! Great!
DON'T MISS THIS!
7 May 2004 – Robert Blackmann will be on the Tom Chenault show tomorrow SATURDAY at 9 am mountain time and 10 central. BE SMART, LISTEN! >>>>> WWW.TOMCHENAULT.COM
MLM BASHERS TO ATTACK THE WHOLE INDUSTRY?
7 May 2004 – MLM bashers to go after Amway Alticor and probably the whole MLM Industry tonight (Friday) on NBC Dateline at 8 or 9 pm in your market. MLM bashers will be all over this, the trouble is they do not know what they are talking about. Ignore them.
CALIFORNIA CIVIL SERVICE A PYRAMID?
3 May 2004 – The Los Angeles Daily News reports that Civil Service Jobs are a pyramid scheme!
FEDS INDICT 2 GIFTING SCAMMERS
MLM IS GOOD! THE MULTILEVEL MARKETING OF THE PRESIDENT!
29 Apr 2004 -- The New York Times reports that U.S. Presidential races are going to be won by MLM marketing methods. They said, "... In an MLM, like Mary Kay Cosmetics or Tupperware, each independent entrepreneur" who joins the Presidential sales force like Betty Kitchen, featured in the article -- also becomes a recruiter ... So there you go MLM Bashers! Put that in your pipe and smoke it instead of the funny Anti-MLM weed you use! SEND THIS PAGE TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS THAT DOUBT MLM!
WILD NUTTY LEAD SCHEME - HERBALIFE TAKES OVER U.S. GOV?
27 April 2004—The paid ad spot on Google reads 500 free leads, “Sponsored by Department of Economic Development, Offices of The Home Business Bureau." Looks like an authentic government site right? Wrong! The U.S. Government doesn’t have these offices. The trail leads back to some Herbalife Distributors. Wonder if the Legal Counsel for Herbalife knows they have folks imitating non existant arms of the Federal Government?
PROSTEP STUMBLES?
24 Apr 2003 – ProStep an early leader in Internet Lead generation announces that it has been not been making money so is quitting it’s MLM program. The WatchDog has received a ton of complaints. Among them documentary evidence that owner Kevin Lehmann has a $1.7 million dollar tax lien on him from the IRS. Kevin has reportedly said that the $1.7 mil lien has no effect on the ProStep business. The Watchdog says, huh?
FTC EMAIL NAME GAMES = FIG LEAF
23 April 2004 ---"It's what we call "old wine in new bottles,' "says James Kohm, acting associate director of the Federal Trade Commission. "A pyramid scheme needs to reach a lot of people cheaply, and the Internet provides that opportunity," he said. One more advantage to the Internet: It created potential new products, such as e-mail databases, that made it easier than ever for pyramid schemers to disguise the true nature of their operation by appearing to offer a legitimate product. "In a pyramid, the product is a fig leaf," said Kohm,. "And you don't want to spend money on a fig leaf." Ed. Note: April is the WatchDog’s training month for Name Game Email Databases and lists. How to Identify a sucker play. The “fig leaf” is used in a lot more than email name game pyramid schemes.
DIGITAL SENSATION BELOW FIXES INCOME CLAIMS
24 Apr 2004 -- Income claims gone! Good Improvement.
DRESSED UP NAME GAME WITH DISGUISES!
22 April 2004 -- Hot on the Internet another Name game alert! Aussie one up…sick pay plan (lets the master schemer hide) Home page = Illegal earnings claims $3700 a day. From there -- violates business opportunities in over 23 states at step 2, value of products! Read below 300,000 spam emails and make you rich? For only $2200 - What a NEAT screw job! See name list scams alert below 19 April. See this>>>Link>>>>>>> http://www.success.thedigitalsensation.com/associates.php?page=home.htm
MLM IS GOOD
21 APR 2004 – What you see on the MLM Watchdog an "Insiders view" of a great industry. All industries have their secrets and conflicts. There is good and bad to be said about all industries. MLM is better than most industries. What you are reading is over 300 years of experience from the editor and 600 reporters that want to help the industry by keeping it clean and protecting people. MLM is the only chance for the little guy in America (and the world).
EMAIL LEADS - GET FLEECED QUICK! – LEAD STAMPEDE IN ARTICLE!
19 Apr 2004 – Great article Below! Buying leads for Emailing is chancy, but now they are turning to be the darling of Internet scammers. How does the law convict? NO Customers! Who would buy junk leads except for the chance to make $$$$$$. Article is a scam we see making the rounds selling get rich quick Internet leads as a sucker scam! On by the way Leadstampede made honorable mention in this article ($20,000 worth). See Apr 12th below
MLM IS GOOD - $100 MIL RECORD OTHER WEB RETAILERS ENVY
18 April 2004-- Quixtar smashed its single-day sales record with sales of more than $11 million on March 31. This contributed to a $100 million month for Quixtar Inc., the first for the company since its launch in 1999. Distributors generated revenues of $1.035 billion for Quixtar in the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2003, plus an additional $58.3 million for Quixtar's online Partner Stores. That took a lot of customer sales! Congrats!
TAX TOOLBOX GOT ALL OF US IN TROUBLE WITH THE IRS?
14 April 2004 -- Dan Gleason’s MLM deal “Tax Toolbox” got all of us in trouble with the IRS! Gleason was the “back office” for The Tax People MLM (TTP) shut down 3 years ago. That created some bad attention. Then Gleason started a web company the “Tax Toolbox.” The “Toolbox” made some shaky claims that just showed up in IRS Ruling 2004-32 on Home Business Deductions. It turned out that Dan Gleason was a “mail order” Attorney (plus other things reportedly). On top of that when the IRS hit him -- he put on his Tax Toolbox website he was going to sue the IRS and win! Do your Home Business Taxes Carefully – Forever! Here is Home business deduction from IRS. Tax ruling 2004-32 is coming - meantime review this IRS pub.
FEDS AFTER “CORPORATION SOLE” SCAMMERS
12 April 2004 -- A husband and wife in Seattle are charged with selling this scam for tax evasion. Always check your tax advice with a CPA. This pyramid scheme operation sells people information to create a entity known as a "corporation sole." Suckers that bite on this scam are instructed to put assets and income into their “corporation sole” and claim tax-exempt church status for the corporation while the suckers control and use their taxable assets (illegal). Here is the news story. This $2000 scam has been making the rounds. Warn your friends to stay away! Don't buy a corp sole -- don't sell one!http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=121566,00.html
MERIDIAN SCAM FAILING - GET IN FREE!
9 April 2004--- A scam is in really bad shape if they quit charging money! Meridian just put this on their website, “Register -- There is no obligation to pay your membership fee until you start making money.” Duh! Meridian now a scam using a single downline builder scheme! Wow! Glad the WatchDog could get an ART scam to such a humble status! Pass this to your downline….ART SCAM – ART SCAM -- Would you buy this @@#@$ except to scam $$$- http://www.meridianart.net/public/home/home-welcome.asp
UPDATE LEAD STAMPEDE BELOW
12 April 2004 - Lead Stampede fixed the blank money order requirement and assures that they will issue 1099's. Waiting for new access code to check on rest. The income claim phone calls are still up.
SCAM OF THE MONTH LEARNING LESSON! LEAD STAMPEDE!
8 April 2004 -- Where are the money game runners going to? Lead Stampede.net ! Just send 2 money orders -- one for $300 and one for $200 completely BLANK! Wow, no taxes what a deal, the IRS will love this one! On top of that once you FILL A PYRAMID MATRIX you can get your fast scam money by sending a BLANK $25 money order! What a Deal! Remember the first clue to a scam is no name on the website, address or other locators. This scam goes even further! Just print out a PDF and SEND BLANK MONEY ORDERS! See www.leadstampede.net and have a laugh at how crude this FAST MOVING sucker game is! Then check out the phone calls and money claims here on the link below. Our 600 reporters never sleep! Be sure you CALL THESE PHONE NUMBERS and listen to the money scam hype! Scam Avoidance Training! http://www.mlmwatchdog.com/RC_Scam_leadstampede.html
MLM IS GOOD – MLM BASHERS LIE!
7 Apr 2004 -- ConsumerLab.com recent tests on 11 echinacea products showed 5 products flunked. The “flunkees” had labels claiming higher levels of echinacosides and phenols than what was in the bottle. The bad part is that 1 had high lead levels. MLM Bashers need to report all the news! The big picture -- not skew their anti-MLM stories with lies: http://www.consumerlabs.com/results/echinacea.asp
SHAKLEE SOLD – GRIEF IS OVER?
4 Apr 2004 – Your Ed. Got a lot of Grief from Shaklee Distributors when I reported Shaklee was for sale. Ok! Now Shaklee announced it has been sold! See link below for new owners. Activated and Ripplewood holdings bought Shaklee from the Japanese pharmaceutical company that owned it. The new Shaklee CEO gives a team speech. http://www.announcements.shaklee.com/?ref=DAY2-zg03102-12
PYRAMID SCHEMES -- TAKE $2 BILLION!!
4 Apr 2004 – Philippines officials recently reported the recent collapse of three companies involved in pyramid schemes -- cheated two million victims out of more than $2 billion they had collectively invested. Officials called it the biggest fraud in the country's history. How much has the U.S. lost from Gifting Pyramid Schemes like the Philippines? The United States has 292 million people with approximately 117 million households, residing in 30,000 cities in 3,200 counties. There are 244 cities with populations of 100,000 or more. The WatchDog investigatigation is on! My estimate of the $1.5 billion dollars lost in the U.S. has to be too low!
FTC DROPS DO NOT CALL LIST SCRUB TO 31 DAYS
3 Apr 2004 – Do Call List requires monthly refresh down from quarterly. For most list cleaners not a problem though there is no charge for extra monthly download. There are now 58.4 million people on the DNC list. Most MLM list providers are doing the scrub and this is no big shakeup. Just make sure your list provider is doing the scrub monthly. Be hard on them, make them give you a guarantee in writing!
WORLDWIDESCAM UP AND DOWN
2 Apr 2004 – Sad legal action! Up in India now! WWSN was up and running in Australia. For your daily check on the WWSN status....quit calling me! >>> http://www.worldwidescam.com
AMERICAN LONGEVITY ABSORBS YOUNGEVITY
1 Apr 2004 – the American Longevity, Inc. located in San Diego, California has absorbed Youngevity out of Dallas. Youngievity owner Craig Keeland started Via Viente (V.V.) many distributors moved to VV. The WatchDog is glad that the Youngevity distributors left over found a good home!
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SHOTS FIRED AT PRESIDENT BUSH FROM A GASSY TROLL
31 June 2004 – Michael Moore is as bad as the MLM bashers below. The truth has no protection from this fat slob who is the darling of the left wing. Here are updates on the Gassy Troll.
EXPOSE’: HOW YOU ARE LOSING 2 MILLION GOOD RECRUITS A YEAR
28 June 2004 – MLM Bashers lie about our good industry. They occupy the top 3 positions on Google and other search engines. Their out right lies discourage at least 2 million people a year from joining good MLM’s. NOW -- The MLM WatchDogs take them and their lies head on. STUDY this so you know how to counter act them! Put up a link to the MLM WatchDog on your website so we pop up at the top! HERE IS THE BATTLE BETWEEN LIES AND THE TRUTH :
PRESIDENT OF DISTRIBUTOR RIGHTS ON RADIO SATURDAY 10 AM
25 June 2004 – Cheryl Gonzalez President of the Distributor Rights Association will be on the Tom Chenault radio show 10AM Central. Don’t miss this LISTEN ON THE INTERNET click > http://tomchenault.com/
YOUR LEGAL EMAIL TRASHED -- LET’S SUE!
24 June 2004 -- In years past there was something sacred about delivering Email. "Neither rain, nor sleet nor snow nor dark of night shall stay this courier from his appointed rounds." Postmen and ISP’s took it seriously. Now ISP's TRASH legitimate Email just to save band width. Your Email goes in that trashcan right? Missing email you sent to that important recruit or your team -- Just Vanished! Dr. Ken Evoy is spearheading a class action lawsuit against ISP’s. Jump in and sign up for the class action lawsuit. Join in! http://deliver-my-mail.sitesell.com/
HELPING HANDS? ONLY IN YOUR POCKET BOOK!
23 June 2002 – Will Gifting scammers ever give up pickpocketing? An estimate given is there are 40,000 people in Wisconsin participating in illegal gifiting programs. Langlade County District Attorney's office warns of Gifting and the bottom end collapse!
NEW DISTRIBUTOR RIGHTS WEB SITE UP
23 June 2004 -- The new Distributor Rights website is up. Terminations - writing your own contracts with companies and a hoard of other valuable information. Protection for Distributors.
ELITE ACTIVITY GIFTING SCAM HITTING CHURCHES
22 June 2004 -- The Elite Activity has changed the lives of thousands around the world by scamming them! Elite activity plays the same broken record about “GIFTING IS LEGAL.” No it is not… because there is the expectation of making money! That makes it pyramid scheme! Detroit Churches hit!
ROFL they put up disclaimers they are legal. Great, tell them you want to join for NO money and collect the money when you pop out the top.
ROD: ROFL -- DIRT PYRAMID SCHEME!
21 June 2004 – Pyramid scheming is down to a new ground level low. Selling dirt!!! One square foot of dirt to be exact! Sure to appreciate vertically in pyramid value (I am laughing so hard I can hardly type!). The outlook is “muddy” for this dirty pyramid of silted soil with the least legal rain. The top scamsters no doubt will “dust” some suckers while breaking “new ground.” I think all of us should jump in and get the “DEED for DIRT” that will be a great wall hanger. Ed. Note: rofl, rofl, rofl, (rolling on floor laughing = ROFL) http://www.newlandrush.com/index.aspx?&referror=576
ANDERSON FRAUD AND TRIVITA
19 June 2004 – A top distributor for Trivita is apparently a suspect in fraud scheme(s). On this site is paperwork of Trivita (condoned?-approved?) “investment” program violating bus opp. laws. See flashing NEW at http://andersonfraud.com
TRAVEL CASH (BELOW) – EMAIL BOMBS WATCHDOG – FBI
18 June 2004 -- Scammers have no sense of humor! Travel Cash set up an email bombing campaign for blasting the WatchDog. They must be kids! I set up a copy and redirect and forward the emails to http://www1.ifccfbi.gov/index.asp . Of course I warned the law in advance. One spammer originates out of Israel and the Israeli government will enjoy whacking them. The others? Dumb! I rarely forward anything to the law unless the scammers try to play games! Now they can get whacked for pyramiding and spamming!!! Wow a double dose of excitement for them - Pyramid Schemes are never dull for operators of the scam!!!!
TRAVEL CASH! THE OLD AIRPLANE GAME PYRAMID SCHEME IS BACK!
15 June 2004 – Somebody dusted off the old “Airplane” pyramid scheme that was killed off in the early 90’s by the law. Great write up and explanation of a pure pyramid scheme! You need to study this to know how the classic pyramid scheme works. Ed. Note: My jaw dropped in surprise! Maybe these promoters are too young to know the past history. Either that or they are dumb, thinking the law won’t remember! http://www.travelcash.biz/prelaunch/howitworks.php
BIG AL - PYRAMID SCHEME ANALYSIS
9 June 2004 -- Social Security is a great example of an illegal pyramid.
It takes in money from people today -- to pay money to
people who put in money yesterday -- who are supposed
to get their money back today.
AVON CONSUMER RECALL FOR NIGHTLIGHT SNOWMAN
10 June 2004 – Avon recalled 333,000 smell good scented oil diffusers made in China. The oil can leak from and cracks expose electrical wires. The Consumer Products Safety Commission said consumers can get a new improved replacement by calling 866-348-9749. Tell your friends and neighbors, protect them!
JAFRA SOLD
3 June 2004 – Like a weather vane, when name lists of distributors start popping up on the street for sale it means something is going on. Now we find out! The U.S. private investment company that owned Jafra (founded in 1956) just sold it to Vorverk a German direct sales company. Estimates are it has 400,000 consultants and annual sales at $400 million. Looking at the name lists on the street -- there are some upset consultants ........but not enough to ding the 400k too much!
REAL MLM’S ARE GOOD – NOT SCAMS > SCAM TRAINING BELOW
3 June 2004 –This last month has been scam training for the good guys to help them get the stupid or innocent out of scams. The MLM WatchDog wants to stomp out pyramid scams because the real MLM industry loses over 2 million people a year to illegal scams like those below. We lose another 2 million and over a billion dollars to illegal gifting programs. A loss to a good industry when people run for quick money!!!
PYRAMID SCAM PLAYER? THE LAW TAKES HIS MONEY!
1 June 2004 – Play those games and have fun! But, don’t spend it! You will need lawyers and payback money to the people you scammed!
