This list is a continuous work in progress and will never be finished 🙂 . It’s a lot more labor intensive than I thought it might be trying to sift through blog posts and forum threads for details.
If you’re thinking about joining some program that seems like it might be too good to be true, feel free to check out the table below to see if the opportunity or any of the big promoters are listed. If the person and/or opportunity you’re looking into isn’t listed, do some serious digging on your own or feel free to leave a comment stating what you’re looking for.
Most of us attempting to earn money online are looking for something stable and long term. You have to ask yourself if any of these people are offering that or are you just a number in their churn and burn philosophy.
Naturally, “The Players” are the promoters of the various so-called opportunities listed. “The Haters” are links to different forums and blogs that reference these individuals and what they do. And of course, “The Games” are the things that they have promoted and/or are currently promoting.
You will notice that “The Games” cover a wide variety of “opportunities”. There is a mix of MLMs, HYIPs, Gifting Schemes, Ponzi scams, Pyramid scams, ponzi/pyramid hybrids, marketing tools, etc. I don’t necessarily consider everything listed to be an outright scam, although a majority seem to fall into that category. The more blatant scams(ponzis, pyramids, hybrids, gifting) you will see are long gone as they always collapse or are shut down. Even so, the existence of the internet gives these scams the ability to reach millions of potential victims which allows some of them to survive longer than they used to and we’ve seen our share that have lasted several years.
Borderline MLMs can essentially go on forever unless they get shut down.
In addition to my own research, a lot of information comes from the following sites,
| The Players | The Haters | The Games |
|---|---|---|
| Terry Burns | Terry Burns - Major scammer | Tri-Ads Uproar Wealth Rising Coin Nuggets 50 Cent Freedom LikesXL and Xpro Mining Laser Online CoinsNDollars Double Your BTC YOTA Project 2x Freedom Formula Crypto Bit Trade TokenPay Project USI Tech Monyx R2B Coin The SkyMinableCoin |
| Frank Calabro Jr | Frank Calabro Jr Frank Calabro Jr. serial scammer cease & desist issued in Nth Carolina Planet Millionaire Scam Owner Frank Calabro Jr. Issued Cease And Desist STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE SECURITIES DIVISION Frank Calabro Jr. up on felony charges, house raided, assets seized | Traffic Monsoon Zeek Rewards My Advertising Pays, Four Corners Alliance Group Power Lead System Exitus Global MoneyLine Crypto World Evolution USI-Tech Future Net |
| J. Ryan Conley | J. Ryan Conley - Career Scammer J.Ryan Conley Bravely Admits He Has Alzheimer's | Isagenix Viewtrakr Staged Buzztrakr Kannaway Brain Abundance Ingreso Cybernetico Wake Up Now YOBSN Jeunesse IQKonnect - iQUnite TSU Elevate Solar Solavei OneCoin MMM Global BitClub Network Future Net DasCoin Trade Coin Club |
| Lloyd Dotson | Lloyd Dotson, legitimate broker aka I.M. Bigg, serial ponzi pimp 'Six-Figure Sage' broker barred from the business | iCoinPro My Advertising Pays Traffic Monsoon Game Loot Network FutureNet and FutureAdPro Cryp Trade Capital HostCoin Traffic Hurricane |
| Adrian Hibbert | Adrian Hibbert - yet another serial ponzi pimp | USI-Tech Zeek Rewards Traffic Monsoon Traffic Powerline CryptoAutoTrader |
| Sharon James | Sharon James - ponzi pimp with a 100% fail rate "I earn money while I sleep" claims promoter of Bitcoin investment spin-off called USI-Tech | Banners Broker IMarketslive USI-Tech FutureNet Traffic Hurricane |
| Ken Labine | ... Ken Labine ... | Five Dollar Funnel OneCoin DagCoin |
| Steve Lawson | Steve Lawson..... Bombards his potential victims with emails.... | Traffic Monsoon Mail For Money Email marketing Course National Wealth Center Internet Lifestyle Network Empower Network ViSalus Xplocial Marketing and Networking University DS Domination My Advertising Pay My Binary Profits Viewtrakr Future Net Future Ad Pro TheyPayMeDaily WebWealthSystem Avalon Life BitClub Network Aspire Exitus Network Entrepreneur Global Network Traffic Powerline Easy OneUp Vizionary United Games DasCoin Swiss Gold Global Skinny Body Care SIx Figure Mentors Staged Trade Coin Club CoinexPro Cryp Trade Capital Crypto Education System ICoinPro Mindset 24 Global Dragon Mine Digitex |
| Ari Maccabi | Ari Maccabi - Ponzi Pimp Is His Brand | GetMyAds BetRobot - Jetcoin Traffic Monsoon Royal Dragon Traders iCoinPro Xtreme Coin EXP Asset Cryp Trade Capital iFreeAmerica BeOnPush TheAdvertPlatform USI-Tech TokenPay Project Crypto World Evolution Pagarex Digitex Exitus Elite Crypto Bit Club |
| Jose Nunes | NoWay Jose Nunes - serial scammer Gwynedd web designer 'kicked partner to the head' in front of their traumatised daughter | My Advertising Pays Traffic Monsoon Futurenet Traffic Express USI Tech DigiByte |
| Sunil Patel | Sunil Patel | Traffic Hurricane Traffic Monsoon Traffic Integrity |
| Ken Russo | Ken Russo - how low can he go ? | OneBuckMarketing Felmina Alliance Gold Nugget Invest(GNI) Zeek Rewards New GNI Profitable Sunrise AdSurfDaily Club Asteria MPB Today Genesis Acquisitions International, LLC My Binary Profits DS Domination 15winks Video Dating App Friends Forever Club The10dollarprogram DualAdCycles OneBuckAdClub Quick Pay Group The Cool $500.00 $400 Per Week For 1 Month Club Power Team Build Marketing Solution Helping All Daily XpressDailyCash Rockwell Partners novaadhits linumfund Ad-valanche Adzpays Trackyourincome Bitcoinsmatrix Spinding Dollarsflowsystem Nexttobepaid X100k Beachsideblitz Earnrevolution The M2M Monthly Payment Club Auto Bitcoin Builder MMM RETURNS Global Pay Funds HashFlash AutoXads Gladia Coin Club8 Blockchain Rays Tri-Ads Uproar Bitsilver Coin Nuggets Gold Rush Cash WealthBot JetCoin CryptoCurrency Bank MLM Atlantic Global Asset Management/Questra World Waszupp Crowdfunding project Bankera CoinsNDollars YOTA Electroneum BitcoinX4 R2B Coin StartOptions |
| Charles Scoville | Traffic monsoon. Better than MAPS with trusted admin Charles Scoville | Traffic Monsoon AdHitProfits Infinitybux BuxSecure TviPtc Powerfulbux Foreverbux BuxUnleashed Banrev Ultimatepowerboost Wealthenginex ULaunchFormula |
| Faith Sloan | Faith Sloan - defrauding others with impunity | CellCfund TelexFree 5000 Families Total Life Changes 100K Race EZ-BizQuickCash RELATIONSHIP ENERGY/Re247365 autoXten MLM Recruit On Demand AdvertiseToMillions OppSeekers EasyHits4U InstantBannerCreator Qkadoo Buckets Of Banners YEVO Centurion Wealth Circle JSSTripler2/T2 EXPBody Profitable Sunrise Gifts Roll Up TVI Royal Cruise Matrix Electroneum Digitex millionairecycle SunRiseTravelClub AdSurfDaily Operation Promiseland Noobing Megalido Forever Living BinaryCoin |
| Simon Stepsys | Simon Stepsys SIMON STEPSYS - BEWARE! Scam Exposed: MoreThanTraffic.com - June the 15th 2006 Promoter denies that The Advert Platform is a get-rich-quick scheme, then asks “Who wants to make a lot of money?" 'Internet millionaire' says it's so simple to get rich - but banned salesman fails to answer calls Simon Stepsys dodges UK media (MyAdvertisingPays) Two very different charlatans both selling the divine right to get rich quick | Get Mega Rich Banners Broker Empower Network Prosperity Automated System Bidify MyAdvertisingPays - The Advert Platform PressWiseMarketing WinStarDirect Juiceboosted MyVideoTalk Monopolizer MoreThanTraffic Passport to Wealth Myinternet business YourNetBiz My Shopping Genie Free Blog Factory 100Free Ads Uvioo Pluginprofits GetMyAds24 BetRobot GDI 5PAYS MySpace.com NastyDollars.com Coastal ASPIRITUS 888 Easy30kMonthly |
| Danny Turner | Danny Turner - Hypocrite Extraordinaire | My Advertising Pays Empower Network Banners Broker Likes XL Digital Altitude - Aspire HashFlare Computta |
That is a very comprehensive and valuable list you have assembled.
What an excellent snapshot of those who prey on the ignorant by leading them from one SCAM to another, then another and another …
Hopefully, regulators and law enforcement are finally realizing that SCAMS would never get big enough to do serious damage without the relentless promotions of these Ponzi Pimps.
Thanks SD.
I haven’t seen anywhere that had anything very well organized to illustrate a simple history. RealScam tries but the threads on individuals tend to get muddied up with crap. 🙂 Completely understandable as that’s just how forum threads go, but a lot can get lost in pages and pages of info and opinions.
Hopefully I can get it formatted a bit better over time, but this is just a start.