Profitable Sunrise Facebook Site Changes Graphic To Promote ‘DollarsBluePrint,’ Which Triggers Security Warning
A Facebook site set up to promote the Profitable Sunrise HYIP scheme has changed the lead graphic on the page to drive traffic to a site known as “DollarsBluePrint” — apparently through a web entity known as “Big Idea Mastermind.” The previous lead graphic was a leftover from the fraud reign of Profitable Sunrise. The [...]
Pitchman Says Hong Kong-Based ‘Program’ Is ’1,000 Percent Better’ Than Profitable Sunrise And Zeek Rewards
In a bizarre and disturbing video playing on YouTube, a former Profitable Sunrise pitchman claims a new “program” he joined is operating from Hong Kong and is purveyed by an unidentified “doctor.” The purported opportunity is “1,000 percent better” than Profitable Sunrise or Zeek Rewards, according to the video. News of the video first was [...]
DIABOLICAL: Purported ‘Christian’ Enterprise With Purported Ties To Catholic Church Launches Spam Campaign For Purported ‘Loan’ Program And Bizarrely Tries To Sanitize It By Linking To PP Blog Story On Profitable Sunrise Scam
Is it channeling Profitable Sunrise as part of an affinity-fraud/identity-theft reload scam? An enterprise that bizarrely is calling itself “ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC CHURCH LOAN FIRM” purports to have an office in England and appears to be targeting Catholics and Christians in general to be fleeced in a purported “loan” program. The spam/scam pitch begins, “I [...]
Rethinking ‘Superman IV’ As GoFunPlaces Pronounced DOA In The USA
UPDATED 4:14 PM EDT (U.S.A.) Superman IV — the last movie (1987) starring Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel — was not a great flick. It’s remembered principally for Reeve’s starring role, the penury of what the Washington Post described as the “the Golan-Globus conspiracy,” poor special effects — and for something Superman did: [...]
McAfee Site Advisor Issues Phishing Warning On ‘UPrivateBanking,’ Program Targeted At Profitable Sunrise Victims
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 [...]
Now, Boat-Sharking For ‘Biwako Bank Limited’: Promos Appear On Facebook Site For Profitable Sunrise And Claim Enterprise Is ‘Japan’s Strongest Bank’
Biwako Bank Limited caught our attention yesterday after a boat-shark appeared on a Facebook Profitable Sunrise site to promote it while making this claim: “**THIS IS NOT AN HYIP , THIS IS A BANK**” The claim is at odds with a claim on the MoneyMakerGroup Ponzi forum that Biwako has a “GoldCoders’ HYIP Manager License.” [...]
WTOL Introduces Middle America To The Profitable Sunrise HYIP Scheme; Graphic Shows 3-Tiered Affiliate Program On Top Of Absurd Payout
During its 11 p.m. newscast yesterday, WTOL (CBS/Toledo) aired a report titled “Holy Rip-Off” about the alleged Profitable Sunrise HYIP scam. The report, which began with images of Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff playing in the background, focused on alleged Profitable Sunrise pitchwoman Nanci Jo Frazer of Bryan, Ohio. Frazer and her NJF Global Group are [...]
WTOL To Air Profitable Sunrise Report Titled ‘Holy Rip Off’
EDITOR’S NOTE: GlimDropper, an administrator at the RealScam.com antiscam forum, gave PP Blog readers a heads-up on the WTOL report yesterday . . . WTOL, the CBS affiliate in Toledo, Ohio, says it will air a report Thursday (April 25) at 11 p.m. EDT titled “Holy Rip Off.” A teaser for the report shows photos [...]
Profitable Sunrise Members Targeted In Easter Sunday Boat-Sharking For ‘TelexFree’ On Facebook; Viewers Told They Can Plunk Down More Than $15,000 For A ‘Contract’ That Provides Earnings Of At Least $1,100 A Week
UPDATED 12:42 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) An apparent affiliate for an MLM “program” known as “TelexFree” is trying to recruit Profitable Sunrise members on Facebook on Easter Sunday morning. In yet another stunning example of disconnect within the MLM sphere, a poster left a link to a video titled, “Telex Free — Earn Weekly Posting Ads.” [...]
New Hampshire Joins Many Other States Or Provinces In Issuing ‘Profitable Sunrise’ Warning; [UPDATE: District Of Columbia, Georgia And West Virginia Now On List Of 34, Too]
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UPDATED 6:11 P.M. EDT (MARCH 28, U.S.A.) The District of Columbia has issued a warning about Profitable Sunrise. So has West Virginia. Georgia has issued a cease-and-desist order. A majority of U.S. states now have taken action in one form or another against Profitable Sunrise. See the info in the Comments thread below . . [...]
On The High Seas Of Facebook, The Search For New HYIP Blood In The Water Intensifies After ‘Profitable Sunrise’ Goes Missing
“HYIPs use an array of websites and social media — including YouTube, Twitter and Facebook — to lure investors, fabricating a ‘buzz’ and creating the illusion of social consensus, which is a common persuasion tactic fraudsters use to suggest that ‘everyone is investing in HYIPs, so they must be legitimate.’” — The Financial Industry Regulatory [...]