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DubLi MLM and religion

DubLi’s “big warehouse” is a small religious facility called Harvest International, run by pastors David and Linda Cross.
Perfect place to outsource a cult, don’t you think?

January 17th, 2009 Posted by eaglescout | MLM, Religion, Scam | 6 comments

Re Michael Hansen: Once a scam artist, always a scam artist?

This is a response to Tenderfoot’s questions in an older article.
Some of his questions and comments, paraphrased:
What’s your opinion on MLMs, are there any good ones?
Small Businesses vs. MLMs – Why not?
What about bad economic times and tough financial situations? What’s the alternative to DubLi?

Thoughts on gambling.
Do you think MLMs simply have an image problem?
Isn’t [...]

December 26th, 2008 Posted by eaglescout | Analysis, Commentary, Facts, Fraud, Lies, Rip-Off, Scam | 15 comments

DubLi Network LLC. Great Liars or the Greatest Liars?

Could DubLi have exposed itself more? What follows is a transcript made available to DubLi Network’s associates and published on the “smartwinshop” DubLi site. It was brought to my attention yesterday, but apparently has been around since 10-13-2008, and written by Michael Hansen himself. What a liar!

December 10th, 2008 Posted by eaglescout | Bankruptcy, Cute, Fraud, Lies, Logical Fallacies, Rip-Off, Scam | 4 comments

Can you get a good deal through DubLi?

Here is what a DubLi promoter has to say:
Just ignore this blog – he’s no doubt an eBay seller who is trembling in his boots. [...]
So that brand new full warranty Macbook Air 1.8ghz Core 2 Duo w/ 80 GB HD and 2 Gigs of Ram that I just paid $1115.00 for cost me $9.95 [...]

November 12th, 2008 Posted by eaglescout | Analysis, Cognitive Dissonance, Confirmation Bias, Fraud, Lies, Psychology, Rip-Off, Scam, Truth | 7 comments

(Correction) DubLi is not registered in Delaware

DubLi did register in Delaware in 2006, 3 months before they declared bankruptcy in Denmark.
(Thank you to John Roberts for the correction).
The following information is provided in most of DubLi’s official sites; if not, it has been removed, as usual:
[Material removed due to copyright claims]
DubLi claims to be the competition to eBay, but:
DubLi uses a [...]

November 3rd, 2008 Posted by eaglescout | Analysis, Bankruptcy, Intellectual Dishonesty, Lies, Math, Rip-Off, Scam, Truth | 109 comments

Letter from another scammer

I usually don’t go out seeking fraudulent scammers to expose, but apparently, Kevin Porter of Powerline support wanted me to evaluate his product when he reported himself via our iSpin Report service. This is his email:

October 25th, 2008 Posted by eaglescout | Lies, Rip-Off, Scam, Skepticism | no comments

Cruise To Cash. Nothing short of a scam.

Abstract
Cruise To Cash is just one the latest Ponzi schemes to infect the marketplace. In this paper, I want to examine why “investors” get ripped-off so easily. Some factors to take into account: wishful thinking, the current economic recession, and scam artists preying on vulnerable people.
Definition of Pyramid Scheme according to the FBI:
Pyramid Scheme

Pyramid [...]

September 23rd, 2008 Posted by eaglescout | Fraud, Lies, Psychology, Rip-Off, Scam, Skepticism, Truth | 13 comments