Thread: Is My Advertising Pays / The Advert Platform A Scam or Ponzi?

Ribshaw, your first link leads to nothing, just a heads up. Please re-post:)

Originally Posted by Gina

Ribshaw, your first link leads to nothing, just a heads up. Please re-post:)

All my links lead to nothing.

http://www.realscam.com/f9/profitabl...795/#post37416 Post 4

I will edit the last as well, thanks for the heads up.

Originally Posted by wayne1983

Yeah, a little research into simon stepsys past adventures would do nothing for me to get involved with him, however some people never seem to learn. Im not claiming to be perfect, far from it seen has i fell for the achieve scam. The difference with me is i will never ever venture in these ponzi scams no more. Soon has the word 'packs', 'credits', 'matrix', and all the other typical cycler terms are mentioned I say no thank you!

The problem is, you will be scammed again if you don't also include in your list the most important words of all - recruit, multi-level, or network marketing. Also, "internet marketing" that recruits others, as I know a few who try to slip that one in.

Originally Posted by EagleOne

One more thing. I am not convinced that your intentions here were all about just wanting your questions answered. It is just my opinion

Nerd, I would second this, based on your responses or lack there of to some very thoughtful posts. Although I hope you are sincere about learning to put the pieces together in evaluating scams. At some level it doesn't matter since readers will get useful information either way, and then they can decide.

Still would like other questions answered, have a few more and hope you are not slacking this weekend. It sounds like you earned more than $600(Assuming you are a US citizen), did you get a 1099 and from what entity? Whether you withdrew the money or not, the income is taxable.

Reporting Payments to Independent Contractors

Since MAPS has US contractors and are doing some business in the US it is my suspicion there are some reporting requirements and most likely tax owed by MAPS.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/882 If there are no 1099s, accounting for commission expense creates a red flag.

Deese if he really is a CEO bestest guess has some paper pushin to do as well.

Certain Taxpayers Related to Foreign Corporations Must File Form 5471

Any US MAPPER with more than $50,000 held in never never land, heads up to you too.

FATCA Information for Individuals

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NerdO, one more thingy do you see a problem promoting MAPS without either you or it being properly registered? A few hints..


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Is "Myriad Force" Smarmy Simon??? This is just getting delicious.

Originally Posted by Gina

Is "Myriad Force" Smarmy Simon??? This is just getting delicious.

No, but he is a character that's for sure.

Oh dear...

This has now been removed from the group...

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Thanks, Ribshaw.....after reading through this entire thread, I wish he would show up and post here. Maybe he has incognito!!

I'm actually popping popcorn now to watch this thread. I'm feeling this thing tanks by Monday.

I just checked.....it seems all of Simon's MAPs Facebook pages are down and replaced by someone else's? LOL! Am I reading it wrong? I was just on there earlier while I was reading this thread and suddenly when you click on his link now you get some kind of other MAPs bullshit site (with a girl on a stripper pole). This is comedy gold!

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Here's the rates...

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This is what I get now when I click on Simon's MAPS success group on facebook, or whatever the hell it's called.

Behold...

https://www.facebook.com/myadvertisingpaysuk

Originally Posted by jennyp123

shardy.jpg

Here's the rates...

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Well....you know....get a few more newbies in, persuade them to start off will 100 credit packs.....job's a good 'un!

In his dreams. He's all big talk. All mouth and no trousers!

Guys....Smarmy Simon is no longer a part of this! At least as far as I can tell. All his "MAPS simon" facebook pages have been diverted to the link I supplied above. He's obviously trying to get his money and run!

I actually posted on the page that was supposed to be his (which is no longer there)....as follows.

Wait...isn't this supposed to be Simon Stepsy's page? What the....? I'm thinking by Monday this Ponzi will be completely defunct. It's delightful to watch though:)

They haven't even the sense to delete it yet...chuckle.

Originally Posted by jennyp123

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Here's the rates...

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lmao. never. gonna. happen.

Originally Posted by Gina

This is what I get now when I click on Simon's MAPS success group on facebook, or whatever the hell it's called.

Behold...

facebook.com/myadvertisingpaysuk

truth in advertising

Originally Posted by Gina

Guys....Smarmy Simon is no longer a part of this! At least as far as I can tell. All his "MAPS simon" facebook pages have been diverted to the link I supplied above. He's obviously trying to get his money and run!

This one is still up though the last post was 1/29:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/myadvertisingpaysmaps/

he's still pimping on his personal page.

Originally Posted by Gina

This is what I get now when I click on Simon's MAPS success group on facebook, or whatever the hell it's called.

Behold...

https://www.facebook.com/myadvertisingpaysuk

You seem to have the wrong link:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/myad...ref=ts&fref=ts

The page you are looking at is run my another maps member, Vitalia Petra.

Thanks guys.....Although I know I'm not insane. Earlier and yesterday while I was reading this thread there was a specific "Simon Stepsys Top earners club or something".....I can't remember what it said or what the link was, but it was Facebook. Believe me, it's gone. The link you're giving me is not what I was clicking before. (I've been doing this for the better part of a day and I KNOW either he or someone else in MAPS has taken his sites down).....They all now lead to his personal blog. (Besides that one with the stripper pole)......Let me go back in my history and I'll try to recreate

Originally Posted by jennyp123

You seem to have the wrong link:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/myad...ref=ts&fref=ts

The page you are looking at is run my another maps member, Vitalia Petra.

I think the confusion comes from the fact viewers now need to be logged in to Facebook to see Septic Simons' page.

Failing to log in makes it appear the page has been removed.

Maybe that's what it is....I don't know. I looked in my history and came up with this...Simon Stepsys MyAdvertisingPays Success Group, which I swear wasn't the page I was looking at before...or maybe I've lost it and gone completely batty. In either case it's still fun. (I think maybe after viewing his pages for a few hours it had a deleterious effect on me)

Originally Posted by Gina

Is "Myriad Force" Smarmy Simon??? This is just getting delicious.

Nah, "Myriad Force" is (or was) serial ponzi pimp Ty Anderson who has been conspicuous by his absence since the HYIP ponzi fraud he was pimping at the time, Profitable Sunrise was busted, destroying whatever credibility he had.

Originally Posted by littleroundman

Nah, "Myriad Force" is (or was) serial ponzi pimp Ty Anderson who has been conspicuous by his absence since the HYIP ponzi fraud he was pimping at the time, Profitable Sunrise was busted, destroying whatever credibility he had.

Ty was pimping The Achieve Community at MMG as Ferguson. When the mods figured out that he was using more than one username, they banned him using Ferguson. Then he tried to come back using another alias and got banned again. Then he tried it a third time and again got banned. Before he could try it again with another username, Achieve bit the dust. You can be assured if they hadn't, he would have tried to use another username. This from the guy who claimed that I had multiple usernames.

I keep expecting to see him trying to pop up as someone else promoting one of the other matrix programs that have sprung up since the collapse of Achieve. Wouldn't be surprised if he was in Trinity Lines. Right down his alley as he, like those in Trinity Lines, love to quote Scripture to lure people into their Ponzi de Jour.

Now, here's a posting from one of our dear friends, Frank Calabro Jnr:-

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If you look carefully at his list of adverts (there are a few more not in the screenshot, but thay are all the same type) you will see that they are all about MAPS.

I always wondered about these adverts. What are you supposed to advertise? Window cleaning? Diet pills? Your local shop? But now I see it. You go in MAPS and advertise MAPS spinoff products to other MAPS members in a closed loop!

What a winner! It's even more of a closed shop than I thought.