ComplexKid
August 29th, 2005, 06:01 AM
http://theaan.com/
This one looks terrifying and it started less than a month ago. The scheme goes sort of like this:
Product: Banner advertising to other members shown in the members' areas of the site.
Price: $25.50 per month membership fees taken out of a payment processor by subscription, plus a cycler (part of the membership fees go to that), plus a matrix comp plan that would make even Phil Piccolo's head spin.
The Cycler: You can buy positions from $10 to $320, just like YMMSS and the cycling formula is the same. Note that you have to pay the $25.50 every month on top of the money for the cycler positions past the $10 monthly position that the $25.50 buys you. (Yes, you read that right, it's all pretty convoluted.)
The Matrix: Somebody else look at it, it makes my head spin trying to work that one out.
The key players: Owned by Clay Montgomery. You may recognize some of the chief promoters from prior scams: Ken Russo, Valerie Underhill, Fred Mann.
According to the AAN's own forum, cycle times are at 80 days (in less than three weeks), but will probably come down "soon".
It's been plagued with server problems, script problems, programming problems, etc., since day one. And people are still joining in droves.
I'm seeing this and a few other YMMSS-type clones (Teaminator is another one) hyped a lot around the Internet. Is there something that can be done before it gets even worse? Posting it here for a start, maybe it'll help warn off some unsuspecting people.
With YMMSS crashing, it looks like a lot of people are headed in this direction. And this one looks even worse than YMMSS, what with the monthly fees, matrixes, and already out-of-control cycle times.
CK
This one looks terrifying and it started less than a month ago. The scheme goes sort of like this:
Product: Banner advertising to other members shown in the members' areas of the site.
Price: $25.50 per month membership fees taken out of a payment processor by subscription, plus a cycler (part of the membership fees go to that), plus a matrix comp plan that would make even Phil Piccolo's head spin.
The Cycler: You can buy positions from $10 to $320, just like YMMSS and the cycling formula is the same. Note that you have to pay the $25.50 every month on top of the money for the cycler positions past the $10 monthly position that the $25.50 buys you. (Yes, you read that right, it's all pretty convoluted.)
The Matrix: Somebody else look at it, it makes my head spin trying to work that one out.
The key players: Owned by Clay Montgomery. You may recognize some of the chief promoters from prior scams: Ken Russo, Valerie Underhill, Fred Mann.
According to the AAN's own forum, cycle times are at 80 days (in less than three weeks), but will probably come down "soon".
It's been plagued with server problems, script problems, programming problems, etc., since day one. And people are still joining in droves.
I'm seeing this and a few other YMMSS-type clones (Teaminator is another one) hyped a lot around the Internet. Is there something that can be done before it gets even worse? Posting it here for a start, maybe it'll help warn off some unsuspecting people.
With YMMSS crashing, it looks like a lot of people are headed in this direction. And this one looks even worse than YMMSS, what with the monthly fees, matrixes, and already out-of-control cycle times.
CK