OnPassive Review: GoFounders four-tier matrix pyramid scheme

A serial promoter of failed investment schemes is back with a new venture, and he's using the same playbook that's cost investors billions before.

Ash Mufareh, the man behind the defunct TelexFree Ponzi scheme that lost investors over $3 billion, is now running OnPassive through a prelaunch website called GoFounders. Both domains were privately registered in mid-2018, right after his previous scheme, PayDiamond, collapsed.

Mufareh's history tells a troubling story. Around 2010, he launched AshMax, a recruitment-based matrix scheme. He later became CEO of a marketing division within Global Domains International, before pivoting to TelexFree in 2012. When TelexFree faced legal trouble in Brazil in 2013, Mufareh publicly downplayed the problems, claiming stricter U.S. laws would protect the company. The SEC shut TelexFree down anyway in 2014. Court-appointed investigators later documented investor losses exceeding $3 billion.

By early 2017, Mufareh was promoting PayDiamond. Industry analysts quickly identified it as a Ponzi scheme based on its business model. It collapsed in mid-2018. Months later, OnPassive emerged.

The pattern is clear: Mufareh cycles through schemes, attracting a loyal base of investors who follow him from one venture to the next, chasing promises of passive income that never materialize.

OnPassive's setup mirrors the pyramid schemes Mufareh has run before. The company claims only "qualified founders" accepted by invitation can access the prelaunch opportunity. There are no actual products or services to sell. Affiliates buy positions in four separate 3×10 matrices. Money flows upward when they recruit others who do the same.

Here's how it works: An affiliate sits at the top of a matrix with three positions directly beneath them. Those three positions split into nine positions below them. That structure continues through ten levels. Commissions come from recruiting affiliates into these matrices, not from selling anything of value to real customers. When recruitment dries up, the scheme collapses. It always does.

Mufareh controls the GoFounders website messaging. One video presents him as OnPassive's founder and visionary. The site's placeholder page promises exclusive access to a "marketing automation" platform, but that's just the bait. The real product is the affiliate membership itself.

Investors who've lost money to Mufareh's previous schemes have every reason to be skeptical. TelexFree destroyed thousands of people's finances. PayDiamond's collapse happened almost overnight. OnPassive follows the identical structure: complex matrix systems, no retail products, recruitment-focused commissions, and a charismatic leader promising different results this time.

The names change. The platform changes. The basic mechanism never does. It's a matrix scheme designed to extract money from people at the bottom of the pyramid to enrich those at the top, with Mufareh positioned to profit regardless of whether OnPassive survives or crashes like everything before it.

🤖 Quick Answer

What is OnPassive and its connection to GoFounders?

Who is Ash Mufareh and what is his background?
Ash Mufareh is an entrepreneur with a documented history of operating failed investment schemes. He previously founded AshMax, served as CEO of Global Domains International's marketing division, and launched TelexFree in 2012—a scheme that resulted in over $3 billion in investor losses before facing legal action.

What regulatory concerns are associated with OnPassive's business model?
OnPassive's matrix structure raises significant regulatory concerns as it prioritizes recruitment over product value, characteristic of pyramid schemes

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