The Take Fund website domain, registered privately on October 3, 2016, offers no information about its ownership or operators. The scheme appears to have launched in early December 2016, with its official Facebook page appearing on December 12th. Traffic analysis by Alexa indicates that Poland (36.5%) and Ireland (28.8%) are the primary sources of website visitors, suggesting the individuals behind Take Fund are likely based in one of these two countries.
Take Fund lacks any retailable products or services. Affiliates can only market membership in Take Fund itself. The entire business model hinges on recruitment.
The compensation plan involves affiliates gifting bitcoin to each other through a 2x6 matrix structure. In this setup, an affiliate is positioned at the top, with two slots directly below, forming the first level. Each subsequent level doubles the number of available slots. A full 2x6 matrix contains 126 positions.
An affiliate joins Take Fund by gifting 0.02 BTC to the person who recruited them. This initial payment qualifies them to receive 0.02 BTC from the two affiliates they subsequently recruit into their first matrix level. Payments for the remaining five matrix levels increase in value. Level two requires a 0.03 BTC gift and yields 0.03 BTC from four affiliates. Level three involves a 0.06 BTC gift and payment from eight affiliates. Level four demands a 0.24 BTC gift, returning 0.24 BTC from sixteen affiliates. Level five requires a 1 BTC gift, with 1 BTC received from thirty-two affiliates. The final level, level six, necessitates a 3 BTC gift and results in receiving 3 BTC from sixty-four affiliates.
The Take Fund business model is a cash gifting scheme, where participants pay each other directly. The anonymous administrators are positioned to collect the majority of deposited funds through preloaded positions and pass-ups at each matrix level. The use of bitcoin makes fund recovery exceptionally difficult for victims.