By Trace Richardson
Published June 17th, 2008
1) Learn the ePerks Basics with the Seminal Piece on ePerks:
ePerks.com: A Case Study in Greed and Self-Imposed Brand Destruction
2) Read the Blog Post / Comments That Started It All:
ePerks- A Scam or A Gem?
3) Read the Cease & Desist Letter, Threats and Lawsuit from ePerks CEO Ben Behrouzi:
Cease & Desist Letter: Chilling Effect: How [...]
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Tags: Ben Behrouzi, BrokerScience, eperks, Vlad Zablotzkyy
By Trace Richardson
Published June 13th, 2008
Glenn Roberts Jr. at Inman has written a great article about Vlad’s plight and ePerks in which we were interviewed. It is worth noting that the exposure this article brings to ePerks is yet another clear defeat for ePerks and CEO Ben Behrouzi. Even if they had a possibility of a courtroom win, they and [...]
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Tags: Ben Behrouzi, eperks, Glenn Roberts Jr, Inman, Ron Cook
By Trace Richardson
Published June 12th, 2008
Ben Behrouzi Bombshell
Since BrokerScience first began covering ePerks and ePerks CEO Ben Behrouzi, we have received a lot of reader submitted information in the form of: stories of first hand experiences with ePerks / Ben Behrouzi (as employees and customers), emails, voice mails, and other miscellaneous information and data relating to Ben and company. We [...]
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Tags: Ben Behrouzi, blackball, eperks, legal threats, replycom
By Trace Richardson
Published June 10th, 2008
When BrokerScience published our analysis of ePerk’s brand destruction ( ePerks.com: A Case Study in Greed and Self-Imposed Brand Destruction ) on May 30th, we did not know that just nine days later, Vlad Zablotzkyy would be served with a lawsuit from ePerks/ CEO Ben Behrouzi.
Quite frankly, in light of the growing attention and coverage [...]
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Tags: Ben Behrouzi, brand destruction, eperks, lawsuit, search engine marketing, Vlad Zablotzkyy
By Trace Richardson
Published June 8th, 2008
In yet another blow to embattled ePerks and Brabus Ventures Corporation CEO, Ben Behrouzi, BrokerScience has acquired exclusive ownership of the following internet domain names:
BenBehrouzi.com
BenBehrouzi.net
BehzadBehrouzi.com
BrabusVentures.net
BrabusVentures.org
BrabusVentures.biz
Internet domain name case law provides that these names can be used in a capacity that does not create confusion in the market place. In the future they may be used [...]
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Tags: Ben Behrouzi, BrokerScience, domain name, eperks, lawsuit
By Trace Richardson
Published June 8th, 2008
When ePerks.com CEO Ben Behrouzi originally hired blogger Vlad Zablotzkyy of Go-Beyond-MLS.com to write a paid review of ePerks.com, he never expected the barrage of user complaints that were posted in the comment section of Vlad’s blog and he never expected the fallout that would occur when he threatened Vlad and sent him a Cease [...]
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Tags: Ben Behrouzi, ejerks, eperks, go beyond mls, ip address, lawsuit, Vlad Zablotzkyy
By Trace Richardson
Published June 7th, 2008
Brabus Ventures (BrabusVentures.com), owned by embattled CEO Ben Behrouzi and parent company of ePerks.com has updated it’s website and added new “Values” and “Culture” pages to combat the barrage of negative publicity their business practices have earned them. There is only one problem: the pages are STOLEN virtually verbatim from Chevron.com and Mervyns.com. Oh, the [...]
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Tags: Ben Behrouzi, Brabus Ventures, copyright theft, eperks, ihype
By Trace Richardson
Published June 5th, 2008
BrokerScience Response to ePerks CEO, Ben Behrouzi:
In the transcript below, we asked you to provide us proof of any factual inaccuracies we have published, you failed to do so.
You state that what we are publishing is “completely false and now damaging the company“, yet failed to list even one “false item” or “fabrication” and [...]
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Tags: Behnam Behrouzi, Ben Behrouzi, BrokerScience, Cease & Desist Letters, eperks, failure, ihype
By Trace Richardson
Published June 5th, 2008
When Vlad Zablotskyy of Go-Beyond-MLS.com received a Cease & Desist letter from ePerks.com (which was shortly followed up by the threat of a lawsuit form ePerks CEO, Ben Behrouzi) he had cause to be concerned. In addition to the threat of litigation, somebody was also libeling Vlad has a child molester. (You will find a [...]
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Tags: Ben Behrouzi, eperks, ihype, ip address, ip addresses, lawsuit, Vlad Zablotskyy
By Trace Richardson
Published June 1st, 2008
Due to the interest generated by our coverage of ePerks and the apparent abandonment of its users by CEO Ben Behrouzi, we’ve decided to bring you some pre-launch coverage of Ben Behrouzi’s newest startup which is launching tomorow, iHype.com. Not surprisingly, one day before launch, the 800 number goes to what sounds like a cell [...]
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Tags: Behnam Behrouzi, Ben Behrouzi, eperks, failed startup, ihype