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Dec. 16th (Friday)

  • Some great news!

    Senate Rejects Extension of Patriot Act
    WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Friday rejected attempts to reauthorize several provisions of the USA Patriot Act as infringing too much on Americans' privacy and liberty, dealing a huge defeat to the Bush administration and Republican leaders.

    • In a crucial vote early Friday, the bill's Senate supporters were not able to get the 60 votes needed to overcome a threatened filibuster by Sens. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and Larry Craig, R-Idaho, and their allies. The final vote was 52-47.

    President Bush, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Republicans congressional leaders had lobbied fiercely to make most of the expiring Patriot Act provisions permanent, and add new safeguards and expiration dates to the two most controversial parts: roving wiretaps and secret warrants for books, records and other items from businesses, hospitals and organizations such as libraries.

    Feingold, Craig and other critics said that wasn't enough, and have called for the law to be extended in its present form so they can continue to try and add more civil liberties safeguards. But Bush, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and House Speaker Dennis Hastert have said they won't accept a short-term extension of the law.

    If a compromise is not reached, the 16 Patriot Act provisions expire on Dec. 31.

    Frist changed his vote at the last moment after seeing the critics would win. He decided to vote with the prevailing side so he could call for a new vote at any time. He immediately objected to an offer of a short term extension from Democrats, saying the House won't approve it and the president won't sign it.

    "We have more to fear from terrorism than we do from this Patriot Act," Frist warned.

    If the Patriot Act provisions expire, Republicans say they will place the blame on Democrats in next year's midterm elections. "In the war on terror, we cannot afford to be without these vital tools for a single moment," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said. "The time for Democrats to stop standing in the way has come."

    But the Patriot Act's critics got a boost from a New York Times report saying Bush authorized the National Security Agency to monitor the international phone calls and international e-mails of hundreds - perhaps thousands - of people inside the United States. Previously, the NSA typically limited its domestic surveillance to foreign embassies and missions and obtained court orders for such investigations.

    "I don't want to hear again from the attorney general or anyone on this floor that this government has shown it can be trusted to use the power we give it with restraint and care," said Feingold, the only senator to vote against the Patriot Act in 2001.

    "It is time to have some checks and balances in this country," shouted Sen. Patrick Leahy, ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee. "We are more American for doing that."

  • http://www.anris.biz/index.cgi?refer=tozyer Am still researching this one and that’s not my URL.  I strongly suspect that this one is not real, meaning that folks running this are not who they say they are.  I’ve sent a couple of requests to the Vancouver Board of Trade to see if this Adkins fellow (Albert G. Adkins) is actually a member.  If he turns out not to be then I will call this one a scam.  They claim to be two experts in the ForEx and other Markets and are now offering their services to us at 1.8% ROI daily. Again, if they were that good they would have been quickly employed by some large Firm in this area and they would be earning millions a year in commissions. So I question their motives.

    Here you go, am almost 100% certain this one is a scam!  I checked with the Vancouver Board of Trade and they do not have Mr. Adkins as a member! Fortunately some of us can get to the bottom of some things, right?  And I guess that many scammers count on the fact that there are very few folks out there that are willing to spend the time to track down certain claims.

    “Dear JS,

    • I cannot find anyone by that name as a member of The Board of Trade.

    Best,

    Nicole Brechert
    Account Executive :: The Vancouver Board of Trade :: (Phone) 604-641-1268 (Fax) 604-681-0437    ”

    And looks like you can’t even sign up due to a Server misconfiguration error.  For now.  I would, if I were you, report them to e-gold and e-bullion.  They are not who they claim to be!

Dec. 15th (Thursday)

  • I won’t hype this. I have been a Nutritionist for over 8 years. Here is one of my websites.  If you have some questions for me, then go ahead and ask. Am also a Reiki I practitioner.
     
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  • Here is one that needs to be shut down right now: http://www.dailyinstantpay.com/invest.php From 20% per day for 30 days or more. Does not sound right.  No one can give you those returns.  I would stay away.
     
  • Ummmm.... thanks to Bob, riverman110, I think.... for this poop: http://www.poopreport.com/
     
  • I don’t like this one: http://nini.platinumchoice.net/ But you are free to sign up, that’s not my link.  They are into lotteries. No thanks. I have never had any luck with lotteries and likely never will.  Those of you who have had this luck, maybe this opp will be good for you. Good luck! (5x7 matrix, you will need to recruit your friends, your doctors, your neighbors, and your dogs.)
     
  • Here is another one that I do not believe will succeed for most folks: http://thecountryclub.us/ Here is what they say:

    “The Country Club is an online golf game distributed on CD and by online Downloads. You invest just $99 for five CDs and a custom website with 1,000 Game Downloads which retail for over $10,000. If you can email a game link or hand out a CD...You can make money.” and

    “The Country Club is the only business you can set up for less than $100, and then make a six-figure killing in less than 60 days.” Ummm... yawn.  For sure. Good luck on getting folks to pay $99 per CD for a game of golf! And mind you, you pay for all that advertising. Go for it.

    “Your business really takes off the minute other people hear about your good fortune... and want a piece of the action themselves.” Right, so as soon as you start lying the better! And....

    “Every time you find another distributor who wants to join your sales family, you refer them to the The Country Club website with your Distributor ID number. When they order their own 5-pack of CDs and Game Downloads, you collect a $33 Bronze Bonus check. Find three distributors, and you qualify for a Bronze Partner Bonus-a 'triple' bonus that suddenly boosts your take to $300!”  Sure, go ahead, find these distributors.  Reminds me of the Casinos.  I had spent about $800 in 3 Casino sites and they promised to even advertise me! What happened? Nothing! Big fat nothing. And now this site wants you to advertise yourself. Well, if you’re good at it, go for it. Oh and....

    “Just one thing

    • With The Country Club bonus system, time is of the essence. Your triple bonus checks are time and date stamped. The sooner you earn your first triple bonus position, the sooner you qualify to roll up to the next level...and so on.”  Yeah, right! Go go go!  No thanks.  PS: Those of you who send me this kind of stuff, keep doing it! Am not being negative on purpose. I am just giving you my opinion of such opps.  Sometimes am given very good ones, like 12DailyPro.... and yes, on some of them, you have had to hit me over the head a few times. And that’s fine!  Enjoy your holy days!
     

  • I sincerely hope that FastMarket survives and that the Admin do not run but continue to operate what so far has been an EXCELLENT hyip. So I cross my fingers and pray that they do survive for another 6+ months! I will observe them for a couple of weeks (and try to get my interest out, so far cannot due to, ostensibly, e-gold problems) and if all goes well I will re-rank them back up to 100%.  Right now am testing their Bank Wire w/d method.
     
  • I find it interesting that KUM, in today’s newsletter, is complaining about a copycat of their program (http://www.direct-holdings.com/Home) when in fact KUM is a copycat of yet another program!
     
  • I just got an great surprise after logging in to my e-gold account. 12DailyPro has just paid me just over $xxxx USD! As I said before, I was sure that it would happen and it did.  I have no doubts about this one and am putting in the max of $6K from now on until after February, right after their convention. It is most likely I will keep putting that in even after that... as all Companies do really well after a rally/Convention. So am now even further in debt on Credit Cards! Am OK with that. Just keep paying them each month and earning a lot more in 12DP! If this keeps going I should be able to pay them all off within 6 months.  Am not recommending you do this... but you know, if you find something that is working, then it is worth the risk to use that kind of money.
     
  • Excellent news from the WORLDLPP program! (To see the review and sign up use the Reviews button above):

    “(PLEASE READ THE BELOW IN IT'S ENTIRETY - IT CONTAINS LOTS OF VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR COMPANY)
    Hello everyone and happy holidays to those who celebrate it. Conrad here with loads of news, and it's mostly good for a change. Let's start with Vivamin first. Please take some time and look over the new and improved Vivamin website at http://vivamin.com . As you can see, we have Prevenaflu up there as it should be available soon. You can place orders for it now if you wish though. We have also lowered the prices in order to establish a solid customer base. There is one piece of bad news, but it was necessary with the price drops. Commissions for any Vivamin product will now be at 30%. That is still better than just about any other affiliate program out there considering the prices we are charging. Please look it over and let me know if you spot any errors or broken links. You can all market it now as the flu product alone should generate enormous interest. And that brings me to good news #2!

    We have been contacted by a professional advertising company about doing television commercials for Prevenaflu. They propose to do all of the commercial set up i.e. film, dubbing, voice, and time spots in exchange for a percentage of sales. They only do this with products that they think will generate a sizable interest. It is flu season so they have tentatively indicated that they like our product. I am awaiting further word and will keep you posted. If they do proceed, this could generate thousands of sales and leads for you all. Keep your fingers crossed.

    And now for more good news. We have entered into one, and possibly another, joint venture which I believe will benefit some of our members. Our stake is 50% in the first program, and we have not determined what it will be in the second yet, but will keep you posted as that develops. The first program is a solid program where a lot of our "newbies" and even seasoned market veterans can learn, get numerous downloads, attend classes, earn commissions, market another gift store, etc, etc. It has it all folks! And they only charge $29.95 a month for continuous support, upgrades, classroom teaching, etc. Their commissions structure is fantastic so please be sure to check that out too. I am referring to http://www.emarketingextreme.com . They have recently changed some things and upgraded the website, and are now ready for a re-launch. I like it because it will help a lot of you learn, at your own rate, about marketing on the internet.

    The other program we are checking into is one where foreigners can obtain a USA checking account with a Visa card as well. We know that it can be done as we have done it ourselves - one of our staff members went through the entire process and she received everything as promised. The only "catch" is that you have to deposit at least $1,000.00 in your account in order to receive the Visacard, which is secured by the US government. Right now we are just going to check and see if the interest is out there for this venture. If you have a need for a USA checking account and Visa, no matter where you live outside of the USA (except some countries that are not accepted by the bank: North Korea, Cuba, Iraq, Iran, Libyen, Sudan, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Angola, Syrien and Burma), please indicate that by emailing us at admin@worldlpp.com and putting the words "Checking/visa" in the subject line of your email. That is all you need to do and we will send you the info once available.

    Just a couple of other quick notes for you. Please be patient about profits as we have just begun. I am sure that you will agree that no one can generate a profit within the first few weeks of opening their doors. We will do our best and hope to have some good figures for you at the end of next month (January). Vivamin is now closed so please do not email and ask for another chance as we have already extended it beyond our initial timeframe. The IT call center is in the negotiating stages and we are working with people in India and Romania at this point. Watch for more exciting news on this, our #2 program which will soon be out. In order to participate in the 10% profit pools, you must have at least 3 people in your WLPP downline. They must be people who are located at a different address than you are, so please do not try to cheat the system. WLPP will remain open for a long time, so please continue building your downlines as we anticipate Program #2 (the IT Call Center) to be much bigger than our first program. And speaking of our first program, Vivamin also has an affiliate program for those of you who have not joined it yet. Please do so as this is your company and we all need to work together to make it a great success. That's it for now, but more will follow very shortly. G'day!!

    Conrad”

Dec. 14th (Wednesday)

  • What’s to say? These are depressing times.  Holidays. December.  Lack of negative ions in the atmosphere, causing folks to be depressed. Less sunlight for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere.  Have you noticed that each day is like any other?  Same stuff? Same work? Same problems? Yeah.

Dec. 13th (Tuesday)

  • Wow, I just received the FastMarket newsletter, which I have never, ever, received before. Another sign I think, that they will run soon.  If they wish to change my mind on this, they will send me relevant info.  And look, I can or could make a lot of commissions form just supporting FastMarket and their recent letter! Thousands in fact. But I choose not to!  I choose to warn you. I choose to tell you to get the hell out of there! OK?  I hope, if they are legit, they will appreciate this and send info and reassurance, or not.
     
  • I was wondering why this one (http://www.verolla.net/) wanted our money?  Seeing as how they should be able to pull enough money from their services.  Well, they are a Computer Store, and looks like they are trying to raise capital to purchase more computers. Here is what they said to my query on that:

    “Hello!

    • We need more money to increase our capital assets. So, we are using your money to be on the buy of computers. Admin Verolla”

    Well I would say... no thanks! Why? Because the margins in selling Computers is so low that they cannot possibly give us our 5%!. Even monthly, never mind weekly! I know, I ran such a business myself when the PC first came out! And I had some nice clients! And I made some nice money!  $1000 plus per sale!  To such folks as former CEO of Imperial OIL (Esso/Exxon) and former CFO!  But these days I can’t compete! So I have given that up. So how can these guys give us that 5% a week! They can’t.  It’s lucky that I have that experience, because otherwise I would not be able to comment on this one.  Right?  Right.

  • I don’t like this one at all: http://www.cashsanta.com Seems to be run by the same guys from OnlineEarningCenter and the DNS research shows that they are on the same server. The look-and-feel is the same, so I will assume they are the same.  What I don’t like about it is that it is just a forced matrix and that they pay out ONLY on HOLIDAYS! No And they list the Holidays!  No thanks guys. First pay me my OEC earnings, then I may consider! And I really question why they would consider launching this kind of site!  It may hurt their current operation. (In fact, they planned to launch this one since Aug. 2th!)
     
  • HYIPFever Admin is someone who does not learn easily:  “Session 6 has ended. This is by far the worst session for most of us due to the problems arising from the E-Gold technical issues as well as the withdrawal limits imposed. Let us assure you that this will be the last time we will put limits on withdrawals after learning from this experience.”  He was told about this and ignored it.  He is using us/you as test rats.  He ought to quit it.  Which other model is he going to test now? Am serious.  The guy should be shut down.  Worst sessions for most of us?  You mean worst session for the rest of us, don’t you Brett? Am sure it was not for you.  And the problems had nothing to do with e-gold, since if folks could not withdraw then the Session could not collapse!  It had everything to do with the limits he imposed.
     
  • These folks (http://sierra247.com/?ref=riverman110) are closing to new membership in two days. So what? They are into Arbitrage, but it’s only 1.5% per week to 2% per week, almost half or less below that of http://kookoo.riskfreeprofit.com and riskfreepool. So I favor the latter.
     
  • Here is the new FastMarket Announcement. I will comment on it in more detail shortly. But basically all looks good but am worried about the new plans they are offering.  Remember the other HYIP Admins that had similar announcements before they ran with the money?  SYNCinvest was one. Other than that the news is all good.  So I would be careful if I were you.  Think about it deeply, feel into it, or whatever it is you do.  Gut feel? What am I going to do? I am going put all the money I can scrounge up into 12DailyPro!  Then I will look back at FM.  Besides, I can’t even w/d my principal at FM, Admin just keeps ignoring my requests.  Others are in the same situation. So that’s something else to consider.  They ask you not to hesitate to contact them if you have any questions or feedback. Well here is some feedback: read your damn mail!  Else we will have to rename you:  SlowMarket! PS: Am getting more and more certain that they are preparing to run!
     
  • You know that I have been researching Swisscash.biz and SwissmutualFund.biz. Well, despite liking the site and what they say on there, it is very difficult to confirm anything on the site! For instance, they say that your funds are Guaranteed by the Swiss Mutual Fund established in 1948 by the Cheviot Family of France. Well, I can’t find anything to support that. Anything!  And unless SwissMutualfund.biz will provide documentation willingly, I will have to conclude that this is an elaborate and well-run scam. But what does willingly mean? With most of these one would have to show them that one can invest not just their minimum (over a million in Swissmutualfund) but quite a bit more.  And I personally don’t have that kind of cash. Do you?  I will send a note to their Admin.... but for now I must say that you should stay away until I can find more info to support their claims. If any of you have such info, please send it on to me.

    I submitted the following e-mail to their Admin:

    “I may be able to bring in a large number of investors into swisscash.biz.

    The problem am having is: Research.  I am not able to find any corroborating evidence that members' deposits are backed by SWISS MUTUAL FUND SA, in fact, I cannot find ANY info on the aforementioned Company.

    Can you provide documentation to the effect that there is such a fund? On the Internet? Or elsewhere?  It would reassure my subsribers.

    Admin
    http://9planetreviews.com/blog.shtml
    John Stankiewicz
    js”

Dec. 12th (Monday)

  • One of our readers (William) has been tracking all of those e-mails that you keep getting about setting up an account and receive some percent of the money that will be deposited, just so that they can get that money out.  You know those scams. Well here is a website from said reader that has been tracking these and some of them are amusing, some inventive, others boring and predictable. Some should make a spoof of those just to be hilarious.  Here is the link:

    http://awaitingyoururgentreply.blogspot.com/

    OK, I recently received one of those letters and reworked it.  But I cannot possibly publish it here as many may misunderstand me, may be revolted, or may die. So I will not do so unless asked to send it privately.  That’s it.  Only those with a sense of humor need apply.  You will have to answer a 100 page non-existent skill testing questionnaire. 
     
  • e_Gold quirks persist. Be patient when sending money or purchasing products and/or services. If you are having trouble withdrawing, for instance, from FastMarket, if those funds are commissions or interest, normally you can, but right now because of e-gold problems and their interface, you are unable, that is the most likely conclusion.  I have always been able to w/d from FastMarket, if it was interest or commissions, but not principal.
     
  • Although Companies like http://www.fathomproductionstudios.com may seem to be the latest and greatest thing to go with I would advise you to pause for a moment.

    You may be able, with the right tools, to produce some very flashy presentations, both on the web, on CD, or even some TV commercials. That's not the issue.

    The issues one of find-ability.  If your potential customers/clients cannot find your website, for instance, then what good is your web page, what good are the tools you used? Not good at all.

    And why can't folks find you or your site? Because the world wide web was not designed from the start using a good and proven filing system: that which is used by Librarians.  Instead, a bunch of programmers, young Turks you may call them, thought they could program, into the system, without human intervention, the correct filing of documents, be they text, audio, video, or multimedia.  Unfortunately, no one has yet invented software that is intelligent enough to be able to correctly file these documents based on keywords, topic, etc.. No one.

    So what do we have in place? We have thousands of Search Engines, which are the gate-keepers to the World-Wide-Web.

    Each Search Engine uses different rules in filing documents. Each uses a different ranking strategy, and each is unable to rival your local Library in terms of find-ability!  Or helping you to find what you are ACTUALLY looking for.

    So I would advise you not to get TOO excited about new/emerging technologies which help you to create more effective websites, web pages, web presentations, etc., until the find-ability issue is solved.  He or she who solves it will become a very quick Billionaire.

    On the other hand, such Companies as the above, may be indeed useful to you if you already have a captive audience
    to draw upon (via your E-zine, your list, your subscribers to your Newsletter).  Otherwise such tools are useless.

    Finally, it is interesting to note that the folks who make the most money are the ones who sell products and services to those who are actually looking for the Gold on the Internet. Consider that carefully.

Dec. 11th (Sunday)

  • The 3rd installment: “Inherently Love-Blissful Unity with whatever and all that presently arises is (Itself, or inherently) non-separation from whatever and all that presently arises.”
     
  • Another ponzi for you: http://favorite-hyip.com from 5% to 15%+ daily!  Shut down is imminent.  I would not play in this one.  It’s another one pushed by fairdollars.com. Fairy is airy. No substance.
     
  • Here’s another serious scam: http://www.160daily.com/ From 120% to 160% daily!  That’s just nuts. Who wants to lose their money there?  Stay tuned for a shutdown.
     
  • Here is another to shut down, one day old, http://www.green-hyip.com From 60% and higher per day for two days. Due to be shut down shortly. I would not play there either.

    It seems to me that a lot of these are coming out because they are simply trying to earn some Xmas money!  Well no way, I will continue to look for them and try to have them shut down.
     
  • Here is another one to shut down: http://1hourly.com/ from 1% hourly to 3% hourly, lifetime! Right! Sure!  Criminals! This one will be shut down shortly
     
  • Wow. It’s Ponzi Bonanza today! All I had to do was to check out the HYIP scams being advertised by fairydollars.com!  So here’s another one: https://www.earning-hyip.com . They offer from 35% to 50% daily! Wow! Now how can that be true? Where are they getting the money?  From new money being deposited of course? Now what’s that? A ponzi scheme!  Please shut down now! If you don’t, you will be shut down!
     
  • For those of you who were interested in SolidInvestement.com? Well, I have been reticent in listing them.  Why?  A gut feel that they were lying (11 Million intake, yeah, right!)! And I told you so, once or twice.  And some of you kept at me to list them! And I kept refusing! Now you know why!  Trust my gut feel!  And here comes some proof!:

    “Hello, J.S.

    • I belong Goldentalk.com forum. Somebody was nice enough to send this email to the admin of the forum. The admin then posted on the forum. You didn't like SolidInvestment anyway, but here are even more reasons to stay away.

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Hi,
    {Sorry for the email, I didn't want to register just for one post.}

    I've been tracking a major spammer (in fact, he's one of the world's largest spammers, with a Spamhaus.org ROKSO designation (see below)) and it seems he's not only doing
    mortgage refinancing phishing scams and fake diploma scams... he's also doing e-gold / HYIP scams.

    The ones I know about are:
    1) the original 'Ryan Kelly Jungle Ventures' e-gold scam
    2) the w-e-gold.com scam
    3) the Dornstetten Deutsche e-gold scam
    4) the SOLIDINVESTOR.COM scam

    It's all being run by Alex Polyakov, out of the Ukraine.

    In fact, the SOLIDINVESTMENT.COM website says that they are 'Jungle Ventures', and lists the same Belize address as was used in the original 'Ryan Kelly Jungle Ventures' scam, and in the w-e-gold.com scam.

    The SOLIDINVESTMENT.COM e-gold account number (#2612815) was frozen by E-GOLD.COM today, after I emailed them with evidence of the scam and they'd done their own investigation.

    Here is some evidence from Spamhaus.org that proves what I say:
    http://www.spamhaus.org/query/bl?ip=221.12.161.104
    http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/sbl.lasso?query=SBL35149
    http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/evide...okso_id=ROK5927
    http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/listi...Alex%20Polyakov

    There's plenty more evidence at the Spamhaus.org website, if you want it.

    A list of their currently known domains (sorted by IP address):
    Message-ID: <JvLlf.24351$BZ5.3944@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>
    http://groups.google.com/group/news...bcb5c3e018479f4

    Please inform your readers to avoid this scammer. If any of them have been burned by this scumbag, and are looking for a bit of retribution, they can Google for SpamVampire. I developed SpamVampire, and Polyakov is featured in it for spamming me.

    -SpamSlayer    ”

    There you go!  I feel much better now for having refused to list SolidInvestment.com!  And I tell you, there were more than a few of you who tried to get me to list them!  And I refused non the less. Not because I did not trust you, but because I did NOT trust them!

Dec. 10th (Saturday)

  • Oh yes, I did not forget!  Second installment:

    “To remain in a state of pleasurable oneness with whatever and all that presently arises, you must (necessarily, and always presently) Realize inherently Love-Blissful Unity with whatever and all that presently arises.”
     
  • Another ponzi for you: http://www.lordoftrade.com/?ref=riverman110 Notice the title: Best Choosen. Right. Chosen, you idiots!  All the ROIS are well into the ponzi range. From 3 to 6% daily!  $17K taken in and $8K taken out, due to fold soon. GoldCoders HYIP script.  They claim they are backed by ForEx, NasDaq, and others.. Ok, let’s check their terms of Service:  here is the only statement I can find about that:

    “ As a private transaction, this program is exempt from the US Securities Act of 1933, the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the US Investment Company Act of 1940 and all other rules, regulations and amendments thereof. We are not FDIC insured. We are not a licensed bank or a security firm.
    “
    Obviously they are NOT licensed to trade on the NasDaq!  Probably not even ForEx.  So I would not play in this one.  Besides, it’s too late.  They are at about 50% w/d vs deposits.
     
  • I just got off the phone with a big networker. We had got onto the topic of 12Dailypro.  And here is what I learned: 12DailyPro is taking in at least ..... $10 ..... MILLION (ok, let’s be ultra conservative and say.... $1 Million) per day! In just e-gold alone! Even during this Holiday Season!  That is simply stupendous!  And this news raises my confidence level that they will survive for months on end, maybe even years, sky high!  Strange thoughts if insecurity were beginning to enter my pineal gland and then spread throughout my brain core, but now those thoughts have been chased away and dissipated into  the general atmosphere!
     
  • This from Admin at HYIPFever: “We have received massive feedback from members about the problems caused by the global withdrawal limit imposed on Session 6.”  I told him so!  Right from the start, but did he listen?
     
  • Have you ever had one of those days where you don’t want to work on anything at all? Well, am having one of those. But I may write up RiskFreeProfit as I see a lot of potential in this one.  Especially the passive option: let them do the Arbitrage trading for you! In any case, more on that tonight.
     
  • Am holding off on publishing my review on RiskFreeProfit until I can gain more access to their RiskFreePool. So most likely tomorrow.
     
  • The following ALERT was just sent out:

    “Hello! A real and legit opp.

    Ok, this one has a very large potential and as far as I can determine entirely legitimate. What do I mean by that?  Not a ponzi scam or scheme. They are involved in Arbitrage trading.  This is not sports betting. Betting is gambling and there is a very good chance you would lose your money in sports betting. Basically, in layman's terms, Sports Arbitrage involves the placing of orders on a sports event with one "bookie" and with another "bookie" that happens to disagree with the first one! So you cannot lose, because one of the orders will lose, but the other will win. The difference between them is your profit.

    But unfortunately, in order to do this yourself (which you can with riskfreeprofit) you would have to register with a few hundred (and even over a thousand) bookies.  You would also have to have a lot of money liquid so that you can cover Arbitrage orders as they come up, on BOTH sides.  You make a small profit and move on to the next Arb.

    Well what's nice is that there is an Arb pool, which is a professionally managed fund manned by over 100 traders who trade for you! So you need not go through the hassle of signing up with all those bookies and having to have all of those liquid funds to cover the Arbs.

    So for now I will only cover one of the options with you, namely your ability to participate in the Managed Pool.

    Let me give you the incentives: they have managed to produce an about 4.5% average interest per week, but compounding is weekly, so if you compound over 52 weeks (1 year) the average ROI is in the range of 18% to 20% per week!  It will go even higher if you have a number of referrals.

    Here's a strategy: You need to purchase their software, even if you're not going to use it.  The license fee is $139 USD per month. If you find two others that wish to participate with you, that 20% per week would almost cover the $139 license fee. Usually folks either sign up two more positions under themselves or get 2 family members to join.

    What is exciting about this one is that the kinds of folks that you will attract to this are not just
    gamblers, but investors.

    They have a great newsletter which you can simply take and send out to your prospects. You can even sell their software (SureBetPro, that's what you're paying for each month; for the use of that software, even if you don't use it.)

    There is also a 2x15 spillover matrix. Anyone signing up with myself will experience the spillover, I assure you!  As I can only sponsor 2 on the front line.  The rest will spill over. And am not too bad at recruiting.

    My Upline is an Arb expert and is using the same strategy as am outlining here.  He will soon have training specifically for our group! Which includes you!  The basic strategy is to get in profit by recruiting two others and then using the proceeds which accrue to each of us each month in order to diversify into other stable vehicles, such as 12DailyPro, KUM, and others (SwissCash, 4X-Club....)

    Here are the minimum requirements for the riskfreepool (once you sign up with http://kookoo.riskfreeprofit.com and pay your $139 USD, you can sign in with your username and password at http://YOURuserNAME.riskfreepool.com and participate there).

    Active = Paid the US$139 monthly cost of the RFP Business Package.

       * Members of the RiskFreePool Trading Club MUST BE ACTIVE
       * As a:
             o Bronze Active member - you can purchase 6 x $100 = US$600 trading units.
             o Silver Active member with 2 ACTIVE Personal sales – you can purchase 15 x $100 =             US$1,500 of trading units
             o Gold Active Member with 5 ACTIVE Personal Sales and at least 20 ACTIVE people in             your downline – you can purchase 30 x $100 = US$3,000 of trading units
             o More to come soon for the business builders – so just build your business!
       * You may make your payment by Credit Card, E-Gold or IGX Wallet

    Do read the terms and conditions before you sign up with riskfreepool. Basically if you use e-gold you will need to pay 8% more, and for credit cards, 10% more per unit, plus pay the 10% rolling fund and transaction fee (refundable after 12 months)... so credit cards will cost you $118 per unit, vs $108 via e-gold. But at the end of a year, they are the same as you will get that $10 back.

    There are two investment options with the riskfreepool:

    Option 1 - Compound your profits for 12 months

       * Your trading units will be locked in and will compound weekly for 12 months. You will not be       able to withdraw your funds for the full 12 months
       * At the end of 12 months you will be paid the profit and will have the option to continue on        with the qualified number of trading units

    Option 2 - Withdraw your profits each 4 weeks

       * The profits for each unit traded will be noted on a weekly basis
       * The profit for each week will be independent of other weeks
       * All unit-holders with units in any given week will share in the profit pool for that week
       * Profits will compound over the 4-week period until the profit is paid out to the member
       * Each unit-holder will be paid their total of profits after each 4-week cycle
       * Your profits will be placed into your IGX Wallet or an ATM card, if one becomes available at       a later date.

    If you are trying to diversify then you will go with option 2, as with that one you will get a monthly income which you can use to diversify. I hope this is clear to you.

    So for those of you who are investors at heart, you should recruit at least two folks (or sign up two more accounts) so that you can increase your ability to invest in this pool to the max (if you sign up 5 investors then you will really maximize this). Those of you who have a gambler in your heart, this is not likely for you, unless you also have an investor in your heart.

    js
    PS: After I have my 5, I will consider helping those of you who are sincere in earning some money and are willing to invest, but are poor at recruiting.
    http://kookoo.riskfreeprofit.com


    Thanks.


    Sincerely,

    John Stankiewicz
    Admin: http://9PlanetReviews.com”

Dec. 9th (Friday)

  • Let’s shut this one down right now: http://www.80daily.com Just crazy. 400% after just two days!  They are just collecting your money!
     
  • RiskFreeProfit will be listed some time tomorrow, afternoon. I’m quite excited about it!  It’s one more of these that are legitimate and am adding it to my growing list!  They are into Arbitrage and more! I will have a more full review for you on the morrow!
     
  • Someone sent my review of ProfitSharingClub to the Admin there and so I received an answer, hence I must post it:

    “Hello from Rick - owner of PSC.

    • Here below are some "due" answer for You: I don’t know the circumstances around the ending of ZTM, so can’t really comment on that. But I get the feeling that ZTM ended and some members did not get paid? ***

    NO! Uncorrect :o)

    They are still getting paid ON TIME. Here is an update that every current member can see in the member area:

    Nine months have passed since ZTM was opened to membership. During those nine months, we have spent our time productively analyzing the constant changes in market conditions and researching new potential market opportunities.

    Based on our findings, and taking into consideration the recommendations made by some of our more actively involved Network members, we determined that the time had come to make important changes to ZTM.

    As we all know, making changes to anything presents challenges. In this case, we feel the changes we decided to make will be more progressive and provide a more lucrative financial vehicle for our members.

    Don't worry, we are not talking about changes that will affect the funds currently invested by members in ZeroToMillions. We are, however, talking about any future investments by these members.

    For existing ZTM invested members, your time based investments are safe and still growing. However, we have decided to close ZTM to any further investments.

    Instead, we decided it was necessary to implement a new domain and website to accommodate a required upgrade in software and a change in investment model. Our reasons for these changes are:

    The first and most important reason pertains to investments. On September 18, we were contacted by the staff of one of our main trading vehicles, and advised that they would no longer be able to offer the same annual time deposit option.

    The second reason pertains to software. The existing ZTM website software was placing tremendous stress on the database. There was a huge amount of data (millions of bits) being created by this software which led to the database becoming too large and unstable. This not only caused the ZTM website to become very slow loading, but also created a great concern for us that the database might collapse.

    The third reason pertains to the ZTM website. The look of the website was getting old and the text and blurbs on the main page were outdated.

    The following sets forth what will be happening with ZTM:

    1. Each of your existing ZTM time based investments will continue to accrue interest until they mature and expire.
    2. We will not accept further investments in ZTM.
    3. Your personal data has been exported to the website of our new investment program.
    4. The improved software for our new investment program does NOT offer time based investments.
    5. When you request to withdraw funds from ZTM, it will be transferred to the account established for you in our new investment program. From there, you will be able to withdraw it to the e-currency account you designated when you originally invested it in ZTM.
    6. You will ONLY be able to withdraw money to your e-currency account from the Member Area of our new investment program website.

    The most exciting news is that the new investment program is only open to new members by private invitation only. You can start your promotion NOW and earn 10% on each Investment Unit purchased by your direct referrals!

    ****

    The website is very well done, quite professional.

    ***

    Thanks :o)

    ***

    They claim to be using streambuilder.net as their main vehicle. They opened on Nov. 3rd, this year. Few deposits so far, but they claim that they have been in operation quite a long time (through ZTM?)

    ***

    Yes

    ***

    .. Their listed performance over the last two months is near the 28% per month mark. That’s not too bad at all. That’s over 1% per day. Of course, as ProfitSharingClub they have no real history.

    Min. investment is $25. They pay 4 times per month. They guarantee that you will not lose your money. That’s a red flag to most.

    ***

    We know, but we has set a reserve funds and, if a given month will be very bad, we will be using the RF to recover part of the losses. Additionally we share profits; this may mean that some "BAD" month  the profit will be lower than "GOOD" ones.

    ***

    No one can guarantee that. Each spend is held for 60 days. Withdrawals are subject to a whopping 10% fee! That’s $138 per account, on average. They have already suffered one DDOS attack, I wonder why.

    ***

    You shouldn't these days.. It's very sad but most of the good hyips are constantly under attack.

    ***

    As well, once you are signed up they tell you to login at the home page. But there is no login anywhere on the page, unless am blind! So you have to enter your own username in the invite code box and THEN you can login on the following page. Oversight? Probably.

    ***

    Thanks for the info - email corrected ;o)

    ***

    And the following is a bit disturbing, when you try to....

    ***

    I know but there is absolutely nothing else to do while we use a proxy server to fight the DDOS

    ***

    Thanks and Best regards. To Your FULL success,

    Rick - CEO PSC

    Thanks for using our support desk.

    SB Support Team

    StreamBuilder Network”

    And thank you for your response! I appreciate it!

  • “The (Ultimate) Nature of the world (and how it is arising) is inherently (and tacitly) obvious, if you remain in a state of pleasurable oneness with whatever and all that presently arises.” para 1, next installment: tomorrow
     
  • It seems that I had insufficient data on the market that mazu.com is in. I have removed my inaccurate review and will re-issue a more detailed and more informed review shortly. Right now I believe that they are legitimate and are conducting a legitimate business.
     
  • A full review of Swisscash.biz is coming soon!
     
  • Right now every HYIP or other programme that uses e-Gold is having issues with both withdrawals and order processing.  It’s not their fault. It’s on e-Gold’s end, so please be patient.  Give them a few days to sort it out.  I suspect they were under a heavy DDOS attack and had to implement a few changes.

Dec. 8th (Turd day)

  • Q. Why Do Gorillas Have Big Nostrils?
    A. Because They Have Big Fingers.
     
  • I’m wearing only one sock.

    Ok, on to business.
     
  • Yet another gifting service: http://www.debtfreelifestyle.ws/ Forget it.  These rarely work out.
     
  • Flappin’ fairydollars.com keeps spamming my e-mail address! They are a scam! Ignore them!

Dec. 7th (Wednesday)

  • I know I have mentioned this before, but maybe it is time to refresh your memories.  You see, I lost my Internet connection today and no matter what I did (ipconfig /release, ipconfig /renew, power cycle the modem, power cycle the PC) the connection would not come up!  Now imagine that I had placed $3K with 12DailyPro!  And I had not yet surfed today’s requirement! 

    I called my ISP and it turns out to be a Bell Canada problem (as am using an ADSL connection, not cable).  So they could not restore my connection! And if I can’t surf today, nor have any friends who would surf for me, I’d be losing $360 USD today!  Unless....  I had a backup connection.  Either dialup or, in my case, a cable backup for just $7.95 per month added to my TV cable bill. Now many of you can probably get a free connection or pay something similar (with Netzero, Earthlink, or some other).  You may THINK this is expensive, but if you lose that $360 USD or more because you can’t surf, you will no longer think it expensive to have a backup connection! You see my point? Always plan ahead and have backups, in all kinds of ways. By the way, am using my 64Kbps backup connection right now and happy as peach! I even managed not to yell at my other ISP.  I was kind, friendly, and laughed.  Why?  Because I had a backup connection! So I made the support guy’s day as well! Who needs to be yelled at?
     
  • http://www.bchinvestclub.com/?ref=riverman110 Up 67 days, daily ROIs start at 2% and go to 3%.  Anything above 2% is in the ponzi range, even 2%.  They do not show any other stats so it is hard to say how long this ponzi will last.  They are using the standard GoldCoders.com HYIP script.  Plus they are on the Katz Global Domains (scam) network (registered there).  Server is in Colorado, USA. I’d not trust this one, and I don’t.
     
  • http://wealth-club.org They offer you from 3.4% to 3.8% per trading day. Right away I must tell you that that’s in the ponzi range, and not trading anywhere. And for 100 days!  Thank you.  They appear to be investing in Penny Stocks.  That’s very high risk. Don’t you think? And the following is not very promising:

    One week disaster
    After one week Script *^$##% we are back, request your money, may reinvest a little, (would help us a lot) all works fine and we make payouts as usual
    Dec-4-2005 09:49:52 PM

    So, up to you! I will not invest here!
     
  • e-Gold is back up after being down for well over 12 hours. So if you were not able to purchase in the various programmes that you’re in.... now you can.

Dec. 6th (Tuesday)

  • ProfitSharingClub: This one is taking me a while to research. It looks like the old ZeroToMillions Club has folded and become ProfitSharingClub.  I don’t know the circumstances around the ending of ZTM, so can’t really comment on that. But I get the feeling that ZTM ended and some members did not get paid?  The website is very well done, quite professional.  They claim to be using streambuilder.net as their main vehicle. They opened on Nov. 3rd, this year.  Few deposits so far, but they claim that they have been in operation quite a long time (through ZTM?). Their listed performance over the last two months is near the 28% per month mark. That’s not too bad at all. That’s over 1% per day. Of course, as ProfitSharingClub they have no real history.

    Min. investment is $25.  They pay 4 times per month. They guarantee that you will not lose your money.  That’s a red flag to most.  No one can guarantee that.  Each spend is held for 60 days. Withdrawals are subject to a whopping 10% fee!

    Running days: 33
    Accounts total: 1062
    Paid Accounts:     297
    Total Paid in: $40,886.15
    Total Paid out: $1,461.45

    That’s $138 per account, on average. They have already suffered one DDOS attack, I wonder why.  As well, once you are signed up they tell you to login at the home page. But there is no login anywhere on the page, unless am blind! So you have to enter your own username in the invite code box and THEN you can login on the following page.  Oversight?  Probably. And the following is a bit disturbing, when you try to deposit funds:

    ATTENTION:

  • PSC is still under heavy DDOS attack. This is not evident because we are under a General protection plan.

    This anti DDOS measures are however in conflict with part of the software. For example, if You make a purchase through e-gold or e-Bullion, this is not automatically registered.

    If You want to purchase through e-gold or e-Bullion, please contact us immediately after your purchase and give us your payment details; we will fix your account as soon as possible.

    They are registered in Margaretville, NY.  Further DNS research does not reveal anything amiss. So it’s up to you. Am not sure of this one, even though it appears to be well run.  They appear to be doing better than most ForEx traders out there, by about .5% a day.  So that may be suspect. I’ll continue to monitor this one and if any of you find any more info, positive or negative, please pass it along to me.
     
  • I will have some updates for you tonight, not to worry.  Have been too busy with other things on the ‘net today.
     
  • Have you noticed the latest onslaught of e-mails from fairydollars.com?  And I keep getting emails from admin telling people to stop asking when they will get their money, because you see, most folks don’t read the fine print and there it clearly says they don’t get paid unless they’ve upgraded to diamond (I think)! It’s a scam site!  Read my review of them below in this BLOG.
     
  • Here is another site that is just BEGGING to be shut down: http://daily200.com/ 200% to 250% return in just 1 day!  $16K taken in but they don’t tell you how much has been withdrawn. Am surprised they’re not dead yet! After one day I too would be taking my money out!  So the w/d’s would quickly outstrip the intake. Unless.... awwww.... they are having trouble paying? Thanks to Tim for finding that scum, I mean, scam. Oops... slip of the fingers.
     
  • So we have about 7 years left? Nice!  Can’t wait. Or will have to.  Have a look at this: http://whatisthesecret.tv/ But I will tell you that they are not revealing the Ultimate Secret to you.  Am pretty sure of that. Not that I ...well, I do.  But that does not mean I can feel it, embody it and so on, right now it is just knowledge. And Knowledge, without practice, is useless.  And it can be quite depressing. Some of you know this. You may know the Secret, but not having attained it, feeling it, you are ... depressed! Right? That is all I am willing to say here.

    Read “The Disappearance of the Universe” by Gary R. Renard, A Course in Miracles by http://acim.org , “Thinking and Destiny” by Harold W. Percival at http://word-foundation.com and “The Knee of Listening” and “The Method of the Siddhas” by Sri Adi Da at http://adidam.org and that’s about all you need.  Well good morning!
     
  • In case you are not on the ALERT SREVICE list I sent this one out yesterday:

    “Here's something you may not have thought about too much.

    As you may already know we have launched an HYIP type program, but rather
    than it being a ponzi like 99% of the rest, we offer only realistic returns
    per trading day which can be sustained by the market, not by incoming
    money from new members. And that's refreshing because unlike a Cycler
    this one should last much longer, in fact, if run well, indefinitely.

    In any case, what I wish to apprise you of today is how much money you
    can actually earn if you set your compounding rate to 100%, meaning
    that all of your daily interest earned is returned to earn more interest.

    Let me give you a few examples and a calculator link where you can play
    with various scenarios.

    Let's say you are able to deposit $500 into http://r-yip.com/?kookoo
    today.

    Let's further say that once your funds are in the trading account (takes
    about 5 days) you set your compounding to 100%.

    And let us say that you leave that alone for 36 periods, meaning 36
    months or 3 years. We pay you typically from 1% to 2% at most, per
    trading day. Let's assume the most conservative interest of 1% per
    trading day.

    How much money do you think will have accumulated in your account at
    the end of 36 months? Just over $354K USD!

    Now let's try $20 USD, 36 months, 1% per trading day: Just over $14,126

    Isn't that a pretty nice surprise?

    In any case, I think you get the idea. If you wish to play with the
    calculator then here it is: http://9planetreviews.com/icalc.html

    Happy Holidays!

    Play here if you wish: http://r-yip.com/?kookoo

    By the way, the above applies to the other vehicles I list on the
    reviews page.

    - 4x-Club
    - PIU
    - MWA
    - MPDW
    - FastMarket (but this one is most likely a ponzi, so be careful, but
    it's a great ponzi! So far! Ha!)
    - SwissCash (soon to be listed)
    - 12DailyPro (just less than 4% ROI per day)

    But let me stress again! This kind of playing with the iCalculator
    only applies to those concerns that will last for the next 3+ years!
    It does NOT apply to the ponzis! Those will die within six months!
    So you can't afford to let your interest compound in the ponzis,
    which is somewhere around 99% of the HYIPs out there. Am not kidding
    you! So only dream your dreams with the legit opps!

    This was the first lesson I learned upon joining and monitoring this
    field of HYIPs: the promises of compounding are usually NOT fulfilled,
    because the programs that profess such a thing fold within six months!
    So how are you to realize those returns? By investing in those
    programs that have a very good chance of lasting past 3 years or more!

    OK. I've said enough.

    Thanks mark.


    Sincerely,

    John Stankiewicz”

Dec. 5th (Monday)

  • http://www.yourpaidtoclick.com Can you believe this site?  It’s not an auto-surf, you actually must surf, but they state that they have taken in $10,320, 200!  That’s over $10 Million, with only 1202 members.  So what’s that per member?  A nice $8,319 per member!  Well, that’s outrageous!  Unless they have rounded up all the rich folk to partake in this! Which I doubt. So.... this reviewer feels that they are lying!  Yes indeed. False stats. And there is no data at Alexa.com as to when they started nor their traffic ranking!

    Folks? I strongly suspect this is going to turn into a major scam. They are behind a proxy, registered in NY. Server is in San Diego, CA. I would be careful if I were you! This smells very fishy to me!

    Now get this!  Minutes after publishing this I went to their site to find out when they started and look at what I see in their stats:

    Member Count: 67
    Total Purchased: $ 1,039.00

    Oh really? What happened to the other stats?  I wish I had taken an image capture of the stats just before they changed them.... well, how could I have known? Now is this deliberate, or was it an oversight? Maybe they used stats that were set in the script?  But then.... how many days did they have those false stats up?  Raises too many questions.  I can’t trust them.
     
  • attack4cash.com : Started Nov. 18th, 2005.  Paid to surf clone of 12DailyPro. Same script. DNS DD report turns out OK with nothing suspicious.  Registered in London, England.  Contact: eady mac (admin@attack4cash.com)

    13% daily, but on referrals you only get a MAXIUM of $1000!  Remember that.  In 12DailyPro there is no maximum!  Upgrades expire in 10 days.  So that’s a 30% profit per 10 days.   And read this:

    Are payouts guaranteed?
    No. The proposed payout is up to 13% of your Member Level for each day that you earn 20 or more credits for viewing other members pages. The percentage may be adjusted up or down depending on the inflow of revenues. Downward adjustments may be necessary in periods of slow growth and could potentially reach zero at times to keep the program operating.

    My final comment is that these folks are new, have no experience, low membership count as compared to 12DailyPro and not enough in reserves built up as yet which means they can’t bring in too many outside funds, if any. So why take the risk?
     
  • Am testing some windwos/internet scripting/task automation software right now. Why? Because I don’t wish to lose one single day surfing 12DailyPro or any other!  The cost for such software ranges from about $30 USD to $67,000 USD. Am testing one for $99 USD.  Free 30 day trial.
     
  • Am being told that https://www.fe-international.com/ is going down.  People have not been paid in the last 48 hours.
     
  • I received the following yesterday: moneybacktripler@yahoo.com has invited you to join the moneybacktripler group! Just ignore it if you receive it as well.  Cyclers don’t work! Especially triplers! It will stall on the first day!  If not the second.
     
  • The latest proposal by Brett for HYIPFever is not going to work. As I said before, no attempt to throttle a ponzi will work, because it will do just that, throttle it. What’s the point of having a high ROI and not being able to w/d most of that?  The hit and runners will see this!  So it is counter-productive! Good luck to you Brett, but no cigar. 
     
  • http://www.watsonsforex.net/ Mr. Watson says he’s a ForEx Trader and has been trading for one year now.  He guarantees you 4% per trading day.!  Now Mr. Watson must be a super guy, to be able to make trades that are so successful, after just one year, that he can beat most of the traders out there by over a factor of 4! (or over 400%). Because, you see, the best that a ForEx trader can do, so far that I have seen reported, is about 1% per trading day, not over 4%! I don’t even think that guy that balances his own energy so that he is in tune with the energy of the trading morphogenetic field, so to speak, gets 4% per day.

    Now, Mr. Watson not only has to do over 4% per day, but he also has to do at least a percent or so over so that he can get paid, or maybe he just takes an Admin fee? In which case, he still has to do better than over 4% a day. So I don’t believe Mr. Watson.  Such a good trader as Mr. Watson would not need to ask us for our twenty bucks to increase his investment capital. He would have been scooped up by some large firm and would now be earning millions of dollars in either commissions or salary. His prospects with us, in comparison, are pretty dim.  So if Mr. Watson is true to his word then he has made a very poor business decision by opening up this Internet Based business. Thank you Mr. Watson, many desperate folks will believe you, but I hope many will not.
     
  • I received a reply from Vascoinvestment Admin concerning the issues I have raised below. Here is his response:

    “Hi,

    • I would like to share our view on this problem.

    We are strongly convinced that this all was done ONLY to slander us, not in order to collect referral commissions or for some other reason.

    The most probable reason is that their admin, damn Russian scammer, or someone esle who has access to idann.org's database, simply wanted to make life harder for us by sending out this email.

    Just give it a thought. Why would we want to send out such emails to the members of the program that has just run off and stating in this email that our program is a new project of Idann.org? This is ridiculous, simply ridiculous.

    So, these damn Russian scammers simply wanted to slander us. This is what we are 100% sure of.

    Thank you,

    Mark Liebman”

    Well, it could well be.  I have no evidence either way.  But.... why would the Admin of a failed site go after the Admin of another site, if there were no relationship nor any kind of contact.  What would be the motivation?  Well, let’s move on.

Dec. 4th (Sunday)

  • OK. Listen!  I can’t believe this. When I was sent the link and I went to the site I started laughing!  It said Fairy Dollars! So my thought was, ha! Fairy, that’s for sure!  Here’s the site: http://www.fairydollars.com/pages/index.php?refid=kookoo (yes, my link). So I just surfed two sites and guess what my balance is? It says... $300 Direct Earnings and that my account Balance is $500. Is that not amazing? Are we speaking of FAIRY DOLLARS? Or what? It does not say USD.  The $500 is because of the $200 signup bonus. So now, what will it take me to w/d that money?  I bet that’s where the catch is.

    This site makes no sense!  There are upgrades there from Bronze, to Silver to Gold, each one going up in price, yet payout going DOWN from $100,000 to 40,000 at the Gold Level. But... here goes, at the Diamond level there is no minimum payout... and then it says... Only Diamond Members can payout for real cash! WOW! Holy crap! This is a scam all the way!  You join, you get $200 in monopoly money, you upgrade, you surf, you get thousands of dollars, but you can’t withdraw until you’ve accumulated 40,000...... to 100,000 and then discover you can’t even withdraw that until you’re at diamond level! At least that’s how am reading this. Are you? Plus at the Diamond level “Your Payout Request has higher priority than non Uprade Members!!” Which means that all Diamond levels get paid out first!  And am still not sure if that’s USD or pesos!  Or Rubles! Or Rupees! Isn’t 30,000 cents $300 dollars? That’s what they typcially pay you per banner click!  That’s insane!  Can you smell the fish? Now am at $800!  Having only clicked on three banners! So they connive you with all this, get you to upgrade, and then likely don’t pay you!  They must be quite low in the food chain to do this kind of thing.

    Finally, what are my options?  I noticed that there are ONLY paid to click sites available, no paid to review, no paid to to Signup. That’s it! So I feel this one is a real scam site, as compared to say, SurveyScout (use Reviews button up top to find it and get going). AM PRETTY SURE THIS (FairyDollars) IS A SCAM.  Trust the title (DNS name).
     
  • http://www.400dollarsmail.com/pages/index.php?refid=kngsdwrd Registered in Poland. Server in Atlanta, Georgia.  You get paid to read emails. They claim that they have paid out $36M already. Now that is hard to believe.   But they have only been online since Feb. of this year! So I can’t quite believe that, plus it’s a Polish run site (hey, am Polish on my mother’s side!).  36 Million paid out?  I’d say that either this is rare or.... well you get my meaning.  In the last three months their Traffic Ranking has gone down by 21%.

    I don’t know what else to say about this one.  I don’t have the time nor the inclination to test these out and tell you if they do pay or do not pay, after all, this 9PR site is a free service. And am lazy. So up to you.  Use the above URL to test it out and report back to me if it’s good or not, paying or not.
     
  • FX-Experts: 0.2% to 2% daily depending on how well their ForEx trading goes, on trading days. Compounding is available. Principal can be withdrawn at anytime for a 10% Admin fee. E-Gold only. 5% referral commission on deposits.  Online since Oct. 11th, 2005 according to Alexa.com.  Traffic?  Not really on the radar.  Contact info: msmatos@gmail.com

    DD: Well there were a few failures and errors in the DNS Due Diligence, but nothing major. I’ve passed those on to the Admin.

    Telephone number is in Belgium, but they are using an invalid Country Code: BR, there is no such.  Belgium is BEL, Brazil is BRA. Puzzling.  A reader that lives in Belgium could not find the phone number that the Admin lists.

    Server is in Virginia, USA.  Well, I have no further information.  Their ROIs are consistent with ForEx trading, probably at the top end of what one can attain in that. I will keep an eye on this one.  Here is the URL (not mine): http://www.fx-experts.com/?ref=krooken
     
  • Here is a very good site to spend some time at, if you are inclined towards the mystic, esoteric, spiritual, transcendental mysteries and what’s going to happen soon: http://www.jayweidner.com/2012Topology.html And am not pushing/talking about some New Age theory. There is nothing New Age about it. The records of this event go back far.
     
  • I mentioned below that Vascoinvestment is likely a scam run by iDann.  Why do I say this? I could be entirely wrong, but I have found the following info on the hyipscammers site, which site I also suspect as I could not reach the Admin and there is absolutely no contact info. As well, one of my readers suspects that hyipscammers may be extorting money from legit sites, or even scam sites, by threatening to post about them on their site. I don’t know if this is true, but here is what they have to say about iDann and hence about Vascoinvestment as these are most likely intimately related:

    5) iDann Ltd.

    • URL:http://www.idann.org/
    Comments: Famous Russian scammers are here, call the police:)
    IP: 85.140.79.231
    Hostname: ppp85-140-79-231.pppoe.mtu-net.ru
    Location: Moscow, Russia
    Source where we have found this IP: email headers, server logs, posts on the forum

    Now if iDann and/or Vascoinvest Admins would provide me with some info that would counter the above, I would be pleased to post that here.

    OK. I just read the explanation re: iDann.org e-mail sent out at http://vascoinvestment.com/explanation.html and you know what?  I don’t buy it for one simple reason: if someone from iDann wanted to take advantage of the iDann list in order to make some commissions at Vascoinvestment.com then they would have sent out a referral URL!  Not just http://vascoinvestment.com because in this case all referral commissions are going to go to Vaascoinvestment.com Admin!  So either that was a major error by the person behind contact@idann.org or.... s/he did not care because Vascoinvestment.com is owned by him or her. Right? I’d like an answer to this one from Vascoinvestment.com Admin, as it is not dealt with in their explanation.

    Indeed Vascoinvestment.com was created back in 1998, but they have not had any significant traffic until Nov. 14th of this year, during a time which there was a change made at the Domain/Registrar:

    modified:    2005-11-14 21:14:31 UTC 

    So there could have been a major change just a few weeks ago, such as launching this particular website (and didn’t Vascoinvestment Admin say that iDann ran with members’ money two weeks ago????  Coincidence?).

    Now I am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and speculate that the iDann contact or Admin simply used the iDann list to spam this new opportunity, but forgetting to put his or her own referral URL in the e-mail. That sounds rather plausible.  What do you think, Admin of Vascoinvestment?  So in conclusion, I’m going to watch this one for a while and be cautious. One more thing: if the Vascoinvestment Admin is honest and aboveboard on all this, why not go after iDann.org?  The site is still up.  Well good luck on that.
     

  • Damn!  Session 5 ended prematurely at HYIPFever, so I lost half my money.  The Admin is in an analysis mode, studying the data, and finally concludes that the problem was not with the deposits but the quick withdrawals! Hcow!  Can’t he see that the problem is with the high ROIs for 3 days?  50% each day for 3 days will for sure attract the hit and runners, and it did! I saw that with other HYIPs, so don’t know why I lost my reasoning and put money in there. Now Brett says that Session 6 will employ a w/d limit equal to the largest recent deposit or w/d, which ever is greater. Look, that’s NOT going to work.  That will limit deposits and you’re back to square one! He’s using his Session system to try to find the best solution!  And we are all being test rats! Sorry, I will never play in that one again.  Because he does not seem to be getting it right.  Part of a good system is low and realistic ROIs, on trading days, building up enough of a reserve to invest in ForEx, arbitrage, and some other vehicles, and putting all that back to paying out those low and realistic ROIs, not continue to experiment with the ponzi model! You can’t control a ponzi model! That has been proven by all the cyclers that have ever lived, crashed, died, ran, and by all the HYIP ponzis and Auto-Surf ponzis.  Some are working! Like 12DailyPro. Most others are not. So am no longer going to be a test rat for HYIPFever. My Fever has broken!
     
  • I will be reviewing http://krook.riskfreeprofit.com tomorrow. Looks interesting. I’ve ignored this one for a long time now and am being prodded to look.  Ok, I will. But not today, please! It’s Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun day.
     
  • Folks, you won’t believe this one! But it is a delight! Why? Because I think it will really work! And what they have to offer the richer of you is just hilarious! Well, from the perspective of traditional investments and their rewards, they are! Not that I condone this kind of activity, but hey, with or without you these folks will make money.  So it’s up to you. It may go entirely against your morals and sensibilities, or it may not. Have I said enough?  Well look at what they offer some of you who are richer than many others:

    “We have therefore developed the following incentive program for larger investors:

    • * Invest at least $10,000 with us to qualify for VIP passes to the best private parties at porn conventions held frequently in major cities across Europe and the Americas such as Prague, Amsterdam, Miami, Las Vegas and Rio de Janeiro. This is your chance to meet top stars and hot upcoming models in a relaxed social atmosphere and see the adult industry from the inside in a way you have never experienced before!

    * Invest at least $25,000 and receive backstage passes to watch production of adult content that the company is investing in. You can attend as often as you like while your investment remains with us.

    * Invest at least $50,000 and in addition to the benefits above, you will be invited to produce and direct a twenty-five minute mini-movie. You are of course also welcome to join in and take part in the movie should you so wish. This will naturally require that you are at least eighteen years old, that you have a recent negative AIDS test and that you sign a model release form since we follow all USA laws for productions. “

    Here is the link:

Dec. 3rd (Saturday)

  • Looks like I was right in my assessment of HYIPfefever session 5!  Even the Admin has just now admitted that it will close soon if there are no more spends of a significant amount to keep this going! Damn!  So am losing $250 USD.  Ok, I’ve learned my lesson, never will I ever again invest in HYIPFever. That guy Brett should give it up.
     
  • http://profits200.com/index.php? Do not play here, it will be shut down within .... moments. Clearly a ponzi.
     
  • Be careful about involving your friends and families in some of these, ok? Am fairly positive about 12DailyPro, and hence can recommend that to folks I consider to be close to me.  But you know? You must consider those close bonds very closely.  If what you recommend turns out sour or a failure, your bond may be in question.  So be careful.

    Everyone is supposed to understand that most of these programmes are simply games or ponzis or even scams. But it turns out that this is not the case, in peoples’ perceptions. People will take offense.  Even if you are a friend. And they don’t normally read the Terms of Service or the TOS, they simply check that box and sign up!  Oh well.

    So usually it is not a good idea to recommend most of these HYIPs to your close friends, unless they understand the nature of this game.
     
  • Whew!  Just withdrew half of my $501 USD spend in HYIPFever!  Just after one day. Quite a sweat though!  Tomorrow, by 20:00 EST will be able to w/d the last half of that and be in the clear!  There is a good chance that on Monday, after 20:00 EST I will be able to get another $250 USD (that’s the profit).  Cross my fingers. Ummmmm..... shit... even though I may lose $250 USD on this one.... I don’t recommend you spend in there from now on. Their w/d’s are getting very darn close to their deposits. So unless there is a sudden splurge in the next few days or hours.... I’d say you should stay out! Note am not advising you directly! Or indirectly!
     
  • I was pleased to see that one of my readers has just upgraded at 12DailyPro to the tune of ..... $6,000 USD! Wow! So I just earned 12% of that.  You do the math.  And again I must tell you that 12DailyPro is the top-rated auto-surf site everywhere! Everywhere.  Sign up and enjoy the earnings via the Reviews button above.
     
  • Well I have just done some Due Diligence on Private Investors Union.  You can read about it if you wish. What I have found is that they hide some things more than even some of the scams.  I guess I can understand that, for a Private Club.  But then am a bit suspicious. In any case, the plans are from 8% to 125 per month (not per day). So this seems very reasonable indeed.  Will I list this one as one of the legit ones?  Give me a week or so. I still have to think about it.  There are too many FAILures in the DD data. So am concerned about that.  So I will still have to do further research before you risk your money. OK?  Great.  This one has been added to the Reviews page.  The Review is sparse. 
     
  • The folks at iDann have launched another possible scam: http://www.vascoinvestment.com/ I would stay away.  Why would they launch this one if iDann were successful? Hmmm?  Think about it. They’re on the Coloquest network, I have a faint memory that this may be serving some other scammers, I coudl be wrong.  The other red flag is that the originating e-mail that invites me to join Vascoinvestment is coming from contact@idann.org and the URL they are giving me is not a referral URL! It is a top level URL, meaning..... iDann and Vascoinvestment are either in partnership or the former owns the latter.
     
  • OK!  Let’s sing! Sing!  SING!

    Do you know? What a ponzi is?
    Do you like the scams that life’s been showing you?
    Where is your money going to?
    Do you know?

    Do you get the money that you’re hoping for?
    When you look behind you it’s all over for.
    What are you losing for?
    Do you know?

    Once we were spending still in time
    Chasing the money
    That filled the scams
    You knew how I loved hyip’s
    But my bank account is free
    Laughing at the money
    That they once asked of me

    Do you know? What a ponzi is?
    Do you like the scams that life’s been showing you?
    Where is your money going to?
    Do you know?

    Now looking back at all we’ve lost and won
    We let so much money
    Just slip through our hands
    Why must we wait so long?
    Before we learn
    How sad losing money
    To those scammers can be.

    Do you know? What a ponzi is?
    Do you like the scams that life’s been showing you?
    Where is your money going to?
    Do you know?

    Do you get the money that you’re hoping for?
    When you look behind you it’s all over for.
    What are you losing for?
    Do you know?

    Do you know? (js - my sides are hurting with enjoyment! Respond if you wish. Do I need to explain this song?  Most of you old folks will recognize the music in your head as you read the above.)
     
  • Thanks to Jonni and Frank for pointing out another method of setting up a SwissCash account:

    Part 1 – SwissCash Investment Plan (CIP)
    The CIP gives the opportunity to everyone to invest money from a minimum of USD100 to USD10,000 with a fixed income payment schedule. It is a plan whereby an investment of USD10,000 can turn an individual to become a millionaire in a matter of 3-5 years. Every CIP carries a combined monetary value of USD50 million to USD200 million. Even before any particular CIP is launched, it has been carefully planned by our Investment team, Risk Management team and Senior management and consultants. All Principle investment with SwissCash is guaranteed by Swiss Mutual Fund.

    • I will do further investigation today and post more information about this solid-looking investment option.

Dec. 2nd (Friday)

  • Wahoo! I just got my w/d from 12DailyPro for the last upgrade.  Took almost 7 days, but hey, I don’t care. (It is stated that it may take up to 7 business days). 

    Now, should I chance the newest session in HYIPFever? May be worth risking $500 or less at this time.  Takes only 3 days to recover and make profit there right now. At the $500+ level I will earn 50% per day, so within 2 days I will be even, well not quite.  10% w/d fee.  So 3 days.  Session just opened a couple of days ago. So... will I make it?  I think so.  Here goes!  Folks I know this is a real gamble, and I put down most sites that give those kinds of returns. Because most of those sites will not prevail.  This one has, over the last four sessions.  And we’re at the beginning right now of another session... so.... right now it is worth the risk, for me. What about for you?  See? Am being honest about this.  I’m already over 30K in debt on credit cards, I figure another $500 won’t hurt! But if you don’t have that kind of money then don’t risk it!  Pure and simple.  Although the min., I think, is quite low.
     
  • http://earn-hyip.com/?ref=acplan Another one that is not making it.  ROI’s even above ponzi range, super-ponzi.  Taking in about $900 or so per day.  Withdrawal is at about 30%. So getting up there. Nothing compelling about this but the ROIs.  Too risky.
     
  • I’ve just added Mutual Wealth Alliance to the Reviews page.  Use the Join Now link on the Reviews page to get an invite code so you can look around and join or not join. This is one of those legitimate ones with a low ROI as compared to the ponzis.
     
  • I’m sorry, but I started to laugh as soon as I read the first sentence at this site: http://fl-profit.com/?rid=414 And I quote:

    “FL-profit.com  is founded by a group of forexing and stocking experts.”

    The site is founded by some guys who are into forexing?  Do they mean foraging?  And they are stocking experts?  Stocking what? Stockings? It’s hilarious.  And they are “devoting to distribute”.  So they first stock things, and then devotedly distribute what they stocked?    They also say you can be certain that your funds will be handled by a group of professionals.  Professionals in what?  Stocking and distirbuting?  I know am being facetious here, but these professionals are not even professional enough to use clear and perfect English on their “professional” site.  Ah... the security market! But they are no licensed to trade in securities, are they? No they are not! Look at their terms page.  The first thing they say is that they are not licensed to trade securities!

    And not licensed in any country! Then they go on to say they are absolutely exempt from the Securities act of 1933. Need I go on?  Clearly a scam run by amateurs. I would stay away.

    But here is some DD:

    “WARNING: One or more of your mailservers is claiming to be a host other than what it really is.”  This is not good from our point of view. Deception is at hand.

    The rest of the DD is ok (Registered in Alabama, Server in in Dallas, TX). So my conclusion is that the guy is lying to you about where he trades (does not, as he is not licensed). It’s likely a ponzi.
     
  • Matt just alerted me to this possible scam: http://www.royalcasinofund.com You need an invite code to get in, but am questioning why, as once you sign up there is no data there at all.  The only data is on the front page. And as you are registering you will notice that total intake right now is only about $800, total withdrawn about $400 and the daily ROI is 1.6%, 5 days out of 7.  DNS DD shows that they are on the Katz Global Network, a favorite with scammers.  Further DD does not show much wrong with the registration. I’d say this is another JohnsonHYIP.com type of site (and L&H Fund). I’d not invest.
     
  • I’ve just added a fourth Survey Site: Survey-Platinum. Use the Reviews page to find it, read about it, and join up. They are the 4th of my four favorites.
     
  • Ok, which one of you can qualify for swissmutualfund.biz (also known as swisscash.biz)?  Here are the requirements:

    Minimum Investment Requirements:
    Corporate Account Set Up: USD5,000,000
    Individual Account Set Up: USD2,000,000

    Step up to the plate and sign up!  You just need to plunk down USD 2 Million!  Am waiting! Yeah, right. Someone sent
    me that one to review. So looked it over, and it seems very legit.  Very well done, nice site, proper English and so
    on, and then I found the above requirements. And am thinking that they probably don’t even have referral commissions on that 2 Million! Why even have a public site? With that kind of a qualification they don’t need to be public!

Dec. 1st (Thursday)

  • http://jlotrader.com I don’t believe this one. Not quite. The so-called Professor is probably not even European. His English is a bit peculiar, not quite German, but smacking a bit of Asian.  He says they are involved in Futures Trading with a 75%+ success rate, whereas the success rate out there is about 50%. If he truly has found a way to get that kind of success rate he would not be offering this to the common folk, for their $20.  He would be hired by some Wall Street Firm and given a million dollar salary. So I don’t buy it. His Company is registered in Denmark, but his diction is suspect, again, I don’t think the person who wrote that ad copy is of a German background.  His passport (jpg) is issued in Denmark, so why then is his name stated in English, rather than German?  Jack is not a German name, it would have to be Johanne.  And certainly Lawrnece is not a German/Danish name! Ok, am not going to accuse him of a false passport, ok?  I won’t.  Will I? Nope.  Don’t think so. Should I? Nope, not a good idea. Will I play in his Futures Trading iznop? Nope.
     
  • I have just listed ExpressPaidSurveys as my third ranked paid to fill out survey sites.  It’s unclear as yet how well our European, Asian, and South American readers will fare on this one, so I have asked admin about it. Please stay tuned to this BLOG and I should have an answer for you soon. Go to the Reviews page (button up top) to find out more.

    Those of you with a Clickbank ID and who have a 9PR site, go ahead and update your Programs area with your Clickbank ID for this one.
     
  • Am looking at autosurf440.com. Seems to be legit. Will report on it tonight or tomorrow. Testing it out right now.
     
  • Ok, more crap for you about StudioTraffic from two sources:

    “Studio Traffic. This guy is running a close second in the ugly stakes. I wrote in detail last month of my concerns at Studiotraffic, and I can now confirm that it has got even worse. You may remember I wrote "Before you invest any money in Studio Traffic ask yourself, "Will my country be next" or if you live in the USA, "Will they start banning my state" Well, I must admit, even I didn't think they would go that far, but they have. Members all over the USA are now having their accounts blocked, and their deliberate delaying tactics in unblocking those, that they choose to unblock, must be saving them a fortune in payouts. Not to mention the deliberate delaying tactics in verifying Studiopay accounts, and delaying payouts.“

    and

    “    Just got out of one of the "scheduled meetings" ST is done for...

    • They are taking members’ funds who were in... Blocking them from surfing, not paying their pendings and then, adding their funds to the "reserve". I tried to save the transcript for you but "paltalk" Janky Program messed up my data and kicked me out... Aaron and Shara are going to send it too me though. As soon as I get it I'll send it over to you.... Just like you said before, you're probably not blocked because you havn't withdrawn... Their deposits minus withdrawals system includes referral commissions.. So if you're in profit.. you're outtie... wanted to send you that real quick I'll give you more when I get it.. Take care...

    Nevin”

Nov. 30th (Wednesday)

  • http://www.solarhyip.com Well, another one that I would not play in. One day old, 120% after just one day, that’s really high risk!  Really high!  Who can give you 120% just after one day? Should be shut down. 3 days, 60% daily. 4 days 44% daily.  Absolutely ridiculous.  Either they are just testing the waters or are just collecting and about to run.  Then there is 7% daily for 365 days. Yeah right.  Ponzi.  Not to worry, this one will be closed soon.
     
  • I wonder if things will slow down during December? Folks focussing more on partying and buying presents?  Usually happens.
     
  • Session 4 at HYIPfever has ended and they are happy to report that:

    “Session 4 has ended with a good number of members in profit! Congratulations to member 'supercool' for winning the Special Prize of $113.53!”

    Wow! A whole one hundred and thirteen dollars! And some few cents! You have GOT to be joking! HYIPfever has got to be the worst site right now.  Forget it guys! Your model is NOT working! No one is interested!  See ya.
     
  • Well I did manage to surf my pages at 12Dailypro, despite the sudden unavailability of the site. Then a few minutes later it comes up. Am glad they have a good team on this. Seems that they are able to get the site back up within minutes. And of course there are others out there that are trying to bring them down. Sad. Can’t compete in the normal fashion?  Truly a professional operation! And am looking forward to the Convention in February. Perhaps I will go!

Nov. 29th (Tuesday)

  • I’m really pleased with how well http://www.worldlpp.com/ is doing! (Sign up using the Reviews link above). Those of you who have joined but have not participated in Program #1 (Vivamin.com) you have until 6PM PST tomorrow to do so.  Else you will not earn any commissions nor can participate in that program. Those of you who have purchased shares via Paypal have had them returned! So you must go back in and purchase either via Stormpay, e-gold, credit card and whatever other option they have there.  I purchased 10 shares myself. As well, go into your Profile and indicate which pay processor you wish to be paid in (and it has to be the same one you used to purchase shares). Then from the Main Menu/Page click on option 4 (Statistics) and then on Request Funds link at the bottom of that page. I have over 466 affiliates on two levels.
     
  • 12DailyPro:  How confident am I that they will survive at least another 3 months?  They are holding a Convention in Charlotte at the end of February!  So they will survive even well past then! So there you go. Feel free to splurge.

    “HitsDaily Pro, the advertising firm born out of the phenomenally successful paid autosurf, 12daily Pro, is proud to present and host the first annual International GPT (get-paid-to) Convention to be held February 24-26, 2006 in Charlotte, NC.

    This convention is an opportunity for web, administrators, surfers, clickers, and promoters to meet, exchange ideas, find new advertising and promotional opportunities, discover new technologies & services, share strategies, and expand their online worlds to include face-to-face interactions with their peers.    ”

    Once you sign in to 12DailyPro, click on the banner you see right there, for more information.
     
  • I just received this interesting criticism of my .... behavior?  My response comes right after.

    “Seems like everyone is jumping on the bandwagon with 12DailyPay.....However, I'm surprised that you are too. Your site is full of warnings for ponzi schemes, nevertheless, you endorse 12Daily Pay. You condem sites that offer a lot less than 12% daily as classic ponzi schemes. 12Daily Pay is a very classic ponzi scheme, paying out 12% per day!!!! They can only pay these rates, because of it's huge growth at 1000 member signing up per day. Fresh money pays for the existing members. Even existing members keep on reinvesting, so confidence is great in this program, but it is still a classic ponzi scheme, and when more people reach the maximum of $6000 investment, and more funds are leaving then coming in, it will all fall apart with a lot of people losing a lot of money. I'm surprised that with all your knowledge on ponzi schemes, you get caught up in the frenzie and endorse a program like this.”

    And here is my response: (I’ve had this kind of inquiry just once before, it’s probably on my page 3 of the BLOG)

    “    I condemn the ones that have low membership, that will not make it, and that will lose your money for you, or run with it. If I find a ponzi site that seems to be doing well, I will not hesitate to play in it myself and tell others about it. I even warn them when they should get out, as am doing right now with  FastMarket. You have to face the facts, 99% or more of the sites are indeed ponzis. So what are you going to do? Do you have enough money to play in the legit ones? No you don't. I know because I get very few signups on these. And I do list them when I find them.

    • So you see am not caught up in the frenzy of this or these.  I tell you honestly what they are, and if you choose to play, you choose to play, knowing full well what you're getting into. I think I will post this because there may be a few others who are confused about this. Finally, I have not only helped a lot of folks make money in these, but I have also saved a lot of folks a lot of money by warning them either away, because the ponzis will fail, and soon, or never really get going, and/or by warning them when it is the best time to get the heck out of there.

    And listen, folks/gamblers, will continue to play with or without me. With or without my warnings. I feel it is better that there is someone like myself that tells them honestly, rather than not. It is a jungle. And I've been very successful in my own personal navigation and in guiding others. Most of the so-called review and rating sites don't even review them properly, they just hope to collect on the commissions. I, as you have noticed, do condemn many of the ponzis, but only because I know they have either bad intent by offering ridiculous ROIs or will never pick up enough steam to make anyone any kind of money. Others I will and do endorse because they are working and there is a good chance that you will make some money there. You're going to gamble in any case. Else you would be investing with me in 4X-Club, PIU, MWA, right? But you are not! Hey, nothing personal. It applies to most of my readers.  And no offense to my readers, many of whom don’t have enough money to invest in the legitimate ones.

    Now in the case of 12DailyPro they have already passed the six month mark and still doing great. This is mainly due to the expiration of upgrades, and unlike a cycler, folks do not have to wait to cycle, as everyone is paid evenly each day. Some folks will miss surfing a day here and a day there due to oversight, emergencies, and so on. That will lower the percent that 12DP has to pay out. And by now they should have enough reserves with over 100,000 members that they can bring in outside funding to keep this going. That's why this partial-ponzi will be alive for yet another 3 to 6 months. I am telling you this out in the open, and most of my readers understand. So play if you choose to play, there is risk, but with this one right now it is fairly minimal.  That’s why am happy about it, and others are as well. I don’t think anyone is stupid. Folks do know what’s going on. Some don’t.  Many do.

    That's my honest stance.” PS: It’s not 12% per day ROI. It’s 44% profit after 12 days with your principal returned.  So that’s 44%/12 days = just under 4% per day ROI.  And based on their revenues from advertising and other endeavors am not aware of it looks like they are sustaining this quite well. Finally, which ponzi do you know of that is going to hold a National Convention???? It’s unheard of!

  • I just received this supporting e-mail from one of my readers and members at 9PlanetReviews concernign the above:

    “    John,

    • Absolutely loved the blog... I'm so glad I got you to get in to 12dp... They are kickin butt... Follow your first rule though... Maybe not your first rule but it should be..

    Get in with the most that you can afford to loose for a good opportunity, and don't put in anything more than interest... This is coming from the pupil...

    As far as we're concerned you're the Jedi Knight... I was the apprentice... Now I have evolved... I love that we can go back and forth on things... I get a kick out of seeing the name on the blog too, cool as hell. Anyways... I feel so happy that I could refer you to something good too.. I just hope it lasts for us...

    And guess what.. “I'm surprised that with all your knowledge on ponzi schemes, you get caught up in the frenzie and endorse a program like this.” frenzies don't last 6 months and employ proxlexic DDOS protection, and plan a conference... Me and my referrals have over 6k in... Just like you said with GCI neither one of us had the confidence.. thank god, the ether, the universe, whatever the hell it is...

    If you find a program that works I want to know about it.. period... That's why, when I get my principle back from 12DP.. I'm joining YOU, with RYIP, 4X and the other one.. You told me about it.. I'm going with you... I just hope 12DP is one of the ones that can help us get into the black and get in the really good ones...

    Anyways.. that's it... you should post on MMG (Money Makers Group) too.. that would be cool and bring people to the site.. As you know..

    Take Care...

    Nevin”
     

  • Don’t worry. 12DailyPro site seems to be down on occasion.  They were running out of mySQL connections which to me indicates that there are too many people requesting to surf.  So likely they are upgrading the site.  And the evening, when everyone gets back from work, is a peak period. So likely that’s the reason. I would recommend you try surfing either late at night, before midnight EST, or when you wake up and before you go to work.  They are now up (20:18 EST).
     
  • I was asked how good SurveyScout is for International members (European and so on).  Here the response I received from the Admin:

    “    "I have a lot of clients that are in Europe, Brazil, India, etc. Will they benefit from these surveys? Or are most of them from American Companies and hence Europeans etc. are not qualified?
    - - - - - - - - - -

    • There are more survey opportunities for U.S. residents. The country with the second most available sites would be Canada. Our database contains a column which indicates from which geographic regions the site accepts registrations. That makes it easy for you to identify which companies you qualify for. We try to add new international sites as they become available and we have opportunity to verify them.

    Since success depends on other factors as well, such as profile, work ethic, etc.. it is hard to predict if a given location will provide enough surveys to make the income level you want. Some locations are going to find it easier to be successful than others.

    The currency and frequency of payments to international members will be determined by the survey sites, not by SurveyScout. If the payment is not in your country's currency, you will be responsible for converting it.

    We are sorry, but currently the promotional incentives offered with registration are available only to US residents. The information about the availability of the restaurant voucher can be found on the FAQ page. We try to locate offers that are open to as many of our members as possible, but it is difficult to find promotions available to our international members. We are still searching.

    You are welcome to sign up and give it a try to see whether it works for you. We do have an 8 week (56 day) refund policy, so if you decide you're not making the money you desire, you can send us a message and request a full refund of your membership fee.”

    I advised them that they should post such info in the FAQs or right on the home page as it would save a lot of folks a lot of grief having signed up, then having to request a refund because they cannot find enough work Internationally.

Nov. 28th (Monday)

  • Last night (this morning actually) my Power Supply was laid to rest. There was a nice burnt smell.  See, I keep my machine on at all times, and takes a toll on the moving parts, like the fans.  So the fan inside the Power Supply gave up it’s Ghost, the Power Supply overheated, and quietly died in my sleep.  So I replaced it. I know you wanted to know this. Losing a close one is always a bit sad.  In any case, let’s get on with business.
     
  • Sunwolf at 9PlanetReviews is now being rotated in my advertising efforts.  Good luck.
     
  • I was just asked which of the four survey sites that I list do I think is the more popular.  Here’s my research:

    paidsurveysonline.com: 9,617
    surveyscout.com: 6,741
    expresspaidsurveys.com: 38,231
    survey-platinum.com: 63,659

    From the above SurveyScout.com is the clear leader at least in traffic stats.  This could be due to either being on the 'net the longest, or being the most popular, or both.  But