HYIP monitor script

 

A high-yield investment program hyip is a fraudulent investment scheme that purports to deliver extraordinarily high returns on investment. High-yield investment schemes often advertise yields of more than 100% per year to lure in victims. In reality, these high-yield investment programs are ponzi schemes, and the organizers aim to steal the money invested. In a ponzi scheme, money from new investors is taken to pay returns to established investors. Cash is not supported, and no actual underlying returns are earned; new money is just used to pay people who entered the scam earlier than they did. High-Yield Investment Programs hyip are unregistered investments typically run by unlicensed individuals – and they are often frauds. The hallmark of an hyip scam promises incredible returns at little or no risk to the investor. An hyip website might promise annual (or even monthly, weekly, or daily!). Some of these scams may use the term "prime bank" program. Fraudsters may use social media to promote an hyip website or may encourage investors to use social media to share information about an hyip website with others.  If you are approached online to invest in one of these, you should exercise extreme caution. They are likely frauds.

 

Though this ponzi scheme brand has existed since the early 20th century, the proliferation of digital communications technology has made it much easier for con artists to operate such scams. Usually, an operator will create a website to lure in unsuspecting investors, promising very high returns but remaining vague about the investment fund's underlying management, how the money is to be invested, or where the fund is located. These funds typically involve the alleged trading or issuance of prime bank financial instruments and may include references to excellent European or exceptional world bank instruments. For this reason, this scam is also known as the prime bank scam.

How a High-Yield Investment Program  HYIP Works

High-yield investment programs hyip are investment scams that promise unreasonably high returns and often use new investors' money to pay off older investors. Of course, this is not to be confused with a legitimate high-yield bond investment, which offers higher than investment-grade interest rates. HYIP operators will typically use social media, including Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube, to appeal to victims and create the illusion of social consensus surrounding these programs' legitimacy.

The SEC advises that investors can use several warning signs to help avoid being victimized by high-yield investment program scams. These include excessive guaranteed returns, fictitious financial instruments, extreme secrecy, claims that the investments are an exclusive opportunity, and inordinate complexity surrounding the investments. Perpetrators of high-yield investment programs use secrecy and a lack of transaction transparency to hide the fact that there are no legitimate underlying investments. The best weapon against getting sucked into a high-yield investment program is to ask a lot of questions and use common sense. If an investment's return sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

High-Yield Investment Program HYIP Example

An example of an hyip was Zeek Rewards, run by Paul Burks and shut down by the SEC in August 2012. Zeek Rewards offered investors the opportunity to share in the profits of a penny auction website, Zeekler, at returns of 1.5% a day. Investors were encouraged to let their returns compound and to increase their returns by recruiting new members. Investors were required to pay a monthly subscription fee of $10 to $99 and make an initial investment of up to $10,000. The SEC found that about 99% of the funds disbursed were paid out of new investors' pockets and that Zeek Rewards was a $600 million Ponzi scheme. Burks was fined $4 million and sentenced to 14 years, eight months in prison.