Asta La Vista for InvestPlatforms

The end of a story of InvestPlatforms (investplatforms.com) is sad. Even though it used to be a great program with a nice and helping admin, every story has to come to an end sooner or later. It has been struggling to survive but there are too many problems If you want to find out about the development of the situation, you are welcome to stay tuned

The administration does not reply to emails, does not pay all members (paying selectively) and has many negative statuses on monitors. However, it is still around and surprisingly has recently posted a message to investors on one major forum (I checked other HYI forums and could not find it anywhere else):

“We are still around but we have some more issues currently. As we are changing management board, our security was breached and our ecurrency is stolen…We are re-funding our stolen LR and changing a new LR account to facilitate payments. Please bear with us. Support mail was tampered with which was the reason we couldn’t log in till now! The hacker did not want us to see transfers made to and from our LR.”

And there is also a news update on the website with a screenshot showing that almost $60,000 (!) has been stolen from their LR account. Well, the story about stolen funds is fascinating and even if it is true, it is still strange why they would keep all that money on their account and not trade with it like they were supposed to if their legend is true. They also ask investors not to panic and give them some time. I think investors have waited long enough to understand they are not getting anything. Anyway, there are more questions than answers and it is too sad the story is over but even if InvestPlatforms comes back, it can not be considered reliable anymore. And we can say the same about all programs that start having problems.

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7 Tips To Protect Yourself Online

#1. You do have an anti-virus program running…don’t you?

If you don’t…get one now. If you don’t want to spend the money on one check out these free options

Both are great free options if you aren’t running a premium purchased anti-virus. I believe the Microsoft one requires a valid, licensed Windows OS to be running on the computer to work. Now you don’t have an excuse for not running an anti-virus program.

#2. Running an anti-virus program is NOT enough.

Ok, so you have an anti-virus program running now. That’s great, but if you think that because you have an up-to-date anti-virus program running on your computer, you’re safe…I’m sorry, but you’re wrong. Keeping an up-to-date anti-virus program running on your computer is one step in protecting yourself, but it’s unfortunately just not enough to keep your computer clean.

Both Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D are programs that scan your computer for malware, malicious cookies, and other files that your anti-virus program may have missed. Both also have active-scans that notify you if something is trying to access your computer in a strange way, or if a file is doing things it shouldn’t be doing. So, if before you had only an anti-virus program running, you now have an anti-virus AND two other programs protecting you.

#3. Have Strong Passwords

Here’s one you really need to do. Use strong passwords. A strong password is at least 7 characters in length (I recommend 14) and uses both alpha and numeric characters AND uses symbols AND has alpha characters in both uppercase and lowercase. If you don’t understand or don’t want to come up with them yourself go here:

Some HYIPs and other websites don’t allow you to use symbols in the passwords (you’ll just have to test to see if they do as most don’t tell you), so there’s an option to turn them off in the above generator. Oh and since we’re talking about passwords:

#4. NEVER use the same password twice

ALWAYS use unique passwords for every site you register to. I know, I’m going to hear: “But I can’t remember that many passwords.” Here’s my advice: Quit being lazy. I’m giving you these tips because I was lazy and had my money stolen. Do you want to lose all your money? No? Then just do it and don’t complain. If you can’t remember all of your passwords write them down somewhere and keep them with you or put them away somewhere safe.

NEVER save your passwords to your computer. If you keep your passwords on a file on your computer or a USB drive you’re just handing them over to the scammer/hacker asking for them to steal your money. You may as well just send your money to some random account, or withdraw it and throw it out the window of your car as you drive to work.

#5. NEVER use your real information

This is one I bet more than a couple of you do wrong. Never use real information when registering to a HYIP. ALWAYS use made-up information. I put my first name Tony in as everyone knows it anyway, but other than that I keep my anonymity. My address is “123 address,” state is “state,” zip code is “00000,” I live in whatever country I have a fancy for that day. My phone number is always “0000000000” I’ll add dashes if I have to.

Why you ask? Because you never know what a HYIP admin is going to do with your information, plus it’s just putting your personal information out there, making it that much easier for someone to commit identity theft and steal your money.

#6. Use a separate email account for HYIPs

That’s right, create a completely different email account to register to HYIPs with and only use it for registering to HYIPs. Never link this email account to any payment processor or bank account. In fact, don’t put this email account anywhere. Use it 100% only for registering with HYIPs. Oh and don’t have it be one of your internet service provider accounts or one of your website’s domain emails. Keep completely anonymous and set it up through a free email provider that doesn’t require you to verify any information.

Keeping anonymity will save you hassles in the long run. It won’t keep you from being able to be tracked (if some authority had the inclination), but it will eliminate the possibility of some HYIP admin misusing your information or stealing your identity.

#7. Change your passwords frequently

Another step about passwords? Are you getting the picture about how important they are yet? I recommend changing your passwords weekly, but at least do it every month. Take the time once a week while you’re logging into every account to change your passwords. This makes it so even if a hacker/scammer does end up accessing your information, it will hopefully change before damage can be done.

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Info about DDoS Attacks

I’m sure you’ve seen programs claim they have DDoS Protection and I’ve mentioned it in my program reviews, but haven’t really explained what it means. DDoS Protection is a security measure put in place by a program’s host, or at times a third-party company to protect the website against distributed denial-of-service or DDoS attacks.

A DDoS attack is an intentional attempt to make a targeted website unavailable to visitors. The purpose is to halt the targeted website’s operation and services, and shutdown the system entirely. This is accomplished by sending dramatically increased traffic to the targeted website, slowing the server to a point where it refuses new connections until the server crashes causing the website to go down.

DDoS attacks are accomplished by infecting unprotected computers on the internet with malware or trojan viruses. After these “zombie” computers are infected the malicious programs usually sit idle on the host computer until triggered by the master computer run by the person performing the DDoS attack. At the time of the attack the “zombie” computers with malicious programs all send communication requests to the target of the DDoS attack until the target’s host server crashes. Often there are thousands of infected “zombie” computers across the world that simultaneously attack targeted computers, resulting in slowed response time, overload and eventual crashing of the target’s server. Below is a simple graphic showing a visual representation of an attack.

DDoS Attack

You may be asking how you can prevent DDoS attacks from happening. The first thing you can do is make sure that your computer is not a “zombie.” While protecting your personal computer ultimately does little to prevent DDoS attacks, if everyone would protect their computer this sort of attack would be impossible. Small steps can make a huge difference over time. Plus, who knows what other nasty features the malicious software on your computer could have that could put your personal information at risk. Always have an active, updated antivirus program running on your computer and do frequent scans for spyware, malware and viruses.

I recommend running either AVG Anti-Virus or Microsoft Security Essentials along with Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D on your computer. Utilizing multiple antivirus and spyware removal programs will reduce the chance of having your computer compromised and some of the programs pick-up items left behind by the others. However, if you have a website, or are a HYIP admin looking for hosting for your program, it is essential to take further steps. One of the red flags in my reviews for HYIP programs is whether or not the admin has taken the time to acquire and set-up adequate security for their program.

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MGF Informative Letter

Midas Gold Fund stands at over 2100 active investors. Warren Lincoln, President of Midas Gold Fund, commented on the state of membership, “We are breaking our personal daily traffic records to midasgoldfund.com daily and as is expected, this is converting into new investors in Midas Gold Fund. We were required to make some simple server upgrades to handle daily traffic more efficiently. For those who follow Alexa website rankings, you can see the spikes in recent traffic. We thank the international investor community for choosing Midas Gold Fund for their investment needs.”

During this week, several upgrades were made to Midas Gold Fund’s server to handle the increase in daily traffic more efficiently. MidasGoldFund.com reaches an international global audience that is growing daily and these upgrades are part of our desire to provide a better investor experience for our investors. MidasGoldFund.com has seen an increase in traffic as well as an increased popularity position by Alexa.com traffic rankings. You may view our Alexa popularity ranking at: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/midasgoldfund.com

Part of Midas Gold Fund’s investment strategy is brokering physical gold. This is all part of the Midas Gold Fund mission to be involved in the entire sphere of hard asset commodity trading. Midas Gold Fund has concluded on a delivery contract for 400oz of physical gold. This is the largest physical gold brokering contract in 2011 for Midas Gold Fund. Warren Lincoln, President of Midas Gold Fund, comments on the contract, “I am very pleased with our team in the largest physical contract of gold for 2011. This is a good sign for investor confidence and a great start to the year for brokering physical gold to investors.”

Midas Gold Fund is a privately held global investment company dealing in the life cycle of gold. Midas Gold Fund accepts public investment and pays on a 30 calendar day investment term with daily interest rates varying from 1.7% to 2.7% daily. Midas Gold Fund enables investment globally by accepting e-currencies, Liberty Reserve, Perfect Money, and Alert Pay.

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5 Gas Stations Shareholder from Uinvest Earn a Lot!

Good news for shareholders of 5 Gas Stations!
For the last 3 months prices for gasoline have been showing steady growth (see chart below).

Value of 5 Gas Stations’ resources have been reconsidered higher which made the prices on shares higher – from $295 to $330. The company’s earnings will also be reconsidered withinthe next few weeks.
Congratulations to holders!

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Interesting Hyip Newsletter

EFX has skyrocketed to become the most talked about program around. All this has been accomplished in less than 4 weeks time! That is pretty amazing if I must say so myself. New members are flocking to us daily. The program portfolio is growing extremely well. The overall stability and abilities of EFX, as a group, is sitting at a rating of 10 out of 10.

As most of you are aware, or at least can perceive, the ability of a portfolio to perform is most certainly increased the larger it grows. It works just like compounding interest. The larger the bankroll, the more options that become available and the higher the returns.

Some may ask, “What does that have to do with the members? We are paid the same rate no matter what EFX earns.” The answer is “EVERYTHING!”

We have spent enormous resources to create a totally unique script from scratch, provide the utmost in security, host using the most secure and renowned Datacenter on the planet, continuously improve and update our program, and advertise to ensure the success of the whole endeavor. Our out of pocket expense is well beyond 6 figures. We did not go to this extreme to simply provide the members with a nice website and some extra income. Profit, for members and ourselves, is only one agenda. The future of our program stems from financial success.

The more successful we are as a financial entity, the more success we can mutually accomplish as a group. You want us, Dantex and EFX, to be successful. You need us to be successful. It should be your obligation as members to do your part to ensure our success.

The bottom line is: Our success is your success.

We are doing our part to the best of our ability. ExoticFX is poised to become the undisputed number one investment program of all time. But honestly, that title is in your hands. There is only so much we can do alone. The membership will ultimately decide how far we can go. Personally, I feel that it is in your best interest to rally behind us, participate any way and every way you can, and make certain EFX exceeds even our own expectations. We have no problem creating the returns. That is the easy part. Read on to understand the exciting opportunity you will have to assist in achieving our mutual success as a collective group.

So what is in store for the future?

Like I said, future agendas stem from financial success. We feel that as we provide for you this opportunity to rise above, to earn more, to begin to experience successes above those you have already accomplished, we can then move forward with additional opportunities. The time is really not now to be discussing them in depth, but we can begin to focus your attention in the right direction and provide for you a glimpse of what our future together might hold.

First, lets look at your financial beginning.

Exceeding your needs

If you are wise in your selections and opt for the correct levels of compounding and reinvestment, you can structure your EFX account to provide for you a daily or weekly return substantial to sustain your way of life.

Your first goal with EFX – and what we want for you – is to match your current income stream. This will allow you enormous options in your lifestyle. By matching your current income, you will have effectively doubled your options. Be careful not to become overwhelmed by your new found wealth. Create savings, diversify your portfolio outside of EFX and above all prepare for what this future will hold for us all.

There is so much at stake globally. In order to keep up, you need to subscribe to and read our blog. All our newsletters are located there, in addition to vast information concerning the situations that we all face as a planet. Do your homework, prepare your families and become self-sufficient.

By doubling your income (matching your current level with our help) you will be in a great position to fulfill the needs of your family and to assist those around you when their needs cannot be met.

Increasing your opportunities

The next major step forward will be to increase your opportunities. As we progress and attract more and more esteemed members, we will provide several new and exciting opportunities for you to prosper. The one I am most excited about is our online trading account.

In the future we will begin an invitational apprentice program whereby we will train you to trade directly in the Forex and other markets. Again, with ZERO risk. Through this apprentice program, you will be able to select from the recommended trades and invest using our bankroll. You will keep all the profits minus the small spread. We will determine trades that we are willing to finance. We will include the minimum/maximum buy, sell, stop, and take profit points and teach you, without risk, how to become a self-sufficient day or swing trader.

Our focus will be on the development of our members through multiple contact points consisting of classrooms, trading rooms, educational manuals, videos and proprietary market indicators that will provide our apprentice invitees with a clear trading advantage.

Once they have acquired the appropriate knowledge, understanding and successes, they will want to engage in even more rewarding opportunities available via EFX and other entities.

I have been asked several times why we deliver the type of market analysis we send out when it is necessary for our program. The answer is basically explained above. We want you to become self-sufficient. We want you to become successful beyond your current achievements. We want you to achieve your goals and dreams. But most importantly, we want you to be in a position to contribute to the situations we all will face as this global economic meltdown destroys everything we have become accustomed to, our very way of life. As you begin to envision the future we are exposing, some will wonder if we are extremists. Perhaps we are. But that doesnt change anything. Take from EFX what suits you and discard the rest. Use our program to accomplish your own agenda. We are most interested in those willing to see past the nose on their face, educate themselves, open their eyes, review the facts and then react.

We are attempting to lead you in a direction that will enable you to: First, achieve your financial goals; second, become self sufficient; third, be in a position to care for your family, friends and acquaintances that refuse to admit they are drowning until their lungs are full of water; and fourth, become a contributor to the restructuring and the rebuilding that is certainly to follow in the next few years.

Okay, so now I have opened the door to the scrutiny of those that have lungs not yet filled. Like I said, we are most interested in those willing to see past the nose on their face, educate themselves, open their eyes, review the facts and then react. EFX may not be to your liking. Again, that changes nothing. Take from us whatever suits you and simply discard the rest. The Global economy is not headed for a meltdown, we are in a meltdown. The time is now for you to learn, earn and grow.

I highly recommend that you watch this video, The Prophets of Doom.

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Extensive Research: Japanese Quake Could Crumble
 U.S. Treasuries

As the world watched the TV in the early hours of Friday morning, we saw the catastrophic damage in Sendai Japan. This instantly reminded me of the Great Hanshin Quake that shocked Kobe in January of 1995. I clearly recall the movement in currency that took place over the next few months.

When natural disasters strike, there is a definable impact on financial markets because they force reactions from investors and governments.

Most will immediately focus their analysis on the Japanese Markets in light of this current and expanding crisis, but the repercussions are global as Japanese supply chains strangle production processes all over the U.S. and Europe and as Japanese consumers stop spending on non-essentials like European fashion. More importantly, how does this 9.0 quake in Japan and the resulting tsunami shake up and wash over Americas Treasury market?

Lets consider …

Japan is getting ready to embark on one of the largest rebuilding efforts it has seen since the end of World War II. The country is going to have to replaceeverything from bridges and roads to seaports, airports and runways, highways, train tracks, shopping centers, housing, power stations, schools, utility and cell phone towers, hospitals, production plants, parking garages, post offices, whole communities the list would take pages to print out.

This undertaking is going to cost tens, actually, more like hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars to complete.

Because Japan is one of the worlds wealthiest nations, it is very fortunate. Plus, the citizenry is extremely patriotic. This means Japan has the necessary wealth to accomplish the task Mother Nature has forced upon this island nation, and it has a citizenship willing to sacrifice its own savings to rebuild Sendai, Minami-sanriku, Fukushima and the others.

Japan now has a singular focus. Japan now has little interest in playing in U.S. Treasury and equity markets because of this domestic emergency.

As Japans government, companies and citizens raise cash to fund the rebuilding, it seems extremely likely that Japan will sell off U.S. debt and U.S. equities.

That will cause profound effects in America.

If Japan moves away from the Treasury Market
…Then What?

Japan is the 2nd largest holder of U.S. debt in the world. It is estimated that Japan owns $3 trillion of U.S. securities, both stocks and bonds and $886 billion of U.S. Treasuries. Over the last year Japan has bought an average of $10 billion worth of Treasuries each month.

It is not easy to replace the second-largest consumer of bonds, notes and Treasury bills. Not many countries have deep enough pockets to step in with that kind of financial capability.

China already owns more U.S. debt than it needs or wants. In fact, China has been reducing the amount of U.S. debt it consumes and has focused on putting its cash into other currencies and gold out of a sense of financial caution. There are some Middle East nations that could pick up some excess. The problem is they have their own uprisings to quiet. They are throwing mountains of cash at protestors to overturn the dissent and at security personnel to quiet the protestors.

The U.S. Will Have Little Choice But to
Raise Interest Rates

Most likely, Japan will all but disappear from the Treasury market. China and a few others will take up some of the slack. The Fed, which is supposed to end its QE II campaign in June, will most likely extend the balance of its $600 billion buying program over several more months.

The willpower doesnt seem to exist in Washington for the Fed to increase the size of QE II, and that means there will be some serious shortfall. And shortfalls are not a good thing for the U.S. government. The U.S. government has a certain amount of debt it must sell every month to fund all of its bloated spending commitments.

With a world that is already overstuffed with American Dollars, there is only one way to bring buyers to the table and that is with Higher yields.

With this in mind, we can see that the Great Sendai Quake will cause after-shocks that ripple some 6,600 miles away in Washington, DC, where the Treasury Department will have to pay more to access the money it needs to fund Americas overgrown spending demands.

That is going to make it much more expensive for America to fund its obligations.

We have no idea what the consequence of that will ultimately be. Congress could agree to QE III! The Fed cant cut rates any lower, so rising interest rates here could only be mildly inflationary. Congress could be more open to to raising tax rates.

But what about stocks? Japan owns more than $1 trillion in U.S. stocks. This is equal to about 6% of the total value of the New York Stock Exchange. If Japan sells off any sizable amount of their holdings, that will clearly put downward pressure on American equities.

Let History be Our Guide…

These arent just random considerations. What Im laying out here has precedent in the 1995 Kobe quake. Times are slightly different, yes. Japan and America are in far worse shape financially. Interest rate cycles are at a different point. But one fact – the only fact that matters – remains identical: Japan has a national crisis that it must address.

In 95, the Japanese repatriated mountains of cash to pay for the rebuilding effort. As a result, the Japanese yen surged in value, rising about 25% against the dollar between January and April 1995. Meanwhile, Japans stock market sank about 20% during the same period as retail and institutional investors pulled out of stocks to repair damage to their own lives or to buy Japanese bonds to help the government repair Kobe.

And now, its happening again in the wake of the Sendai quake. Japanese stocks are tanking and the yen is rising against global currencies. Partly this is a reflection of fear and panic related to a potential nuclear mishap and the governments warning that nuclear fallout remains a real risk.

But part of it also reflects a country, citizens and government alike, raising cash for the spending needs they clearly see as critical. Insurers are bringing yen home and selling securities globally because they know a flood of claims is coming.

For investors, these moments offer risks and rewards.

The risks: Being short the Japanese yen and long most of the Japanese stock market, at least in the short run. Over the next few months, the yen will continue to strengthen as the repatriation effort goes on, and stocks will suffer as the sell off continues. Worse, the risk of nuclear tragedy is so pronounced in the investor mindset right now that any substantive release of radiation will cause another down leg in Japanese stocks and another upsurge in the yen, which has become a safe-haven currency of sorts.

So, avoid being short the yen at the moment. And avoid the temptation to buy Japanese shares on the cheap.

Also, dont play in U.S. Treasuries. They are strengthening at the moment on the fear trade, but, if Japan does leave the market, Treasury yields will nudge higher – and Treasury prices will fall. A safer bet is simply to park your idle cash in a money-market account since they are the first to react to any rise in interest rates or better still to purchase currencies on the short term that will outperform your current holdings.

The opportunities: are the exact opposite of the risks. The Japanese economy is fundamentally flawed and the yen is ultimately a reflection of that. Plus, the government is throwing the equivalent of billions of U.S. dollars into a stabilization effort, and that will work over time to push the yen substantially lower.

The weakening yen, in turn, will benefit Japans exporters, who historically fare well when the yen is falling.

So, if you see the yen break below 80 to the dollar and move well into the 70s, it will be time to reverse course and short the yen again. And it will be time to buy the exporters – companies like Honda, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Komatsu, and Canon.

Just look back at Kobe. After the brief period of yen strength/stock weakness, the trend reversed. The yen plunged and Japanese stocks gained 50% the following 12 months.

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Safe Depositary Enters The Fx Market – Not Safe Anymore?

The administration of SafeDepositary (safedepositary.com), a number one program in our HYIP-list has announced that they are now trading on Forex market. The team of traders has been already formed and all investors will be able to see detailed trading reports that are going to be published on the website at the end of each month starting from March 31. Another news is regarding phishing emails that have been sent out on behalf of Safedepositary. The admin asks all investors not to provide any information to fraudsters and assures that his program has nothing to do with those emails:

“We received a few complaints that someone from China sends phishing e-mails and asks to enter Safe Depositary access information. Please note that we NEVER ask our clients to provide us account access information. Before entering your account please make sure that you are on genuine Safe Depositary website – https://safedepositary.com”

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AlertPay Issues At Two Big Hyips

All investors of ReProFinance (reprofinance.com) should know about the successful solution of the problem with AlertPay! You might remember that this program informed about the AlertPay account being blocked on February 28 and therefore it became impossible to accept deposits or process payments via this payment processor. Luckily, this issue has been resolved and you can use AlertPay again as well as LibertyReserve and PerfectMoney to make a deposit in one of the offered investment plans: 0.8-1.5% for 90 business days or 0.9-1.9% for 180 business days with principal back on expiry.

Well, the news is great but here comes another program that has problems with AlertPay. This time it isWallStreetCompany (wallstreetcompany.net). The AP account of this program was blocked on Friday, March 11 and right after that the administration sent out a newsletter informing that this issue was a normal thing and there was nothing to worry about. They assured that would solve a problem within a few days, however that forecast did not sound very optimistic in the latest newsletter which was sent out yesterday. They say that it might take up to two weeks to resolve the issue and ask all AlertPay account holders not to request payouts until the problem is solved.

Such situations are unpleasant and I’m afraid AlertPay will start losing its fans among HYIP investors soon. MeanwhileWallStreetCompany continues regularly paying to LibertyReserve and PerfectMoney.

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Station Trade in trouble?

It seems like the “Create an API” fraudulent strategy has become extremely popular lately. Such scam emails are sent out regularly by programs’ admins requesting to create API in order to resume instant payouts to LR. Many investors do not even realize what they are doing and send their money to fraudsters.

Therefore we inform about such emails as often as possible so that more and more investors would understand that they should not follow any instructions in any emails. Our basic article on this topic can be read here and you will also find lots of news regarding “Create an API” issue if you look through our pages. Another email of this kind came on behalf of StraitonTrade.com, “Hello , sorry we have problem with instant withdraw on you Liberty Reserve wallet.

Here is what you need to do in order to receive instant withdrawals from Straiton Trade” and then there are instructions which you should follow.

This email came from Glenn, the admin of the program and from the email address [email protected]. The thing is that you can see two contact email addresses on the website:

Email: [email protected] and

Technical information: [email protected].

However, there is a third one, from which Glenn has contacted us before and it is actually [email protected].

This might mean that the email was really sent out by StraitonTrade and that this program can not be trusted anymore or that their email has been hacked. In any case, do not follow the instructions and we’ll wait and see whether they will keep paying or not.

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