I found the following post in a yahoo finance forum:

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The site went down yesterday. sosa mentioned that 3 hyips went down
because of SI, it is rumored that vip was one of the three. the rumor
around the water hole is that SI took care of those three first, even
above the VIP VIP's.
the downing of the site might have implications that they are
adjusting since they have been down for a month (also).

speculation leads me to believe or should i say opinionate several
things:

1. I have reports of people paid in my group along with moxxxxxl has
seperate sources reporting the same. I have now confirmed 4 different
sources that have recieved payment.

2. VIPinv is doing their process similair to SI, of getting their site
back up which will give you a second alternative to making money over
and above SI. It could take about 1/2 the time since they have 1/10th
the investor base.

3. more proof that payments have being made. (hint: escrow might be
finished, another rumor)

I do recall it took me one week to get funds from the exchanger to
egold, not once but several times. I have dealt with bank wires for
10+ years and that is a pain in the petooty doing ONE. let alone
20,000 MANUALLY.

let me end on this note, I am very annoyed with the PM's that I
recieved from people I DO NOT KNOW, demanding information, talking
about how their onions are going to fall off if they do not get paid
in the next day or so. If I do know you, I have replied. Let me make
it clear, that I am under no obligation to say anything, and I cannot
even tell you half of what I know. I do it to calm the nerves if that
is even possible. since i already know this post will end up on
pingmans board, which is fine, I dont want it on sosaheres board.

If I know you, its cool. If I do not...... DONT PM ME.
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pinetree