16/02/2010. Skinex Review and Other News

BEWARE! THIS PROGRAM HAS STOPPED PAYING! PLEASE DO NOT INVEST!

Hi guys! For the first review today I want to take a look at something that’s a marked change of pace over the program we looked at last night. It’s a short term HYI program this time called Skinex and while at first glance the plans may make it look a lot like any number of short term investment programs currently clogging up the net, I’d advise you to at least take a second look at this one. Even if short term programs aren’t your thing I think you’ll agree that Skinex is quite unique and has a number of advantages over many of its competitors.

For one thing it has a uniquely customized script which by itself is enough to set it apart from the majority of short term programs. If nothing else it takes a lot more time, effort, and expense to develop than a lot of admins are prepared to make on programs otherwise intended to run for six or eight weeks so that should tell us we are dealing with somebody a bit more serious here.

I’ll get to all of that in a moment anyway but let’s start as usual with the investment plans. Skinex has two of them for you to consider and both are fairly uncomplicated affairs typical of what’s on offer around at the moment. Both of them run for 12 days, but one of them pays out daily while the other one pays on expiry.

So starting with the first one you will be required to make a minimum deposit of just $5 with the maximum set to $10,000. In return you will be paid 11% interest per day for 12 days. That all adds up to a total return of 132%. Your principal is already counted in that so don’t expect it to be returned. So for example were you to invest $100 in this plan Skinex would pay you $11 per day for the term and you would finish with a final total of $132. You would also have broken even after 10 days.

The second plan has a bit more of an autosurf style about it. The principal is the very same with a $5 minimum required to join and a $10,000 maximum. You will only receive one single payment this time however, and that will be of 144% paid on expiry, after 12 days. Again your principal is already counted in that so for let’s say a $100 investment you are offered a one time final payment of $144.

Personally I went with the first daily payments plan. Obviously it carries a significantly smaller risk while still being highly profitable. Also one drawback in the minds of many investors will be the fact that Skinex is online for the last three weeks. While I don’t see that as such a big problem for this particular program (they’re a bit better than average) I’m still not going to treat them differently from any other online HYIP based game. So sorry if it sounds like a negative approach (it isn’t) but daily payments will always give you a certain level of protection from heavy losses.

The list of payment options is decent enough I think for a short term HYIP. Skinex is taking GlobalDigitalPay, LibertyReserve, PerfectMoney, and StrictPay. Another advantage to this program over so many of its competitors is the fact that they offer instant payouts. You’re still going to have to log in and request them of course but they should be sitting nicely in your e-currency account by the time you can log back out again and go check on them. It’s a nice touch and in such a competitive business it’s always good to have little extras like that that will always give you an edge.

The security and design of Skinex are also better than average. The first thing to catch my eye was the use of SSL encryption and I was pleased to see them join the growing list of new programs installing this feature. They are hosted on a dedicated Staminus server supported and protected by DdoSWiz. The script as I already mentioned is custom made and not one of the generic models for general sale. Customer support is available via two methods. You can either submit a support ticket through the online form or try to catch the admin when he’s logged in to Live Chat for answers in real time. As usual this is not a 24 hour feature so keep an eye on it if you need to. The website also has a multi lingual interface with your choice of English, German, or Russian versions. And as a native Russian speaker I can confirm that it’s a professional translation and a very good one at that. So I assume the German version is too.

Arguably another welcome feature of this program though is the complete lack of pretense about imaginary offline investment activities. Read it carefully and then go back and read it again. There is no mention of ForEx, arbitrage betting, real estate, stock markets, or any of the usual nonsense. It’s presented to you as a game and for the fact that they have decided not to tell any lies to their potential customers I salute them. You know the risks and nobody is denying them. If you don’t go into this with your eyes open you can only blame yourself as the admin is certainly not offering any guarantees.

But with a secure website, a professional admin, instant payouts, and some nice plans Skinex is worth a few bucks as part of a well balanced portfolio. Remember it only costs $5 to join so it is possible to participate and enjoy the game without risking what you can’t afford, so keep it sensible and have fun.

OTHER NEWS FOR TODAY.

Starting with the bad news there are a number of programs that stopped paying and were moved to Problem status on my monitoring page. KobelCapital was a great program and paid for four and a half months without any issues. However today I received quite a few complaints and checked out the forums only to discover that KobelCapital seems to be paying selectively and so it was moved to Problem status.

Another program that is moved to Problem status is Flanita which has been monitored by MNO for 4 months. The withdrawals just stopped suddenly and there is no sign of them being resumed. Many monitors have already moved Flanita to Problem status and MNO is no exception.

SazaInvestments has been put on On Hold status on my monitoring page. I was hesitant to do so because a few of my readers advised me to give SazaInvestments another chance to prove themselves while others suggested I had to move them immediately due to selective payouts and their inability to fulfill their promise and pay to everybody on Monday. I eventually decided that On Hold status will be more appropriate at this point, at least until Friday when supposedly the withdrawal button should be open again. Since the admin of SazaInvestments didn’t reply to either of my recent emails I sent him (usually he was quite fast in replying) I advise you not to make any investments in Saza at this point. I will report on my blog straight away if I have any more news about this program.

Please note that due to the official banking holidays two investment programs based in Panama were not able to trade yesterday and today so your profits will not be credited to your account. Here is the update from PanaMoney (reviewed here) about this:
“No trading on February 15 and 16. The President’s Day in the United States and Shrove Tuesday in Panama.”
I remind you that PanaMoney is one of the best performers among long-term HYIPs for over 18 months already offering you variable daily returns depending on their trading results which you can watch in real time. More about PanaMoney can be read also in my exclusive interview with the admin Allen published here.

Another program allegedly based in Panama – TheKapital (reviewed here) – will not credit the accounts for two days either. Here is the update published on the site of TheKapital regarding this:
“Holidays in USA (President’s Day)
We would like to inform you that due to the holidays in USA (February 15th – President’s Day) our trading desk is closed for business. According to our terms of service the profit is paid on business days only. Weekly profits will be paid the next business day. We wish you a pleasant holiday.
Holidays in Panama (Shrove Tuesday)
We would like to inform you that due to the holidays in Panama (February 16th – Shrove Tuesday) our trading desk is closed for business. According to our terms of service the profit is paid on business days only. Weekly profits will be paid the next business day. We wish you a pleasant holiday.”

I’m glad to report that I finally received the long-anticipated interview with the admin of MandarinInvest which is currently holding the #11 spot in MNO’s rankings. I was asked many time why I haven’t published an interview with them yet on my blog. So I’m pleased to tell you that the interview (which is very detailed and comprehensive by the way) will be published on MNO tomorrow. So stay tuned and don’t miss it. It should be really interesting. MandarinInvest (reviewed here) has been a stable performer for nearly four months already and deserves all the support they have received from the investment community for its instant payouts to the majority of payment processors (8 payment processors in total at the time of writing). But also for its high standard of support and their professionally translated website into many languages. MandarinInvest offers different plans which will suit any investor: 1% for 30 days, 1.3% for 100 days and 1.6%-2.1% for 150 days with the principal paid back on expiry. I believe that MandarinInvest is capable becoming one of the major successful HYIPs of 2010 and I hope my gut feeling is right. Anyway, as I said already stay tuned for the interview with the admin on my blog tomorrow!

Unfortunately I was not able to attend yesterday’s meeting held by the admin of PTVPartner Garrett (interviewed here) because of the timing. So today when I received another newsletter from him I was gutted to hear that I might have missed something interesting. So I would appreciate if somebody could share this information with me (if there was really some important topics discussed there). Anyway, as Garrett said you never know what to expect and what you can miss next time so if you have spare time you can also attend other two meetings which are scheduled for this week. To attend the meeting all you need to do is to go to the PTVPartner site at the scheduled time, enter the chat room and register your account with your desired username and simple password. That is all that’s required to be able to listen to what Garrett has to say live. If you missed PTVPartner I suggest you to read my detailed review of program here to know more about the plans and the unique features PTVPartner has to offer its investors. The most recent newsletter also answers some support questions, blog article of the day and the usual joke of the day. Here is the newsletter for your attention:
“Wow! Another Great Meeting.
We keep telling you you NEED to come to the meetings and wow, what a meeting it was. Normally the information is given in under an hour. Today it was a jam-packed hour and a half. There are many exciting things that are happening, changes that are being made, new things being done. You’ll never know what you’ll miss. This week you have two more opportunities to obtain all the details first hand.
Wednesday the 17th at midnight GMT (6pm CST)
Friday the 19th at 3am GMT (Thursday the 18th 9pm CST)
Please come join us and see what all the excitement is about!
Support Question of the day:
CHANGING THE SECRET ANSWERS TO SECURITY QUESTIONS
You set the security questions and answers when you joined during the signup process. You set those plus set the security code.
You can reset your security question(s) by by logging in to your Account…select Security Questions and follow the prompts. We cannot do this for you. You will need to retain your password, security code as well as the answers to your security questions. If you are unsuccessful you will need to open a new account using a new email address and a new account name… You may need to whitelist ptvpartner.com at your email provider’s site.
Blog Articles of the Day:
Internet Censorship Act
The plans to censor the Internet in USA and Western Countries is REAL. Please watch the video above by a fellow Freedom Fighter Alex Jones about how “Western Democracies” like New Zealand and Australia have already started Internet censorship and see the definite plans of Obama to Censor Internet Access in the USA.
Sure this is regarding what Alex Jones says and many believe him to be an extremist. However, this IS something that is planned and you can see how real it is if you search it out. Take the time to get involved. These are OUR countries. Why is it that we are being “babysat” like little kids. Are you and I old enough to make our own decisions, control our own destinies, watch our own backs? Why must our Governments do it for us? Have your really thought these things through? As a personal opinion, I believe we have been too lax in our attitudes and responsibilities in overseeing our Governments and the leaders we have chosen. Now we are reaping the “rewards” of our laxness and our willingness to think that the government is the answer to all the problems we face. What do you think?
The International Forecaster – Bob Chapman
Here’s a man that has been right on target in his predictions and statements. If you don’t know him, you may wish to read up. He has a varied background. One that puts him in a position to have a unique perspective. There is a link in the article to a recording to listen to.
Guys, we know some of the articles we place on the blog are argumentative, controversial and the likes. Some are outstanding and have really important information and points of view. Not every article is going to be considered “news” but many are worth knowing about. They are worth taking a look at. Decide what you like and don’t like but be informed. We’re trying to put up interesting things that have merit for consideration. Take advantage of the comments section. Let us know what you think, what you like and don’t like. That’s what it’s there for along with being a place to put any important information and updates as needed.
Joke of the Day:
A blond got lost in her car in a snow storm. She remembered what her dad had once told her. “If you ever get stuck in a snow storm, wait for a snow plow and follow it.” Pretty soon a snow plow came by, and she started to follow it. She followed the plow for about forty five minutes. Finally the driver of the truck got out and asked her what she was doing. She explained that her dad had told her if she ever got stuck in the snow, to follow a plow.The driver nodded and said, “Well, I’m done with the Wal-Mart parking lot, now you can follow me over to K-Mart.”
Ok that’s an “oldie but goodie” for you. Maybe some have forgotten it it’s so old. Apologies ladies, we do realize that not all blonds are dumb blonds but we do know there are at least one or two somewhere. Anyway, hope you got a laugh at least!
Start the Experience … join PTVPartner and … Free your Life!!!”

Aballong (reviewed here) is another great new low-ROI program based on sports arbitrage that is improving day after day even though it’s been online for a couple of weeks only. I’m glad that they acted positively on my criticism of their program in the review and added SSL-encryption today and also removed the necessity for the verification of members willing to deposit over $1,000 (it still applies to all Bank wires though). More good news: AlertPay deposits can be made using your Credit card from now on. It’s the next important step taken by the administration of Aballong to ensure the growth and a strengthened position for their program during the coming weeks and months online. I respect such a serious approach from the admin and so I’ve decided to interview her for my blog and will be sending some questions tonight. I hope the interview will be as interesting as her program! Here is the latest newsletter from Aballong which recently introduced daily cashouts (instead of the previously used weekly ones):
“Aballong is not only your favorite arbitrage program, but we are still improving.
Martin and I added two more services to our website. First we installed SSL for securely using our website. We were also getting many demands in accepting credit card payments, so far this was only possible for verified members, but we also verified and request credit card payments over our ecurrency partner AlertPay and our account is now completely approved to accept credit cards. If you want to use your credit card, you can now select AlertPay to do so.
Because we have now AlertPay as our credit card partner, we do not request verifications anymore, and you only need to verify yourself if you want to do investments using a bank Transfer. All other e-currencies or AlertPay (using credit card) do not need any verifications and the maximum level of investments is now for everyone by $45000, last but not least, Martin and I congratulate 2 winners of our game, who was correct with yesterdays game, so this accounts was upgraded with additional 10% off there yesterdays deposits.
Regards, Alrea”.

The admin of XagaEnterprise Kevin (interviewed here) sent out a request to the members of his program to return the excessive payouts which were made over the weekend due to some script failure which credited the members’ accounts for Saturday and Sunday and was not supposed to do so. I didn’t find any extra payments in my own account but if you do please return the money like Kevin asked. Here is the latest news from XagaEnterprise (reviewed here):
“There was a bug in our system. In the past 1-3 weeks, members who opt-in in the ultimate plan has received earnings on weekends. Saturday and Sunday. It suppose to be Monday to Friday only.
Do me a favor guys. Please please return the money that you have received on that weekends.
I was going to edit one by one, but it’s impossible to edit more than 3K members. It will take months. So, I decided to pay all withdrawals.
Now I need your cooperation and your honest. Login to your back office, see your earning history. Search all earnings on weekends. Some got paid for 1 weekend, some got paid for more than 1 weekend.
XagaEnterprise will not collapse because of that but I already told u that our profits are not much. XagaEnterprise is not forex based. So, I will appreciate if you can return the money in order to balance the income and outcome.
So, if you care about XagaEnterprise then help me. I work so hard for you and I need your cooperation this time. I will appreciate the ones who are going to return the money.
These are our accounts. Spend manually to:
LR : u6647898 (Xaga Enterprise)
PM : u1376395 (Xaga Enterprise)
SP : 56302 (Xaga Enterprise)
Don’t forget to write “I care of Xaga” in the memo.
I will fix the bug ASAP.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Regards, Kevin. Admin”.

It seems many of the members of SportBetInv (reviewed here) complained to me recently that they were unable to withdraw their earnings due to forgeting their withdrawal password. Since it’s quite a time consuming process to restore such withdrawals the admin of SportBetInv decided to remove this option completely from the script. However not to compromise security of your account you’re advised to click on “Account security” option and enable your IP and browser change. Then in case somebody else is trying to access your account from a different computer or location a unique code will be sent to your email address so you will be safe and sound as usual. Here is the latest news from SportBetInv which is still doing fine by the way and reached the #5 position in MNO rankings:
“I’m writting to you today, to give you a small update about SportBetInv.
All is running perfectly since the start more than 1 month ago.
However since few days, we receive tens of mails of customers who have forgot their Withdraw pin code (transaction code). We also decided to take off this security at this time, due to big problems this option is creating everyday. Reset code individually take us many times so we can’t continue on this way.
We remember you either, that you can setup the “ip security restriction” to your account. This option send you an unique code to your e-mail, each time a new ip is trying to log into your account.
Best regards, Garry. Support Dpt. SportBetInv”.
I remind you that SportBetInv is paying you 1.5%-1.9% daily forever and 12%-15% weekly forever and that you can request your principal after the first 10 weeks. The program has been listed on MNO for over three months already and has never once failed to pay promptly. There are four payment processors accepted by SportBetInv: LibertyReserve, StrictPay, PerfectMoney and GlobalDigitalPay. I hope SportBetInv will keep going for a long time because I really like how the program is performing so far!

That’s all for now guys, but stay tuned for another review on MNO later this evening accompanied by more of the latest news from the industry! See you later, guys!