15/01/2011. MNO Updates and Daily News from the Industry

Hi guys! I was going to take the evening off tonight but I guess I’m getting addicted to blogging now and simply can’t go without posting daily updates. I can see from the recently launched MNO Chat Room that my blog has a lot of fans reading it every day and I know it’s widely considered the most honest and unbiased monitor which is not involved in the running of any ponzies. I do not conceal from my readers anything and everybody can get acquainted with my rates and all the questions I’m getting from my readers and advertisers are always answered in the shortest possible time. I’m proud of what has been achieved MNO for the last couple of years but I’m getting even more excited about what will be achieved in the year ahead as I have some interesting plans for 2011 and hopefully they will be implemented soon. The first thing that’s already been put in place and proving to be popular is the MNO Chat Room. It looks like everybody likes the feature and especially the ability to draw some pictures and then watch the whole process become animated when you rewind it. I didn’t know we had so many great artists among the MNO readers and I’m really glad to see so many talented people out there. Who knows, maybe in ten years from now I can collect all the art work from my chat and put them on sale in the famous Christie’s auction house and get millions of dollars from them, lol!

Staying on the subject of the new Chat feature, I’ve gotten a number of questions about the correct way of logging in. Basically you have two options. First of all you can register your own username and password which you will need to set yourself. You will also need to enter a valid e-mail address. You won’t actually receive any confirmation to that address, but you will need it in the event of you forgetting your password.

The other option, and I have to stress that this will only be a temporary feature until the chat gets a bit more popular, is to sign in as a guest. If doing this then simply fill in the username you want, leave the password box blank, and click on the box that says Guest. That should get you in as a non registered member but keep in mind that you will have to register eventually so it may as well be now. Another handy feature by the way is that you can select your own language. The conversation itself will remain in English but the various features and settings can be set in over a dozen major European languages if it makes navigation easier for you.

This brings me to the topic of the new opinion poll on MNO. I’m taking it for granted that the Chat feature itself is popular because the feedback has been universally positive, but what I would like to know next is what you would most like to see as occasional features there. So we’ll start with the following question:
Would you like to see MNO Chat feature occasional live interactive chat or Question and Answer sessions with HYIP admins where members can participate?

And the possible answers are:

a) Yes. It’s a great idea, sounds like fun. You can’t stop admins from logging in anyway so I would love the opportunity to join in and ask my own questions.

b) No, not really. This should stay strictly as a Chat Room for MNO readers and too many HYIP admins would only hijack that for their own uses.

c) Maybe, but only under certain circumstances. Only established admins and with strict moderation.

Thanks as always for voting, guys, and remember that this is for the benefit of the readers, not me. So if you have an opinion on how MNO can be better for you then please let’s hear it!

Before moving onto the news I guess I should just recap on the results of last weeks poll, which was also connected to a recent change on MNO. As you may have noticed I changed the layout of the main blog page last week. The previous format had the two most recent articles on display, meaning you had to search for anything written before the previous day. The new layout features the latest article as the lead, followed by short intros in thumbnail format to the five most recent articles prior to that.

So the question simply asked:
Do you like my new post structure?

And I’m very pleased to say the results were very positive. In first place with a runaway victory was the answer “Yes, I like the new one with 5 recent posts.” That received 68% of the votes which is more than enough to convince me to leave this new layout in place.

In second place with 29% of the votes was the answer “Yes, I like it but I think 10 recent posts would be a better option.” I think this would be a little excessive because reviews to all currently paying programs are listed down the right hand side of the page anyway and the MNOFridays series is easily accessed through the links on the monitoring page, so nothing should be that difficult to find.

And finally with just 3% came those preferring things the way the were, voting “No, I preferred the old one with two posts on one page without thumbnails.” well, I guess that’s pretty comprehensive then and we’ll be sticking with the new format until I come up with a better idea! As usual thanks to everyone who voted and your opinions are valued here on MNO as is your feedback which is always welcome.

DAILY NEWS FROM THE INDUSTRY.

Let’s start with the news from Stanbec who issued a really surprising update about the addition of a second plan paying a much higher interest rate of 10% for 14 days (principal included). This plan is definitely aimed at those investors who are ready to risk their money for a chance to get some higher profits in the shortest possible period of time but at the same time ready to spend at least $50 (this is the minimum to deposit in this new plan). I remind you that the previous plan in Stanbec offered only 2.5% daily for an unlimited period of time with a minimum spend of $20 accepted via AlertPay, SolidTrustPay, LibertyReserve and PerfectMoney (read more about the plan in my review of Stanbec published here). According to today’s update the newly launched plan will be available for investing for the next 12 weeks so that’s plenty of time to invest for those interested. At the same time there were many concerns expressed by readers on the MNO chat that Stanbec is adding a new plan in order to get some more deposits before scamming. Well I can’t confirm or deny that because even with just the 2.5% daily forever plan available Stanbec for some unknown reason obtained an extreme level of popularity among investors and they were still running well to add another profitable plan. I think the problem is now different – many investors who rushed to join this daily plan will feel tricked because they have to wait for 40 days to break even and start receiving profits while the later members joining the newly added 10% for 14 days plan will be lucky enough to break even on the 11th day and get a hefty 40% profit by the end of their two week investment term. Anyway, I asked the admin of Stanbec a couple of questions regarding the new plan as he has requested some interview questions today. I really hope he will clarify this along with their fascination with the daily updates which sometimes are sent two or three times per day. What I can’t deny is the enormous success Stanbec is enjoying now which I hope will be even greater with the introduction of their new investment plan. Today some stats were published and it looks like after only 9 days online Stanbec reached over 1,200 members with about $50K in deposits. This might be an exaggerated figure but the fact that I have more referrals here than in the highly popular SureFireSurf (reviewed here) which was added to my monitoring even earlier than Stanbec. Well, I hope that such explosive growth will not fuel the temptation to close the program earlier than planned. So think thoroughly when considering an investment there. Here is the latest news from the program:
“Hello. Greetings from the No 1 Financial Service Providers – Stanbec Incorporation.
It is our responsibility to inform our clients on the day to day affairs of our program and for this reason we are sending you this weekend update, we shall be updating you on some special added features and the progress of our project in the last one week of operating online.
Statistics: Stanbec currently have a total member of 1230 with a total investment of $48,000 in just 9 days of its online activity. We are ranked top in monitors with positive fast payment votes, Stanbec has a very steady and stable growth and this goes a long way to speak about our professionalism, with this balance we are sure going to stay online for longer than we plan.
Special Feature: There is a special plan which was added to our investment portfolio today, this is a mid-term plan that pays 10% daily for 14 Days, This plan is going to run for 12 Weeks and we hope members can participate in this plan while it last. The Minimum Amount to invest is $50 with a Maximum spend of $20,000, Principal is not returned at the end of the Stanbec Special Plan.
Stanbec remains the investment solution of your dream, we offer quality services which you cannot find anywhere, while we continue to promote our program we want our members to give us there best support.
Regards, Marc”.

Some exciting news came today from the program that has been listed on MNO for over seven months now and reached #8 on my rankings. I’m talking about ReProFinance (reviewed here) which totally redesigned its website today for which reason it was unavailable for two hours:
“Dear customers!
Our system will be unavailable today from 9 PM to 11 PM GMT due to planned software update”.
I must add that the effort was totally worth it as ReProFinance is looking absolutely great now and I honestly think it’s one of the most professionally designed websites around. Actually you can submit your own opinion regarding the layout changes in the special poll that is running on the website at the moment. I think the vast majority of investors found the changes in website’s layout quite satisfying. I guess with the new layout ReProFinance will be able to become a much more popular program among those preferring high-quality websites when making their investment choices.
The design is not the only thing that changed about ReProFinance – now the program also accepts AlertPay along with Bank deposits and LibertyReserve and PerfectMoney. These additions are obviously aimed at the more serious investors who would not even look at the program if they hadn’t accepted AlertPay. The minimum to invest remains the same at $10 as well as the investment plans that pay 0.8%-1.5% for 90 business days, and 0.9%-1.9% for 180 business days with the principal returned on expiry. The profits look not so impressive compared to many other HYIPs but if you put those profits into perspective I think there is a good chance to achieve them because ReProFinance definitely expects a bright future ahead provided of course the admin keeps doing a great job in keeping up with the payouts which are by the way always processed instantly by the unique script the program is running off. More about ReProFinance can be read in my detailed review published here.

You may remember in the previous email from the admin of DollarCommerce Christopher he promised to update the advertising banners and make them more attractive to prospective investors. Well, just a few hours after that update was sent I noticed that the top banner on my blog was changed to a more prominent red-themed design. The remaining of the most recent newsletter from Christopher issued today was a reminder about the support that is always ready to answer your questions, about the currently running referral contest which results will be announced on Monday and about the 5% cash bonus for LR deposits for over $500 which you can get if you deposit into any of the three available plans offered by DollarCommerce with payouts on expiry: 106% after 3 days, 115% after 5 days, and 140% after 10 days. I would also like to remind you that you will be able to find more detailed information about DollarCommerce which has been successfully running for over a month already in my detailed review of the program published here. This is the latest newsletter from the admin who will be available for a live interview on MNO chat next week (watch out for further announcements about that soon):
“Hello, just a quick update from DollarCommerce today.
As promised earlier on the previous newsletter, we have developed new version of banner-set. Now you can choose between two styles promotion banners! Just login to your DollarCommerce account and click “Promotion Tools”. There are several standard sizes available, so use them to promote DollarCommerce and earn from our Referral Program!
Please let me know if you need any help on how to use those banners – insert in forums, portals, set your referral link for it, etc. I will be happy to help you out on this matter!
I have checked our members database and there are couple of members without any active deposit. I assume you might have questions regarding depositing procedure, e-currency funding, etc. Please in any case feel free to contact our support team and we will be happy to explain you and provide answers to your questions. Visit our Support Center: http://www.dollarcommerce.net/?a=support
Our Referral Contest and Special Weekly Deposit Bonus is still in place so hurry up, these offers are valid only during this remaining weekend. On Monday, January 17, we will announce and send prizes to the best referrers. More info and latest referrer stats can be checked as usual here: http://www.dollarcommerce.net/?a=cust&page=contest
That’s it. Enjoy your weekend and stay with DollarCommerce!
Christopher Baker. DollarCommerce Administrator”.

Unfortunately, another good program PrimoEarnings collapsed today but the admin Trevor already disabled the deposit button so at least you won’t lose money anymore. If you read my news update last night you might have noticed that I mentioned some delays for the last couple of days with withdrawals and that it was strange that the admin didn’t send me more questions for the cash contest last night. Everything became clear today when one reader complained to me regarding his pending withdrawal in the program. He also reported that Trevor asked him to patiently wait to be paid due to a lower than usual level of deposits. To the admin’s credit he didn’t start making up stories and excuses as to why my referral was not paid but I got a straightforward answer from him that he has almost no money left in his AlertPay account and that things were really slow for the last few days with the cashflow which was affected by the database loss which PrimoEarnings experienced with Dragonara who blamed him for sending forged invoices to their clients. I guess this blow which was mentioned on MNO was the beginning of the end because I believe that Trevor tried to run his program honestly and that the plan of accepting AlertPay only for the first month of operation was kinda original and refreshing. Unfortunately, the unexpected events preceding the addition of LR and PM scared off many potential investors and it looks like even the recent interview with MNO where Trevor freely admitted that he was running a ponzi-game instead of an investment venture didn’t help an already ailing program. At least he was honest with me and disabled the deposits on the PrimoEarnings‘ site which speaks volumes. I hope he will also post some farewell update on his site explaining the real reasons for the closure of his program.

If you remember, I reported on my blog yesterday that InvestPlatforms hasn’t fixed its script issues yet due to which even after requesting a withdrawal and receiving a confirmation email the amount available in your account balance in the program still remains the same. Well, it looks that this issue didn’t affect the payouts which are still processed fine and that somebody also reported in my chat today that InvestPlatforms paid as usual to him. So despite this issue I will leave InvestPlatforms on Paying status on MNO despite the fact that it’s not fixed yet. I remind you that the program accepts LibertyReserve, AlertPay and Bank wires and pays 1.2%-2% daily variable for 120 calendar days with the principal returned on expiry and payouts processed on business days only. There are also monthly plans with variable interest available in InvestPlatforms about which you can read in detail in my review published here.

I received the first payment on expiry from KlickWallet (reviewed here). That propelled the program higher in my ranking and made me feel more confident about its future because the withdrawal was processed very fast, within an hour after requesting it. KlickWallet has been online for 9 days already but is just getting noticed by serious investors. It offers three investment plans with fixed interest and payouts on expiry processed via AlertPay, LibertyReserve and PerfectMoney on the following plans: 107%-115% after 5 days, 127%-140% after 10 days, and 170%-200% after 20 days. Yesterday I sent some questions for an interview to the admin of KlickWallet. Hopefully it will be published on my blog next week as the admin asked to allow him a few days in order to answer all the questions.

Escaliva (reviewed here) is the second program which paid my principal today back on expiry. Unlike KlickWallet, Escaliva only accepts LibertyReserve but pays instantly 2.8%-5.6% for 7 days with the principal returned on expiry. So today my principal was paid back and like the regular payouts it was processed instantly. This is an encouraging sign because I was not sure if Escaliva would be able to survive the first payouts on expiry, so now that the first cycle is over I guess the program will become more popular. However, it’s hard to predict, so time will tell!

I wonder if we really have so many sleepwalking investors in this industry that would fall into the trap set by the administration of EzProfit. I remind you that I already thoroughly analyzed the program’s scamming strategy when in order to pay to its daily plans of 1%-2% for 999 days it was done by using the investors’ money who deposited into the plans with on expiry payouts. So the article (read it here) was published already in October 2011 and the scam discussed there was from that point also utilized by such popular program as YesInvestment (read more about that below). Still I guess EzProfit is hoping to get some more money because (surprise-surpise!) those who deposited in EzProfit on daily plans are still getting paid. So in order to extend the program’s lifespan and continue to keep paying to poor investors at the expense of the rich ones (social equality in action) there is another plan offering 24% daily for 15 days for the deposits starting at $1K which will probably find a few takers. But of course, it’s NOT advised by MNO due to the selective nature of payouts which are processed by EzProfit now. This is the latest announcement about that posted on EzProfit‘s site:
“NEW 15 Days Plan lanched !
We pay 24% interest daily to your account after 24hrs of your invested date for 15 days. Total 360% return, your pure profit is 260%. Deposit and profit guaranteed.
Very limited amount and time offered. This plan will be closed at any time once we reached the investment limit. Daily withdrawal allowed via LR or debit card.”

YesInvestment, which is almost surely run by the same admin as EzProfit, hasn’t answered my email about the non-payment to one of my readers who gave me access to his account to confirm that he was not paid his 350% profit from the 10% for 35 days plan which he was supposed to get from the program a few days ago for his $1K deposit. If you read my blog on a regular basis you might remember that I warned about investing in any on expiry plans with YesInvestment and advised only to stick with 0.8%-2% daily forever plan which is still paying. I guess the administration of YesInvestment refused to utilize the same story with credit cards that are about to get shipped to everybody with pending payouts (the excuse widely used by EzProfit) and instead made up some really-really stupid excuse which was probably the first that came to their head. So, the reader who complained to me yesterday actually received an answer to his email first asking him about his home address and then sending him this nonsensical request:
“Dear Sir or Madam,
We will ship out a confirmation code to your mailing address by next business day for verification.
Once you received the verification code, please send it to us and we will transfer the earning to your account balance to withdraw or reinvest. Thanks”.
The stupidest thing is to actually ask him about the address first which was not specified in his profile during registration so he could come with any address. Of course for some reason that confirmation code will be sent to him via regular mail that will take weeks to some address (I guess he could say The Moon or Guantanamo Bay and still get the same reply, lol!) and of course, cannot be sent to the email address that was specified during the registration. This is actually one of the most stupid excuses I have ever heard from any HYIP admin and no wonder that the administration of YesInvestment totally ignored my request and didn’t even bother to reply my email because they knew exactly I would not swallow such an outright lie. Anyway, taking into consideration the story with EzProfit it looks like YesInvestment are doing absolutely the very same thing – it will continue to pay for daily plans at the expense of those who had the misfortune to invest in the exceptionally high-profit on expiry plans. YesInvestment that was moved to Problem status on MNO yesterday despite that I was paid by them. Note that MNO does not and will not tolerate selective payouts and that all your verified complaints regarding the programs monitored on MNO will be taken very seriously with possible bad consequences for the programs and their admins who choose to harm their credibility by paying selectively and trying to fool the investors into thinking otherwise.

Of course not many other monitors hold the same standards as MNO. Take the infamous scam hyip.com and its administrator Lurch Addams who would stop at nothing to hurt the members of programs who preferred to list on MNO instead of going with his inefficient services he offers to his clients forcing them to choose between his service and the more efficient one of MNO. After listing their programs cheaply on hyip.com the admins suddenly realize it was a false economy and they are getting absolutely no results with this oversized walking ego, except of course to be told how to run their business. But then it’s too late because they are trapped as one of the conditions of being listed on hyip.com is the inability of the program to leave. This selfish attitude forced many admins to just abandon their listings there run from that tyrant. This is what happened with the admins of FutureTrails (reviewed here) and InvestPlatforms (reviewed here) who were both blacklisted on hyip.com as punishment for their “inappropriate” actions. Fortunately, not many people paid attention to those shameless actions by hyip.com those programs only gained success after breaking free.

It looks like another program that was added to MNO monitoring just today – GoldenShoesVentures – is also sharing the same fate but Lurch spared the program this time and just issued a warning based on “complete lack of even the very minimal communication and managerial skills toward its users and potential business partners”. Well, I, for instance, find the communication skills of Grace, the admin of GoldenShoesVentures perfectly fine and the fact that the administrator of hyip.com ignored all her previous emails to him and only replied to the one where the admin asked to remove her program from hyip.com makes him look even more petulant than ever. The admin of GoldenShoesVentures in her recent update published on the site called this behavior childish many times but I actually think the word “diseased” would be a more appropriate definition here. Yes, Lurch is helpless and stumbling faster than a drunk man across a dance floor, but that only makes my blog stronger because despite his efforts people will recognize the truth when they see it and they will see it in spectacular style by the checking the MNO forum thread HERE where I’m publishing the email exchange between the GoldenShoesVentures‘ admin and hyip.com which will hopefully be a lesson for other admins and also for his readers that his website has barely the faintest connection with reality. The admin of GoldenShoesVentures Grace who was extremely helpful so far and answered all my questions regarding her program published a detailed update on her website thoroughly explaining the situation with her listing on hyip.com and the behavior of Alex who looks like to have totally lost touch with sanity. Just read and entertain yourselves, guys:
“Hello all,
We recently have been thinking about listing with MNO monitor and blog and request an interview by the admin and as we learned during listing our website at hyip.com, hyip.com does not want anyone listed with them to be listed on MNO at the same time. We thought this was really childish and tried to find a way to simply disable our monitor service with Hyip.com so we would have the freedom to advertise where we wanted.
We learnt from different sources that hyip.com would blacklist us if we went ahead to buy advertising from MNO so we decided to send an email to hyip.com, telling him what our intentions were and asked him to remove us from his listing if that was the only option. We also hoped that he would change his mind and give us the freedon we needed and I waited to hear back from him before proceeding to register on mno. I thought his behaviour towards MNO was childish really and I said that to him and mentioned to him that this behaviour was ruining the reputaion of Hyip.com
We finally heard back from him and he writes “Your program is denied further listing services.
Good luck and once again, take your attitude elsewhere and teach someone else please.”
After I read this, I emailed him back reminding him that he did not “Deny” our listing and that we had opted out if he could not allow us list with MNO.
I visited his website and his top HYIP NEWS from today was this statement:
“GSVReloaded – Listing DENIED
Listing and payouts monitoring services for GSVReloaded have been denied. Administrator’s nearly complete lack of even the very minimal communication and managerial skills toward its users and potential business partners make this program NOT likely to succeed for any extended period of time. Not without inherited , but there ARE better other investment choices available. All future payouts due HYIP.COM are now abandoned.”
Well, I guess he feels insulted by the fact that I told him his behaviour was childish and that his customer service was zero. It is indeed zero and it took him almost 1 week to activate out listing and his monitor code which we were required to have on the website said anything from “Not Listed” to “Fake Seal” during those times and it was not good for GSV. I sent him several emails during that period and not 1 single response. He finally for once responds to our email when I ask him to disable our monitor.
I just wanted to share this just in case they read his blog, they would understand why he did that but then again, I guess most of you know his story and how he reacts when someone decides to do anything other than what he says.
Any hyip.com downline who wants to go with their master can request a refund and I will be happy to send you a refund, I mean all 3 of you! Send me an email or use live support and we will send your refund swiftly.”

As you can see, Grace was extremely professional in handling the issue with hyip.com and explained it thoroughly well in her recent update, and even suggested to refund to his massive downline of three people. I don’t quite understand why he questioned the communication skills of the admin of GoldenShoesVentures because to my mind everything was perfectly clear. The absolute lack of service and the negligence of its duties as a monitor are the two distinguishing features for The Incredible Exploding Dimwit who is slowly becoming the safest harbor for all types of scams while honest programs are either running away from it or simply avoiding it completely. Anyway, I think that’s enough about hyip.com for one night because there’s volumes of material there to save for another day. Sorry, but I simply couldn’t resist the opportunity to give this guy a virtual slap once again as he definitely deserves it for his bad behavior and shoddy services to investors.

GoldenShoesVentures is running for over a month already so it also successfully survived the slow Christmas period and just added AlertPay to the list of accepted payment processors just two days ago. Here is the news from the site announcing that:
“Alertpay Payments, Debit&Credit Cards (Visa/Mastercard/Amex)
We now accept Alertpay deposits. If you want to deposit via Alertpay account balance, you can do that directly from our website and if you want to deposit via debit or credit card, just login to your account in GSV and you will find instructions on how to deposit via Visa and Master Card. You must have an account with Alertpay so if you dont, please visit Alertpay’s website and setup an account. It takes less than 5mins and then come back to our website and follow instructions.”

You might be wondering why GoldenShoesVentures‘ site is called GSVReloaded. Well, I will not go into too much detail in today’s post and will save it for the review which will be published on MNO very soon, just after the first payment is received. Today I just want to mention the very basics – the program with the admin who really has better “communication and managerial skills” than others since managed to run her program paying a high interest rate of 10% for 15 days for over a month already. I guess with the recent addition of AlertPay and listing on MNO GoldenShoesVentures can become even more popular than when they were only accepting LR and PM and were listed with hyip.com. The minimum to invest is $5 if you invest via LibertyReserve and PerfectMoney or $30 for all AlertPay investors. The investment can be done in shares, one of which costs $1. The script used by GoldenShoesVentures is quite original and reminds one of both Neversay and Orohyip scripts. The admin told me that it was provided by and customized to their needs by a programmer from Wizziweb. The new website is hosted with the highest level of protection on a dedicated Enterprise server by Blacklotus and is SSL-secured so we shouldn’t have any problem with downtime. I guess that’s enough of the description for today and if you’re interested you’re welcome to check GoldenShoesVentures website by yourself. The review is coming soon, so stay tuned!

The list of the programs that paid me today is quite extensive for Saturday and includes:
SureFireSurf, FxEconomy, TerraProfits, InvestPlatforms, Businex, FenixTrust, GorgonProjectInvest, PandaTrade, ReProFinance, YamaFinance, GainBucks, Stanbec, DollarCommerce, RevenueBuild, FondosMayores, AccessTomorrow, PrestigRev, Escaliva, KlickWallet, BetBankFund, AllianceAdvantage and OilCapital (the first instant payments received).

Please expect more news and updates on MNO tomorrow so stay tuned and see you all then!