Beware! SentinelsX has stopped paying! Do not invest there!

Hi everybody! It seems almost like a trend in the HYIP industry at the moment for programs to deliberately try make new programs as unique and different from other programs as the admin can manage, and with as little in common with other HYIPs as possible. It’s never really possible to do this 100% of course, after all there’s a limited number of payment processors, hosting providers, and so on that are prepared to offer services to online HYIPs, so in many ways most of them will still have something in common with the rest. But in operational terms it’s only limited by the imagination of the program’s admin, so yes, we have seen a fair number of off-beat and fairly unusual projects launching this autumn by admins trying something different. The point I’m trying to make here is that the program I want to look into for you today, called SentinelsX, is a perfect example. It’s by no means a difficult or overly complicated program, but it is something I would say a lot of readers may not have seen before so I hope I can explain it for you here, and see if then you think it might be worthwhile joining or not. SentinelsX as with any other program may not appeal to everyone but I do think the admin has put something together here that should attract a wide enough audience. SentinelsX has been online for about a week now and so far has been fairly dependable. During this first week online though not only has the admin been maintaining the payments, he’s also been running things very professionally and has made some positive changes to the program as the situations arise. So let’s start today’s update with a look at everything you might need to know about SentinelsX and see what you think about it then.

To start with an investment in SentinelsX doesn’t carry a fixed length term. Instead it carries a definite profit target that members are promised. Then the admin will make variable rate interest payments, and the term will run for how ever long it takes you to reach that target.

If that sounds slightly confusing then don’t worry. It will all make a lot more sense when we look at the details of the first investment plan. You can join SentinelsX for a minimum deposit of $5. If you invest anything up to $250 then you will be offered a return of 180%. This figure includes your initial principal, so in reality is your own money back plus 80% net profit. Or to put it another way, spend $100 and SentinelsX will try to give you back $180.

But the question now is exactly how long will it take you to get that 180%? Well, members get paid a daily interest rate which will change from one day to the next, so really I suppose it depends on the performance of the program. You’ll simply need to collect this payment every day until at some point in the future it comes to 180%, and then you’re out. Today’s interest rate for example at the time of writing saw SentinelsX pay 10%. That wasn’t what it was yesterday, and I doubt that’s what it’s going to be tomorrow, but there are certain guidelines in place. For example, SentinelsX promise there will always be a minimum payment of at least 5% in any given day. This could possibly rise to 20% if their fortunes have been particularly good, though to be blunt I’d have to say a rate that high would be an exception. You can view the historical rates paid on previous days, and to be fair they’ve actually been more generous than I would have honestly expected, with the 10% mark being met or bettered more days than not.

There’s a couple of other plans for bigger investors of course, just as you would expect from any HYIP if you’re looking to spend money then there’s an admin out there for you! In terms of actual mechanics they all work the very same way, making variable interest rate payments back to investors. The difference is that bigger spenders are given bigger final targets, and stay within SentinelsX until those targets are reached. The second plan then is open to deposits starting from $250, with the upper limit capped at $500. Members here are promised a final return of 190%, principal included, so that’s 90% profit. What we don’t know is how long it might take you to reach that 190%, but the rates paid to all members will be the same on any given day, in other words SentinelsX might give you 5%, 20%, or anything in between.

For the bigger investors spending from $501 up to $2,000 SentinelsX are offering members a final return of 200%, and for the maximum possible return of 210% members are required to deposit from $2,001 up to $10,000. As with the other plans SentinelsX do count your principal as part of the final return.

To simplify things a bit I know I’ve described the plans in terms of the daily rate of interest, which is accurate. However it’s not exactly how things work. I mean yes, you do get a different rate of interest every day, but it’s not made in just one payment. In actual fact your account will be credited every hour with 1/24th share of the relevant daily profit. There’s a stopwatch in you account area then counting backwards from 60 minutes, re-setting at zero, and you can see everything clocking up in front of you in real time. Remember that the hourly profits you receive to your account are available for withdrawal, and they represent the hourly share of the daily return. For instance, for the 12% daily return you get paid 0.5% hourly which is exactly a 1/24th share. When the server time changes the daily profit changes to the new rate, and then the hourly accrual changes together with it. After you see the money on your balance you can withdraw or re-deposit at any time you wish and get paid instantly, subject to the minimum rules of your chosen payment processor ($1 minimum for EgoPay for example).

So if the investment plans make sense and you like the look of them enough to join, then the next thing you’ll need to know about is what your payment options are. SentinelsX are using what are by now I suppose considered the standard group of payment processors for any new HYIP up to a decent caliber. In other words they’ve got most of the popular ones but nothing that requires verification. I wouldn’t really expect that to change (though the admin might surprise us, who knows) but it’s not really been much of a barrier to success for any of the better programs in recent times. You can deposit and withdraw funds in and out of SentinelsX using any of PerfectMoney, EgoPay, and Payeer for those who favor the more traditional payment methods, and BitCoin for anyone who prefers to work using the newer crypto-currencies. Something else you might expect from a program like SentinelsX (given the nature of the interest accruals I mean) is instant payments, and the admin duly obliges. You will still need to log into your private member’s account area of course and make a withdrawal request, but once done you should have the money in your preferred processor in under a minute. This has probably been one of the main contributory factors to the early success of SentinelsX, instant payouts always being popular no matter who’s making them.

This might be something of more interest/practical use to monitors and promoters, but an unusual feature in the SentinelsX members area is the option to either withdraw or re-invest the money in all of your payment processor accounts at the same time by clicking one button. I guess it’s unlikely many regular investors would have deposits in SentinelsX via more than one processor, or even more than one processor listed in their accounts for that matter, but like I said it’s probably more beneficial to monitors who’d be receiving commission payments to all the various providers. Still, the feature is available to everyone who needs it.

While still on the subject of making money from SentinelsX, there’s actually a huge system of bonus payments in place that will allow users to earn a little extra from the program outside of having an actual active investment with them. You’ll really have to check the website for yourself on this one because it’s simply too much for me to explain in any real detail for you here, but just to give you a general idea of what I’m talking about, SentinelsX are offering all sorts of payments for things like posting their banners, posting in forums, even taking “selfie” photos of you in front of a computer with SentinelsX open on the screen behind you. There’s even a raffle for an new iPhone 6, (a non bending one I hope!) though I kinda doubt any “real” investors will be winning that.

That sort of brings me on to the matter of promotional work, advertising by members, and so on. SentinelsX also have a section for members to create their own reviews of the program. These can be in video format if you like, though not necessarily so. Text and photo reviews are also welcome, so if you have a creative flair and would like to give it a try you can see the SentinelsX website for existing examples. So far these are mostly in Russian but don’t let that put you off. If anything yours will get a lot more traffic if it’s different anyway.

On the more technical aspects of the program such as design and security, I’m pleased to see that SentinelsX have spared little effort in their attempts to get things right first time. Hosting is on a dedicated server with the support and protection from DDoS attacks by BlockDos, who remain the undisputed hands down number one service provider dealing with online HYIPs. Speaking from experience (MNO is also with BlockDos) I can say downtime will not be an issue worth talking about, and in the unlikely event of it happening at all should be fixed before most people even know it happened. For a script SentinelsX is running off a licensed version of the H-Script, which has been a well enough known name in the industry for quite some time now but probably as popular in recent times as it’s ever been. Not exclusive to Russian based programs of course, but it has been favored by Russian admins for one reason or another for a while now. The reason I mention this is simply because the SentinelsX website is bilingual, available in both Russian and English, it’s just that the Russian version is quite superior. To provide members with an extra layer of security the SentinelsX website also holds an SSL certificate from Comodo to allow safer browsing and more secure transactions.

If you need to get in contact with the SentinelsX admin for any further questions or account related issues you need to have dealt with then there are a couple of different channels you can go through. From the public area there’s an online e-mail support form where any potential investor just curious about the program and looking for more information can fill in their contact details and enquiry and submit it. From inside the members area it’s a more complex set-up, with a more formal ticketing system that you can keep track of, and a sort of internal e-mail system. SentinelsX have Live Support which is mostly done using Skype by the way. Fans of social media websites will be able to find SentinelsX keeping profiles on most of the popular networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, the Russian language VK, and even Instagram (though I really can’t imagine what they’ll be posting there that could possibly be of any use to members). Also included is a small group of regional representatives where you might be able to find other members in your country or speaking your language that offer assistance.

As for the alleged business activities of the program that can supposedly support the interest payments to investors,this is something of a grey area. SentinelsX simply describe themselves as “financial professionals”, a term you might apply to pretty much any online HYIP admin, and leave it at that. Not that it bothers me or anything, nor will it bother most experienced investors. Even if there was a real business plan in operation here there’s still nothing that guarantees profitability in any line of work. So as always you need to proceed with caution, keep your eyes open as to exactly what it is you are getting into and the real nature of online HYIPs, stay well within a sensible spending budget that you can comfortably afford to lose, and if you do decide to join SentinelsX then try and make most effective use of them by keeping it as a smaller part of a wider more diverse portfolio.

DAILY NEWS FROM THE HYIP INDUSTRY

BINIMAL – SCAM ONLY AFTER FOUR DAYS ONLINE! DO NOT INVEST!

There’s been a lot of speculation about why the admin of Binimal stopped the payouts today, but the general consensus is that most likely too many investors made huge deposits on day one and then withdrew everything, thus forcing the inevitable collapse. Less than four days online is an absolutely horrible result for a short-term program like Binimal. I can see that even here some members managed to see a profit, but the majority obviously lost money. Although you can never dismiss the possibility that the admin always intended to run a fast scam from the start. After the selective payouts started today, I wasn’t sure that some of the complaints were legitimate, but when looking directly into readers accounts I contacted the admin of Binimal and asked to explain why some payments are still getting processed while others were returned to balance. Needless to say I received no response. Even last night when the admin issued his first long newsletter after the program’s launch he reminded members to double-check the payment processor accounts were listed correctly before requesting a withdrawal, so I assumed that this was the case with selective payouts. Apparently, I was not right in my assumption and the admin of Binimal himself was responsible for the outrage on forums when he returned money to members’ balances. But what did he expect? That everyone stay silent about such dishonest practices? In programs like Binimal the truth becomes obvious very quickly and the bad news sometimes spreads before you know it. In the case of Binimal it was a hard lesson to take. We can’t predict the outcome of such programs at all, some can last for a very long time, but Binmal wasn’t one of them. Binimal has stopped paying now and was moved to Problem status on the MNO monitor. Please do not invest there anymore!

CRYPTOFARM – TOTAL FAILURE! DO NOT INVEST!

CryptoFarm has also stopped paying today while only managing to run for one full 60-day long cycle and having next to no investors. The admin was apparently a total newbie here thinking that if he purchases Premium listing on MNO then investors will automatically flock to join. But it seems nobody invested there at all, which is less of a surprise considering a very modest layout, a very high minimum to join of $100-$150, and BitCoin listed as their only payment processor. The admin even had a rather poor attempt at looking different and persuading everyone that he’s actually mining BitCoins, i.e. has a regular source of income to back-up the profits. Therefore he didn’t advertise CryptoFarm anywhere but MNO and ended up of being exposed on the dedicated forum for BitCoin users where he was quickly spotted by experts as running a ponzi-scheme with nothing to do with the real mining process. In addition to that, by simply priced everyone out of his program due to the high minimums and working exclusively with BitCoin didn’t do much for them either. Today the payments have stopped as I’ve been waiting for mine for over 24 hours (which the promised processing time is 12 hours), and I have no other choice but to move CryptoFarm to Problem status on the MNO monitor. Please beware and do not invest there!

GEPARDALLIANCE – RECENT VIDEO SHOWS PHYSICAL OFFICE IN RUSSIA

GepardAlliance (reviewed here) keeps surprising me by breaking all the stereotypes of what a regular HYIP can be. In a four and a half minute video posted on last night a man enters an office in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, speaks to a representative of the company regarding the advantages, payment plans, guarantees, and ForEx trading GepardAlliance is allegedly backed up with, and decides to invest. Two weeks later and realizing how profitable an experience this can be we see the same actor recommend GepardAlliance to all his friends and relatives. The video is posted on the main page of GepardAlliance, but since it’s entirely in Russian I’ve just told you what it’s all about. The program is obviously of Russian origin as can be clearly seen by the level of English in the website and by the auto-translated news regarding their new video:

“Please pay your Attention.
The main page has been added News Video. In our plans to stay next year presentation video material with one of the Stars of the Russian show business.
Happy viewing.”

Of course we still need to treat GepardAlliance as a regular HYIP with all the pros and cons that go with it, but even the fact that the admin took the time and money to actually rent an office in St. Petersburg in order to create the illusion of legitimacy speaks volumes. On closer inspection you can even see some unusual (for an online HYIP) promotional material, like a wall clock with the GepardAlliance logo and some coffee mugs. There’s also a portrait of Vladimir Putin adorning the walls, though I doubt very much he’d approve! GepardAlliance has been so far a very reliable performer on the MNO monitor, paying everyone for 130+ days which makes it one of the longer running programs from my Premium List. Despite that GepardAlliance hasn’t managed to really take off yet and is not really popular among readers. However the situation might change soon enough once the investors see the potential for further growth and appreciate the stable payouts to PerfectMoney, EgoPay, Payeer, and BitCoin (+ some Russian banks as well) and also the moderately paying, but sustainable investment plans GepardAlliance offers investors – 0.35% daily forever (principal back anytime after 22 days), 0.56% for 62 days (principal back), 0.75% for 93 days (principal back). And who knows, maybe the recent promotional video from GepardAlliance showcasing an office in Russia might become that turning point when the program finally gets noticed, because it certainly deserves the success.

EGOPAY AND PAYEER – NEW DESIGN OVERHAUL AND NEW LOOK LAUNCHED

If you haven’t noticed yet, over the last couple of weeks both payment processors EgoPay and Payeer which are among the biggest in the HYIP industry at the moment have changed their layout to make their clients’ experience more convenient. That just points to the fact that competition in the HYIP industry related e-currency market is getting hotter and the battle for investors’ funds getting more fierce, especially if we consider the recent resurrection of Payza and the widespread usage of crypto-currencies like BitCoin. You can check out the new look of Payeer yourself, but there is no news of it on the website. As for EgoPay though, the administration issued a special post on their official blog a couple of weeks ago to highlight what actually changed and why you might consider using EgoPay for your HYIP investing activities:

“SIGNIFICANT UPDATES OF EGOPAY
Hello everybody,
EgoPay all the time tries to develop constantly by making wishes of its clients to come true. Thus, this time we want to surprise you with several new features and significant changes which will make the use of EgoPay much easier and more convenient.
New Design
EgoPay Team wants to announce that the new design will be launched this week. It is important to notice that only home pages will be changed in the beginning, while personal dashboard will stay the same for a few more weeks.
New features
We are happy to announce that new features will be launched shortly including multi-currency (CNY, RUB, GBP as well as others depending on the demand) and multi-language feature (Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Italian etc.).
Verification
Finally, we want to remind you about the verification process. Verified users will get many advantages in the long term such as more deposit options, higher limits, lower fees and many more. Get verified and enjoy all the benefits!”

GET PAID REPORT FOR 30/09/2014 

Here is the list of the programs from my monitor that paid me for the last 24 hours:
From MNO Sticky list: –
From MNO Premium list: CryptoArbs, 2FXLtd, AssuredAssets, HashPrime, LaxoTrade, Anancias,  BrinoGmbH, EastOil, SentinelsX.
From MNO Standard list: –
From MNO Basic list: ZeusInvest, OgdenOrganization.

That’s all the news for today, guys. Sorry to rain on your parade as it were with reports of two fast scams, but that happens in the HYIP industry all the time, and you always need to be prepared for the fact that any program can collapse without warning at any time. That is why it’s of utmost importance to always check the most up-to-date status of the programs you wish to invest with on the MNO monitor and the ShoutBox. And of course, do not forget the golden rule that should be in every investor’s diary – do not invest what you can’t afford to lose. See you on the MNO blog tomorrow, hopefully under happier circumstances and, fingers crossed, there will be new promising programs launching soon to replace the old ones. MNO is certainly the place where you find he biggest programs in the industry, so stay tuned for more updates soon!