Be On The Look Out For Things Like This:

Pay the small fish and the big fish will come

The HYIP has being paying daily for few months without fail. Their membership growth rate is healthy.
Suddenly they announced a new plan, which is more much more attractive than the current plans. This new plan is usually on a compounding basis whereby you can only withdraw only after a month or so. The new plan also requires you to invest a higher spend than the other plans.

People will fall for it because the HYIP had gain much public trust after months of consistent payout.

Example: Global-E-Bank

Voting Madness
The HYIP pays non-investors to vote on monitoring sites. These non-investors keep voting on varies monitoring site and in the end they get more than the real investors.
This is a sign of a ponzi scheme. That HYIP need more new money to pay the old investors. A non-investor voting : "I got paid! Super! Best HYIP!" is the joke of the year. They are paid to be a liar. These liars are no different from scammers and to us, they are in the same barrack as those scammers in the jail.

Also watch out for sudden increase in good votes. Yesterday there were 10 good votes and today there are 100? Someone is behind this and you should know who he is……the SCAMMER!

Example: ImpexInvestments

FAQ/Plan Structure Rip Off

Many HYIP are so lazy to do their own FAQ and even their pay structure that they copy others. If they are so lazy to do their own, they will also be lazy to pay you!
Example: oneinvest.co.uk is identical to syninvest's FAQ and xgoldx is identical to C-Investment's pay structure.


FAQ/Plan Structure Rip Off

Many HYIP are so lazy to do their own FAQ and even their pay structure that they copy others. If they are so lazy to do their own, they will also be lazy to pay you!
Example: oneinvest.co.uk is identical to syninvest's FAQ and xgoldx is identical to C-Investment's pay structure.


Dishonest HYIP Blogs/Monitoring Sites

These blogs/monitoring sites claim to be honest investors. They will list the biggest and most well known paying programs and give professional reviews. After scrolling through the listings, you discover a stranger inside the top list! A program you never heard of before. But the site claim that it is best program and they have already invested a huge sum of money in it.
Obviously, the monitoring site has some "relationship" with that HYIP or vice versa.

HYIP Fake Documents

Someone discovered the documents posted by the HYIP as fake. Why a need to display fake documents?? Obviously this is a ponzi!!
Example: ImpexInvestment

HYIPs claiming to be a division of a group

It's so easy to check out on these idiots. Just call the main group. Usually, the main group will claim that no such division exists!
Example: Mineral Investments

THE 3% CURSE

Over the years, theres a payout trend in the HYIP world:
1% daily - usually goes with 365 days/life
2% daily - usually goes with 365 days
3% daily - usually goes with 90 days
4% daily - usually goes with 50 days
5% daily - usually goes with 25 days or 30 days
variable% usually goes with 6 months to one year

The best part is the 3% curse. HyipFarm.com started this term!
Believe it or not, most programs offering 3% is cursed to close down!

Example:
widegold - 3% daily for 200days
impexinvestments - 3% daily for life
oneinvest.co.uk - 3% daily for 180 days
3×90.com - 3% daily for 90days
Sonicinvestment - 3% daily for 90days
MakeRich.ca - 3% daily for 200 days

From www.igoldforum.com