To be on the safe side i would avoid HYIPs as alot of them, not all, are out there to take your end of the funds with nothing in return.
Join autosurfs, especially studiotraffic, they have been out for almost 3 years and if they wanted to leave, they would have a long time ago. In fact they have paid out every month and if they havent, dont you think there would be tons of ranting all over the web?
Join ST you will not regret it, "it does you financially good"...
MacroInvest.net is a newer program that I think has what it takes to be the best. It is growing quickly and has been paying consistently. Check it out the rates are pretty high so it should be considered somewhat speculative and high risk but a very real chance for making some serious cash if you stick around for 3-4 cycles and then bail.
Check my signature for details of the best HYIP's IMHO, real HYIP's have been around for some time, ponzi's tend to be around for 1-4 months. But the best advice would be to find all the posters with very high post counts (over 500) and see what programs they are in, most of them have a blog.
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