HYIP Refund: how I got (some of) my money back from a closed HYIP program.

Wow, this was unexpected.

I checked my e-mail box in the morning today and there was an e-mail from AlertPay (which is a payment processor much like PayPal). At first, I thought it was in relation to my refund request from Kooday. It turned out that it wasn't - it was actually concerning my refund request from UniteTrade which I filed a while ago and completely forgot about.

UniteTrade was a High Yield Investment Program (aka HYIP aka pyramid program aka scam) that I tried participating in just for the experience. It was a pretty popular HYIP program, but just like the rest of these programs, it was short-lived. When it closed down, I decided I'll try to get my money back, so I filed a dispute with AlertPay, which is the payment processor that I used to invest my $5 into UniteTrade. I wasn't really expecting anything to come out of it, so eventually I just forgot about the whole thing.

Well, today (months after I initially filed the dispute) I received an e-mail from AlertPay saying that my account was credited, or in other words, I got a refund. However, it was not a full refund. I only got back 13% of the amount that I initially invested. That's perfectly understandable - HIYPs always grab the money and run in the end, so to recover any money from them should be considered a triumph. There was a line in their e-mail that said exactly that:

"Please consider yourself fortunate as not all members will be able to get reimbursed due to the nature of such programs"

So big props to AlertPay for giving me my HYIP refund.

Stay away from HYIP programs, people. They're all schemes and scams. If you really want to earn money online, just use legit and trusted programs. You can check out my paid survey sites list and GPT sites list for some ideas.

Unite Trade payment - final update

Today is the day my 7-day Unite Trade investment period came to an end. I can happily report that I made a profit, although it's only a $1. Here's a nice bar graph that the website provided me with:

 

As you may recall, I initially invested $5 into Unite Trade, an HYIP site. I was on a 7-day plan, which is pretty much the the only plan you get with a small investment like that. I had some doubts along the way, thinking that maybe Unite Trade is a scam, but I was then reassured by their customer support that everything was going the way it was supposed to. And today is the day when I got returns on my investment:

So there you go. I made $1 with Unite Trade HYIP site after a 7-day investment. If you would like to try it for yourself, you can read this post to see how. However, invest at your own risk. Returns are never guaranteed with HYIP programs. A lot of them turn out to be a scam. Unite Trade, however, seems to be legit.

Unite Trade update 3

Wow, that was quick. I just received a response from the support team about my question:

 

Well then, that explains it. I guess in 3 days we'll find out how much I'll make, if anything.

Wow, that's 3 updates today. I'm on a roll, hahah.

Unite Trade update 2

So it's been about 3 days now since my Unite Trade deposit. I don't really have anything good to report because from the looks of it, I haven't made a single cent:

 

I e-mailed them to ask why I haven't made anything at all in 3 days, so I'll wait for the answer before jumping to any conclusions. I'm hoping that all of my profits will just be shown on the 7th day. If not, then Unite Trade is not something you want to invest in. There is, however, another HYIP that I invested in a day after Unite Trade. I'm on a 30-day plan there. I'll let you guys know more about it soon.

UniteTrade update

It's currently day 2 of my investment into UniteTrade. The only news I have right now is that the site is down for maintenance. This is the message that appears when I try to access it:

SCHEDULED UPGRADE AND MAINTENANCE

UniteTrade.com website is undergoing a scheduled maintenance right now (20th October 16:00 GMT to 21st October 04:00 GMT).
The estimated time for the security upgrades is almost 12 hours.
We will be back online at around GMT 04:00 hours, on the 21st of October.
We are moving our domain to a new and improved server, which will provide you with the best level of protection, security, speed, and experience.
Your patience is highly expected during this time.

I don't believe that this a good cause to panic, so I'll just wait out the 12 hours and see what happens. This is either one of those moments when the HYIP program shuts down, takes the money, and runs or they are genuinely updating their servers.

We shall see.

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UniteTrade investment

Today I made my first investment into a High-Yield Investment Program, or HYIP as they are commonly called. I've been learning about HYIPs for a bit now and it's no secret that some of them are scams. So I did some thorough research beforehand and picked a company that has been tested by websites that specialize in testing HYIPs. The company site itself has badges from HYIP monitoring sites that are keeping an eye on it:

You can see those yourself if you visit their page.

The company is called UniteTrade.

They have 2 investment plans:

1. 120% return after 7 Calendar days ($5.00 minimum investment)
2. 150% return after 14 Calendar days ($100.00 minimum investment)

Since this is my first HYIP investment (and since I'm pretty broke right now), I made the minimum possible investment of $5:

 

All I got to do now is play the waiting game and watch my money work. I will be updating regularly to show you my experience with these guys.

If you are interested in trying this out for yourself, then go ahead and register.

They accept AlertPay, LibertyReserve, Perfectmoney, and SolidTrustPay. If you are not registered with one of these services, then don't worry, it's easy. Just pick one you like most head over to their website. I personally use AlertPay.