Minvestment Review

...Is Minvestment a Scam?

I've received quite a few emails recently asking me if Minvestment is a legitimate money-making opportunity. On the their website they claim to be a private investment company that's been operating since 2000, bit is that the whole story?

I've seen websites like this before as most HYIP websites look very similar. Yes, that's right, Minvestment is an HYIP even though they claim to be investing in real estate in southeast Asia and developing oil fields in 'highly promising areas of the world'.

The truth is that all HYIPs claim to be involved in highly lucrative (and secretive) investments in faraway places, but the truth is they're simply operating a Ponzi scheme. And there're a few other clues that make Minvestment easy to place.

They have a poorly designed website which gives very little detail about their operations. There's no phone number or address of where to contact them and they are clearly based in a country with very little regulation and consumer protection.

If you're not clear about what a Ponzi scheme is then here's a quick explanation.....

In this type of scheme, early investors are paid back with their own money and the money of future investors. Since initial investors are getting returns, they unknowingly (or knowingly for some) perpetuate the scam by recruiting others. This goes on until the stream of new customers dries up or the fund operator decides to disappear with the money.

You might ask yourself why anyone would even take these claims seriously? The catch is that these HYIP scams can make you serious money in the short term. The larger the HYIP the longer it can go before the bottom falls out.

Some HYIPs have folded the first day and others have been running successfully for months. There's absolutely no way to predict how long a particular one will run. In fact investing your money in any HYIP is as good as playing it in the nearest casino.

No Ponzis are legal. They are often run by underground people or groups looking to make a quick buck.

So Minvestment is inherently a scam even if it's currently paying out returns, and that can change in an instant. Even further, if you do get lucky enough to make sizeable returns from them you cannot claim this on your taxes because it's an illegal income and you'll have to break the law once again by not declaring this income to the government.

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Customer Reviews for 'Minvestment

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Tony, (jamaica)	Posted at 9:52am on Friday, June 13th, 2008
I got burnt badly with minvestment. so i'm trying trading Forex Now for myself.. ANY EXPERTS HERE WITH TIPS ON which CURRENCIES to buy or sell daily? PLEASE EMAIL ME tony1don@hotmail.com PLEASEEEEEEE HELP
oluwole skindudu, nigeria	Posted at 8:48am on Friday, May 9th, 2008
minvestment happens to be my lovely hyip plan,but the way things looks its not favourable.i lost 2500 us dollars.i dont think they can run-off like that maybe they have technical problems.if i dont have my money i am doomed.what can do about it.
Frank, Canada	Posted at 6:48pm on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
I also looked into American River Capital.... it was based in Texas and the location was River Capital which is a real company. I emailed and asked if they were associated with American River and they said they were using their laocation and President's name and sure enough the next time I checked the company mover to Maryland to an Apt complex. Watch what you invest in on line.
Faith, Puerto Rico	Posted at 3:07pm on Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Minvestment took my money and many others to. these people will one day face God....
Grace, Penna	Posted at 9:56am on Thursday, March 13th, 2008
So what happen to minvestment ? have not hear from them over 220 day, we pay $ 2,000.00 to join this with ten peoples, I wonder is scam ? more peoples will join this and I told them do not join minvestment, because look like they steal our money and not pay out. be better wait and see what happen later. if minvestment not pay and the fbi will get them. ( DO NOT JOIN ) WAIT IF SCAM OR NOT.
nerry, usa	Posted at 3:37pm on Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Minvestment stole most of my earnings, but what goes around comes around, it is only money they took, I still have my life with God's blessings.
Marlon, Jamaica	Posted at 4:10pm on Friday, February 29th, 2008
My work is very hard and stressful when i was introduced to minvestment i invested $5000 with a view that i can retire this year and now all hopes are gone,I dont have nothing left i have to start all over again but the lord giveth and the lord taketh
Joe Kohlen, British Columbia, Canada	Posted at 3:36pm on Monday, February 18th, 2008
I figured MI was a scam, but it was too late for me, I had already sent Egold payments. I checked the history of Egold payments to them and below are the receivers of the payments OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. ELESIGN Co., Ltd. WANDEL AND GOLTERMANN Maybe someone can find out from the above names, I am trying to trace, as well JK
norton, miami fl	Posted at 8:50pm on Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Hi everyone i know alot of us did put money in this thing and now these people are nowhere to be found i guess this is a lesson learned.
Cammy, Jamaica	Posted at 11:52pm on Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
All I can say about Minvestment is that what a man soweth he will reap, it quite unfair for what they did to all the thousands and thousands of persons who invested in there theifing company, i invested 800.00, and still mad as hell, all the bad mouth everyone bad mouthing them will one day bite them in the ASSSS, and trust me, you all soon hear bout them in the news one day..."ONE DAY FOR YOU ONE DAY FOR ME" thats the saying, i feel sorry for MI (bunches of criminal) best of luck MI in getting caught your time coming real soon, hope you reading all the bad mouth u getting, it will bite u in the ass as i say before.
cassye, oakland, ca	Posted at 3:48pm on Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
I share in everyone's pain..... they got me for 500 bucks.... but lessoned learned
In the Mountain, PA	Posted at 1:43pm on Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
As for the lawyer below i checked out the website and it's looks "sticky" to me if you click on the profile and history there is nothing there... So becareful as well... Legit??? Michael J. Bruzzese The Bank Tower, Suite 1008 307 Fourth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 412.281.8676 Fax 412.281.8046
Tim Schneider, saint pete , FL	Posted at 6:45pm on Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Hi, minvestment took $1000.00 from me , they shut down their operation very fast !! please send fbi to there doorstep because there scaming people
e ssbeat, usa	Posted at 10:24pm on Saturday, February 9th, 2008
it feels pretty bad to loose money, but it feels even worse to loose hope! all of you who lost money with this scam do not be discouraged. there are many other ways of investing. through investments you win but you could also lose. look at howard hughes for instance, he died a rich man but lost millions during his lifetime. don't give up! read: "multiple streams of income"! God bless.
Genesis41, USA	Posted at 10:44pm on Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Minvestment operations were ended by a legal action. It never had anything to do with website tech probs. Word has it that they were running a Ponzi scheme. A court-order, received by e-gold, directed them to freeze minvestment accounts. e-gold suggested I contact the lawyer who presented the order, if I have a claim to frozen assets. Michael J. Bruzzese The Bank Tower, Suite 1008 307 Fourth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 412.281.8676 Fax 412.281.8046 I'm so sorry for all who lost $, especially for the loss of hope. There is a lot of judgement out there, of us who have tried hyips, as if we are all greedy derelicts who just want an easy buck. But I believe a lot are like me, having experienced financial troubles, few options for gaining enough ground to manage our future, so high risk/big reward seemed like one of a few not-so-great options. We did not just lose $$. We lost the hope that this was the thing that would help our situations.
Raheem, jamaica	Posted at 7:39pm on Thursday, February 7th, 2008
To be frank with you,for a while i keep telling myself"just hold on a little more longer it will soon be 150 days".well all i can say is,i tried.
upset customer, south florida	Posted at 1:04pm on Thursday, February 7th, 2008
I can't believe they left with ALL our money, i have worked very long and hard for my money and for them to just run off with our money is very upsetting to me. They dont think about people who have kids and POOR people who can't afford to live these days. I am telling you they are going to ROTT in HELL with the devils fork up their A$$!!!!!!!!!
YAya, Pennsylvania	Posted at 10:06am on Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Minvestments web page has been unavailable for almost 3 weeks now, and I have not been paid since 1/30/08. The will be reported to the SEC.
Steve, Bakersfield, California	Posted at 9:57am on Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Minvestment is gone. I only lost a few hundred dollars. Lesson learned. No more HYIP's. How was I fooled? I thought the website was very well done. I was impressed by the daily emails advising of the interest payments. I had nothing but good experiences with "customer service" folks. I appreciated the occasional newsletters. It was an incredibly well run scam and I'm grateful that I didn't lose more then I did.
Fashina muyiwa, Nigeria	Posted at 6:38am on Thursday, February 7th, 2008
As for me i don`t think Minvestment is a scam, i beleif they are just passing through a technical problem which will soon be resolved by the special grace of God and then all unbelievers will believe, i don`t easily give in for doubt.
Mike, Australia	Posted at 9:54pm on Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Any of you who have invested in minvestment and have expected something back are idiots. Any investment program like this is such an obvious major risk that to expect it to do anything other then go down is living in a friggin dream world. My mate put over $1000 into this with the the full expectation that the site may go down. To invest in something like this with any other sort of expectation is lunacy!!!
Tom, Jamaica	Posted at 9:28pm on Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Of course you probably see that Minvestment has now disappeared from the internet. They must have made a fortune, including quite a penny from me. Be careful of these schemes...
Liz, San Antonio, TX	Posted at 9:15am on Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Never saw a penny, lost 21K. I knew it sounded to good to be true, but first time dealing with this. We also lost in Open Trade. Starting over @ 50 sucks big time!
B.A., Coral Springs,Fl.	Posted at 4:13pm on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
As we all probably thought that minvestment was to good to be true we were hoping that it wasnt.They have not communicated to anyone and like myself feel like they have stolen our money.
M.T., Jamaica	Posted at 1:01pm on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
I have invested in Minvestments and receive nothing. I have one question for you all, can anybody trace their location and try to find them remmber they had an account with e-bullion and now liberty. Can any body contact these banks and trace the account information. please this will be help ful to all of us, just get the information a we will do the REST!!!!!.Post it. Thanks
monilo, Jamaica	Posted at 10:42am on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
can not get on to the site since january 29, praying that thix is not ascam need the money to help buy a home.If it is I am going to pray for those people, they will have the money and can not spend it
BAD, Jamdown	Posted at 7:03am on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
All these investment schemes are nothing more than robbers. As for Minvestment, those persons behind it will all burn in HEll with the devil turn them with his iron fork.
chris, Nigeria	Posted at 4:50am on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
The continual silence of minvestment implies, they are not experiencing any genuine problem. Why can't they post "status" statement in some of the site where they are listed? They have ran away with our money. This is a challenge to the law efforcement agencies in Europe and USA. tHEY DECEIVED POOR THIRD WORLD PEOPLE and their domain is registerd in USA. They will never live to enjoy my over $2300 they have ran away with. Woe unto the directors of minvestment.com
kelly Audu, Nigeria	Posted at 4:31am on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Godddddddddddddd Minvestment ran off with my money $2000 shit.............i am DOOMED.......................I just hope they come back very soon as soon as possible.............
dianne, south florida	Posted at 8:29pm on Monday, February 4th, 2008
Please note minvestment is operating another scam company called "GPRSHYIP.com" take a look at that website and post your comment they need to be stopped.They are criminals and the federal government need to be notified of their dealings because they are taking advantage of hard working people in desperate times.
dianne watson, pembroke pines,fl	Posted at 8:18pm on Monday, February 4th, 2008
The least that could have been posted to our website is "so long suckers" if this was not a scam from the get go a simple message could have been sent, people are hopefull because times have gotten very hard but we all know no bad deed goes unpunished because the final word does not rest with man but with God.Let's try to stay encouraged and pray for each other.
RUTH HENNE, USA	Posted at 10:02pm on Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
I GOT PAID MY 4000. IN JAN. BUT NOW CAN'T GET INTO SITE. SOME FRIENDS I RECOMMENDED JUST INVESTED TO. NOW WHAT.
promotor, USA, UT	Posted at 9:04pm on Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
I have been promoting Minvestments on the Web for over five months and they have had server problems in the past that lasted up to two days. I am hopeful that this is the present case. But, as with any HYIP there is risk involved.
Kimber Cleland, united states	Posted at 10:07am on Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
daily communication until january 29th.
Akeem, Nigeria	Posted at 2:09pm on Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
Minvestment are thief. They will not come back. Thier site has gone and no hope. Never invest!!!!
Kelly, Florida	Posted at 2:07pm on Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
Topsy, And you know this how?
Kelly, Florida	Posted at 12:22pm on Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
Don't do it -- they've disappeared! Nothing but a big scam and the took $2300 of my hard earned money!
topsy, nigeria	Posted at 10:29am on Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
minvestment is not a scam they are just going through some technical problems we hope they will come back soon stay blessed.
T, UK	Posted at 4:03am on Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
They were obviously coming up to the time that a lot of the 150 day's compounding interest payments of the first large investors were due to be paid out, work it out, they have been active since May 2007, how many buisness days is that? They have ran off with millions of $$$ of our money, they probably never invested any of it, just spent it!! Now it is time for them to start paying out large sums, its bye-bye Minvestment. Dont expect to see the site back up, thats a pipe dream.
JOSEPH, FL	Posted at 8:11pm on Friday, February 1st, 2008
No payments,no response,no accses to internet site.
c shark, uk	Posted at 6:55pm on Friday, February 1st, 2008
Just joined in December got my emails, re.interest up to the 29 Jan, but since then i have received no emails and cannot get onto there website. We'll all be very lucky if this is not a scam. Life's a risk and so was this.
edward, Tampa, Florida	Posted at 10:08am on Friday, February 1st, 2008
I guess I am one of the lucky ones. I didn't fund my minvestment as yet. I was doing that on Feb. 1,2008 But as everybody else i can not log on to the site. Search says it is not there. When it goes thru the page will not load. I am going to turn all info that I have over to the Att. Generals office. These people have to be stopped. Everything stopped about Jan.29, 2008. I guess I am Lucky
Anita, Oklahoma,USA	Posted at 6:48pm on Thursday, January 31st, 2008
I still don't know what will happen...I can not get in my account and page won't load..they say can't find minvestment..No interest emails and no answers... I can not lable them as of yet,but I and some others were near our first cashout...I wish they would let us know something.
Stupid, Location unknown	Posted at 6:43pm on Thursday, January 31st, 2008
We all have been Rip Off from Minvestment. These people just disappear. I DON'T KNOW WHY I SAID THESE PEOPLE SINCE NOBODY CAN SEE THEIR FACES OR TALK TO THEM...THAT WAS STUPID FROM OUR PART. Oh well...another lesson to add in our life.
A, USA	Posted at 5:37pm on Thursday, January 31st, 2008
It is a scam I just lost $100 and the website mysteriously doesn't work anymore...How wierd huh.
amby, nigeria	Posted at 12:46pm on Thursday, January 31st, 2008
all hopes are not dashed. though we risked and whatevr happens we can bear. Besides, the golden rule is " do not invest the money you cannot afford to lose". We pray the solve all problems and come back soon just like large sum.
L, North Carolina	Posted at 8:31am on Thursday, January 31st, 2008
NO payments since Jan 28, no access to their webiste, no asnwer to emails.
JACK ADAMS, SC USA	Posted at 6:51am on Thursday, January 31st, 2008
I have not been paid for my Jan.30th,2008. I was at my 75th day. .
sylvie jacques, boston massachusetts	Posted at 10:41pm on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
first message that they are no longer with ebullion no e-mail been sent with interest report website dissapear.
Kino, ATL USA	Posted at 8:34pm on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Like the other person said investment is a risk to get rich, but let see what minvestment is going to do for 2008 then you can call them a scam or not.
Shawn, Australia	Posted at 4:31pm on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
I invested 100 egold and withdrew 2500 egold after 150 days and am making 790 per week
Marc Anderson, Montego Bay, Jamaica	Posted at 11:08am on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
All investments are a risk, and that's a fact! With this in mind, i can only hope that my money makes money with Minvestment. I'm sure we all want to have more money and this is simply another way of doing it...
Yendor, Canada	Posted at 8:07pm on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Minvestment paid me on the 18th Jan. They still owe mw two payments but I am still waiting. Three days overdue for one.
R,, FLorida	Posted at 3:46pm on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
No payments since Jan 21. Can't access website...no response to emails or "live chat"
J, USA	Posted at 11:51am on Sunday, January 20th, 2008
There are several money-making programs online out there. Including these programs where you buy a book and hope to make money of your own by attracting referrals. That's a gamble too, so you need lots of good luck to make money at all. At least in Minvestment, you have a better chance of making money compared to depending on a book to help you make money online.
abdrasid, nigeria	Posted at 5:44am on Monday, January 14th, 2008
so far they have been paying into my account but i can only debunk this scam allegation after i am able to withdraw my fund into my e-gold account at the maturity date of my investment