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lightbulb
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Posted - 02/14/2005 :  09:53:57  Show Profile Send lightbulb a Private Message
An exact clone of PIPS:

http://ginsystem.com/contact_us.php?language=english

They had recently been issued a warning by the authorites of Singapore and has since shut down it's operations there and move it to Malaysia.

tw101356
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USA
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Posted - 02/14/2005 :  10:19:04   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send tw101356 a Private Message
If you read the general forum there you'll find several recent messages about their "system being hacked" and having to "suspend e-gold payment" because of fraud etc.

Yeah, those nasty hackers stole all the money and left us with nothing. We are absolutely desolated by your loss. We lost everything too. It's too bad, because the accounts were doing so well. Fortunately, you can reload reinvest with us and be back on the road to wealth in no time. Use our handy simulator to see how this will work for you.

I also like the way the enrollment form requires a unique ID number, and lets you select from such desireable choices as Social Security and Passport numbers. Nice potential sideline in stolen ID numbers there.

- TW

- TW
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Ricky
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Posted - 02/14/2005 :  12:48:47   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Ricky an AOL message Send Ricky a Private Message
The weirdest thing I find on that site (besides the 2% per day investment rate of course) is that you can "Join Free." Can someone tell me how you can join an investment team for free?

Why continue? Because we must. Because we have the call. Because it is nobler to fight for rationality without winning than to give up in the face of continued defeats. Because whatever true progress humanity makes is through the rationality of the occasional individual and because any one individual we may win for the cause may do more for humanity than a hundred thousand who hug their superstitions to their breast.
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Wendy
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USA
614 Posts

Posted - 02/14/2005 :  13:07:06   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Wendy a Yahoo! Message Send Wendy a Private Message
I never cease to be amazed by the people who get suckered in because they want something for nothing. This whole scheme relies on that mentality. The people who "invest" are the same folks who spend a fortune on weight-loss plans that don't involve diet or exercise.

Don't get me wrong, fraud chaps my ass. Still, stupid people wear on me, too.

Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do on a rainy afternoon.
-- Susan Ertz
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filthy
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Posted - 02/14/2005 :  13:43:27   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send filthy a Private Message
quote:
10% of the base Return On Investment (net profit) is used to provide meaningful assistance to those in need. We are supporting some internationally renowned charities

This figure actually equates to circa 1% of the overall fund value
Oh, what fine fellows! Hearts o' gold!

Which charities are they, I wonder, and how might I contact them?

If I had a really nasty and suspicious mind, I might think that the officers of Global Investor's Network themselves were the main beneficiaries of the charities, but I'd never think such a thing... Oh, wait. I do have a really nasty and suspicious mind.

Welcome to SFN, lightbulb!


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lightbulb
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Posted - 02/14/2005 :  16:56:06   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send lightbulb a Private Message
Here's the best part, they are going into the condom business and have it listed on NASDAQ by this year!!!

Members will be allocated pre-IPO placement shares and GINS garantee them a buy-back price above the placement price in the event the shares drop upon listing.

I fell off my chair and alomost die laughing when I heard the annoucement on their I-conference (I logged on to snop around and hear what they have to say).

Anyway, they transcript can be found in their forum under topic "I-conference". Iposted the transcript there for their "convenience".


enjoy....
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