The next “big thing” is getting bigger by the day.
A few month ago nobody new about it,
but today you see them popping up everywhere.

Your mailbox gets filled with invitations.
Forum signatures shout it at you.
And search results are spammed by it.

What am I talking about ?

They promise you lots of money, with almost no work at all.

HYIP.

HYIP ?

High Yield Interest Programs.

Some offer up to 20% per day.

Are they for real ?

Well,
as usual with every big thing,
there are some scammers out there,
but most of them work fairly well.

So where does all the money come from ?

We ran one of those sites for a while,
just to see how this is sustainable.

See Part II to find where the money comes from.