It's one of those slowburn scams that seem to be a particular favorite in Russia, home of the HYIP.
You contradict yourself. Russia is not a home of the HYIP.
Charles Ponzi (1882-1949) is an American of Italian descent. Generally, we do not touch on the topic of nationality here.
You can not say that anything is a scam before someone has been deceived. Otherwise you are lying.
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