Ponzi or Pyramid Schemes Investment Fraud Issues

Investment fraud scheme where early investors get "paid" by investments from later investors, but the last investors end up with nothing when the scheme collapses.

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• Motherjones.com - The Net As Ponzi Scheme - Article compares the internet stock boom with a fraud Ponzi scheme.
• SEC.gov - Pyramid Schemes - Explanations, warnings and links to related articles published by U.S. government agencies.
• In Ponzi We Trust - Describes how con artists today are using the ponzi or pyramid schemes Internet to reinvent the Ponzi scheme. From ponzi or pyramid schemes Smithsonian Magazine, Vol 29 number 9.
• Ponzi Schemes and Bubble Scam Investment Frauds - Describes the history and workings of this scam.
• Skeptic's Dictionary: Pyramid Schemes, Chain Letters and Ponzi Schemes - Defines these fraudulent systems of making money which require an fraud endless stream of recruits for success.
• Pyramid Schemes, Ponzi Schemes, and Other Frauds - Describes the many variations of this scam.
• MatrixWatch - Collects and discusses information on matrix sites and other scams.
• "Pyramid Schemes" - A speech by Debra A. Valentine, General Counsel For The U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Describes these schemes, how they can cause financial ruin for governments and banks, and how governments have cracked down on internet "get rich quick" sche
• Pyramid Scheme Alert - International organization to expose, study and prevent illegal fraud pyramid schemes. ponzi or pyramid schemes News, alerts, resources, legal information and fraud consumer information.

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