Ponzi or Pyramid Schemes Investment Fraud

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• - Explanations, warnings and links to related articles published by the FTC.
  
• - Article compares the internet stock boom with a Ponzi scheme.
  
• - Charles Ponzi promised to double your money in just 90 days. Many people did get their money. Read this story to find out how.
  
• - Describes the many variations of this scam.
  
• - 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
  
• - Details the criminal financial career of Charles K. Ponzi, who gave his name to the Ponzi scheme.
  
• - Describes the history and workings of this scam.
  
• - Describes how con artists today are using the Internet to reinvent the Ponzi scheme. From Smithsonian Magazine, Vol 29 number 9.