ponzi schemes

  1. Gord_in_Toronto

    Actually there is More than One Born Every Minute

    Investors say millions are missing and a businessman can't be found. How an alleged Ponzi scheme played out https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/businessman-accused-ponzi-scheme-1.6306466 No Red Flag for anyone? Not even The Mob apparently.
  2. Gord_in_Toronto

    The biggest Ponzi Scam Ever?

    A popular currency trading website vanished overnight and $1-billion of investors’ money disappeared with it http://business.financialpost.com/2014/11/13/a-popular-currency-trading-website-vanished-overnight-and-1-billion-of-investors-money-disappeared-with-it/ Repeat after me, "If it's too...
  3. D

    World Ventures: New Pyramid Scheme?

    So today, I got pitched to join a "sales network" called World Ventures. The introductory video felt extremely familiar to me, in that it was high on anecdotes and low on raw data. The video was pitching a "discount" travel site called DreamTrips that cost $200 to become a member of plus a...
  4. Zelenius

    Is Primerica a scam?

    I once attended this Primerica presentation many years ago but left early because my sleeze-o-meter was sounding the alarm signal after only 5 minutes. I've been to a number of MLM meetings and seminars over the years, initially meeting their representatives at job fairs or because a friend...
  5. T

    Italian-American targets Catholics in Ponzi scheme

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090109/ap_on_re_us/ponzi_scheme_catholics He only lost millions of dollars...not billions of dollars. Nice try though.

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