Directory of Ponzi or Pyramid Schemes Resources

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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.

Resources in This Category

• "Pyramid Schemes"

  http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/other/dvimf16.htm
  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" schemes.

• In Ponzi We Trust

  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/In-Ponzi-We-Trust.html
  Describes how con artists today are using the Internet to reinvent the Ponzi scheme. From Smithsonian Magazine, Vol 29 number 9.

• MatrixWatch

  http://www.matrixwatch.org/
  Collects and discusses information on matrix sites and other scams.

• Motherjones.com - The Net As Ponzi Scheme

  http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2000/03/fotc21.html
  Article compares the internet stock boom with a Ponzi scheme.

• Pyramid Scheme Alert

  http://pyramidschemealert.org/
  International organization to expose, study and prevent illegal pyramid schemes. News, alerts, resources, legal information and consumer information.

• SEC.gov - Pyramid Schemes

  http://www.sec.gov/answers/pyramid.htm
  Explanations, warnings and links to related articles published by U.S. government agencies.

• Skeptic's Dictionary: Pyramid Schemes, Chain Letters and Ponzi Schemes

  http://skepdic.com/pyramid.html
  Defines these fraudulent systems of making money which require an endless stream of recruits for success.

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