Ponzi schemes pay out early investors with money from later investors. They differ from pyramid schemes in that Ponzi schemes are presented as investments with large returns, rather than business ...

Conspiracy theories have a lot in common with multi-level marketing schemes, in the sense that all of the worst people you know from high school post about them on Facebook and try to get other people ...

People are being warned to watch out for so-called 'pyramid' schemes as unemployment continues to surge in the wake of a second coronavirus outbreak. In the past 12 months, Brits have lost almost ...

Have you ever heard of someone who claimed to make a lot of money by investing in a new cryptocurrency or a trading program that promised high returns? Did they also tell you that you could join them ...

Scammers want you to believe they're offering you a legitimate money-making opportunity. Seniors are seen as prime targets due to the potential that they have money saved for retirement. If an ...

Riaan van Rooyen, one of the liquidators appointed to the Mirror Trading International (MTI) estate, was taken to hospital by ambulance and declared dead on Tuesday, 16 September 2025. Little is known ...

The world of cryptocurrency has no shortage of imaginary investment products. Fake coins. Fake blockchain services. Fake cryptocurrency exchanges. Now five men behind a company called BitClub Network ...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday filed a lawsuit against 11 people accused of creating and promoting a crypto pyramid and Ponzi scheme known as “Forsage.” The fraudulent scheme ...