Both Ponzi and pyramid schemes have been reinvented over the years, but at the core of each is essentially the same devious deceit-paying new investors with money from old investors.

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A Ponzi scheme and a pyramid scheme sound alike. In both, people who are early into the scheme tend to fare better than those who come later. But there are some major differences. A pyramid scheme is ...

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