Investment frauds include every kind of fraud or misconduct related to stocks, bonds, commodities, limited partnerships, real estate, and other investments. This category collects sites that are of interest to people who want to avoid being cheated, to learn about the most common types of investment frauds, and to explore controversies surrounding investment schemes and scams.
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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.