Bady@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWhat are some notable scams in history that went unnoticed for so long?message-squaremessage-square456fedilinkarrow-up1392arrow-down17
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minus-squareZodiacSF1969@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·11 months agoThat’s not a Ponzi scheme. Sorry, but this misuse of the term really grinds my gears. A Ponzi scheme is a specific scam promoted as an investment, but in reality the payouts made to early victims come from the incoming money paid by new investors.
minus-squareEfwis@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·11 months agoMight as well be, the patron still gets screwed
minus-squareFjaeger@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoWhere is social security pitched as an investment? Edit. Now that I think about it, government retirement funds actually kind of fill those requirements. At least where I live.
That’s not a Ponzi scheme. Sorry, but this misuse of the term really grinds my gears.
A Ponzi scheme is a specific scam promoted as an investment, but in reality the payouts made to early victims come from the incoming money paid by new investors.
Might as well be, the patron still gets screwed
Aka social security…
Where is social security pitched as an investment?
Edit. Now that I think about it, government retirement funds actually kind of fill those requirements. At least where I live.