Articles related to "Investment Scams"

Scams have saturated our lives since the advent of the internet. Is affinity fraud on the shelf collecting dust or is it lurking behind the flurry of internet scams?

The principles of thermodynamics, a branch of physics, can be loosely applied to discern between a legitimate high yield investment and an investment fraud or scam.

It's important to know the risks of Viatical Life Settlements before putting your money into this type of investment.

Investment scams have been around a long time. From old stories of hucksters trying to sell the Brooklyn Bridge to more sophisticated Ponzi or pyramid schemes of today.

How the Ponzi Scheme got its name - a short version of Charles Ponzi's story.

Bernie Madoff was convicted of a Ponzi fraud and sentenced to 150 years imprisonment. It is a story of failure by investors, financial services advisers and regulators.

Periods of economic weakness are often accompanied by a jump in crime and investor scams. To be forewarned is to be forearmed.

Charles Ponzi rose to prominence as a high-flying swindler in 1920. The scheme he developed, which defrauded 40,000 investors of $15 million, survived him.