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Recent Examples of pyramid scheme
Chinese authorities have accused the group of being a pyramid scheme and a cult.
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Didi Kirsten Tatlow, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
For the Klan, Clarke and Tyler settled on a good old-fashioned American pyramid scheme.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2025
The Tuesday release highlighted an incident with Cambodian users urging people to enlist in a rent-a-scooter pyramid scheme with an initial text message generated by ChatGPT.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 6 Aug. 2025
These scammers lured their targets with various offers, from cryptocurrency investments to pyramid schemes, and operated mainly out of Southeast Asia.
—PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2025
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Didi Kirsten Tatlow, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
For the Klan, Clarke and Tyler settled on a good old-fashioned American pyramid scheme.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2025
The Tuesday release highlighted an incident with Cambodian users urging people to enlist in a rent-a-scooter pyramid scheme with an initial text message generated by ChatGPT.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 6 Aug. 2025
These scammers lured their targets with various offers, from cryptocurrency investments to pyramid schemes, and operated mainly out of Southeast Asia.
—PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pyramid scheme
Noun
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Federal agents allege Goliath Ventures was a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors in Central Florida and elsewhere of $328 million.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
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He is now accused of soliciting investors to the firm in what investigators call a massive Ponzi scheme.—
Olivia Rubin,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The transfer shell game The problems compound when ICE transfers detainees without notice, a practice attorneys said is a kind of shell game designed to frustrate legal challenges.—
Ben Fenwick,
Oklahoma Watch,
13 Feb. 2026
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Fazio has pushed the idea as his signature issue in the battle for governor, while Gov. Ned Lamont says that shifting the charges to the $27 billion annual state budget is simply a shell game that switches the payments from ratepayers to taxpayers.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Pyramid scheme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pyramid%20scheme. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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