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Recent Examples of pyramid scheme
These scammers lured their targets with various offers, from cryptocurrency investments to pyramid schemes, and operated mainly out of Southeast Asia.
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PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2025
Scams that often exploit financial literacy gaps and market scams, such as pyramid schemes, gifting circles or unregulated crypto programs, as opportunities for fast-track wealth.
—Alejandra Rojas, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
After regulators investigated the business for allegedly being a pyramid scheme, Raniere didn't admit wrongdoing but settled for $40,000.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 19 June 2025
So, like all pyramid schemes, the only people who make money are the people who come in early.
—Dwyer Murphy
june 6, Literary Hub, 6 June 2025
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PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2025
Scams that often exploit financial literacy gaps and market scams, such as pyramid schemes, gifting circles or unregulated crypto programs, as opportunities for fast-track wealth.
—Alejandra Rojas, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
After regulators investigated the business for allegedly being a pyramid scheme, Raniere didn't admit wrongdoing but settled for $40,000.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 19 June 2025
So, like all pyramid schemes, the only people who make money are the people who come in early.
—Dwyer Murphy
june 6, Literary Hub, 6 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for pyramid scheme
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pyramid scheme
Noun
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What was once dismissed as a Ponzi scheme is now dressed up as the Lottery.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Just as a Ponzi scheme collapses without sufficient cash inflows from new investors, Ponzi finance collapses without sufficient price appreciation for the asset being financed.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Without clear policy guardrails, independent verification, and ethical use, carbon capture risks becoming a shell game, boosting ESG optics while emissions continue unchecked.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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This is a shell game — follow the ball as the three cups rotate.—
Alexander Ooms,
Denver Post,
27 May 2025
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“Pyramid scheme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pyramid%20scheme. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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