SAN FRANCISCO -- If you have been tagged by a friend on Facebook, inviting you to take part in the "Secret Sister" holiday gift exchange -- don't do it. The Better Business Bureau says it's a scam ...

Both Ponzi and pyramid schemes have been reinvented over the years, but at the core of each is essentially the same devious deceit-paying new investors with money from old investors.

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. MONTRÉAL, Sept. 26, 2025 /CNW/ - The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is warning Quebeckers about solicitations ...

Those who swindled unsuspecting Kenyans Sh34 billion in pyramid and Ponzi schemes will be known tomorrow in Parliament. The report, containing names of people involved in 169 schemes including 16 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A secret Santa-inspired scam is making its ...

Unmasking the blessing scam! Is it just a pyramid scheme in disguise? Get the financial analysis of these 'get rich quick' ...

An €80 million scam in the photovoltaic sector affected thousands of customers, revealing a criminal pyramid scheme.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A 13-year search for justice by close to 40,000 victims of the country’s biggest pyramid ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The death of a young Chinese university graduate who fell victim to a pyramid scheme on a job-seeking website has made national headlines and sparked an outpouring of sympathy and ...

A series of current and former footballers have been named in a pyramid scheme scandal that could see them face legal action, including La Liga icons Ronaldinho, Vinicius Junior and Luis Figo. The two ...