investment scam
Fake money opportunity
An investment scam is a fraudulent scheme designed to steal money by promising attractive returns on supposed investments.
These scams take many forms—Ponzi schemes, fake cryptocurrency platforms, bogus real estate deals—but share common features: pressure to act quickly, promises of unusually high or guaranteed returns, and vague explanations of how the money actually grows.
He lost his retirement savings to an investment scam that promised 20% monthly returns.
- Ponzi schemeFraudulent returns from newcomers
- pyramid schemeFraud through endless recruitment
- high yieldAbundant output ratio
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
too good to be true · boiler room · fraudster · whistleblower · con · Nigerian prince · advance fee · embezzlement · securities fraud · cheat · phishing · losses · Bernie Madoff · pump and dump · SEC · cryptocurrency · offshore · wire
- fraudfraud, swindle, con, deceive, cheat
- online scamsphishing, Nigerian prince, email spoofing, smishing, vishing
- crypto crimesrug pull, pump and dump, Ponzi scheme, cryptojacking, phishing
- cybercrimeshacking, phishing, malware, ransomware, data breach
- phone scamsrobocall, robocalls, vishing, phishing call, phishing calls
- market fraudmarket manipulation, securities fraud, insider trading, pump and dump, spoofing
investment scammoney maker
Source of income
nest egg · retirement fund · financial security · retirement savings · dividend income
investment scamethical investing
Aligning portfolios with values
investor protection · fair dealing · charitable giving · impact investing · charitable donation