{"id":10325,"date":"2021-12-06T16:49:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T21:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/?p=10325"},"modified":"2021-12-06T16:49:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T21:49:12","slug":"common-investment-fraud-schemes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/common-investment-fraud-schemes\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Investment Fraud Schemes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9856 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/FiverrLosses-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Investment fraud schemes vary, each with its own characteristics, except they share a similar red flag: they look too good to be true. Here are the most common.  Ponzi Schemes  Named after Charles Ponzi, who one hundred years ago touted he could deliver a 50% return within a matter of months for an international investment, the Ponzi scheme entails using funds from new investors to distribute phony returns to earlier investors. Modern-day Ponzi scams entice new investors to invest in opportunities that promise high returns with little or no risk and consistent return distributions that defy the normal fluctuations of the market.  Real Estate Investment Schemes  Sponsors of real estate investments sometimes offer the promise of easy and fast returns, using testimonials of others who boast prior extraordinary returns. They are often pitched as retirement planning alternatives to traditional mutual funds, bonds, and other securities. They are also characterized by financing outside of common bank borrowing\u2014&quot;hard money&quot;\u2014and property &quot;flipping,&quot; where properties are constantly bought and sold for profit in rapid succession.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/FiverrLosses-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/FiverrLosses-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/FiverrLosses-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/FiverrLosses-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/FiverrLosses-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/FiverrLosses-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/FiverrLosses-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Investment fraud schemes vary, each with its own characteristics, except they share a similar red flag: they look too good to be true. Here are the most common.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ponzi Schemes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Named after Charles Ponzi, who one hundred years ago touted he could deliver a 50% return within a matter of months for an international investment, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/ponzi-scheme.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ponzi scheme<\/a> entails using funds from new investors to distribute phony returns to earlier investors. Modern-day Ponzi scams entice new investors to invest in opportunities that promise high returns with little or no risk and consistent return distributions that defy the normal fluctuations of the market. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/common-investment-fraud-schemes\/#more-10325\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investment fraud schemes vary, each with its own characteristics, except they share a similar red flag: they look too good to be true. Here are the most common. Ponzi Schemes Named after Charles Ponzi, who one hundred years ago touted he could deliver a 50% return within a matter of months for an international investment, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[595],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-investment-fraud"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Common Investment Fraud Schemes &#8212;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Investment fraud schemes vary, each with its own characteristics, except they share a similar red flag: they look too good to be true.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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