{"id":2863,"date":"2015-12-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverlaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/the-psychology-of-a-ponzi-schemer\/"},"modified":"2017-07-26T17:41:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T21:41:07","slug":"the-psychology-of-a-ponzi-schemer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/the-psychology-of-a-ponzi-schemer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Psychology of a Ponzi Schemer"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/The-Psychology-of-a-Ponzi-Schemer.jpg\" alt=\"The Psychology of a Ponzi Schemer on silverlaw.com\" width=\"698\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/The-Psychology-of-a-Ponzi-Schemer.jpg 1625w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/The-Psychology-of-a-Ponzi-Schemer-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/The-Psychology-of-a-Ponzi-Schemer-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/The-Psychology-of-a-Ponzi-Schemer-1024x745.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>How can one person take advantage of so many? And is it possible to identify one before you hand over your money?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You hear about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/securities-arbitration\/ponzi-scheme\/\"  target=\"_blank\">Ponzi schemes<\/a><\/span> on the news and wonder how so many people could fall for such and old trick. But behind each Ponzi scheme is always a villain, a person who has orchestrated the entire scam who literally holds all of the power in his\/her hands. What goes on in their minds? And how do they take advantage of so many people?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are some characteristics that link the psychology of many Ponzi schemers:<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/the-psychology-of-a-ponzi-schemer\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading The Psychology of a Ponzi Schemer\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can one person take advantage of so many? And is it possible to identify one before you hand over your money? You hear about Ponzi schemes on the news and wonder how so many people could fall for such and old trick. But behind each Ponzi scheme is always a villain, a person who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[593],"tags":[427],"class_list":["post-2863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ponzi-schemes","tag-ponzi-schemer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Psychology of a Ponzi Schemer &#8212; Securities Arbitration Lawyers Blog &#8212; December 13, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You hear about Ponzi schemes on the news and wonder, Check out the new article\u00a0The Psychology of a Ponzi Schemer on silverlaw.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/the-psychology-of-a-ponzi-schemer\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The Psychology of a Ponzi Schemer &#8212; 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