4. They don’t even want your money. Ponzi schemers often feign reluctance to take an investor’s money, which can defuse any suspicions. They also invoke safe-sounding words, like “bank,” “securities exchange,” “voucher, “guarantee,” or “full faith and credit,” and call their investments “trusts” or “trust units.” Many foster friendships and even romantic relationships with their marks, and market their investments through the houses of worship they attend themselves.
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