"Sound Too Good To Be True? Spotting Pyramid Schemes in Wake of Covid-19"From the headline of this article at nbcchicago.com.
上記の文で、pyramid schemeの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "pyramid scheme" mean?
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解答
意味：英辞郎によると、
マルチ商法、ねずみ講Ponzi schemeということもあります。
Answer
According to Cambridge Dictionary:a way of deceiving investors (= people giving money to a company hoping to get more back) in which money that a company receives from new customers is not invested to their advantage, but is used instead to pay debts owed to existing customers
Examples
- Michael did not attend college, having lost all his tuition money in a pyramid scheme.
- Compton subpoenaed bank records to determine the extent of the rather secretive pyramid scheme, which had spread primarily by word of mouth.
- Many questions remain about others who may have been involved in what more than one person calls a molestation pyramid scheme. — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, "Accusers finally get their say in Netflix documentary 'Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich'," 21 May 2020
- The same can’t be said for the masterminds of OneCoin, a pyramid scheme of historic proportions that’s the subject of a fascinating new podcast series called The Missing Cryptoqueen from the BBC. — David Z. Morris, Fortune, "The Week Hype Broke Our Brains—The Ledger," 2 Oct. 2019
- The pyramid scheme was marketed through a home page on the World Wide Web.
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