Pyramid schemes are a great way to trick a large number of people into investing by offering unrealistically high returns. When a large number of people start investing, they may actually get some returns at first. This causes the victims to become greedy and go find more money to invest because they think they will definitely get rich. They then invite their friends, relatives, and other people to join them. After that, when the bookie has made enough money to be satisfied, they disappear with a huge amount of money.
In the past until now, there have been many cases of pyramid schemes. The number of victims has also increased. Many cases have not been settled yet. The problem is, if we become victims, when will we get our money back? Therefore, in order not to fall prey to these scammers, let’s try to understand the tricks and classic methods of pyramid schemes. How do they trick us?
“Deposit a minimum of 1,000 baht per round. Just one month and receive a net profit of 900 baht per month.”
“Deposit period: 1 month, receive both principal and interest back.”
“Real transfer, fast transfer, no need to wait long, just one month and you will be rich.”
Invest only 1,000 baht and get 1,900 baht at the end of the month.
And if you invest 100,000 baht, at the end of the month you will profit 90,000 baht, obviously.
Where else can you find such a good deal? But here at Mae Tani.
Mae Tani, a good person in society, has won many awards for being a filial child and an outstanding businesswoman. She is currently the owner of a large real estate project in the northeastern region and has an export business to sell products abroad.
Today, we invite you to become rich and become millionaires by joining the savings project with the ultimate profits with Mae Tani.
Mae Tani will take our money to grow even more by investing in high-end innovative products abroad, which are currently very popular around the world.
Don’t delay, make a decision now, so that we can stop being poor and become rich together.
If we read this article and see the pictures or video media of Mae Tani sitting on a pile of thousand-baht banknotes, with a background of many luxury cars worth tens of millions, a large mansion, pictures of her with famous stars, famous businessmen, or pictures of luxurious meals, how would we feel?
And if there were pictures of several of Mae Tani’s team members or staff telling us that they had just invested not long ago, the first time only 300,000 baht, but in the blink of an eye, they had returned 570,000 baht, how would we feel?
If we receive an offer that offers an unbelievably high return, would we believe it?
Believe it or not, we don’t know, but one thing is for sure, this is definitely not an investment, and this should not be called a business.
It is a Ponzi scheme (in English, it is called a Ponzi Scheme). It is a scam that deceives people by taking advantage of their desire to have, to get, or greed, coupled with a lack of knowledge, to fall into a vicious cycle. By the time they realize that they have been scammed, they have already lost tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.
Like the past case of “Mae Mani”, these scammers used names that people were familiar with. In this case alone, the initial damages were roughly estimated to be around 1,800 victims. It is unbelievable that just this kind of propaganda would lead thousands of people to fall victim and give Mae Mani money. This group together has a total of 400 million baht.
But this is still small compared to the big ones. It can’t even compete with the big ones like the Mae Chomoi case, which happened around 30 years ago. Mae Chomoi and her gang organized a big group, causing more than 16,000 victims, totaling 4.5 billion baht. The case ended with Mae Chomoi and her gang being sentenced to 154,005 years in prison. However, the victims’ money must accept that it may not be returned in full or may not be returned at all. There are still many similar cases and cases like this, where many people have fallen victim to pyramid schemes and lost everything due to ignorance.
If you don’t want to fall victim to pyramid schemes, protect yourself with the following guidelines.
“ There’s no way to invest in high returns like this.”
Because if it were true, Mae Tani or other mothers would not have to come and ask for money from us to invest. Because if the returns are really as high as they say, why don’t those mothers borrow money from the bank to invest? They say that they are so rich that they should be able to borrow money easily. This shows that they are fake rich or fake rich.
“If it is truly an investment, it must be endorsed by a reliable financial institution.”
Why is it that no financial institutions or government regulatory agencies have come to certify? So if someone comes to claim or raise funds without credibility or certification, it means that it is definitely fake.
“The assets or things that the money will be invested in are not clear.”
Scammers often say they want money to invest in some unknown product. Sometimes they claim to be new technology. Some sources claim to invest in digital currency or strange businesses without giving all the information. This shows that they have bad intentions. If you encounter this, be aware that it is definitely a scam.
“Accelerate and pressure to invest immediately because of the claim of huge opportunities and returns.”
He often rushes us to get rich quickly, claiming that if we don’t invest now, we will lose our chances, as if he wants to get our money without us thinking. He claims high returns so that we don’t have time to find information and easily fall prey to him. If you encounter this, it’s clear that it’s definitely a pyramid scheme.
“The scene looks believable, with images, lights, colors, and sounds.”
Don’t be fooled by the set-up and the illustrations. They can be rented or borrowed to set up the scene. These are all propaganda elements that often come with pyramid schemes. If you come across this, you can be sure it’s a pyramid scheme.
If you come across an investment advertisement but are not sure if it is true or not?
We can check the list of individuals or service providers regarding investment solicitation on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at https://market.sec.or.th/public/idisc/th/InvestorAlert.
Or at https://highrisk.com or if investors have any clues about suspicious activities, they can report to the SEC Help Center, SEC Hotline 1207 for further in-depth investigation.
