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    A get-rich-quick scheme is a plan to obtain high rates of return for a small investment. Most schemes create an impression that participants can obtain...
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  • common examples. Get-rich-quick schemes are extremely varied; these include fake franchises, real estate "sure things", get-rich-quick books, wealth-building...
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  • young man in Chicago. The get-rich-quick schemes the group offered to clients added up to what was essentially one big Ponzi scheme. The club enticed the...
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  • American game show Press Your Luck. An Ohio man with a penchant for get-rich-quick schemes, Larson studied the game show and discovered that its ostensibly...
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  • friends who decide that making a faith based film would be a good get-rich-quick scheme. Childhood friends Luke and Tanner, now both in their 30s, live...
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  • lives in, and teams up with Kip to sell items door-to-door in a get-rich-quick scheme. Kip wants to pay for his internet girlfriend, LaFawnduh, to visit...
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    Ralph is frustrated by his lack of success and often develops get-rich-quick schemes. He is short-tempered, frequently resorting to bellowing, insults...
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    schemes Black Friday (1869), also referred to as the Gold Panic of 1869 Bucket shop (stock market) Chain letter Football Index Gary Sorenson Get-rich-quick...
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  • sometimes with the aid of hired criminal help. Some of these are get-rich-quick schemes, but many others affect the financial security of the Duke farm...
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  • Vijay Sethupathi's trigger-happy cop put an end to Shahid Kapoor's get-rich-quick scheme?". The Indian Express. 13 January 2023. Archived from the original...
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    original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2010. The hero's get-rich-quick scheme gets him into hot water when he selects a most unusual candidate for...
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  • artist, reads a news story about the accident. Hatching a get-rich-quick scheme, she gets a temporary job at the factory, manipulating Joel into giving...
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  • protagonist, who discovers that family and honest work trump any get-rich-quick scheme. The film lands enough of its punchlines to keep the laughs coming...
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  • December 10, 2001) The Get Motivated! tour that barnstormed into St. Louis last week is as American as a get-rich-quick scheme Archived 2015-05-04 at...
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  • merchants using the e-commerce platform and described it as a "get-rich-quick" scheme in contravention of Federal Trade Commission regulations. The day...
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    Brain, Choo-Choo, Fancy-Fancy and Spook. The gang constantly hatch get-rich-quick schemes through scams but they usually backfire, and a frequent plot thread...
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  • character, a brash young Jewish Montrealer who embarks on a string of get-rich-quick schemes in a bid to gain respect. The cast also features Micheline Lanctôt...
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  • would be better off without him, Larry instead suggests another get-rich-quick scheme which involves him going to Chile. Frank agrees to look after Cool...
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  • fraud, lottery scam, high-yield investment program, get-rich-quick scheme, or work-at-home schemes, or, as used by charities, someone who made a donation...
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  • series of Heathcliff. Most episodes revolve around Riff-Raff's get-rich-quick schemes or searches for food. The segment stars a group of cats who live...
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    story about a daydreamer who convinces his brother to help fund a get-rich-quick scheme, the film was well received by critics. In 1972, Burstyn was keen...
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  • Hungarian immigrant, played by Vassili Lambrinos, in a fraudulent get-rich-quick scheme that leads to crime and tragedy. Aída Luz, Julia Sandoval, and Pablo...
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    Charles Ponzi (category Pyramid and Ponzi schemes)
    1924, retrieved December 21, 2008, Charles Ponzi, promoter of the get-rich-quick scheme of four years ago which attracted investments of many millions of...
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    conscientious, peacemaker son. Both characters are occasionally involved in get-rich-quick schemes to pay off their various debts. The show also includes characters...
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  • apartment block in St Petersburg. In 2008, Howell lost £350,000 in a get-rich-quick scheme which had claimed to find Yamashita's gold in the Philippines. Howell...
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  • Malloy (Neil McDermott) plotted to defraud his wealth in their get-rich-quick scheme. Shortly afterwards, Archie got his comeuppance when he was murdered...
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    neural processes. The New Thought movement has been criticized as a "get-rich-quick scheme" as much of its literature contains esoteric advice to make money...
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    OneCoin (category Crypto Ponzi schemes)
    that OneCoin / OneLife is a get-rich-quick scheme scam and a cult, calling it "virtually worthless". The company and the scheme was on the observation lists...
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    Millionaire in Real Estate. I LOVE MEL. ISBN 9781527204133. God's Get Rich Quick Scheme, Uebert Snr.:. ASIN B01AYLLLOS. Good News (2016) Angel, Uebert (24...
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  • she became a writer for a newspaper. The couple came up with a get-rich-quick scheme where they travelled from town to town, writing and selling books...
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