A pyramid scheme uses products or services to disguise its quest to collect money from investors on the bottom levels to pay those further up the pyramid. These schemes put every participant in the position of scamming the people they recruit, thus committing fraud themselves.

 

Source: TED-Ed, https://youtu.be/SBGfHk91Vrk?si=1MVR5_WjRj_WsIMY
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