MMM Ponzi Scheme Plagues Nigerian Central Bank and Investors
MMM, the Ponzi scheme run by Sergey Mavrodi now claims Nigerian investors, following its success in defrauding those from South Africa and Zimbabwe. Over the past few years, people across the world have been getting emails from “Nigerian princes”. These self-proclaimed royals promise riches in return for a small deposit. But overall, they were a scam even a child could tell. Replacing the Nigerian princes in latest events is MMM Global, a company that has notoriously conned people off their savings in many countries, including Zimbabwe and South Africa. The hoax investment firm is now....
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Ponzi scheme: A fraudulent investment operation where the operator, an individual or organization, pays returns to its investors from new capital paid to the operators by new investors, rather than from profit earned by the operator. Many of the under-informed, the under-educated, and the under-control masses have lobbed this parting shot at Bitcoin over the years. People tend to fear things that they don't understand, and will hide behind that fear with blind attacks that sound right, but are just as ignorant, if not more so. Bitcoin clearly does not fall into the definition of a "Ponzi....
The Nigerian arm of an international Ponzi scheme, MMM Nigeria has announced the revival of its investment scam by sending out instructions to investors who had their accounts frozen earlier. MMM, the “most successful” Ponzi Scheme has planned a revival of its Nigerian arm of business, or so it would seem. The investment scheme created an outburst in the cryptocurrency community recently by introducing Bitcoin investments. Attracted by the promises, many people jumped on the bandwagon, in spite of being advised against it. Those who invested in MMM Nigeria – reported to be around 3 million....
Estonia's Central Bank is warning citizens to be wary about getting involved with bitcoin, according to a report from Bloomberg, insinuating it could prove to be little more than Ponzi scheme. The emerging digital currency "is a problematic scheme," according to Mihkel Nommela, who heads the central bank's payment and settlement systems. "All risks are assumed by the user, who has no one to turn to for help." The call for caution comes amidst a slew statements from central banks around the world echoing similar sentiments, such as the currency's volatility, susceptibility to theft, and....
It wouldn't be an ordinary day without another world government coming out against digital currency bitcoin. This time around it's the Central Bank of Kazakhstan, with its governor making some interesting comments. Kairat Kelimbetov, the bank's governor, said that bitcoin may be deemed as a ponzi scheme by the central bank at a press conference Tuesday in Almaty. "The issue is rather complicated. Some claim the currency is a good tool of money laundering and an absolute evil. That's why some monetary authorities, like those in China, have banned Bitcoin," said Kelimbetov, incorrectly....
This particular Ponzi Scheme in Vietnam will give Bitcoin a bad reputation in the country. Cryptocurrency is not regulated by the banks, and the local government is not too keen on Bitcoin either. Ever since the inception of Bitcoin, there have been individuals and companies trying to discredit cryptocurrency. Some of them even go as far as setting up deliberate Ponzi Schemes to defraud Bitcoin investors. Such a scheme seems to be on the brink of collapse in Vietnam. Hundreds of people have been burned by this pyramid scheme, which seemed to rely on an MLM structure. It is not the first....