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2. List of Ponzi schemes - Wikipedia

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   1860s. Jacob Young, William Abrams, and Nancy Clem ran what author Wendy Gamber argues, in her book The Notorious Mrs. Clem: Murder and Money in the Gilded Age, was the first-ever Ponzi scheme. [ 1][ 2] In Munich, Germany, Adele Spitzeder founded the "Spitzedersche Privatbank" in 1869, promising an interest rate of 10 percent per month.

3. Counterfeit consumer good - Wikipedia

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   Description. Knockoff Sharpie named "Skerple". A counterfeit consumer good is a good —often of inferior quality—made or sold under another's brand name without the brand owner's authorization. The term counterfeit, fraudulent, and suspect items (CFSI) is also used to describe such goods. [ 2] Pirated goods are reproductions of copyrighted ...

4. Madoff investment scandal - Wikipedia

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   The Madoff investment scandal was a major case of stock and securities fraud discovered in late 2008. [1] In December of that year, Bernie Madoff, the former Nasdaq chairman and founder of the Wall Street firm Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, admitted that the wealth management arm of his business was an elaborate multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme.

5. How much should you keep in a certificate of deposit? - AOL

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   You always want cash on hand to cover emergencies and other unexpected expenses. Beyond this, make sure you don’t exceed federal insurance limits when deciding how much to keep in a CD. For the ...

6. Social Security Cost-of-Living-Adjustment (COLA) 2025: There ...

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   The report also revealed that in order to maintain the same buying power as in 2000, current beneficiaries would need an extra $516.70 per month. For context, the average retired worker collects ...

7. ILOVEYOU - Wikipedia

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   ILOVEYOU, sometimes referred to as the Love Bug or Loveletter, was a computer worm that infected over ten million Windows personal computers on and after 5 May 2000. It started spreading as an email message with the subject line "ILOVEYOU" and the attachment "LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs". [ 1] At the time, Windows computers often hid the latter ...