Little mention or emphasis is placed on the product or service to be sold. The fraud derives from the ever-decreasing number of potential investors in a given area. An emphasis on getting others to invest. Pyramid schemes are illegal in South Carolina, but are difficult to prosecute. Victims' money is often filtered up through the pyramid and lost.
Investments range from a few thousand dollars to a hundred thousand dollars or more.
Details about how the program works are either unavailable or, when examined closely, nonsensical. Investors' money is rarely recovered. Most computers today run software that recognizes the year 2000 as the year 1900. Although there are many reputable software companies working on this problem, only a few companies have actually solved it. An estimated five million U.S. households that already have access to the major online services are being exposed to hundreds of fraudulent and abusive investment schemes, including stock manipulations, pyramid scams and Ponzi schemes.