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Jasper
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Charles Ponzi, an Italian con artist, promised investors a 50% return on investments in international postal reply coupons. He used new investors' money to pay off earlier investors, leading to significant financial losses when the scheme collapsed in 1920. This scheme is where the term "Ponzi scheme" originates
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