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Can you really become wealthy from a get-rich-quick scheme? This article addresses the many “investment opportunities”, both legal and illegal, that promise big returns over a short period of time, explaining the risks associated with each, and the importance of professional advice.
According to the Collins English Online Dictionary, a get-rich-quick scheme can be defined as, a promise to make a person extremely wealthy over a short period of time, often with little effort and no risk.
If you think that sounds a bit dodgy, you could be right. Yet ordinarily sensible and cautious people signup to such schemes every day.
In difficult times, we can be forgiven for trying to find a simple way to move our finances forward, yet if it seems too good to be true…well, you know the rest.
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