PREDATOR AND PREY: PONZI AND PYRAMID INVESTORS
Taofik Hidajat
Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Bank BPD Jawa Tengah
Abstract
This paper proposes to present a new perspective on the tricky investment practices through the classification of investors Ponzi and pyramids scheme. This study used qualitative methods through interviews with victims of the scheme from 11 cities in Indonesia. The sample in this study were individuals who were victims of investment fraud with both systems. The method applied was snowball sampling. The small number of samples was a limitation of the study. Based on the interviews, there were three classifications of investors of both schemes: Predator, Strong Prey and Weak Prey. The current study might be expected to be the first research on investor classification on Ponzi and pyramid scheme.
Keywords: Ponzi, Pyramid, HYIP, Indonesia
Topic: International Symposium on Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, and Religious Studies