Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site lll-crg.ARpA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!bandy From: bandy@lll-crg.ARpA (Andrew Scott Beals) Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.invest Subject: what was Ponzi's full name? Message-ID: <1119@lll-crg.ARpA> Date: Fri, 6-Dec-85 16:11:18 EST Article-I.D.: lll-crg.1119 Posted: Fri Dec 6 16:11:18 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 7-Dec-85 20:21:23 EST Organization: Computation Research Group, Lawrence Livermore Labs Lines: 5 Keywords: pyramid schemes,inventor Xref: watmath net.consumers:3538 net.invest:910 I have been told that a gentleman by the name of "Ponzi" invented the pyramid scheme. Does anyone know his full name? Please reply via mail and flames about Amway etc to /dev/null, please... -- andy beals - bandy@lll-crg.arpa - {seismo,ihnp4,qantel}!lll-crg!bandy