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===Big Schemes===

Banks

At it's heart it's a simple idea: get people to give you their money. The inner working are similar to a ponzi scheme. To my knowledge, no bank has ever been legitimate in the long term. Every one has either been robbed or been unmasked as a scam.

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Ponzi scheme

The ponzi scheme works in the same way as a bank. You invest money, and the money you pay back returns dividends.

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Corp theft and roles

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Corp initiation fee

Reputable corporations usually don't ask for any kind of initiation fees. One can imagine though how a fake corp can create a fake killboard and website, and using alts in the recruitment channel establish a kind of fake reputation and build a sense that it can be worth a few million isk to join a top notch corp.

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Lotteries

As a rule of thumb, I avoid all lotteries outside of my own corp or alliance. It's *very* easy to fake a reputation and establish a lottery, so quite simply: I don't know which I can trust so I trust none. If I want to gamble, I'll get into a frigate and play around in lowsec.

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~~Ponzi scheme ~~

===Recourse===

With the exception of those scams specifically forbidden by CCP: scams are fully allowed in EVE. You have no recourse other than to set sec standing and hope you one day catch them in low/null sec.

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 ===Big Schemes===
 Banks<br>
+At it's heart it's a simple idea: get people to give you their money. The inner working are similar to a ponzi scheme. To my knowledge, no bank has ever been legitimate in the long term. Every one has either been robbed or been unmasked as a scam.
+<hr>
+Ponzi scheme<br>
+The ponzi scheme works in the same way as a bank. You invest money, and the money you pay back returns dividends.
+<hr>
 Corp theft and roles<br>
+<hr>
 Corp initiation fee<br>
 Reputable corporations usually don't ask for any kind of initiation fees. One can imagine though how a fake corp can create a fake killboard and website, and using alts in the recruitment channel establish a kind of fake reputation and build a sense that it can be worth a few million isk to join a top notch corp.
+<hr>
 Lotteries<br>
 As a rule of thumb, I avoid all lotteries outside of my own corp or alliance. It's *very* easy to fake a reputation and establish a lottery, so quite simply: I don't know which I can trust so I trust none. If I want to gamble, I'll get into a frigate and play around in lowsec.
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-Ponzi scheme<br>
 ===Recourse===
 With the exception of those scams specifically forbidden by CCP: scams are fully allowed in EVE. You have no recourse other than to set sec standing and hope you one day catch them in low/null sec.