What is a Ponzi Scheme?

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  • Опубліковано 19 жов 2024

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  • @HenryBelcaster
    @HenryBelcaster  Рік тому +598

    Learn more with us! SmartNonsense.com 🌈

  • @mohammedfurqan8429
    @mohammedfurqan8429 Рік тому +23748

    bro literally doubled it and gave it to the next person

    • @gabyygomez1322
      @gabyygomez1322 Рік тому +998

      "Keep it or double it to the next person?"
      "Double it."
      *96,642,940 dollars in debt* 💀

    • @P4R5
      @P4R5 Рік тому +281

      "Today, Jimmy and I will be asking random people at Walmart if they would rather have $5,000 or double it and give it to the next person!"

    • @Obedthian-UK
      @Obedthian-UK Рік тому

      Cut it in half, and give it to the previous person

    • @Voiding-ofdark
      @Voiding-ofdark Рік тому +85

      ​@@P4R5 Double it and give it to the previous person

    • @YuezhiTribe
      @YuezhiTribe Рік тому +11

      😂😂

  • @_Echoez_
    @_Echoez_ Рік тому +11310

    Bro spoke that family guy Italian 🤣🤣🤣

  • @razorsaber2287
    @razorsaber2287 Рік тому +6178

    In another life, he’d have been a banker

    • @MrDiaztaco
      @MrDiaztaco Рік тому +228

      He was a banker. This guy explained the ponzi scheme poorly.

    • @turtlechef7187
      @turtlechef7187 Рік тому +37

      More like a modern crypto company

    • @newagain9964
      @newagain9964 Рік тому +16

      🤦 I implore you not to allow YT or any social media (or even Wikipedia or chatgpt) be the basis of your knowledge of history….or perhaps anything.

    • @EJK2099
      @EJK2099 Рік тому +15

      @@newagain9964 What's your suggestion for learning history from a valid source?

    • @newagain9964
      @newagain9964 Рік тому +20

      @@EJK2099 well. There are things called books, FILLED with information. And real authors/researchers use copious sources to validate info/conclusions.

  • @sn3aky_beaky
    @sn3aky_beaky Рік тому +1974

    Similar thing is with banks. If all people would like to take their money at the same time. Banks couldn't give you your money, cause they use it to give credits etc. to other people

    • @Gimmegames4free6942
      @Gimmegames4free6942 Рік тому +143

      Well banks also invest your money in bonds so they can pay you back and also the government will typically support major banks so they always have liquidity, but it's not like something like this will typically happen unless it's a huge recession

    • @femboyChristmas
      @femboyChristmas Рік тому +61

      That's why nobody puts their money into banks that aren't government insured

    • @Vampyzx
      @Vampyzx Рік тому +5

      Everyone should do this

    • @DBT1007
      @DBT1007 Рік тому +27

      thats why it's haram or forbidden for Muslims to work and do stuff in the western, conventional bank.
      islam have better system about this bank thing.
      money shouldnt be traded. money is currency. not commodity.

    • @jeanmarc6517
      @jeanmarc6517 Рік тому +52

      ​@@DBT1007if Islam had better bank system then Wall street would sure as hell not be in America. The biggest reason rich Muslim exist is because of petrole, not banks

  • @Lolo_225
    @Lolo_225 Рік тому +364

    Actually pretty smart, if he didn’t get reported no one would’ve figured it out.

    • @davidy22
      @davidy22 Рік тому +52

      He would have been found out eventually because the base can't grow forever

    • @SuperDestroyerFox
      @SuperDestroyerFox Рік тому +6

      @@davidy22 Yeah, it’s like a pyramid scheme.

    • @Fitzcrackers4prez
      @Fitzcrackers4prez Рік тому +5

      And everyone but the peak of the pyramid would of Benfited. He's kinda like Robin hood

    • @Bildschirmsuchtig
      @Bildschirmsuchtig 9 місяців тому +1

      just like every other crime...

    • @idkwhatnonamemyself1951
      @idkwhatnonamemyself1951 5 місяців тому +5

      @@Fitzcrackers4preznot really, he was spending a lot and all ponzi schemes have to fall apart eventually, thats just how they work.

  • @axcessventures2572
    @axcessventures2572 Рік тому +1493

    "...Me too!"

    • @gabyygomez1322
      @gabyygomez1322 Рік тому +12

      💀

    • @noahclaycameron
      @noahclaycameron Рік тому +18

      Yeah we all get into a Ponzi Scheme about once or twice a week

    • @MaximilianonMars
      @MaximilianonMars Рік тому +5

      Pension funds.

    • @banda3111
      @banda3111 11 місяців тому +3

      American economy

    •  7 місяців тому

      That one really got me 😂

  • @liquidsuspect2469
    @liquidsuspect2469 Рік тому +78

    if he'd just been more greedy and only promised a couple percent back per year, he'd have been a bank

  • @LaughingOrange
    @LaughingOrange Рік тому +413

    Imagine scheming so hard your name becomes cemented as the name of a whole genre of schemes.

  • @Alpatrixx
    @Alpatrixx Рік тому +58

    Him: "Have you ever been in a ponzi scheme?"
    Me: "Yes..."
    Him: "Me too"
    Me: "Hold on a minute..."

  • @samuraibat1916
    @samuraibat1916 Рік тому +49

    Yeah, I'm involved in one right now. I have to pay into social security even though I'll never see it.

  • @gabyygomez1322
    @gabyygomez1322 Рік тому +751

    Him: "Have you ever been involved in a Ponzi scheme?"
    Me: *says nothing*
    Him: "Me too, so-"

  • @theelectrix5699
    @theelectrix5699 8 місяців тому +4

    I was involved in a Ponzi scheme, and I lost a lot.

  • @riddhirajbhattacharjya4441
    @riddhirajbhattacharjya4441 Рік тому +118

    I wonder who was the first one to actually believe him and give him money

    • @popcornpizza8869
      @popcornpizza8869 Рік тому +19

      His friend..

    • @riddhirajbhattacharjya4441
      @riddhirajbhattacharjya4441 Рік тому +18

      @@popcornpizza8869 Even if your friend came up to you and told you he would double your money you still probably wouldn't believe him, atleast not until he told you how he would do it

    • @popcornpizza8869
      @popcornpizza8869 Рік тому +25

      @@riddhirajbhattacharjya4441 I mean in the video he says it was his friends who were the first customers, but I completely agree with you

    • @therealevilmudbug
      @therealevilmudbug Рік тому +15

      ​@@riddhirajbhattacharjya4441 Back when this happened, people had a lot more trust. These sorts of things didn't happen often, if ever. So it would be perfectly reasonable to trust Ponzi when it happened.

    • @riddhirajbhattacharjya4441
      @riddhirajbhattacharjya4441 Рік тому +7

      @@therealevilmudbug Yeah that makes sense.
      Not every other person was trying to scam you back in the day

  • @Mike-77-YT
    @Mike-77-YT Рік тому +29

    "As it turns out, Dr. Li's ponzi scheme is actually quite illegal" - ytp outie innie algae by CS188

  • @hguvdgshguvzdgs-zi4ux
    @hguvdgshguvzdgs-zi4ux Рік тому +24

    Home: " have you even been involved in a Ponzi scheme? " Me: " no. " Home: " me too "

  • @SciHeartJourney
    @SciHeartJourney 8 місяців тому +2

    Tom Selleck is doing the same thing selling old people on the idea of reverse mortgages. 😡

  • @thetimecapsuleproject4090
    @thetimecapsuleproject4090 Рік тому +246

    So its basically “double it and give it to the next person”

    • @geoemg7140
      @geoemg7140 Рік тому +15

      Previous *

    • @thetayterminator1436
      @thetayterminator1436 Рік тому

      Its borrowing from Peter to pay Paul

    • @Wasnt-1
      @Wasnt-1 11 місяців тому

      literally what the entire market cryptocurrency is made off 😂

  • @ГлебВонгай-п5г
    @ГлебВонгай-п5г Рік тому +29

    Bro invented "double it or give it to the next person"

  • @LuisAnimate
    @LuisAnimate 11 місяців тому +1

    Henry: Have you ever been involved in a Ponzi Scheme?
    Me: Yes, it involves Lunchables Pizzas.
    Henry: Me too...

  • @thenoobgameplays
    @thenoobgameplays Місяць тому +1

    "Have you ever been involved in a Ponzi scheme?"
    "Yes."
    "Me to- Wait, what?"

  • @genericyoutuber3300
    @genericyoutuber3300 Рік тому +3

    And that's why banks depend on the government to bail them out when everyone withdraws their money.

  • @Patwirk6969
    @Patwirk6969 Рік тому +16

    "double it and give it to the next person"
    "would you like 200 dollars?"
    "half it and give it to the previous person"

  • @Hellolihfe
    @Hellolihfe 2 місяці тому +1

    Few things. I heard that the Boston post also stated that Ponzi was a "financial genius", this was before they caught him. 2. He wasn't the first person to pull a Ponzi scheme, but how much money he earnt made the scheme bear his name

  • @josiahlong4986
    @josiahlong4986 Рік тому +24

    isn't that just a bank without the federal government invlolved

    • @Wasnt-1
      @Wasnt-1 11 місяців тому

      yeah banks can use government's printed money
      but this ponzi scheme thing is more perfectly the same with the cryptocurrency market where you don't make new money the only way to gain any growth is from other person's investments

  • @KILLER_BOT_3.5
    @KILLER_BOT_3.5 Рік тому +9

    "You give me money and I double it and give to the next person "

  • @omkardey1019
    @omkardey1019 Рік тому +7

    i said "no" bro said "me too" and went on to tell about the ponzi scheme

  • @therealpruettfam
    @therealpruettfam Рік тому +1

    Hey I love your videos and how creative you are!

  • @pulsefel9210
    @pulsefel9210 Рік тому +6

    man was playing runescape long before computers existed

  • @ericleong893
    @ericleong893 Рік тому +5

    *cough "social security" *cough

  • @Jeffrey_LOL-vi9wy
    @Jeffrey_LOL-vi9wy Рік тому +11

    Man broke the system

  • @Fasirathore
    @Fasirathore 3 місяці тому

    Thank you bro. 2024 is a hard year financially for me.

  • @LBCB94025
    @LBCB94025 Рік тому +6

    the real problem is that those stamp coupon whatever things that he was buying did not have a large enough market for him to offload anywhere near enough money to profit from it!
    he was stuck with all of these coupons and no way to actually turn them back into cash
    so he just altogether stopped bothering with it and just kept the cash and then just yeah ..
    used other people's income in cash to pay his previous debts to give the illusion that he's actually increasing people's money and actually making profits!!
    now the term is more generally used to describe any pyramid scheme rip-off
    where someone is paying off old investors with new investors money coming in and ultimately defaults on the last and probably biggest group of investors....
    and likely disappearing to a country without an extradition treaty!! lol
    🤷🏼

  • @KiNG-tx9je
    @KiNG-tx9je Рік тому +3

    My guy really said..Me too...but what is it? Lol I'm dying.

  • @Gloopypopcorn182
    @Gloopypopcorn182 9 місяців тому +1

    Have you ever been involved in a ponzi scheme
    Me too 💀

  • @tobeywilson1327
    @tobeywilson1327 Рік тому +4

    Are we just gonna ignore how he said "me too"🤣

  • @Andrzej451
    @Andrzej451 Рік тому +2

    I'm currently in a Ponzi scheme. It's called social security

  • @roberthasegawa6964
    @roberthasegawa6964 10 днів тому +1

    "Me to" righttt😊

  • @jonathanndawula8584
    @jonathanndawula8584 8 місяців тому +1

    Living the American dream the mafia way 😮😮😮

  • @vrxzy_gt
    @vrxzy_gt Рік тому

    “Have you ever been in a Ponzi Scheme? Me too.” 😂😂😂

  • @loganguy2155
    @loganguy2155 Рік тому

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂YEAH THATS IT HE KNOWS WHAT ITS ABOUT!gett’n that good dough!

  • @angrymarshmaIIow
    @angrymarshmaIIow Рік тому +4

    "Take it or double it and give it to the next person"
    "Double it"

  • @Mr.Eaglesfan9795
    @Mr.Eaglesfan9795 Рік тому +6

    Bro went through some hard times.💀

  • @michaelgallagher5002
    @michaelgallagher5002 Рік тому +1

    Social Security?😳🤯

  • @MalsArts
    @MalsArts Рік тому +15

    Reminds me of a game on Roblox, called adopt me. It's very popular with scammers these days. So there's this scam that involves 2 scammers and 1 if not 10 victims, and then scammer1 says he'll double the money or item sent to him, and the victims don't believe him and call him out for scamming, and then scammer2 says let's give it a shot; and gives scammer1 an item or money, and scammer1 pretends to double it for scammer2, and scammer2 pretends to be all excited and then goes to pretend to give scammer1 something more valuable, and scammer1 pretends to double it so the victims here think "this must work" and they give scammer1 a valuable item and scammer1 doubles it and then they give scammer1 an even more valuable item then scammer1& scammer2 just leave the game. You can actually find 'how to scam kids' videos on UA-cam about this game alone; it's brutal.

    • @aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1261
      @aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1261 Рік тому +3

      That game is absolutely filled with scammers, and it’s so easy to do it most scams don’t even need 2 people the victim will just give the scammer everything after being told they’d double it

  • @therealitsglitchtrap
    @therealitsglitchtrap Рік тому +1

    “You ever been involved in a Ponzi scheme?”
    Uh, no-
    *“Me too”*

  • @kory3762
    @kory3762 Рік тому +1

    It sounds more like a bank lending money hahaha

  • @BoldMusic-v9i
    @BoldMusic-v9i Рік тому +1

    If it ain’t broke don’t fix it…
    Unfortunately, Ponzi become broke af!

  • @danielorzaru1113
    @danielorzaru1113 Рік тому +1

    I like these animations very much they are really goofy

  • @kakurerud7516
    @kakurerud7516 Рік тому +2

    Literally sounds like how banks work.

  • @DeviousIndividual1
    @DeviousIndividual1 11 місяців тому

    I love when he says “me too” he says it to both yes and no answers

  • @jaiv
    @jaiv Рік тому +2

    the kid that reminded the teacher we had homework grew up to be the guy that ruined the scheme for everyone lol

  • @joshithegreat5303
    @joshithegreat5303 Рік тому +2

    Yes, it is called pensionary system today

  • @Austria_started_two_world_wars
    @Austria_started_two_world_wars 7 місяців тому +1

    Its only a problem if it stops

  • @adhiwiranata400
    @adhiwiranata400 Рік тому

    And sadly, in my country, Ponzi Schemers exists like mushrooms on rainy days. People just don't learn, huh? 😅😂🤣

  • @simonalvarez1960
    @simonalvarez1960 5 місяців тому +5

    Literally dropshipping

  • @jsum33
    @jsum33 Рік тому +1

    Gotta love when the media actually did what they claim to do now.

  • @kendrickbritto8556
    @kendrickbritto8556 Рік тому

    I learnt this in 12 grade on debate where I was defending capitalism, glad to get recap! Keep it up

  • @gaycat599
    @gaycat599 Рік тому +2

    A similar 'scam' happened with bank securities once.

  • @Goodman314.
    @Goodman314. Рік тому

    that "me too" was so fucking smart.

    • @ahseaton8353
      @ahseaton8353 Рік тому

      It applies to anyone who ever paid Social Security Taxes, or deposited mony in a US bank.

  • @Elephantom_
    @Elephantom_ Рік тому

    Have you ever been involved in a Ponzi scheme?
    Yes
    …Me Too!

  • @alexandrapotter8536
    @alexandrapotter8536 5 місяців тому +2

    So if the Boston post didn't snitch on Ponzi the Great Depression wouldn't of happened in America 😂😂😂

    • @Depebble27
      @Depebble27 4 місяці тому

      Perhaps the damage wouldve been lessened but a major cause of the depression was the prohibition

  • @cmoeethegoat
    @cmoeethegoat 7 місяців тому

    This dude said “me too” like everyone has been in one😂😂

  • @LambdaCreates
    @LambdaCreates Місяць тому

    "Have you ever been involved in a Ponzi scheme?"
    "nah"
    "Me too"
    "it is clear we have many differences"

  • @Xinevlin
    @Xinevlin Рік тому +1

    Imagine your name is immortalized as a crime :v

  • @nemo-x
    @nemo-x Рік тому +1

    Yeah but he actually DID have a way of doubling their money.

  • @danfinch6526
    @danfinch6526 Рік тому +3

    Social security

  • @TheAmbiguousMice
    @TheAmbiguousMice 9 місяців тому

    “Have you ever been in a Ponzi scheme?”
    “Yes”
    “Me too”
    Best way to respond

  • @BoleDaPole
    @BoleDaPole 10 місяців тому

    Holy crap this is a genius idea!

  • @Apedragon92
    @Apedragon92 Рік тому +1

    Literally banking but less of a scam.

  • @PickleDetective1
    @PickleDetective1 10 місяців тому

    “Have you ever been in a Ponzi scheme” yes, I was their leader “me too”

  • @hauthot287
    @hauthot287 Рік тому

    Him saying he’s been in a Ponzi scheme caught me off guard

  • @dometheonlyone8936
    @dometheonlyone8936 Місяць тому

    people: Ponzi Scheme is bad
    Bank : *sweating*

  • @loloverlord1664
    @loloverlord1664 10 місяців тому +1

    Have you ever been involvedf in a Ponzi scheme?
    *Bernard Madoff joined the chat.*

  • @Teachmepleaseeee
    @Teachmepleaseeee 4 місяці тому

    No need! We got tom to explain it to the kids!

  • @shonw2318
    @shonw2318 Рік тому

    "you even been involved in a Pozi scheme? Me too!"
    *yo hol up, run that sentence by me again...?*

  • @svenwahnsinn734
    @svenwahnsinn734 Рік тому +1

    Italian like Peter Griffin

  • @LoserBread
    @LoserBread Рік тому +1

    I just realized that these are stick figures with realistic items.

  • @JmKrokY
    @JmKrokY Рік тому +2

    Bro isn't this just banks 🗿

  • @smooshed_in
    @smooshed_in Рік тому +1

    Bro really thought he was a TikTok influencer

  • @Re34560
    @Re34560 Рік тому

    Dang bro really just said “me too” after asking if you’ve ever been in a Ponzi scheme 💀

  • @FlyingKangaroo1473
    @FlyingKangaroo1473 Рік тому +3

    So the papers caused a bank run…

  • @Astra7872
    @Astra7872 Рік тому +1

    Man doubled it and gave it to the same person nice xD

  • @SPEKTR_93
    @SPEKTR_93 Рік тому

    Vintage “double it and give it to the next person”

  • @IRVremy
    @IRVremy Рік тому

    Hank, can I call you Hank? Ok Hank, I always wondered where this came from. I wonder if it will be called Madoff in the future as in people who made off with your money.
    Anywho great video as always. Keep the videos and the voices coming 😂 Hank

  • @geck0milk
    @geck0milk Рік тому +2

    "Me too." Bro what?

  • @zygas25
    @zygas25 Рік тому +14

    And eons later, bernie madoff perfects it.

    • @ahseaton8353
      @ahseaton8353 Рік тому

      Bernie used to run the NASDAC stock exchange, too. Don't look to closely under the hood of Wall Street. It's all smoke & mirrors.

  • @Give_Riggy_A_Raise...
    @Give_Riggy_A_Raise... Рік тому

    The clipt on the back of the card going across the screen during the beginning 💀

  • @vickzin
    @vickzin Рік тому

    If you ever get trapped in a ponzi scheme, pray that you were in the early birds.

  • @mihaicalugar2708
    @mihaicalugar2708 Рік тому

    We had something like that in Romania around the 1990's. And it persevered for a few years. People were selling their homes to put money into the miraculous money making "game"... Then the government stabilized and called all of it off... It was called Caritas for us...

  • @kusuo0108
    @kusuo0108 Рік тому +3

    Nabbe din mai Paisa double😂😂
    Jk jk this situation reminded me of that movie "hera pheri"

  • @camerongunn7906
    @camerongunn7906 Рік тому +2

    Ponzi scheme? You mean like Social Security

  • @richmo102
    @richmo102 10 місяців тому

    Henreybelcaster 😂 oh you ar his twin😂

  • @twindash2theteacup891
    @twindash2theteacup891 Рік тому

    "Me too" that made me pause for a sec

  • @devnagalia
    @devnagalia 16 днів тому

    no way he said , have you ever been involved in a ponzi scheme, me too.

  • @winkystinky
    @winkystinky 7 місяців тому

    "Me too" bruh wtf 💀

  • @mustafagani1909
    @mustafagani1909 Рік тому

    This is the plot of the wolf of wall Street

  • @ruthammaabraham2374
    @ruthammaabraham2374 6 місяців тому

    Bro you are a true lifesaver and honest you deserve more subs then those scamy little pricks putting up unrealistic expectation and stupid bots suporting it

  • @switche6054
    @switche6054 Рік тому +2

    "Hey scuzi , Boppity Booby"
    -Ponzi guy

  • @Debarun_Roy
    @Debarun_Roy 10 місяців тому

    That's how a scam runs. Its will make every one happy until someone pokes the system.