get-rich-quick scheme
get-rich-quick scheme — noun
1. a business idea or investment that promises you can earn a very large amount of
a business idea or investment that promises you can earn a very large amount of money in an unusually short period, but is often dishonest or likely to fail
Aarav lost his savings in a get-rich-quick scheme that promised huge returns in two weeks.
collocation: lost his savings in
The website looked professional, but the offer was a get-rich-quick scheme designed to trick people.
passive: was just a ... scheme designed to
Naoko's uncle warned her not to trust ads promising a get-rich-quick scheme with no risk.
Eitan was arrested for running a get-rich-quick scheme that tricked over two hundred elderly people.
- scam
more general; any dishonest plan, not necessarily about getting rich quickly.
- pyramid scheme
a specific illegal structure where money from new recruits pays earlier members.
- Ponzi scheme
a specific type of investment fraud that uses new investors' money to pay fake returns to earlier investors.
- safe investment
an investment with low risk and steady, realistic returns.
用法筆記
This noun phrase is almost always used in a critical or warning tone. It frequently appears after verbs such as 'promise', 'run', or 'fall for'.