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" ... In 1920, an Italian translator in Boston devised the idea of buying international reply coupons overseas with the intention of cashing them in at a slightly higher amount in America. He thought he could make money off the exchange rate, and promised friends he’d double their cash in 90 days. The entrepreneur—Charles Ponzi—found out it was too complicated to actually redeem the coupons. But so many speculators wanted in that he took their money anyway to pay off earlier investors. The scheme was soon paying out millions a month, and average Joes across the country drained savings accounts to get in on the sure thing. Ponzi’s pyramid soon collapsed under a $20 million burden though, wrecking lives and wiping out fortunes that never existed anwywhere but on paper. ... "