People who are most vulnerable to Ponzi schemes and other rip off schemes are people who have been validate in early life. Rather than protecting children, some families use their own children to fulfill their needs. They may even use their children to help build a corporate business and even use their college funds to bail them out of jail as in the case of "Robert", our call in guest. These boundary violations groom people to feel that these violations are not only OK but will get them the psychological validation/approval they so crave. By presenting these scheming deals as opportunities to make big money the web of deception is setup; being invited into the web then seems like a invitation to be part of a special opportunity and indeed the opportunity is very special. Especially destructive.