利り殖しょく商しょう法ほう

noun

fraudulent investment scheme; high-yield scam

Refers to a deceptive business method that entices people to invest by promising unrealistically high returns. Often used in news reports about consumer fraud.

• その会かい社しゃは利り殖しょく商しょう法ほうで多おおくの高こう齢れい者しゃから金かねを集あつめていた。

  That company was collecting money from many elderly people through a fraudulent investment scheme.

• 利り殖しょく商しょう法ほうの被ひ害がいに遭あわないように注ちゅう意いしてください。

  Please be careful not to fall victim to high-yield investment scams.