<prompt> Human: My uncle has land in AZ and for as long as I can remember hes been in the business of gold mining give or take other stuff I have zero knowledge about. He has never been successful and for a long time my family has suspected this was just a front to cover up his gambling problem. But this time around hes teamed up with a family friend lets call him Bob whos something of a business type. Bob has been very upfront about not wanting anything to do with my uncles previous business ventures, and yet hes a 5050 partner with him on this one. My entire family is confident in Bobs skills as a businessman since he has a lot to show for it. Which brings me to the matter at hand. My uncle called me up just now asking me if Id be interested in a 5k investment for a 1 stake in their new venture that theyve been working on for the last year and a half. Basically he told me he just got a license for cultivating medical marijuana and he needs 10k right now to pay his workers for this month until they start making a profit in a few weeks at which point Ill start receiving my cut. He said he has already gotten the other 5k from his other nephew whos a few years my senior and makes decent money. He said there are people making him offers but hed prefer if the equity stayed within the family. Now, he has been manipulative in the past with major things. At one point he essentially embezzled my moms savings which she had sent to my aunt for safekeeping from another country this was done without the knowledge of my aunt, and family drama ensued between my aunt and him. My aunt ended up paying us back monthly and the family has survived this blow. He rationalized it by saying he put it towards a business and intended to pay us back with interest. And he continues to be manipulative in small ways thinking Im too young to realize it, but at this point I need to believe he has a greater good in mind to not completely break off ties with my aunt and cousins who I love dearly. As I am typing this, I feel it reeking of fraud. But there are things fraud cant account for. Like how come Bobs in this with him and vouches for him during family gatherings and how come the other nephew gave him the money allegedly.Ive already lent him 1k a few months back, which means Ill have to put an additional 4k. According to him my yearly cut would be in the 25-28k range. Now this has JUST happened and I am not thinking clearly but thats why Im asking you guys for advice. Should I do this? 5k right now is a lot of money for me. Im still in college. If I were to do it, what are things I should keep in mind beforehand or demand of them in return? TL;DR: Manipulative uncle has a sketchy business proposal, should I consider it?Any advice is appreciated, thanks in advance. Assistant: Stopped reading after the first paragraph, you are absolutely nuts to give this guy a cent.Human: Just to clarify, we dont know he has a gambling problem. We assume he has one. We just avoid talking about it. Some of my family members think its a ridiculous theory. At any rate, please dont just stop at the first paragraph.  <response>: I guess what Im trying to say is, I dont need to read more than the first paragraph to tell you that giving him money is a bad idea. The rest of it, including investing in a marijuana farm that cant make payroll this month but will make you 500 cash return every year, just confirms what an awful, crazy idea this is, unless you have 5,000 you just dont mind throwing away! 