<prompt> Human: So, there is this new place in town where you give people your cash and then 2 months later they give you back 700 of what you put in. Cash.I know at least 20 other people who are also doing it and they are all claiming huge sums of money its not counterfeit, we checked. Im not going to spend the money I get out of this just in case the cops want to come claim it later but I have some questions.What the hell are these guys up to? Am I unknowingly funding some illegal activities? What are the risks for me participating in this?Assistant: What type of investment are we talking here? more like 1000 or more like 100,000?Human: As much as you want. I know somebody who put in around 40 000 for 200 000. He is playing their money though, not his own. I only put in 1000.Assistant: Take it out ASAP. This is 100 a pyramid scheme. Best case they pay out early out of their own pocket before they skip town with all the money, worst case they give you a minimum period you need to stay invested and skip town before youre eligible to withdraw. Id also consider some of their clients are either clients or in on it.Also, looking at it mathematically, you need roughly 7x as many people invested in each successive round to pay the previous. So do People7n where n is the number of rounds. You will likely clapse after a handful of rounds when they can no longer find enough new people to scam.Human: Noted, theyre scammers and will run away with the entire pool at some stage.But what if i feed them back a percentage of their own money instead of my own?scratch that idea, im getting out of this asapAssistant: Its not their money though. Its the money of some innocent person who doesnt know better.Human: You know what, youre right..Ill try figure out an ethical way to get out of this mess.  <response>: Take out only as much as youve put in! Then go to the police. Taking more makes you part of the scam, which you now know is a scam and is illegal. Get your own cash back out, and just walk away. 