130 THE WIDE WORLD OF FRAUD A few days go by, and your broker calls to say that he has worked it out. You give him a check for $10,000 and count the days on the calendar. In 30 days, you receive a check for $200. You receive another check 30 days later, and yet another 30 days after that. And you are hooked. You've seen it with your own eyes--you've taken a test-drive and liked the feel of the thing. You kick yourself for not putting in the $250,000 initially. You calculate the money that you lost by being cautious, and you ask your adviser whether you can jump in for the full $250,000. ``I'll see if we're still accepting subscriptions,'' he says. ``There is a maximum that we can raise, and I have to check to see whether we've reached it.'' You pray that you are not too late. Finally the word comes back that the investment is almost fully subscribed, but that you can just get in under the wire. You invest the