116 THE WIDE WORLD OF FRAUD say should he write a book on Ponzi schemes for dummies, anything more is a waste and puts unnecessary pressure on the scheme. Remember what we learned in Chapter 1 about that sneaky con- gruence bias and how to combat it. The vigilant investor approaches every due diligence investigation--whether the investment promises 50 percent per year or 5 percent--with the determination not to con- firm what she has been told, but to look for hints of fraud. Being Anyone You Want to Be Marc Dreier had impressive credentials. After earning an undergradu- ate degree from Yale and a law degree from Harvard, Dreier worked at some of New York's most prestigious law firms before opening his own firm, Dreier, LLP, in 1996. Dreier employed 250 attorneys and