Mostly it's a different face/outlook of a "company" but the same mechanics in the background. Better watch out and people who are background searching on a company can see this.
Ponzi websites have now reduced daily returns! The main reason for this is to gain trust.
They are making themselves more
Legitimate by making it more possible to the people. I mean, you could earn something like that with trading when you are holding that kind of funds, but making it an investment scheme is totally another story.