Several differentkindsofcollateral can be employed, including marketablestocks or bonds, land or buildings, equipment, inventory, andaccounts receivable.
Among the alleged baits recently used to separate unwary investors from their funds: film deals, 19th-century railroad bonds, gold mines, iron mines, equipment leases, "medium-term notes, " greeting card manufacturing, a board game teaching investors how to get wealthy and even Mormon church financings.