Usually means: Schemes promising wealth rapidly, unsustainably.
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  3. get-rich-quick: Wiktionary
  4. Get-rich-quick: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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adjective:  (idiomatic, often derogatory, of a scheme) Claiming to provide large profits quickly, with no realistic chance of success, in order to lure gullible investment victims.

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