... I wish I could start my own religion. Maybe I can!
Here's an idea for the basic belief of a new religion - I'll help you to start it!
Life as we know it is a dream, and the real thing is in the before life and the afterlife. The financial scam part will be a pitch about how money isn't real, so giving it all to us is inconsequential - necessary even, to break the 'habit' before waking up. Then we can have the religious experience of "champagne wishes and caviar dreams"!