Write-Offs: 05.18.09

$$$Building A Ponzi Scheme Is Fun and Educational [Daily Intel]
$$$Do you have a scam-proof personality [Telegraph]
$$$Man-Skirts For Sale [Racked]
$$$AMEX to cut 4,000 [WSJ]
$$$Madoff trustee is suing Fairfield Greenwich Funds, seeking $3.5 billion [WSJ]