FINRA Investor Alert, Online Tools Help Investors Protect Themselves From
Financial Fraud
The Alert, Avoiding Investment Scams, clearly
explains the characteristics of the most commonly used securities frauds, including Ponzi and pyramid
schemes, pump-and-dumps and offshore scams. Drawing on ground-breaking research supported by the FINRA
Investor Education Foundation, Avoiding Investment Scams lays bare the psychological persuasion tactics
used by fraudsters to lure in their victims. These persuasion tactics are constant across a wide variety of frauds.
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