'Dash' Gov Sites Part of Ploy to Dash Off With Your Money
Be wary of any stock pitch that ends with the salesperson sending you to
a 'government' regulator's website. There's a good chance it's a scam. NASD has received calls and investor
complaints from international investors who have been sent to an 'official' site that turns out to be phony. The
latest twist involves sites that use '-gov.us' in the web address to resemble the '.gov.xx' designation -- where
'xx' is a 2-letter country code -- that official government websites outside the U.S. typically use.
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