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Fraud Prevention Tips
These links provide useful tips regarding certain financial and investment products and how to avoid situations of fraud.
- Computer Privacy and Security New!
Basic videos about privacy and security issues brought to you by Microsoft. - Investigate Before You Invest - Ten Do's and Don'ts For Investors
- Top 10 California Investment Schemes and Scandals for 2004
- Top-Ten-Self-Defense Tips for Older Investors - How Older Californians Can Avoid Investment Fraud and Abuse
- Top-Ten Tips for Online Investors
- Top-Ten Tips for Seniors Considering an Annuity Purchase [pdf]
- Predatory Lending Fact Sheet
- Brokered Certificates of Deposit
- Don't Become a Victim of a Living Trust Mill [pdf]
- Fighting Internet "Cyber Investment Fraud" in California
- Free Seminar or Fleecing Seminar? Seniors everywhere are being invited to attend "FREE" seminars to hear about a variety of issues affecting them during their retirement years. [pdf]
- Micro-Cap Fraud
- Online Escrow Fraud
- Questions to Ask and Answer Before Investing in a Viatical Settlement Investment