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Education & Outreach — Partners
The Department of Corporations Education and Outreach Partners page contains links to Federal, State, County, and private web sites that are working towards the objective of helping you to protect yourself from fraud and scams.
- SAIF Partners Page
Programs throughout California that work with the Department of Corporations in implementing the Seniors Against Investment Fraud program. - TAPS Partners Page
The California TAP$ (Troops Against Predatory Scams) campaign is dedicated to helping our men and women in uniform protect their hard-earned dollars.
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The NASD Investor Education Foundation
Save and Invest - SaveAndInvest.org is your source for objective answers, unbiased investing resources and straight-talking financial information and tools. It's a free service of the NASD Investor Education Foundation-helping you to protect yourself from costly mistakes and learn more about handling your finances. So there's no sales pitch. No confusing advice. Just the help you need to make smart decisions for your future. For additional information about the NASD Foundation and to obtain more information about their military financial education program, please visit www.SaveAndInvest.org .
NASD - The NASD Investor Education Foundation is a natural outgrowth of the NASD's long standing mission to protect investors and uphold the integrity of the markets. Investors need a better sense of what they are doing and why. At the Foundation, we meet this need by funding innovative research and educational projects aimed at segments of the investing public who could benefit from additional resources. For additional information about the NASD Foundation and to obtain more information about their military financial education program, please visit www.nasdfoundation.org/ .
Money Track
Money Track - MoneyTrack is an original television series produced by NETworth Television Productions in Tiburon, California, is devoted to helping consumers learn to invest successfully and get control of their personal finances.
Federal Trade Commission BIZOPPS Program
Business Opportunity e-Card (english) (español)
This :30 animation features a princess considering various bizopps and a helpful frog who lets her know they're "RRRRRRRR-ipoffs." Consumers can forward the message to friends and family to spread the word that "Easy money is a fairy tale." (Make sure your speakers are on for the full effect.) Banners and buttons advertising the e-card are attached.
Teaser Site (english) (español)
Who wouldn't be interested in Sundae Station ice cream vending machines -- "a proven system guaranteed to generate $10,000 - $25,000 - even $50,000 a month for motivated entrepreneurs"? But when consumers click for more info, they learn Sundae Station is not their recipe for the Sweet Life. It's a fake, posted by the FTC to warn consumers to think twice before sinking their money into what might be a rip-off
BIZOPPS Web page (english) (español)
The FTC has compiled their bizopps materials onto one page. Find brochures with tips for consumers on spotting some of the most common bizopp rip-offs -- pyramid schemes, envelope stuffing, work-at-home scams, medical billing, vending, etc.