Keyword: Investment scams

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Investors are getting duped into enabling remote access for fraudsters

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Ontario Invest's website falsely claimed the firm was IIROC-regulated

  • By: IE Staff
  • March 24, 2022 March 24, 2022
  • 15:16
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Man convicted in Eron Mortgage case now accused of penny stock pump-and-dump

Scam reports rose sharply in mid-2020 and remain high, U.K. regulator finds

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The regulator said a series of stock scams used social media

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A United States federal court ordered Perry Santillo to pay US$103 million in restitution. Some clients suffered six-figure losses as money from new investors went to repay earlier investors

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Stories of "crypto millionaires" have led to big bets and big losses

Scams, theft and crypto laundering rise, Chainalysis reports

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Unregistered offshore schemes abound pitching crypto, foreign exchange, contracts for difference

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Investment funds turned out to be built on false promises