The Truth About Investment Scams

This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About Avoiding Scams (9780132333856) by Steve Weisman. Available in print and digital formats.

10 huge financial rip-offs: how to recognize and avoid them!

We’ve all received emails that contained glowing recommendations of a particular stock--or perhaps you’ve learned on an Internet forum about a particular “steal” of a stock that’s about to take off. Or maybe you even received an email intended for someone else giving you “inside” information. Just ask Martha Stewart. It’s not a good thing....