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Online Scams

02.08.2022 By Lori J. Schock, Director, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Don’t Get Scammed by Investment Fraud on the Internet

Social media and the Internet have become important tools for investors—both younger and older. Searching for stock rese...

Online Scams
COVID-19

03.11.2020

How to Keep Financially Healthy During the Coronavirus Outbreak

The current COVID-19 outbreak is not only a public health concern, it also has far-reaching financial impacts. I’ll leav...

01.30.2020

Five Things the IRS Will NEVER Do

Each tax season, Americans are bombarded with numerous IRS scams and fraudulent schemes. There are lots of myths and urb...

Online Scams
Military Consumer Month

07.02.2019

How to Protect Yourself Against Scammers Targeting the Military

The email looked very official -- it featured the red, white, and blue Bank of America logo and claimed to detect suspic...