Investment Fraud – Pre-IPO Investment Scams Warning about investment scams that offer investors the opportunity to buy pre-IPO shares of Facebook, Twitter, Groupon, or other popular companies. There are a number of complaints and inquiries about these types of pre-IPO investment fraud, which may be promoted on social media and Internet sites, by telephone, email, [...]
Investment Fraud – Solar Energy Investments Consumers need to be cautious of home improvement contractor installers that offer deals that are too good to be true. Usually they are. Solar Investment Fraud 1. Determine if solar energy is right for you. Due to the high costs associated with the initial investment of solar power, it [...]
Federal investment regulators issued a warning this week about a sophisticated and fast-growing fraud that trolls social networks for victims and has already cost investors hundreds of millions. Using advertisements on Facebook to lure in initial victims, who are then convinced to inadvertently con their friends, so-called “high-yield investment program” scams have gone viral, [...]