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American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) Canadian Securities Administrators ( CSA) INVESTMENT FRAUD AWARENESS QUIZ |
The following quiz is intended to alert you to potential problems associated with
investing. Investment fraud has serious consequences for individuals and national markets.
On an individual level, you can suffer catastrophic financial consequences at the hand of an investment con artist. Also, fraud takes
its toll on the national markets by reducing investor confidence and capitol flow.
Investment fraud is all risk and no reward. Victims range from the extremely wealthy to wage earners from the well educated to school
dropouts. No one is immune. Government regulators can help but can only go so far. The best fraud deterrent is an informed investing
public. By learning to spot and avoid fraud techniques, investors develop critical thinking skills that can be used in evaluating
legitimate investments and other common financial decisions.
Take this quiz and start learning what you can do to avoid becoming a victim of investment fraud.
After you finish, the result will be given and correct answers with explanations will be provided.