Course 12910 lessons

Financial scams in investing, specifically

A closer look at investment fraud, from Ponzi schemes and pump-and-dumps to a practical due-diligence checklist for spotting a scam before you invest.

What makes investment fraud different

The Avoiding scams and fraud course covers how phishing texts, romance scams, and fake online sellers all work by hijacking urgency and fear to grab money quickly, usually in a single transaction. Investment fraud borrows some of those same levers, but it plays a longer, more patient game, and it deserves its own close look because of how differently it operates once it gets going.