Investor Education
September 16, 2026
Informed Investor Advisory: Money Mules: How an Easy Buck Can Turn You into an Accidental Criminal
Have you ever seen online ads for a work from home job opportunity that promises flexible hours, easy work as a payment assistant requiring little to no experience, and great pay? Maybe you have been approached by someone making a similar pitch. If so, you may be the target of someone looking to recruit a money mule.
September 10, 2026
Informed Investor Advisory: Be in the Know: Five Quick Facts about Bitcoin ATMs
NASAA has issued an investor alert about Bitcoin ATMs (BTMs), also referred to as crypto kiosks, that describes what they are, how they function, and precautions investors should consider or take before using them. This shorter companion piece provides five key things investors should know about BTMs.
September 2, 2026
Informed Investor Advisory: Sorry, Your Adviser May Be a Fake
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the world around us. AI platforms can be useful tools for investors seeking to learn more about investing and financial products. Investors who are using AI, or are interested in investing in this industry, should be aware that scammers are exploiting the hype around this technology to create and pitch sophisticated investment scams.
December 1, 2025
Informed Investor Advisory: Impersonation Scams
Have you received an email from a famous politician, business mogul, athlete, or other celebrity touting a can’t-miss, once-in-a-life investment opportunity? Maybe you’ve seen the same opportunity being promoted by other famous faces through online ads, social media posts, videos, or reels? The internet is being flooded with get-rich-quick investment opportunities that are supposedly being promoted by influential people. Here’s the thing, though: Those celebrities almost certainly have no idea their names, faces, and reputations are being used to promote what are actually total frauds.
December 1, 2025
Informed Investor Advisory: Margin Madness
Margin trading has been available through investment firms for over a century. It has recently moved back into the spotlight showing up on mobile investment apps that put margin trading in the hands of anyone with a smartphone.
November 10, 2025
Informed Investor Advisory: Crypto Recovery Room Scams
Getting calls, texts, messages or emails from someone promising to find or return money you lost in a crypto scam? Be careful, it’s almost certainly a crypto recovery room scheme. Fraudsters are capitalizing on the increasing number of investors who have lost money to crypto investment scams by running recovery room schemes that aim to steal even more money from victims.
October 6, 2025
NASAA Investor Bulletin: World Investor Week 2025
NASAA and its partners are jointly issuing this Investor Bulletin to provide investors with information for World Investor Week 2025, a global campaign promoted by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) to raise awareness about the importance of investor education and protection.
August 25, 2025
NASAA Investor Bulletin: Why You Should Consider Adding a Trusted Contact to Your Account
NASAA and its partners are jointly issuing this Investor Bulletin to urge investors to consider adding a “trusted contact person” to their brokerage account.
July 30, 2025
Sea un inversionista informado: Lo que debe saber sobre los ETF de criptomonedas
Desde que los reguladores de valores de Canadá y la Comisión de Bolsa y Valores (Securities Exchange Commission, SEC) de los Estados Unidos aprobaron los primeros fondos cotizados en bolsa (Exchange-Traded Funds, ETF) de criptomonedas en 2021, estos productos financieros están cada vez más disponibles tanto para inversionistas minoristas como institucionales. Antes de invertir en los ETF de criptomonedas, es importante investigar y comprender estos fondos.
July 30, 2025
Sea un inversionista informado: Cajeros automáticos (ATM) de Bitcoin
Los cajeros automáticos (Automated Teller Machine, ATM) de Bitcoin están desempeñando un papel más importante que nunca en las estafas con esta criptomoneda. Los datos de la Comisión Federal de Comercio muestran que los consumidores denunciaron más de $110 millones en pérdidas por estafas que involucran ATM de Bitcoin en 2023, un aumento de diez veces desde 2020. Los estafadores están aprovechando la creciente popularidad y accesibilidad de estas máquinas y emplean tácticas de presión probadas y comprobadas contra sus víctimas para incitarlas a utilizar las máquinas para transferir dinero u otros criptoactivos a cuentas controladas por ellos. Es importante que los consumidores comprendan qué son los ATM de Bitcoin, cómo funcionan las estafas y qué pueden hacer para protegerse.
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