Investor Advisories
July 19, 2024
Informed Investor Advisory: Precious Metals and Coin Investments
This investor alert provides information investors should consider before investing in precious metals.
May 15, 2024
Informed Investor Advisory: Mobile App Scams
Mobile apps: they’re everywhere. There are millions to explore, and app stores may not have the resources or expertise to verify that every single app uploaded to their store is safe for consumers to use. This includes apps that provide investing services, so investors should be cautious when providing money or personal information. This investor alert explains how mobile app scams work, red flags, and how to protect yourself from investment fraud.
February 8, 2024
Informed Investor Advisory: Don’t Get Swept Away by a Romance Scam
Dating apps and social media platforms may be good ways to meet new people but be cautious if someone turns a burgeoning online romance into an opportunity to solicit an investment or ask to borrow money. Scammers are increasingly posing as potential romantic partners to lure people into fraudulent investment schemes. This alert discusses some common tactics fraudsters use in investment-related romance scams and points out things you can do to protect yourself from these schemes.
January 25, 2024
NASAA Investor Alert: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Investment Fraud
NASAA and its partners are jointly issuing this Investor Alert to make investors aware of the increase of investment frauds involving the purported use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies. Individual investors should know that bad actors are using the growing popularity and complexity of AI to lure victims into scams.
August 29, 2023
Informed Investor Advisory: Will the Real Adviser or Broker Please Stand Up?
Scammers will go to any length to steal your money and personal information, including using technology and publicly available information to impersonate someone else. By taking information from a public database of brokers and investment advisers, a scammer could pretend to be a legitimate investment professional, earn your trust, and steal your identity or convince you to send them money. A little bit of research can prevent you from falling for their schemes.
August 22, 2023
Informed Investor Advisory: Other People’s Money Investment Scams
This NASAA investor advisory explains how you can protect yourself from the "Other People's Money" investment scam.
June 7, 2023
Informed Investor Advisory: Seniors’ Guide to Staying Safe Online
To avoid online scams, it is important to keep on top of the web services, subscriptions, and passwords that you are using. This investor advisory explains how you can take a proactive role in staying more secure online.
March 29, 2023
Informed Investor Advisory: Crypto
This investor advisory explains why some investors may be exposed to risky investments in the crypto industry without knowing it. Investors should understand what assets are being held in their investment portfolio.
February 7, 2023
NASAA Investor Alert: Self-Directed IRAs and the Risk of Fraud
NASAA and its partners are issuing this Investor Alert to warn investors of risks associated with self-directed Individual Retirement Accounts (self-directed IRAs).
November 29, 2022
