Help clients stay safe from fraud

While you do your best for clients whenever you serve them, you can’t protect them from predatory practices they may fall prey to in wider world. But you can help them learn how to spot questionable investments.

The MFDA has assembled a toolkit for helping clients avoid investment fraud.

1. The Fraud Prevention Brochure explains how to identify fraudulent investments, and sets out steps that investors can take if they believe an investment they are being offered is fraudulent. 2. The Fraud Awareness Quiz in which investors can learn key methods and concepts about protecting themselves from investment fraud. 3. The “Check an Advisor” guide sets out the steps investors can take to check the registration and disciplinary history of their advisor. 4. Annual Enforcement Reports contain summaries of significant disciplinary cases, many of which involve serious allegations such as undeclared outside business activities, misrepresentation and personal financial dealings.

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