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Save Your Energy and Money—Don't Fall for Energy Stock Scams
A combination of factors—including global warming, a ravenous worldwide hunger for energy, rising gasoline and fuel oil prices, and instability in the Middle East—has sparked investor interest in energy and alternative energy stocks. But these same factors also appear to have fueled a rash of energy-related stock scams.
There are legitimate and not-so-legitimate ways to invest in companies that produce energy. We are issuing this Alert to warn investors about fax, email and even cell phone text message scams that promise high returns in exchange for little risk—and to provide information on how to invest wisely in this or any other sector.
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FTC Pledges Not to Drop Any Numbers From Do Not Call Registry
When the Federal Trade Commission initially implemented the national Do Not Call Registry in 2003, it established a five-year expiration period for numbers on the list. But, with that five-year expiration period fast approaching, the Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection announced on October 23, 2007, that the FTC will not drop any telephone numbers from the Registry based on the five-year expiration period, pending final Congressional or agency action on whether to make registration permanent. If you wish to reduce the number of unsolicited telemarketing calls you receive at home or on your cell phone, you can add those phone numbers to the national Do Not Call Registry by visiting www.DoNotCall.gov or by calling toll-free 1-888-382-1222.
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