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FINRA FoundationDepartment of Justice-SEC Fraud Summits In early October the FINRA Investor Education Foundation participated in a series of Investor Fraud Summits sponsored by the United States Department of Justice and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at several venues across the country. The summits, which were open to the community, law enforcement and others, featured what federal and state regulators and law enforcement are doing to protect investors, and highlighted the "red flags" of investment fraud.
"We are proud to participate with the Department of Justice and the SEC in this coordinated campaign to teach Americans the tricks of the trade of outsmarting investment fraud," said Gerri Walsh, President of the FINRA Education Foundation.
Learn more about the fraud summits and the FINRA Foundation’s Investor Protection Campaign.
| Scam AlertBeware of Phony IRS Websites The IRS is warning the public about a new tax scam that uses a website that mimics the IRS e-Services online registration page. The real IRS e-Services page offers Web-based products for tax preparers and payers—not the general public. The phony Web page looks almost identical to the real one.
The official IRS website is www.irs.gov. Some of the phony websites end in .com, .net, .org or other designations instead of .gov. If you find a suspicious website that claims to be the IRS, send it to phishing@irs.gov; put “Suspicious website” in the subject line.
Restitution InformationDavid Lerner Associates, Inc. Apple REIT Ten See restitution information for investors who purchased Apple REIT Ten. | |
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