November 2010
Beginner
15 pages
20m
English
Overview
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About Avoiding Scams (9780132333856) by Steve Weisman. Available in print and digital formats.
10 huge financial rip-offs: how to recognize and avoid them!
We’ve all received emails that contained glowing recommendations of a particular stock--or perhaps you’ve learned on an Internet forum about a particular “steal” of a stock that’s about to take off. Or maybe you even received an email intended for someone else giving you “inside” information. Just ask Martha Stewart. It’s not a good thing....
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