A useful article from the SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy discusses about the Investor Alert to help investors be better aware of fraudulent investment schemes that may involve social media. The prevalence of fraud in social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and others, causes damages and being easily swayed by ending money to criminals and are not being held accountable for it. Thus, SEC provided tips for individual investors to safeguard their investments.
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