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- CNET: Sounding the Clarion About Net Tax Scams
"Pssst! Do I have a deal for you: Let's set up a trust where you can sock away all your income and never again worry about the government ever laying its mitts on your money. And all you need to do is pay me a measly 20 grand." (4/4/01)
- CyberSecuritiesLaw: Securities Fraud and Stock Manipulation
A bibliography with links to online articles about securities fraud and stock manipulation. Articles are arranged alphabetically, not chronologically.
- EnforceNet.com: Where Securities Regulation Meets the Internet
Devoted to collecting and organizing links to the best news, tools, commentary, and other websites related to the rapidly-developing relationship between securities regulation and the Internet.
- Investor Protection Trust (IPT)
Independent, objective information needed by consumers to make informed investment decisions.
- Microcap Fraud
The SEC has a four-pronged approach to attacking microcap fraud: enforcement, inspections, investor education and regulation.
- NASD: Investing and the Internet
"With the increasing availability of information and its ease of use, the Internet is fast becoming an invaluable investing tool."
- Net-Based Business Opportunities: Are Some Flop-portunities?
The Federal Trade Commission has found that scam artists use many different methods to pitch a variety of business opportunities.
- New York Times: The S.E.C. Accuses 23 of Internet Fraud
In "its fifth nationwide Internet sweep," the SEC "accused 23 companies and individuals of fraudulently using the Internet to pump up stock prices by more than $300 million and to raise $2.5 million from investors." Free registration required. (3/2/01)
- North American Securities Administrators Association: Cyberspace Fraud and Abuse
"While the experienced pioneers...are aware of...the major rip-off techniques in use, the investment fraud problem could reach epidemic levels over the next few years as several million unsophisticated newcomers crowd onto the information superhighway."
- SEC Enforcement Complaint Form
If you believe that you have been defrauded by a broker-dealer, an investment adviser, or any other person or entity (in which a security is involved), the SEC wants to know about it, especially if it relates to the Internet.
- SEC: The Internet and Online Trading
Find out how to invest wisely and avoid fraud on the Internet. Covers pre-IPO investing, microcap stocks, avoiding scams, consumer alerts, online investments caveats and info about the SEC's Division of Enforcement Internet program.
- SR&Z: Fraud.com: A Compendium of the Internet Based Securities Fraud Developments and Related Issues
"The Internet has not spawned new varieties of fraud but, rather, has provided a new medium for existing schemes." Last updated April, 1999.
- Stanford Securities Class Action Clearinghouse
Detailed information relating to the prosecution, defense, and settlement of federal class action securities fraud litigation.
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