Who’s hatching YOUR nest egg? You’ve work hard for your money, so just don’t hand it over without first checking things out. Learn the simple way you can screen the person and company that wants to invest your money. Besides the red flags of an investment scam, you will learn the common persuasion tactics fraudsters use to convince you to invest with them. Remember, until money grows on trees, ask and check BEFORE you invest!
About the Presenter:
Terri Alexon serves as the Investor Education Coordinator for the Arizona Corporation Commission’s Securities Division. Since joining the Commission in August of 2002, Terri has been actively making statewide presentations on fraud prevention and the risks and rewards of investing. She has served on the Elder Fraud Prevention and Social Media Task Force committees for the North American Securities Administrators Association and as co-chair of the Financial Exploitation Committee of the Maricopa County Elder Abuse Prevention Alliance. Besides presentations, Terri also maintains an investor education website in both English and Spanish, writes news releases, composes brochures and plans public events, all designed to raise awareness and prevent financial exploitation among Arizona investors.
About the Arizona Corporation Commission’s Securities Division:
The Securities Division enforces Arizona’s securities and investment laws through investigative actions as well as registration and oversight of securities, companies, salespeople and investment advisers; it provides licenser/registration status of investment professionals and disciplinary history information upon request and disperses investor education information, including brochures and presentations. For information on wise investing and fraud prevention, visit www.azcc.gov/azinvestor
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