Scams-Report.pdf [pdf, 239 KB]
...over $100,000 to fraudulent investment schemes. In all cases, the money lost was most or all of their life savings, which was particularly crippling for those who were at or nearing retirement. An outcome that many victims did not expect was the judgement that was attached to being taken in by a scam. This was despite very few of the victims we spoke to having fallen victim to scams that 21 Button, M., Lewis, C. & Tapley, J. (2014). Not a victimless crime: The impact of fraud on indi...