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Affinity
Fraud: How To Avoid Investment Scams That Target Groups
- Affinity fraud refers
to investment
scams that prey upon members of identifiable groups, such as religious
or ethnic communities, the elderly, or professional groups. The
fraudsters
who promote affinity scams frequently are - or pretend to be - members
of the group. They often enlist respected community or religious
leaders
from within the group to spread the word about the scheme, by
convincing
those people that a fraudulent investment is legitimate and worthwhile.
Many times, those leaders become unwitting victims of the fraudster's
ruse.
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