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Joint federal-state effort to alert people about relationship investment scams

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Julie DiMauro

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The nationwide collaboration seeks to help potential victims recognize relationship investment scams and what to do when witnessing these.

Multiple federal, state, and nonprofit agencies throughout the US have announced that they are joining forces to alert people to the dangers of online relationship scams and financial fraud, with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC’s) Office of Customer Education and Outreach (OCEO) spearheading the effort.

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