Investor Alert: SEC Warns of Bogus Securities Regulators Soliciting Investors

The SEC issued the Investor Alert linked below in response to a number of fraudulent solicitations currently underway that purport to be affiliated with or sponsored by the federal government and legitimate securities regulators.

Click here to view notice in full (links externally to SEC website). See also:Updated Investor Alert: Investors Beware of Government Impersonators (April 2013); Updated Investor Alert: Investors Beware of Government Impersonators (November 2012); Investor Alert: Investors Beware of Government Impersonators (February 2012); Advance Fee Fraud Schemes; PAUSE List of Fictitious Governmental Agencies and International Organizations Associated with Soliciting Entities; Fake Seals and Phony Numbers: How Fraudsters Try to Look Legit; and FTC Identity Theft Site.