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Fraud Prevention Month may have just ended, but protecting yourself from investment fraud should be a year-round focus. Fraudsters and scam artists are constantly looking for investors with money to steal every day. On today, the most foolish of all days, don’t let a fraudster fool you into handing over your hard-earned-money to an investment scam.
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The principal mandate of the Nova Scotia Securities Commission (NSSC) is to protect Nova Scotia investors. One of the ways we do that is by issuing investor alerts and cautions. You can find all the alerts and cautions we’ve issued for the last nine years on our Investor Alert Database.
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Throughout Fraud Prevention Month we’ve been sharing blog posts, videos, reels, and other online content to educate investors about investment fraud to help them identify it and avoid it. To help Nova Scotians find and connect with fraud prevention resources this post collects links to and descriptions of several of those resources in one place.
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According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, Canadians lost a reported $275 million to investment fraud in the first three-quarters of 2025. In Nova Scotia the reported losses to investment fraud were just over $2.5 million.
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A new take on pump and dumps, utilizing social media and messaging apps, is luring investors into some big-time losses. We’re talking about Ramp and Dump scams. If you use a messaging app like WhatsApp or Telegram or scroll though social media channels like Instagram or Facebook, you may have already seen or been pitched a Ramp and Dump scam.
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March is Fraud Prevention Month in Canada. Throughout the month, the Nova Scotia Securities Commission will be delivering fraud prevention content and presentations. Here are some of the presentations and content we have planned in March to help Nova Scotians recognize and avoid investment fraud.
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You may have been hearing a lot about Stablecoins, also known as Value-Referenced Crypto Assets (VRCAs), lately. Countries across the globe have been drafting legislation focusing on stablecoins, including here in Canada where they were included in the fall federal budget.
As rules, regulations, and legislation around VRCAs slowly take shape, what are the current securities laws that apply to them?
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“Our next number under the F is F7. And our fraud prevention tip is, Low risk and high returns do not go hand in hand.” “FRAUD!” “It looks like we have a winner!”
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The most romantic day of the year arrives later this week, as Valentine’s Day is almost upon us. If you’re looking for love, and online is one of the places you’re looking, be cautious of romance scams that often involve investment opportunities that are after much more than your heart.
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A new year means a new semester. New classes. New students. New teachers. And with that comes new opportunities.