NEW INVESTOR EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
AVAILABLE
Ohio Division of Securities Web Site Promotes Investor Education
Promissory
Note Brochure –
warns investors to beware of promissory notes, which often are advertised
as investments with high returns and low risk. In fact, the notes can be very
risky and are often fraudulent.
During
Saving and Investing Education Month and throughout the year, these new
publications and the following publications (except for the promissory
note brochure and bookmark) are available on the Division of Securities
web site at www.securities.state.oh.us
or by calling the Division’s Investor Protection Hotline at 800-788-1194
(or 466-4100 in central Ohio):
- Bulletin
for Older Investors handout (in large type)
·
How To
Spot and Avoid Boiler Room Scams/Protecting Yourself Against High Pressure
Sales Tactics handout (in large type)
·
THINK: Considerations Before You Invest
- Investor
Bill of Rights
- How
To Spot A Con Artist
- Who's
Who In The Financial Planner and Investment Adviser Field
handout
- Mutual
Funds
- Questions
For Informed Investors
- ABC’s
of Selecting an Investment Adviser
- An
Introduction to the Ohio Securities Law for Start-up and Small
Businesses
- Cyberspace
Fraud and Abuse
- How
Older Americans Can Avoid Investment Fraud and Abuse
- Financial
Literacy Quiz
- “Billy
and the Basketball” Coloring Book
The
following publications are offered only on the web site:
- Blind
Pool Investment Offerings
- Foreign
Currency Trading Frauds
- Bogus
“IRA Approved” Investment Schemes
- Commodity
Investments
- International
Investment Fraud
- Micro-Cap
Fraud
The
following publications are available through the Investor Protection
Hotline at
1-800-788-1194
(or 466-4100 in central Ohio):
·
"Investigate
Before You Invest Telephone Reminder Sticker" which highlights the
Investor Protection Hotline
- "How To Select A Securities
Salesperson"
- "Avoiding
Fraud In Your Securities Investments"
·
"Preying
On The Faithful/Avoiding Investment Swindlers Who Target Religious Groups"
·
Bookmark
for Division of Securities web site
Through
the Investor Protection Hotline, investors also can check on whether their
securities salesperson and brokerage firm are licensed to sell securities
in Ohio and if there are any disciplinary records against them. Another feature of the hotline
permits prospective investors to check on whether a security is properly
registered with the state of Ohio.
Individuals who believe they are victims of securities fraud can
request a complaint form by calling the hotline.
Through
the Division's web site, individuals who believe they are victims of
securities fraud can use the on-line complaint form to report the incident
to the Division of Securities.
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