Fraud & Scams

Source Verification

Definition

What is Source Verification?

The process of confirming claims against independent, authoritative records.

Example in practice

An investor checks a company's licence directly on the regulator's website.

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A fraud that pays earlier participants using money from newer participants rather than genuine investment profits.

A scheme that rewards recruitment more than genuine product sales or investment activity.

Manipulating an asset upward through misleading promotion before selling into the inflated demand.

A person or firm that executes securities transactions for clients.

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