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Investment scams involve fraudsters posing as financial advisors or stockbrokers. They promise high returns on investments, often claiming these are 'guaranteed' or 'risk-free'. These scams can take many forms, including Ponzi schemes and pump and dump scams. Ponzi schemes promise high returns from a secret business or investment strategy. In reality, they use new investors' money to pay returns to earlier investors. This creates an illusion of profitability, but the scheme collapses when there aren't enough new investors. Pump and dump scams involve artificially inflating a stock's price through false or misleading statements. Once the stock's price is high enough, the scammers sell their shares. This causes the stock price to plummet, leaving other investors with worthless shares. Scammers use sophisticated tactics to appear legitimate. They may have professional-looking websites, use technical jargon, and provide documents that look like real investment research.