{"id":975,"date":"2011-11-15T11:30:56","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T11:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stockbrokerfraudblog.com\/2011\/11\/aarp_offers_older_investors_5"},"modified":"2022-03-09T16:08:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T22:08:22","slug":"aarp-offers-older-investors-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/aarp-offers-older-investors-5\/","title":{"rendered":"AARP Offers Older Investors 5 Warning Signs for Avoiding the Next Major Ponzi Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The AARP has issued a fraud protection bulletin warning investors how to avoid becoming the victim of whoever happens to be peddling the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/\">Ponzi scheme<\/a>. Unfortunately, older investors are among the favorite prey of financial fraudsters. According Investor Protection Trusts CEO Don Blandin, one in five people in the 65 and over age group have already been exploited. Millions more are at risk.<\/p>\n<p>To help investors, AARP has put out a description of five red flags warning of a possible financial scam:<\/p>\n<p>1) The broker-adviser tells you that you wouldn&#8217;t be able to access your money during a &#8220;lock-up&#8221; period.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/aarp-offers-older-investors-5\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading AARP Offers Older Investors 5 Warning Signs for Avoiding the Next Major Ponzi Scam\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AARP has issued a fraud protection bulletin warning investors how to avoid becoming the victim of whoever happens to be peddling the next Ponzi scheme. Unfortunately, older investors are among the favorite prey of financial fraudsters. 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