Choosing between protection and hard lessons


Assisiting investors: The Securities Commission building in Kuala Lumpur. There have been several cases of the commission going to court to seize the conmen’s ill-gotten gains so that it can be returned to the investors/victims.

Restitution offers relief to investors but will they learn enough?

PEOPLE who fall for investment scams and kids who write letters to Santa Claus have one thing in common – they belief in the promise of easy and seemingly magical rewards. When the lure of the sure thing is jiggled before them, the greedy and the ignorant quickly shed skepticism and caution.

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