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Most financial fraud victims share specific character traits: AARP survey

Most likely fraud victims: Those who take cold calls on hot deals.

Investors most susceptible to fraud typically exhibit an unusually high degree of confidence in unregulated investments and tend to trade more actively than the general investor population, according to survey results from AARP.

More of the investment scam victims also reported that they value weal

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