Market Bytes

This Is Why Financial Education Matters More Than Ever


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Financial scams are everywhere. No matter where you go on the internet or social media apps, people are constantly trying to separate you from your hard earned money. In this video we talk through a WSJ article about scammers using the likeness of billionaires such as Bill Ackman and Cathie Wood to try to con Facebook users and what we can do as investors to protect ourselves.


00:00 Scammers are impersonating billionaires on Facebook

08:24 How the scam worked

09:33 Why we will see more of these

10:47 What can we do about it?


If you want to read the WSJ article for yourself, it’s here: https://www.wsj.com/tech/fake-bill-ackman-cathie-wood-scam-a8df6ce7

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