Are the victims of financial scams really victims of their own greed ?

linuleb7

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Vincent Lacroix, Bernard Madoff, Earl Jones made the headlines in 2009 with much publicized multi-hundred-millions financial scams involving thousands of victims.
I ask myself several questions. Choose your topic.
Would you trust anybody with your hard-earned retirement money ?
Would you invest your widowed mother's money in a volatile unsecured scheme that promises a higher return than banks to give her a more comfortable living ?
Didn't financial advisers always advised to invest or gamble only on money that you can afford to lose ?
Some victims whine about having to sell their house. It may be true in very few extreme cases. But some others even claim they have to rely on food banks. If this is true, what brought them there if not greed ?
Is it believable someone would risk everything they own for a few dollars more ?
Would you trust a stranger such as myself if I promised to make you rich ? If you do, send me bank coordinates and your PIN. You won't regret it. I promise.
 
Yes and No

Those are about protecting your future. Without investment, your money will be gone eventually. You need to have some means to grow your money.
 
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