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NEW - The Facebook Scam Problem Law Enforcement Can't Touch
Social media investment scams operate beyond law enforcement reach. You see an Instagram ad with the Wealthsimple logo. The returns look good. You click into what appears to be an official forum. You invest. Hours later, everything disappears. The scammers, the forum, the ad, all gone. You call the RCMP. They tell you the crime happened in another country. No jurisdiction. You call Facebook. They tell you they've raised ad prices for suspicious accounts to discourage fraud. The scammers are making so much money that higher ad rates don't even register as a cost.
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