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Show A MILLION VICTIMS One million persons fell victim to dealers in c 11 kinds of shoestring shoe-string stock during the past year, according to the estimate of investment in-vestment bankers. These persons paid toll of more than $1,000,000,000 to the stock swindlers in the 12 months' period! So alarming is the increase in bogus stock sales each year that a nation-wide campaign against this great manace to the savings of the country is urged. They realize what vast sums of money are diverted from the channels of legitimate investment, and that those who have lost through fraud are chary about investments wholly safe and legitimate. legiti-mate. Many laws have ben passed to protect the investor against fraud, but in spite of them the stock swindler survives. The lure of enormous profits still lingers. And that is why so many are on the "sucker lists." It is a good plan to consult a reputable investment banker before writing a check for "gassy" stock. |