Protection of investors has grown and triggered the interest of dubious investor protection agencies and lobby groups. Investment consultant and shipping expert Michael Rathmann reports on latest tricks to make investors insecure and therefore spend money on false friends. Fake lobby groups send letters in badly written German, claiming they were experienced players in capital investment laws willing to investigate on behalf of an investor and in search for others with more or less bad experience. These stereotyped claims are often followed by confusing and contradictory examples to insinuate certain crucial information about risks had not been provided to the investor. Further, such letters often claim investment should rather contribute to old-age insurance and provisions were granted to intermediates in secrecy.
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