Slam the scams targeting Haitians
Fraudulent schemes and other activities targeting the Haitian community abound in Haiti, the U.S. and elsewhere across the globe. Most appear to fall in the get-rich-quick or Ponzi-like pyramid categories. To help the community avoid these scams, this page compiles stories we’ve reported about fraudulent activities and provides resources to avoid or report scams.
If you know of a suspected scam we should look into, email any information you have about it to submissions@haitiantimes.com to share what’s being perpetrated. Your information will be kept confidential.
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If you have suspicions, here are some actions you may take:
- Check someone’s investor credentials on Investor.gov
- Report digital asset fraud, contact one or all of these agencies:
- The Commodities Future Trade Commission – cftc.gov/complaint
- FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center – IC3.gov
- The Securities and Exchange Commission – https://www.sec.gov/tcr
- The Federal Trade Commission – reportfraud.ftc.gov
- Your state regulator, attorney general and local law enforcement
- To stay abreast of latest scams or to learn more, visit cftc.gov/LearnAndProtect
