Disaster-related Investment Scams
Natural disasters such as wildfires, floods and hurricanes often give rise to investment scams. These scams can take many forms, including promoters touting companies purportedly involved in cleanup and recovery efforts that falsely guarantee high returns, and Ponzi schemes where new investors' money is used to pay money promised to earlier investors. Fraudsters may try to take advantage of investors who receive lump sum insurance payouts.
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Natural disasters such as wildfires, floods and hurricanes often give rise to investment scams. These scams can take many forms, including promoters touting companies purportedly involved in cleanup and recovery efforts that falsely guarantee high returns, and Ponzi schemes where new investors' money is used to pay money promised to earlier investors. Fraudsters may try to take advantage of investors who receive lump sum insurance payouts. [1]
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Natural disasters such as wildfires, floods and hurricanes often give rise to investment scams. These scams can take many forms, including promoters touting companies purportedly involved in cleanup and recovery efforts that falsely guarantee high returns, and Ponzi schemes where new investors' money is used to pay money promised to earlier investors. Fraudsters may try to take advantage of investors who receive lump sum insurance payouts. [1]
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Reviewed 23 October 2026. Historical dates and award-time affiliations retain their original context. A review date is not an event date. Background sources are identified separately from official records.