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The US Securities and Exchange Commission has closed down an investment scam that was touting pre-IPO shares in Facebook, Twitter, Zynga and Groupon. The SEC alleges that Florida resident John Mattera and others set up a new hedge fund named The Praetorian Global Fund. The Commission alleged that the suspects had claimed to …

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  1. Ted Treen
    Trollface

    I STILL reckon...

    ...it's hard to con a truly honest man.

    Any honest person would realise that these offered mega-returns are either illegal or illusory.

    If your greed overrides your common sense, don't come crying to the rest of us.

    Go work for a bank - you'll fit in & excel...

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