Protect Your Money Oregon is a service of the Department of Consumer & Business Services.  The site is designed to help consumers spot scams and con artists.  You may have seen this television ad:

Centered around the prevention of investment fraud, the site offers valuable advice, including answers to frequently asked questions and free consumer forums.

You may think you can’t be conned, and if that’s true you should easily ace the Can You Spot a Con Artist Quiz:

Go to the site, guess who you think the con artists are, then click on the picture to see if you’re right.  You might be surprised.

Copyright 2010 Beverly Michaelis