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The stock market has just recorded one of the best three-year runs of the past half-century. Many investors likely expect the party will continue. This is no time to be lulled into a sense of complacency, however. Investing is always a risky business. In most cases, those perils are tied to the ups and downs of market performance. But scammers also can make investing more dangerous than it needs…