

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Cornerstone Chat: Cryptocurrency and Investment Scams
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 02:30 pm – Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 04:00 pm
- **Event Description**: REGISTER HERE: https://alumni.vt.edu/events/2026/03/cornerstone-chat--cryptocurrency-and-investment-scams.html

Join Carmen Clifford, training and outreach coordinator with the Virginia State Corporation Commission, for an in-depth discussion on investment scams. Topics include cryptocurrency fraud, pig butchering scams, how to determine if businesses are registered in Virginia, and common red flags in investment contracts.

The program is free to attend, but registration is required. An optional gift to the Department of Sociology Workshop Fund is encouraged upon registration. This fund supports the outreach work and scam prevention workshops of Katalin Parti, associate professor of sociology at Virginia Tech. Parti's research focuses on the offender and victim sides of cybercrime, sexual violence, and online manipulative scams targeting older adults.

Registration is free, but required. An optional gift to the Department of Sociology Workshop Fund is encouraged upon registration.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/blacksburg-virginia/cornerstone-chat-cryptocurrency-and-investment-scams/200029378211644
- **Event Categories**: workshops, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://alumni.vt.edu/events/2026/03/cornerstone-chat--cryptocurrency-and-investment-scams.html?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=blacksburg%2C+virginia-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Blacksburg, Virginia
- **location**: Online event
- **full address**: Online event, 901 Prices Fork Rd, Blacksburg, VA 24060, United States, Blacksburg, Virginia

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Virginia Tech Alumni (https://allevents.in/org/virginia-tech-alumni/7992072)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 02:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Online event, 901 Prices Fork Rd, Blacksburg, VA 24060, United States, Blacksburg, Virginia
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Virginia Tech Alumni
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Cornerstone Chat: Cryptocurrency and Investment Scams ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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