First: The physical and legal existence of the company and its acquisition of the necessary licenses: Before being dragged behind marketers and investment advertisements, care must be taken to verify the existence, legitimacy, and registration of the company, and then to ensure that all details about the investment and its nature are known from the investing entity, and that it has obtained valid, official licenses suitable for the nature of the required investment, verifying this by contacting the relevant authorities to ensure the legitimacy of the investment companies with which you intend to establish contractual relations. Second: Contracts containing clauses that protect your rights: Despite the general importance of using contract specialists to review them before signing and committing to their content, in investment contracts, the importance of using legal services in the field of contracting is doubled to ensure that it contains clauses that protect your rights against the investment entity, to verify the proper understanding of all articles of the contract and its obligations, and to ensure that your rights are not bypassed in any way. To be safe from fraud, you must know its famous methods and the ways fraudsters convince you of the feasibility of the investment. According to the Saudi Central Bank, fraud is defined as any practice involving the use of deceit to obtain directly or indirectly a form of financial benefit for the perpetrator or facilitating it for another, leading to a form of loss for the defrauded party, and it includes the following: • Investment companies whose operations involve ambiguity regarding investment avenues, failing to clarify the nature and details of the investment and offering only promises of quick profit. • Investment companies claiming to be licensed by external authorities; in this case, those wishing to invest must consult the licensing authority to inquire about its validity and activity, and ensure that the company operates in the same country in which it is licensed to work. • Advertisements on reliable internet pages; fraudsters focus their advertising activities on trusted websites to build confidence in the minds of targets, giving an impression of credibility by using phrases that appeal to people's desire to enter investment fields and improve their income.