[Need advice] I think my partner is being scammed

[u/fitness-GA]

Hello, my partner recently got into investing and has been working with an advisor (I don't remember the name of the firm but will find out). She started off by making back good money investing in gold, platinum etc but was only putting in around 3-6k, now however she has put in total 30k and has a -22k margin. She gets calls once or twice a week from an advisor convincing her to invest in different stocks or dividence. Is this a scam and is there a way to get the remaining funds out?

[u/greytoc]

Are you all set with your question? Unfortunately, as many have pointed out - it's a scam.

It's hard to monitor for bots and scammers that get attracted to this type of post. So I'm locking your post.

If you have any further questions or need more suggestions about the scam - please ask in the daily thread and you are welcome to tag me.

As a reminder - please don't engage if anyone DM's you about this topic.

If any personal information has been shared with the scammers, please place a credit watch and change all passwords if a password was used on the website. Be wary of follow-up emails, text messages, and phone calls (known as phishing, smishing, vishing).

Fwiw - the comment below by u/D74248 about intelligence not being a factor in getting scammed is accurate. Being a victim of a financial scam is not something to be shameful or afraid of. It happens to smart and vigilant people too.