Posts Tagged ‘pump & dump’

St0ck Mogul Newsletter – Pump & Dump

Friday, April 30th, 2010

This weeks selected “pump and dump” stock fraud comes from the “St0ck Mogul Newsletter” (misspelled with a zero rather than an “o” in a futile attempt to evade spam filtering).

The pumped stock is RightSmile, Inc. a pink slip “penny stock” trading as “RIGH” that actually trades as low as 2 cents some days with volume often under 10,00o shares.

Recently the stock has been pumped as high as 4 cents on very light volume, but it’s currently just over half that amount so this is probably already in the “distribution to suckers” phase, or the “dump” after the “pump.”

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Unbelievable Investors Information – SCEY Fraud

Monday, April 19th, 2010

This week’s leading “Pump & Dump” penny stock appears to be SUN CAL ENERGY Inc. which is a Pink Sheet issue trading as SCEY.PK

The emails we’re seeing contain numerous mis-spellings, most of which are probably intentionally inserted as a spam-filtering avoidance tactic.

Content includes advice such as:

Subject:      Unbelievable Investors Information
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WellTek (WTKN.OB) Pump & Dump Stock Fraud

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

The latest penny stock to be manipulated by spammers looking to bid up prices for a quick pump and dump is Wellteck Incorporated.

Trading under WTKN.OB this stock is currently seeing very high volume as spammers and recipients alike attempt to play the game and get out before the shares crash back to earth.

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