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Pump and dump

"Pump and dump" schemes, also known as "hype and dump manipulation," involve the touting of a company's stock (typically microcap companies) through false and misleading statements to the marketplace. After pumping the stock, fraudsters make huge profits by selling their cheap stock into the market. Pump and dump schemes often occur on the Internet where it is common to see messages posted that urge readers to buy a stock quickly or to sell before the price goes down, or a telemarketer will call using the same sort of pitch. Often the promoters will claim to have "inside" information about an impending development or to use an "infallible" combination of economic and stock market data to pick stocks. In reality, they may be company insiders or paid promoters who stand to gain by selling their shares after the stock price is "pumped" up by the buying frenzy they create. Once these fraudsters "dump" their shares and stop hyping the stock, the price typically falls, and investors lose their money. For more information about microcap fraud, please read the publication, Microcap Stock: A Guide for Investors.
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Let's see how we would have done if we had bought the stocks...

Date of Spam	Email contents	Price at time of spam	Price as of today's date - link to current chart
March 14, 2005	YPIL	0.17	Delisted
March 16, 2005	CMDA	0.45
April 4, 2005	ITEC	0.13	Delisted
April 5, 2005	CWTD	2.80	Delisted
April 20, 2005	MOGI.PK	0.34	Delisted
April 29, 2005	YPIL	0.17	Delisted
May 26, 2005	EXTP	.035	Delisted
June, 2005	SRPI:PK Symbol changed to: TRVO.PK.	.023
Sept. 1, 2005	WWBP	3.00
Sept. 2, 2005	FRBV	0.01	Delisted
Sept. 5, 2005	GARS	0.60	See next
Sept. 8, 2005	GARS	0.72	Read this
Oct. 7, 2005	POPC	1.07	Delisted
Jan. 19, 2006	EXTI	0.35	Delisted
Jan. 19, 2006	PIFR	1.57
Jan. 20, 2006	IFNX	1.50
Jan. 22, 2006	DKDY	1.85
Jan. 23, 2006	RMVN	0.93
Jan. 23, 2006	CBIO Symbol changed to: CSBF	0.20
Jan. 23, 2006	CIVX	0.174
Jan. 26, 2006	GFPE	0.16
Jan. 27, 2006	FCPG	0.166
Jan. 29, 2006	PZFC	?
Jan. 30, 2006	CFRI	2.60
Jan. 30, 2006	MWIS	0.17
Jan. 30, 2006	PMHH	0.50
Jan. 31, 2006	GFDI	0.10
Mar. 17, 2006	GAPJ	1.16
Sept. 7, 2006	KGBC	0.90
Sept. 20, 2006	GDKI	2.75

Disclaimer: We only research the validity of the email (spam) we receive. We have no opinion on the quality of the company involved. In all probability the company is not aware of the spam. Our purpose is to show that investing money based on email hype is a very foolish thing to do. Nothing compares to a proper education in investing techniques. Do not rely on others to tell you how, what or when to buy. But...the ultimate decision (and money) is yours.

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