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2. 3 Penny Stock Scams To Watch Out For - AOL

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   3 Common Penny Stock Scams. Pump and Dump Scams: Jordan Belfort, a.k.a “The Wolf of Wall Street,” is one of the most infamous players on Wall Street. His fraudulent tactics are a great example ...

3. What are penny stocks and are they a good investment? - AOL

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   But penny stocks also include some of the market’s shadiest companies, such as outright frauds and other pump-and-dump scams, a fraud in which paid promoters tout a stock to get it to rise so ...

4. Microcap stock fraud - Wikipedia

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   The expanding use of the Internet and personal communication devices has made penny stock scams easier to perpetrate. [8] Though not a scam per se, one notable example is rapper 50 Cent's use of Twitter to cause the price of a penny stock (HNHI) to increase dramatically. 50 Cent had previously bought 30 million shares of the company, and as a ...

5. Securities fraud - Wikipedia

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   This is referred to as a pump and dump scheme. The pump and dump is a form of microcap stock fraud. In more sophisticated versions of the fraud, individuals or organizations buy millions of shares, then use newsletter websites, chat rooms, stock message boards, press releases, or e-mail blasts to drive up interest in the stock.

6. Pump and dump - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 February 2025. Form of securities fraud For other uses, see Pump and dump (disambiguation). "Night wind hawkers" sold stock on the streets during the South Sea Bubble. (The Great Picture of Folly, 1720) Pump and dump (P&D) is a form of securities fraud that involves artificially inflating the price of ...

7. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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