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  2. Scam alert: Sweepstakes or lottery schemes targeting ... - AOL

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    Jul. 8—In the past year, there have been 250 scams reported to the Better Business Bureau and local law enforcement. But both say there are many more residents who have been scammed out of money ...

  3. Portfolios with Purpose - Wikipedia

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    Portfolios with Purpose was an all-volunteer, non-profit organization overseen by a board of directors. Competitor stock portfolios were tracked, and progress was calculated daily. The contest's financial audits were prepared by Deloitte, and player's entry-fees were held in escrow at JPMorgan Chase.

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    Three New York residents are facing prison time after officials say they stole more than $1 million in a fake lottery scheme.. Caron Pitter, 47, Rohan Lyttle, 49, and Charlene Marshall, 44, were ...

  5. Securities fraud - Wikipedia

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    In microcap fraud, stocks of small companies of under $250 million market capitalization are deceptively promoted, then sold to an unwary public. This type of fraud has been estimated to cost investors $1–3 billion annually. [19] Microcap fraud includes pump and dump schemes involving boiler rooms and scams on the Internet.

  6. Pump and dump - Wikipedia

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    "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 an owned stock through false and misleading positive statements (pump), in order to sell the cheaply purchased stock at a higher price (dump).

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  8. 3 Penny Stock Scams To Watch Out For - AOL

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    According to CNBC, a penny stock is a low-priced stock that can be a speculative, high-risk investment. Now, many investors are buying penny stocks and getting scammed. I'm a Self-Made Millionaire:...

  9. Raj Rajaratnam, Galleon Group, Anil Kumar, and Rajat Gupta ...

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    The Raj Rajaratnam/Galleon Group, Anil Kumar, and Rajat Gupta inside trading cases are parallel and related civil and criminal actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the United States Department of Justice against three friends and business partners: Galleon Group hedge fund founder-owner Raj Rajaratnam and former McKinsey & Company senior executives Anil Kumar and Rajat Gupta.