Southern Energy Company Inc (fka SOCI)

[johndk7]

just got this from sec:


Dear Mr. Kountouris:

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David Powers

Office of Investor Education and Advocacy
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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File Attachment:
Correspondent Name: John Kountouris
Create Date: 2/9/2010
Origin: Web
File #: HO::~00021147~::HO
Description:
Hello.

I invested in this company back last year and they suddenly were pulled from the exchange. They are engaged in the exploration of coal properties and other minerals. From 2007 to present date the company has been active in finding and developing coal properties in North and South America. The Company earns working interests in early and/or advanced stage of coal and other mineral properties.

The advertising company for this stock was Pennystockchaser.com and they were really pumping this stock (their last update below) UNTIL the bottom just dropped out from under us. The Facebook update last sent me is below:

Penny Stockchaser September 2, 2009 at 9:30am Reply
www.pennystockchaser.com – SOCI, NVSR, and IFUS – All racking up gains for members this morning

SOCI, NVSR, and IFUS all reported strong news in the last 24 hours.

News drives investor interest and investor interest usually drives stocks higher. We think SOCI, NVSR, and IFUS are headed much higher after the labor day weekend holiday.

SOCI is @ .74 this morning which is up 17.46%. The volume at mid-day is 162,658. The company had news at the close in regards to a cola concession in Chile. SOCI has been a barn burner for the last three days. The stock has moved from .26 on Monday and looks like it will move past the old high of $1.23. Members should expect big news @ SOCI and we will release a special report on the company over the weekend.



Here is SOCI's info below:

100 W. Liberty St. 10th Floor,
Reno, Nevada
89505
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]


http://www.southernenergycompany.com/


Any help would be appreciated! I lost thousands in this company and they are not responding to any folks who are trying to contact them. PLEASE HELP!


John
[phone]


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