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According to email, LITL here being shorted and covering coming Monday (maybe -- lol).
KGLJ - Just got this one. It's also a PDF do can't copy it but it's from Ruth Aguilar [jdc@dayperks.com] and basically, says "run on Monday, 9/25".
Kodiak Drilling Intersects 16.6 Metres Grading
15.59 g/t of Gold at Hercules
Kodiak Exploration Limited (the "Company")(KXL.V) is pleased to report a 16.6 metre intercept grading 15.59 g/t Au at its 100% controlled 14,970 acre Hercules Project in Ontario. The intercept is from diamond drill hole HR-06-03 which tested the Wilkinson Lake Gold Zone (the "WLG Zone"), one of ten gold showings identified to date on Kodiak's property, located in the Geraldton-Beardmore Mining Camp.
This report covers the first 5 of 15 diamond drill holes which tested the WLG Zone for 240 metres along strike from surface channel sample WL-01, which averaged 9.76 g/t Au over 9.22 metres. All five drill holes intersected gold mineralization, with holes HR-06-02, HR-06-03 and HR-06-05 intercepting significant gold mineralization. HR-06-02 intercepted 11.5 m grading 10.37 g/t Au and HR-06-05 intercepted 5.95 metres grading 10.15 g/t Au. The WLG Zone remains open along strike and at depth.
"Early indications from the program are very encouraging, and we are eagerly awaiting our next set of drill results," said Kodiak President Bill Chornobay.
Mineralization discovered to date at Hercules is interpreted as a quartz-carbonate shear-zone hosted system. It consists of multiple zones of wide gold-bearing quartz veins and stockwork zones along a large shear system with a strike extent of at least 16 kilometres. The shear zone mineralization remains open in all directions. The shear system follows the mapped contact between granodiorite and porphyritic metavolcanic rocks.
The WLG Zone is up to 15 metres wide on surface, with an average width of 11.2 metres, and a strike length of 240 metres which remains open to the west and east. The above-referenced 16.6 metre intercept in Hole HR-06-03 included 51.5 g/t Au over 4.85 metres, which in turn included 248.25 g/t Au over 1 metre containing visible gold.
Results are pending for holes 6 to 15, which tested the strike length along the shallow-plunging WLG Zone. The vein strikes 120 degrees and dips 75 to 85 degrees to the south. All holes drilled to date have an azimuth of 030 degrees and were drilled across the vein with dips ranging from 45 to 80 degrees.
Holes HR-06-12 and HR-06-13 intercepted 13 and 10 metres, respectively, of mineralized quartz veining and stockwork under the Kinghorn Road while testing the west end of the WLG Zone. Assays are pending.
Drill results for holes 1-5 are summarized in the table below (uncut data).
Drill hole From (m) To (m) Interval Au g/t Base metals Comment
HR-06-01 20.32 37.50 17.18 1.4 Assays pending Quartz vein/stockwork with sericitic wall rock inclusions, up to 1% pyrite
including 36.25 37.5 1.25 6.18 Assays pending Quartz vein, numerous sericitic fractures
HR-06-02 12.8 24.3 11.5 10.37 Assays pending Quartz vein/stockwork with 1- 10% pyrite, locally chalcopyrite and galena
including 12.8 16 3.2 17.47 Assays pending Quartz vein/stockwork with 1- 10% pyrite, locally chalcopyrite and galena
including 21.1 24.3 3.2 19.02 Assays pending Quartz vein with 1-4% pyrite
HR-06-03 26.4 43 16.6 15.59 Assays pending Unaltered and sericitic quartz vein/stockwork with 1 to 15% pyrite, locally argentite, galena and chalcopyrite
including 27.15 39.55 12.4 20.85 Assays pending Sericite schist and quartz vein stockwork, 1% pyrite, locally argentite, galena
including 30 39.55 9.55 26.91 Assays pending Quartz vein/stockwork 1-15% pyrite, locally argentite, galena, chalcopyrite
including 27.15 32 4.85 51.65 Assays pending Sericite schist and quartz vein stockwork with 1 to 15% pyrite, locally argentite, galena and chalcopyrite
HR-06-04 36.5 51.7 15.2 3.14 Assays pending
Recieved an LITL spam e-mail today.
Phil
Looking at a chart it looks like the pump is done and the dump is on.
I sure wish I could short these POS pink sheets.
Phil
International Oil and Gas Holdings Corp. Completes Entry into Public Marketplace
HENDERSON, Nev. - Sept. 19, 2006 - International Oil and Gas Holdings Corp. (Pink Sheets: IGHL) today announced its entry into the public marketplace. International Oil and Gas Holding Corp. ("IGHL") is a diversified holding company with joint ventures in the energy, technology, insurance, real estate and security sectors. IGHL partners with high-growth, profitable companies with great potential and powerful synergies. IGHL's primary focus is in the oil and gas energy sector. The company also has investments in energy technologies and insurance that give it a unique position in the market. Additionally, the company has diversified its investments by working with real estate and security companies that have synergies with its energy and insurance projects. The company is a full-service petroleum distributor operating in business, government and industry markets. Organized in 2003, the company is headquartered in Las Vegas. International Oil and Gas Holdings Corp. and its affiliates also have offices in Dallas, Colorado and Southfield, Mich.
In discussing the entry of the company into the public marketplace, CEO and Chairman of the Board of International Oil and Gas Corp. Keith McAllister stated, "At IGHL, we are focused on dynamic partnership development with companies and in industries that complement our existing relationships. IGHL's strong expertise and valued relationships with local indigenous and empowerment companies, both national and international, allow our seasoned management team to efficiently and effectively find the most profitable and compatible partnerships and joint ventures possible."
Commenting further, McAllister stated, "On June 12, 2006, we entered into an assignment agreement with an entity for leasehold rights to a vast oil and gas field in Cookeville, Tenn. We will be providing further updates and details on this and other of our numerous partnerships and joint ventures in the coming days and weeks. Our new corporate Web site is now live at www.ioghc.com, and we encourage investors to visit the Web site and sign up for investor updates as they are announced."
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements about the company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other statements in this press release other than historical facts, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as the term is defined in the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The company's actual results could differ materially from expected results. The company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequently occurring events or circumstances. Should events occur which materially affect any comments made within this press release, the company will appropriately inform the public.
Source: International Oil and Gas Holdings Corp.
Contact:
Redwood Consultants LLC
Jens Dalsgaard
415-884-0348
Got one today on LVCC.PK a newer ipo
I find that biazzaree
Same here. None for almost a week.
seems my spam has died the last 3 days - only a few getting through
I'm surprised no one has mentioned FNLH on this board.
I must have gotten 15 or so unsolicited e-mail spams.
Lots of buzz on Ihub.
Looks like the pump is done and the dump is on.
Phil
CRSVF
Christie Dalton <tlabani@montrouge.deepwater.com>
Donald Duarte <tknowlesdd@wrgb.com>
LYJN
Jeff Sutton <yccv@yuhikaku.co.jp>
Help make the SEC Expose Unsolicited Spammers and Stock Promoters
The problem:
There is hardly a household in America that has not been inundated with spam emails making fantastic claims about easy profits to be made by any purchaser of some obscure stock. In most cases, these securities promoters and those who finance them hope to turn a quick profit when unsuspecting investors buy stocks based on unsupported or spurious claims - leading the stock's market value to plummet as soon as these promotional activities cease.
Given that the OTC markets play an essential role in the capital formation of smaller companies and provide a portal for overseas issuers seeking to access the American capital markets, Pink Sheets is committed to working with regulators to create a more orderly and legitimate marketplace for all participants.
Pink Sheets’ proposed solution:
Pink Sheets has proposed that the SEC adopt a new rule that provides for full disclosure of the identity, compensation and relationships of all participants (i.e., issuers, sponsors, third party promoters, etc.) directly or indirectly engaged in the promotion of stocks in the over-the-counter (OTC) market and that targets the explosion of misleading spam email and fax promotions on OTC stocks and provides for increased transparency and effective disclosure to protect investors from "pump and dump" promotion schemes. The full rule change request is available for you to read at:
http://sec.gov/rules/petitions/petn4-519.pdf
"We believe that putting these straightforward requirements in place will enable investors to easily identify fraudulent stock promotions and unveil the miscreants who engineer them. Any company that does not have current information available has no business promoting its securities, since investors cannot make reasonable investment decisions in an information vacuum. By cutting off the ability of promoters, sponsors and affiliated parties to dump these stocks into the market, the rule will render fraudulent promotions unprofitable and set the stage for legitimate small company issuers to deliver information to the marketplace," said Cromwell Coulson, President and CEO of Pink Sheets, LLC.
What you can do to help:
We need your help as investors and as the recipients of unsolicited promotional spam to urge the SEC to consider this rule proposal. You can help by sending your comments directly to the SEC, either via email to: rule-comments@sec.gov, or, if it's more convenient, you can mail your comments to:
Ms. Nancy Morris
Secretary, Securities Exchange Commission
100 F Street NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Your Email or letter should refer to SEC File No. 4-519. Request for Rulemaking to expose and prevent unlawful and deceptive activities by securities promoters and their sponsors.
http://www.pinksheets.com/otcguide/promotion_proposal.jsp
just got spam e-mailed that pos myself....BRIG
a new one TFZP
Mildred Wise <ataq@kearnycountyhospital.com>
Rose Boyd <xts@provencetaxi.com>
HLUN
Amy Page <rbgkmx@sweet-misery.org>
MOre LITL
LeftTop <hztfrnwkt@net.br>
PGCN
Cathy Buckner <cathy_buckner_qd@biddeford.com>
Truman Doherty <truman.dohertyqj@cox.net>
HLUN is being e-mail spammed
Posted by: Susie924
In reply to: bagheera who wrote msg# 4452 Date:9/11/2006 11:12:45 AM
Post # 4457 (FLIGHT SCHOOL board)
I received 11 e-mails in my office e-mail on HLUN this morning.
just found this website listing spammed stocks
name symbol - last date - total
Tailor Aquaponics TQWW.PK - 11.09.2006 - 44
PetroSun Drilling Inc PSUD.PK - 11.09.2006 - 499
Falcon Energy, Inc FCYI.PK - 11.09.2006 - 401
L International Computers Inc LITL.PK - 11.09.2006 - 489
Pingchuan Pharmaceutical Inc PGCN.OB - 11.09.2006 - 440
CytRx Corporation CYTR - 10.09.2006 - 1
ThermaFreeze Products Corp TFZP.PK - 10.09.2006 - 16
Lyric Jeans, Inc LYJN.PK - 10.09.2006 - 5
The Alliance Enterprise Corp AETR.PK - 10.09.2006 - 112
Greater China Media & Ent Corp GCME.OB - 10.09.2006 - 101
Matrixx Resource Holdings, Inc MXXR.OB - 10.09.2006 - 11
Healtheuniverse Inc HLUN.PK - 10.09.2006 - 33
Texhoma Energy, Inc TXHE.PK - 09.09.2006 - 36
Art4Love Inc ALVN.PK - 09.09.2006 - 79
Equal Trading, Inc EQTD.PK - 09.09.2006 - 265
LITL - they wont stop
Republic Southern <ybaqkallf@proxad.net>
TQWW
amorous <aauautonomy@rotationindex.at>
good article buckey
That explains the mutlitude of daily spam e-mails on LITL imo
"... In recent years, they said, “relationships between spammers and virus authors have caused millions of virus-infected personal computers to be harnessed as ‘zombies’ to send spam, further lowering its cost.”
As a result, one person can send the same junk e-mail message to thousands, if not millions, of addresses in a relatively short time. Based on industry data, the professors estimate that as many as 100 million stock-touting junk messages are sent around the world in an average week, accounting for as much as 10 percent of all Internet e-mail traffic.
good article but really nothing we did not already know
Tomorrow's New York Times has an article on "Spam Works":
September 10, 2006
Strategies
Stock Tips From Spam Aren’t Just Silly. They’re Costly.
By MARK HULBERT
MANY investors apparently trust spam e-mail — at least those messages that say a fortune is to be made in a speculative stock. All too often, credulous people buy the shares, only to see them plummet in value.
That is the conclusion of a new study, “Spam Works: Evidence From Stock Touts and Corresponding Market Activity,” by Laura L. Frieder, an assistant professor of finance at Purdue, and Jonathan L. Zittrain, professor of Internet governance and regulation at Oxford.
Professor Zittrain is also a visiting professor of law at Harvard Law School, where he was a founder of its Berkman Center for Internet and Society. The study has been circulating for several weeks in academic circles; a copy is at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract-id=920553.
The professors focused on spam that urges the immediate purchase of a company’s stock. Such unsolicited e-mail is quite cheap to send, the professors noted, and not just because of the low cost of obtaining e-mail address lists. In recent years, they said, “relationships between spammers and virus authors have caused millions of virus-infected personal computers to be harnessed as ‘zombies’ to send spam, further lowering its cost.”
As a result, one person can send the same junk e-mail message to thousands, if not millions, of addresses in a relatively short time. Based on industry data, the professors estimate that as many as 100 million stock-touting junk messages are sent around the world in an average week, accounting for as much as 10 percent of all Internet e-mail traffic.
In almost all cases, the professors found, the stocks promoted in these messages do not trade on major exchanges. Instead, they tend to be illiquid and are found in the off-market, over-the-counter trading arena known as the Pink Sheets. Typically, such stocks are not followed regularly by an investment adviser or Wall Street research department. Their illiquidity, and the absence of regular scrutiny, make the stocks relatively easy to manipulate, the professors said.
To compile a database of stock-touting spam, the researchers combed through the 26,000 junk messages that Professor Zittrain received in his own e-mail box from January 2004 to July 2005. They also surveyed 1.8 million specimens of spam received during that time by the Internet newsgroup called Nanas (for net.admin.network.abuse.sightings), which alerts administrators of e-mail networks to spam outbreaks. While Nanas has many contributors around the world, the professors concede that there “is no way to assure that Nanas’s archive is a representative cross-section” of all spam.
All told, some 300 stocks were recommended in the studied messages, each of which contained a time-stamp indicating when it was sent. Because not all of the messages hyping a particular stock were delivered at precisely the same time, or even on the same day, the professors focused on the day when the greatest number of messages touting a certain stock were received. On that day, they found, the stock was 13 times more likely to be the most actively traded Pink Sheet issue than it was on days when they had no evidence that junk e-mail was sent urging its purchase.
The increased liquidity created by this higher volume is crucial to the success of the spammers’ pump-and-dump strategy, according to the professors. If not for that greater liquidity, in fact, the spammers would find that their sell orders would depress prices so much that they would realize little if any profit.
Sure enough, the professors found a distinct price pattern in the touted stocks. It pointed unambiguously to spammers buying stock before the days when they sent their messages and selling as those messages were received.
On average, a touted stock gained 4.6 percent more than comparable issues on the trading day just before the spam’s peak volume day. On the peak volume day itself — when the professors believe that the spammers sell the bulk of their shares — the stock’s price stayed more or less even. But one trading day later, the return was 5.9 percent lower than that of comparable issues.
The professors concluded that unscrupulous traders were able to turn a tidy profit by buying shares before sending their spam and then selling as investors started acting on the spam’s advice. In contrast, investors who bought shares realized a sizable loss.
In an interview, Professor Frieder said she was initially skeptical that investors were actually following the advice in stock-touting junk e-mail. After all, few people ever say they welcome spam; most seem eager to zap it from their computers. But her skepticism faded after analyzing the data. “I am aware of no other plausible explanation for the patterns we found,” she said.
She said that the authors based their conclusions entirely on an analysis of aggregate data, not on a study of particular cases, so they had no proof that any individuals in particular were directing such schemes.
IN any event, Professor Zittrain said in an interview, the Securities and Exchange Commission has rarely tried to prevent stock-touting spam messages, many of which contain fine print disclosing that the spammer will be selling the very stock being recommended for purchase.
Of course, the most immediate lesson for investors is this: ignore unsolicited e-mail messages. But there is also a broader lesson, relevant even for those who ignore spam. It has do with the desire, even eagerness, to believe that there is a stock out there that could make a lot of money, and with how that desire affects people’s judgment. As Professor Zittrain put it, “greed all too easily colors our objectivity,” and it’s true for all types of investors.
Mark Hulbert is editor of The Hulbert Financial Digest, a service of MarketWatch. E-mail: strategy@nytimes.com.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/business/yourmoney/10stra.html?ref=business&pagewanted=print
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LITL
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should <phyjwayx@umeaenergi.com>
Ill <uvnvewmxx@ec21.com>
Comments <iqohkclks@dsagrp.com>
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BIOLOGY LETTER <gqpukf@itcomp.pl>
HLUN by
Christian Grace <mdnj@standrewsvestal.org>
Biddy Huff <hvha@cyberdata.net>
IVHN e-mail spam
from: Benita Fisher <2crd8n4efe@mail.ru>
date: 8/31/2006 5:54 PM
ATTENTION ALL DAY TRADERS AND INVESTORS. GET ON IVHN!
INVESTOR ALERT! NEWS JUST CAME OUT THIS WEDNESDAY ON IVHN!
SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMETHING!!! WATCH IT EXPLODE ON FRIDAY!!!
WATCH IVHN LIKE A HAWK ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2006
Company: INNOVATION HLDGS
Ticker: IVHN
Current Price: $0.04
FRIDAY's Target Price: $0.35
Recommendation: STR0NG BUY
Price Increase Expec: Max
WEDNESDAY'S NEWS will make it EXLODE! Get on IVHN First Thing on
FRIDAY!!!
BREAKING NEWS:
Innovation Holding Inc.'s Target Acquisition PharmaSpritz Corporation
Announces Appointment of Media Options Inc.
Wednesday August 30, 4:05 pm ET
TORONTO--(MARKET WIRE)--Aug 30, 2006 -- Innovation Holding Inc.'s (Other
OTC:IVHN.PK - News) target acquisition,
PharmaSpritz Corporation of Delaware, the manufacturer of SlimSpritz
(www.slimspritz.com) weight control spray, Compozure
anti-stress oral spray and Spritzzz nighttime sleep aid, is pleased to
announce the appointment of Media Options Inc. of
New York and its sales and syndication subsidiary Media Ops of New York,
as the creative and media placement agencies for
all of PharmaSpritz Corporation's consumer products.
Media Options Inc. (www.mediaoptionsinc.biz) is a full-service
media-centric marketing, branding and creative company which
along with Media Ops, will be responsible for the development of all the
creative advertising executions for the PharmaSpritz
stable of products as well as the placement of those advertisements in a
variety of electronic media across the United States.
Steven Burke, President of PharmaSpritz Corporation, developed the
concept of incorporating medicinal herbal ingredients into
self-regulating aerosol spray products. Mr. Burke has over 30 years
experience in the consumer product marketing business, in
retail distribution and in direct marketing. In addition, Mr. Burke
introduced the first powdered meal replacement for weight
loss, NutriSlim, to the Canadian marketplace in 1980.
The Company will rely on Mr. Burke and his management team's expertise
to deliver SlimSpritz, Compozure and Spritzzz to the
marketplace with the guidance of Media Options Inc. and its senior staff
of professionals. The initial marketing thrust will
be through direct response marketing on the web, via traditional print
based Direct Response and ultimately through electronic
media including television and radio. The comprehensive business plan
calls for national retail (in store) roll outs by the end
of each product's first year of distribution.
About Innovation Holding Inc.:
The Company is currently in the process of preparing fully audited
financial statements in anticipation of finding a merger
candidate with significant earnings. Several companies have expressed
interest in reverse merger acquisitions and Innovation
Holding's management is currently in the due diligence process with
several of these candidates. This process should enable
the Company to re-emerge as a profitable entity going forward.
ADD THIS GEM TO YOUR RADAR AND WATCH IT TRADE ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
1,2006!!!
DON'T EVEN BLINK! IVHN DOESN'T SLEEP IT WILL EXPLODE ON FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 1,2006!!!
YOU KNOW THE WEDNESDAY'S NEWS! TRADE SMART AND WIN WITH IVHN!!!
AMSN e-mail spam
from: Brian Hyde <sroxt@redness.net>
date: 9/1/2006 7:56 AM
The pump was a photo of text with a lot of non-related yibberish
www.thestockster.com = BUSTED
SEC Charges Operator of Stock Picking Website with Secretly Profiting in Investment Scam
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2006-128
Washington, D.C., August 1, 2006 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the filing of civil securities fraud charges against the operator of an Internet website who made more than $2.7 million in profits by secretly selling the stocks he recommended as “mega bonus buys” on his site, www.thestockster.com (the Stockster website).
The Commission’s complaint alleges that Nicholas A. Czuczko, age 34, of Beverly Hills, Calif., routinely recommended thinly-traded penny stocks on his website while he personally planned to sell the stock into the rising price spurred by the recommendation. Czuczko’s practice was to buy shares of the recommended stocks shortly before posting the selection on the Stockster website. When unsuspecting Internet visitors bought the recommended stocks and drove up the price of the shares, Czuczko sold or “scalped” his holdings for substantial profits without disclosing his own sales on the Stockster site. A screen shot of the Stockster website from March 3, 2006, is attached to this release.
According to the Commission’s complaint, Czuczko funded an extensive Internet advertising campaign to drive traffic to the Stockster website. Between mid-December 2005 and the end of March 2006, the Commission alleges, Czuczko paid approximately $1.15 million to Internet search companies and other web advertisers. Ads for the Stockster site appeared on Google and Yahoo! in response to Internet searches for terms like “stocks” and “investment advice,” and on popular financial websites like Marketwatch.com, TheStreet.com, and The Wall Street Journal Online. Czuczko’s advertising campaign proved successful, and his stock picks reliably fueled trading and price increases in the recommended stocks.
Linda Chatman Thomsen, Director of the Commission’s Division of Enforcement, said, “Investors need to be wary of unsolicited stock recommendations they find on the Internet. As in this case, the website operator may have hidden motives in recommending stocks to the detriment of unsuspecting investors.”
Helane L. Morrison, District Administrator of the Commission’s San Francisco District Office, said, “The Commission is committed to stamping out these scalping schemes that prey on unsuspecting investors.”
In a related scheme, the Commission charges that Czuczko touted shares of his own company, Epic Media, Inc. Epic Media, based in Los Angeles, is a development stage company with plans to publish “lifestyle magazines” for men and women. Czuczko is Epic Media’s CEO and CFO, and chairman of the company’s board of directors, as well as its majority shareholder. The Commission alleges that in early December 2005 Czuczko recommended the purchase of Epic Media stock on a website that was the predecessor to the Stockster site. After the price of Epic Media stock spiked, Czuczko sold his shares for a small profit. Czuczko did not publicly disclose those trades, among others, in stock ownership forms required to be filed with the Commission under federal securities laws.
The Stockster website included a boilerplate disclaimer that the site’s unidentified officers and employees “may” trade in the recommended stocks. The truth, however, was that Czuczko always sold his shares as soon as his recommendation had its intended effect of increasing the price of the stock. The Stockster website provided no warning to Internet visitors that the site’s operator intended—and in fact made it a regular practice—to sell the stocks at the same time that he posted buy recommendations on the site. By failing to disclose his intent to sell at the time when he made the recommendation, Czuczko was able to turn a quick profit at the expense of the investors who followed the site’s advice.
The Commission’s complaint, filed in federal district court in Los Angeles, seeks to enjoin Czuczko from future violations of the antifraud and ownership disclosure provisions of the federal securities laws. The Commission requests that the district court order Czuczko to disgorge his ill-gotten gains plus prejudgment interest, impose a civil monetary penalty, and bar him from participating in penny stock offerings and from serving as an officer or director of a publicly traded company.
The Commission acknowledges the assistance of NASD Market Regulation with its investigation.
For tips to avoid costly mistakes, the Commission encourages investors to read “Pump & Dump.con: Tips for Avoiding Stock Scams” on the Internet at http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/pump.htm.
For more information, contact:
Helane L. Morrison
District Administrator
(415) 705-2450
Tracy L. Davis
Branch Chief
(415) 705-2318
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
San Francisco District Office
Additional materials: Litigation Release No. LR-19787 and Complaint
http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2006/2006-128.htm
-----------------
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Litigation Release No. 19787 / August 1, 2006
SEC v. Nicholas A. Czuczko, Case No. CV 06-4792 GAF (C.D. Cal. filed Aug. 1, 2006)
SEC Charges Operator of Stock Picking Website With Secretly Profiting in Investment Scam
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the filing of civil securities fraud charges against the operator of an Internet website who made more than $2.7 million in profits by secretly selling the stocks he recommended as "mega bonus buys" on his site, www.thestockster.com (the Stockster website).
The Commission's complaint alleges that Nicholas A. Czuczko, age 34, of Beverly Hills, Calif., routinely recommended thinly-traded penny stocks on his website while he personally planned to sell the stock into the rising price spurred by the recommendation. Czuczko's practice was to buy shares of the recommended stocks shortly before posting the selection on the Stockster website. When unsuspecting Internet visitors bought the recommended stocks and drove up the price of the shares, Czuczko sold or "scalped" his holdings for substantial profits without disclosing his own sales on the Stockster site.
According to the Commission's complaint, Czuczko funded an extensive Internet advertising campaign to drive traffic to the Stockster website. Between mid-December 2005 and the end of March 2006, the Commission alleges, Czuczko paid approximately $1.15 million to Internet search companies and other web advertisers. Ads for the Stockster site appeared on Google and Yahoo! in response to Internet searches for terms like "stocks" and "investment advice," and on popular financial websites like Marketwatch.com, TheStreet.com, and The Wall Street Journal Online. Czuczko's advertising campaign proved successful, and his stock picks reliably fueled trading and price increases in the recommended stocks.
In a related scheme, the Commission charges that Czuczko touted shares of his own company, Epic Media, Inc. Epic Media, based in Los Angeles, is a development stage company with plans to publish "lifestyle magazines" for men and women. Czuczko is Epic Media's CEO and CFO, and chairman of the company's board of directors, as well as its majority shareholder. The Commission alleges that in early December 2005 Czuczko recommended the purchase of Epic Media stock on a website that was the predecessor to the Stockster site. After the price of Epic Media stock spiked, Czuczko sold his shares for a small profit. Czuczko did not publicly disclose those trades, among others, in stock ownership forms required to be filed with the Commission under federal securities laws.
The Stockster website included a boilerplate disclaimer that the site's unidentified officers and employees "may" trade in the recommended stocks. The truth, however, was that Czuczko always sold his shares as soon as his recommendation had its intended effect of increasing the price of the stock. The Stockster website provided no warning to Internet visitors that the site's operator intended-and in fact made it a regular practice-to sell the stocks at the same time that he posted buy recommendations on the site. By failing to disclose his intent to sell at the time when he made the recommendation, Czuczko was able to turn a quick profit at the expense of the investors who followed the site's advice.
The Commission's complaint, filed in federal district court in Los Angeles, seeks to enjoin Czuczko from future violations of the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws (Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Rule 10b-5 thereunder). The complaint also seeks to enjoin Czuczko from violations of the ownership disclosure provisions of the federal securities laws (Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act and Rule 16a-3 thereunder). The Commission requests that the district court order Czuczko to disgorge his ill-gotten gains plus prejudgment interest, impose a civil monetary penalty, and bar him from participating in penny stock offerings and from serving as an officer or director of a publicly traded company.
The Commission acknowledges the assistance of NASD Market Regulation with its investigation.
SEC Complaint in this matter
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2006/lr19787.htm
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Had 8 in my Office managers email for KGBC
and these at home now
cluttered <aqfvtwc@hispeed.ch>
Name:chm United <dyvukrq@quicknet.nl>
Kanye <hnlzuax@quicknet.nl>
TMXO e-mail spam
from: Solomon Hastings <eixshm@consultpmc.com>
date: 9/5/2006 12:48 PM and 9/1/2006 7:41 PM
The pump was a photo of text with alot of non-related yibberish
Trimax Corporation
current price: .38
short term target: 1.50
long term target: 2.50
recommendation: strong buy
CGME e-mail spam
from: brethrendaylight@earthlink.net
date: 9/5/2006 10:34 PM
Acquisition news to send GC ME flying!
Companny: Greater China Media & Ent
Tiicker: G CME
Current_Priice: $1.60
Target_Pricce: $5.00
Recent VVolume: 486,216 shares (Insiders Accumulating?)
Maarket Cap: 3.2 M
Shares Outstanding 2.0 M
Recommendattion: Strrong Buuy
Priice Increaase Expec: Max
Here is a brand new entry into the Red Hot media and entertainment
sector. With entertainment industry priices at record levels
these small companiies are poised to deliver hugge prrofits.
With a combination of solid, proven managemeent, Extremely
Lucrative bussiness sector, and incredible news, this stockk
is going to fly on wednesday.
Members should pick up G CME as early as possible on wednesday.
This news is going to send G CME off the charts! We all
know that in the entertainment bbusiness it's the big announcements that make these sttocks explode.
Add GCM E to radarr on wednesday, september 6, 2006. go GC ME!
KGBC email-spam
from: oqyukcpew@directconnect.no
inserted as a photos in a bunch of bullsh^t text
LITL again
ST0CK-Notify: LITL <ortikalndflkjrt@msn.ve>
a new one KGBC
heavily <jqcrhbws@tele.dk>
vcr <cfikapp@wanadoo.fr>
GGTS was in my office managers email 25 times. She was off yesterday and I checked her email and it was unreal.
anyway here are some recent ones
GGTS
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inhabited <rfuqgy@t-dialin.net>
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ALVN
Roderick Monroe <iisipx@rcharris.freeserve.co.uk>
WBRS
Stanley Winter <kyjpn@baucontec.de>
Emmie Norwood <arqs@lettersbyus.com>
GGTS
Lauryn <apvebgugl@versanet.de>
similar <rtytdom@bredbandsbolaget.se>
preferred <sfgasfzf@tpnet.pl>
MORE GGTS and getting some NHLG BUt check out the disclaimeer on this NHLG one IM in tears
Hi James,
I hope this is your email address. I received some inside information about NHLG. Soon it will grow up to 70%. Don't tell anybody about that chance.
TRADE DATE: TUESDAY AUGUST 29, 2006
National Healthcare Logistics
Symbol: NHLG
Price: $.024
POSSIBLE BREAKOUT COMING?
IS THIS ONE SHOWING REAL RESILIENCE, REAL STRENGTH?
THE NEWS: GO READ THE FULL STORY RIGHT NOW!
1)National Healthcare Logistics and Pioneer Medical Sign Joint Marketing and
Services Agreement- Inked a joint marketing and services agreement
with Pioneer Medical, Inc.
IMAGINE IF THE TOP BLEW OFF AND THE STOCK WENT THROUGH THE ROOF...
WATCH LIKE A HAWK TUESDAY AT THE OPEN!!
GO NHLG!!
______________
Information within this report contains forward looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21B of
the SEC Act of 1934. Statements that involve discussions with respect to
projections of future events are not statements of historical fact
and may be
forward looking statements. Don't rely on them to make a decision.
This company
does not report under the Exchange Act of 1934. Past performance
is never indicative of future results. We have received seven million
free trading shares from a third party, not an officer, director or
affiliate
shareholder. We intend to sell all seven million shares now, which
could cause
the stock to go down, resulting in losses for you. This company has:
no cash, large
long term debt and an accumulated deficit. These factors raise
substantial doubt about
its ability to continue as a going concern. It is an operating,
revenue producing
company. A failure to finance could cause the company to go out of
business. This is a
penny stock and is a high risk security. This report shall not be
construed as any kind
of investment advice or solicitation. Urgent: Please, Please read the
company's annual
and quarterly reports before you invest.
LITL
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8-29 MarketAlert <htrpoiuadfnrkl@lifeforme02.com>
and a new one GGTS
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GGTS
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home features <tbdtajjgb@t-ipconnect.de>
PPTL
Gerald Jensen <kyvkzq@radioakademin.org>
PSUD
Vicky Mcclain <tkrieman@btigroup.com>
they are PDF emails. thats why you cant copy and paste
PPTL - Felicia Brennan [liwxk@jiang.com.cn]
I don't know why I can't copy text on these, basically says "massive PR campaign" getting under way.
WBRS.....
W_A T_C_H O U T!
HERE COMES THE BIG ONE!
Friday AUG 25th IS SURE TO BE A BIG DAY!
Company Name: W ILD B RUSH E NERGY (Other O T C: WB RS . P K )
S_ym_bol: W B R S
1-da y T a rget: 0.10
Cu_rrent P rice: 0.054
W ILD B RUSH M_AKES A MOVE!
Wild Brush Acquires Additional Powder River Oil & Gas Lease.
Read More Online NOW!
Who is W ild B rush?
Wild Brush Energy is a diversified energy company whose primary
goal is to identify and develop Oil & Coalbed Methane sites within
the State of Wyoming. In addition, Wild Brush Energy continues to
evaluate clean air alternative energy producing technologies such
as Wind Power. Wild Brush trades in the U.S. under the symbol "W B R S ."
Currently trading in the .054 range! Now is your chance!
ADD THIS GEM TO YOUR W A TCH L_IST,
AND WATCH IT T R A D E CLOSELY ON FRIDAY AUGUST 25th!
WBRS
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squad <tedapnl@es.loreal.com>
Fund Worm <wcvjyfcl@ermo.com>
MP <oxrdypxzvfa@enerloc.com>
accounts@paypal.com <accounts@paypal.com>
NHLG
Charlotte Turner <luxg@goodfriendelectric.com>
LITL
Allan Crump <tlabedelle@dcswins.com>
LITL
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LITL
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LITL
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They spoke <xkttghottkk@celox.de>
NHLG
Sammy Montoya <oms@pdsconsulting.net>
Ida Frye <vpp@teamcarney.com>
Dorothy Mathews <kkg@sudak.net>
I just realized why I got no spam - MY computer had forgot one of my email passwords and just remembered. watch next post
The spammers find a way to hit all emails in a range at once using some sort of default. I often get ones that are close to my email but not actually me email.
Remember they are clever - much smarter than the people creating the filters.
It was my "spamless" family and friends email only -- that's what troubles me. I guess there ain't no such thing anymore.
Did I tell you I signed up for Yahoo mail and within less than 12 hours -- without even sending ONE email -- NOT ONE EMAIL -- I was receiving spam? I didn't even use the address anywhere
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