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Thursday, 11/13/2014 9:33:47 PM

Thursday, November 13, 2014 9:33:47 PM

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Well, you will be waiting a long time because none of that will come to pass.

Dark filer shell scam.

The investor alert provides tips to avoid pump-and-dump schemes in which fraudsters deliberately buy shares of very low-priced, thinly traded stocks and then spread false or misleading information to pump up the price. The fraudsters then dump their shares, causing the prices to drop and leaving investors with worthless or nearly worthless shares of stock.


Gerri Walsh, FINRA's Senior Vice President for Investor Education, said, "Investors should be on the lookout for press releases, tweets or posts aggressively promoting companies poised for explosive growth because of their 'hot' new product. In reality, the company may be a shell, and the people behind the touts may be pump-and-dump scammers looking to lighten your wallet."


"Fraudsters continue to try to use dormant shell company scams to manipulate stock prices to the detriment of everyday investors," said Lori J. Schock, Director of the SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy. "Before investing in any company, investors should always remember to check out the company thoroughly."

Research whether the company has been dormant—and brought back to life. You can search the company name or trading symbol in the SEC's EDGAR database to see when the company may have last filed periodic reports.



http://www.finra.org/Newsroom/NewsReleases/2014/P601449

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