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Wednesday, 03/17/2021 11:57:17 PM

Wednesday, March 17, 2021 11:57:17 PM

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It is not different. Many versions of the old Pump & Dump! Social Media has greatly increased it's ability to increase profit potential!

"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, in order to sell the cheaply purchased stock at a higher price. Once the operators of the scheme "dump" (sell) their overvalued shares, the price falls and investors lose their money. This is most common with small cap cryptocurrencies[1] and very small corporations, i.e. "microcaps".[2]

While fraudsters in the past relied on cold calls, the Internet now offers a cheaper and easier way of reaching large numbers of potential investors through spam email, bad data, social media, and misinformation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_and_dump
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