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[j.c.]

That's some hard questions to answer. They are all scams... even if they aren't if you think that way you'll do better.

Stockcharts and Investopedia have great tutorials:
http://stockcharts.com/school/doku.php?id=chart_school
http://www.investopedia.com/university/


Use this board to direct you to a stocks Secretary of State
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=9050

to determine a companies share structure. If the company won't give outstanding shares (through the Transfer Agent) you'd probably do better to stay away.
Experience can't be taught, unfortunately. And you'll never stop learning.