The RMEC experience was like taking a college course in penny stock scams. It introduced me to many of the basic pumper tactics that I've since seen used in dozens of pump & dump scams. I also learned that a stock's bashers---reviled by the pumpers, of course---are actually your best source of info.
Be it oil, gold, diamonds or uranium, the scams all get played pretty much the same. And if you spot one being run by a competent group of scammers you can even make money by getting in and out at the right times. Just don't get greedy.
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function. - Unknown