Scams work both ways. Investors get hyper with their holdings and spew a bit too much. On the opposite side, investors lose on some issues and return to bash the crap out of the stock and hurt many people. They forget the current shareholders are being hurt and those people did little to hurt the basher, so why hurt them? There is no answer. They just feel better doing it. The real scam out there is the idiot who has nothing but greed or revenge on his mind, or even both. They start pumping like mad to gain something. Then when it doesn't happen, they turn to the revenge and start a bashing campaign to hurt the company. Most of the time they are not concerned that the company could care less what price their shares bring. They start their revenge trip and whomever gets hurt in the process is just tough luck. Thats the real scam out there. I'm sure you have all seen it.