there is a saying you can lead a horse to water but can't make it drink. Don't need to be a humanitarian towards people who aren't willing to listen or help themselves.
Scam was so obvious. Company had no revenues or any real business and they were spending millions advertising on nascar and wherever else. Doesn't take a genius to realize they were advertising to sell shares.
got to admit ---there were not too many stocks in those days where you could get a interesting diamond mine for a penny a share...- some swore they had good sources and bought for 3 cents a share---millions
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