Don't beat yourself up 3respalm, you've only fallen into a trap that many before you have fallen into.
Nobody come's into the OTC/OTCBB markets thinking they'd be completely unprotected.
We ALL felt that the SEC would simply not allow the investing public to fall prey to such an abundance of scams.
As for the websites and Con Artists, you would not think they would be so blatantly misleading either.
The problem is there is BIG $$$ involved in scamming people, as you can see with the Bernie Madoff's of the world. Whenever money is involved, the unscrupulous Con Artists will undoubtedly devise way's to profit from the typical honest, albeit naive, regular members of society.
But you have to realize what brought you to these markets in the first place, which is mostly likely the allure of making huge profits, while risking very little capital.
So basically, whats brought you to these markets, is what's brought the unsavory unethical scumbags, its plain and simple Greed.
After its alll said and done, once you've realized the trap you've fallen into, you can't help but sit back and realize that it could never have been as good as the Con Artists claimed it would be, or the stock wouldn't be trading at .XXXX anyways.
Learn from your mistakes and move forward, helping others you run across, who are falling into the same traps you did.
Good Luck!!!
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