IMO pump & dump can have multiple meanings. this meaning one doesn't make the company a scam. But the action of a few day rally could be pump & dump. simply put, make public some good news and sell lots of shares into it. Then bring pps down to disturbing levels again while they accumulate more. whoever "they" are, I don't mean the company. Keep manipulating until the company and/or investors make it stop working. Something which is very positive news is now public so maybe they can't get the level back to the 3s, maybe they can only get it back to the 8s and hold it there till enough shareholders turn their shares back over to them. If company cares about shareholders they need to get that PR out there asap.