We've heard all that before, you know. There are nearly 10,000 OTC stocks. Nobody can keep an eye on all of them, let alone predict whether they'll run one day. Often they're just dormant shells until one day the fun begins.
Obviously the stock gets noticed when volume and price increase.
And we don't, for the most part, do this to "save people". We do it because we don't like fraud and we don't like scammers. It's also educational--you learn a lot--and entertaining. I love mysteries, and I love solving them. Getting the piece of evidence you need is very satisfying.