About This Blog This blog is an offshoot of iDeceive, which documents deceptive Internet activity. For more general information, please go to that blog. All entries posted here are stock-related spams I have received. Such spams are attempts to spread rumours about a stock, usually as a deliberate attempt to inflate the stock price in a "pump and dump" campaign. In some cases, however, the company in question has stupidly hired a spammer to promote the stock. Don't take advice from spam. Not Currently Updated I started documenting stock spam in October 2005, but in November 2005, the quantity of stock spam became so large that I put it on hold. In mid-May 2006 I decided to take it up again on a trial basis, limiting reports to one per day per stock, but I gave up again in mid-June 2006 as the workload was still excessive relative to the importance of the issue. I do not plan to resume work on this front at this time, since others are doing a fine job of it: see the links below. Additional Information BBC News: Spammers manipulate stock markets Frequently-Asked Questions About Stock Spam Information About Stock Spams and Scams Spam Stock Portfolio Performance Tracker Stock Spam Market Effect Monitor Stocks Recently Advertised by Spam Blog Archive ▼ 2006 (156) ▼ September (1) Stock promotion group is in search of new partners... ► June (53) Updates will cease again Infinex Ventures, Inc. (INFX) Hollywood Intermediate, Inc. (HYWI) Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. (EGLY) Falcon Energy, Inc. (FCYI) Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. (EGLY) China Gold Corp (CGDC) Falcon Energy, Inc. (FCYI) Hollywood Intermediate, Inc. (HYWI) Cantex Energy Corp. (CTXE) China Gold Corp (CGDC) 777 Sports Entertainment Corp. (SVNP) BioElectronics Corporation (BIEL) Falcon Energy, Inc. (FCYI) KMA Global Solutions International, Inc. (KMAG) Hollywood Intermediate, Inc. (HYWI) Espion International, Inc. (EPLJ) Sound Revolution Inc. (SRVN) Infinex Ventures Inc. (INFX) 777 Sports Entertainment Corp. (SVNP) Hollywood Intermediate, Inc. (HYWI) Espion International, Inc. (EPLJ) China Gold Corp (CGDC) Cantex Energy Corp (CTXE) Falcon Energy, Inc. (FCYI) Sound Revolution Inc. (SRVN) Amerossi Intl Grp (AMSN) China Gold Corp (CGDC) Cantex Energy Corp (CTXE) Falcon Energy, Inc. (FCYI) Hollywood Intermediate, Inc. (HYWI) Espion International, Inc. (EPLJ) Hollywood Intermediate, Inc. (HYWI) China Gold Corp (CGDC) Espion International, Inc. (EPLJ) Falcon Energy, Inc. (FCYI) Infinex Ventures Inc. (INFX) Espion International, Inc. (EPLJ) Hollywood Intermediate, Inc. (HYWI) AbsoluteSKY (ABSY) Falcon Energy, Inc. (FCYI) Cantex Energy Corp (CTXE) AbsoluteSKY (ABSY) Vemics, Inc. (VMCI) Falcon Energy, Inc. (FCYI) Hollywood Intermediate, Inc. (HYWI) AbsoluteSKY (ABSY) Cantex Energy Corp (CTXE) BioElectronics Corporation (BIEL) ► May (102) ► 2005 (94) ► November (43) ► October (51) |