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The Bull is back. I know this for certain. My spam tells me so.

This one, for example.

*** URGENT INVESTOR TRADING ALERT *** (XXXX) is our PLAY OF THE MONTH stock pick.

And this ....

**Our Picks Are On Fire!** ... Rising oil prices at record highs with no signs of dropping have set the stage for a major windfall in an emerging developer of high-profit based oil and gas reserves. (XXXX shares) are set to explode based on expanded production through strategic partnerships for producing fields in 4 major oil-producing states.

You're probably getting similar come-ons. And you should recognize them as come-ons ... stupid, fraudulent, invitations to throw away your money.

You remember the pump and dump, right? That's where a certain someone buys stock in a company, then goes to message boards, chat rooms, and spam e-mail lists to talk other people into buying it. Their sudden surge in buy orders sends the stock price up, allowing the certain someone to unload his stock at a profit.

Get it? He pumped up the value of the stock, then dumped it.

Usually it is a penny stock with little in the way of research or analyst coverage. With such low values and limited shares, even small buying waves can lead to big jumps. The companies often don't even know it's happening (that's why I left their names out of the e-mails cited above).

This scam was common in the late 1990s, when Internet stock trading came of age. A few people got convicted for it. One 15-year old made $273,000 by running such a scam (he had to give it back). Wall Street had its own bigger time version of it, issuing research that over-hyped some stocks, even when the stock was being trashed in house.

The numbers back up my unscientific observations that market scamming is on the rise.

According to Brightmail, a San Francisco outfit that monitors and filters e-mail for clients around the world, financial based spam has been on the rise and as of March accounted for one out of every four e-mails.

Straight out scam and fraud e-mails (like the Nigerian guy asking to use your account to park a few million dollars) have fallen. They made up about 12 percent of e-mails, down from 15 percent in February.

So why am I taking the resurgence of such e-mails as a positive sign?
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Because it means that scammers and schemers think enough gullible investors are coming to the market to make it worth their while to run the old pump and dump. The market, in other words, must be really coming back to attract the charlatans.

Sure, it's a cynical way of looking at market improvement, but hey, I gotta be me.

Now, does this mean we're at the top? I don't think so. I'm still getting more Viagra/Cialis and pharma spam than financial spam. But the finance spam is starting to build.

When the ratio gets to be even, that's when I'll call the top.

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Originally posted by will:
""Biometrics 2000""
What does it have to do with CDVJ ???
I missed the connection.

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Originally posted by realperson:
DUMB QUESTION

Is Thursday or Friday the last day to buy and recieve the free shares??????????????

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Thanks

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Originally posted by cabbage22:
here it is from D_W_B

Just called Ameritrade and they looked up th ex-dividend date for me. It is the close as of today April 6th. You must own the stock by today to get the 1 for 100. Just FYI, I know some have asked and they didn't put it in their PR. Hope this helps.

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just relax all this gloom an doom around!!!!!

to wait = reward

i have 4.38 million shares you don't see me freakin out do you.... it's all good

By rights - there should be a heck of a run from open to close for free shares of CSJJ - but it seems like people could care less based on the dismal volume of Monday and Tuesday.

According to Andrea -anyone who buys CDVJ TODAY DOES in fact get the free shares in CSJJ, at 1 share of CSJJ for every 100 CDVJ owned.

Good Luck to eveyone,
Steve

Hey - I wonder where Roger's been? Must be studying hard! LOL

how long will it last??????

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Originally posted by Love the Market:
The day of Reckoning is finally here. What will it bring?

By rights - there should be a heck of a run from open to close for free shares of CSJJ - but it seems like people could care less based on the dismal volume of Monday and Tuesday.

According to Andrea -anyone who buys CDVJ TODAY DOES in fact get the free shares in CSJJ, at 1 share of CSJJ for every CDVJ owned.

Good Luck to eveyone,
Steve

Hey - I wonder where Roger's been? Must be studying hard! LOL

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You mean 1 share for every 100 CDVJ owned?

Down to .0042 again on a measley 12.5 million.

I mentioned the other day that I wasn't happy with this stock's performance at all - and that I was down a lot of money. I also mentioned that I would be a whole lot happier if I had bought in around .004-.005, but now - that's not true either. The only thing is if I had bought cheap I could get out even and not look back. I'd love a divorce right now - But I can't AFFORD it! LOL - Don't know if it's the company's dumping or the MMs - but something will NOT let this run. Or walk. Or even CRAWL. I've never seen a stock with so much "supposedly" going on just keep going lower and lower and lower.

Guess I'm going to be "married" to this damn thing for a lot longer - but I sure hope not. We don't have a CLUE as to the truth about Andrea OR this company - but even if it's bad - this thing SHOULD pop enough to get most of us out ok. I don't think they'd do a bankruptcy - because as far as they're concerned, there's still far to much money here to grab. Heck - if it drops in half again (.002s - which it may well do next week, imo)I may average down even more - of course knowing that it could be a LONG wait to get out - and/or I could lose it all).

I'm not blaming the stock - It's not the STOCK's fault. Even if this thing hit .05 by close - I will always regard it as my biggest mistake EVER when it came to buying a stock. I didn't do enough DD and it's my fault, and I accept that. Good Luck to all of you.

Let that be a lesson to any others who just jumped on the PR train like I did.

Level II is 10 @ .004 and the rest (7) go down to .001 on the bid.

Even if it WAS green at close - in .005's doesn't help anyone unless they're in cheaper.

What a damn disaster this turned out to be. I should have gotten out the first day I got in when it bounced back to .013 after it dropped out of the sky.

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Originally posted by flemdog:
The problem is that people have lost tons of money, including me. But I believe in the company's future and what they are doing. I am going to buy more at these levels and even if it goes down. You are obviously not going to make a quick buck here and if you cant' deal sell and move on.

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