A so-called “pump and dump” scheme is a way that unscrupulous investors manipulate markets to generate illegal profits. By making false or exaggerated claims about certain investments, these scam ...

Investors lost $3.7 billion in July as Chinese penny stocks crashed following social media pump-and-dump schemes, with FBI ...

Regulators face a crucial tradeoff between creating opportunities for small businesses to acquire capital and providing adequate protection to investors. The researchers examined 421 pump-and-dumps ...

Pump-and-dump stock scammers have begun using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to deliver their get-rich-quick schemes, another in a series of moves they’ve made trying to slip past antispam filters.

Americans lost $3.5 billion to investment scams in 2025's first half, with Florida ranking third for losses at $241 million.

Web3 pump-and-dump schemes thrive on hype, anonymity, and unregulated markets; understanding their playbook is key to avoiding costly traps. Pump-and-dump schemes in Web3 manipulate a cryptocurrency’s ...

A penny stock "pump-and-dump" scam is when a company artificially inflates - or "pumps up" - their stock price. They do this by enlisting unscrupulous promotion firms to heavily advertise their stock ...

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