Quoted on Softpedia.com: Penny Stocks Spam Influences Trading Volume Once Again, Experts Find

Security experts from Avira warn users that penny stocks spam messages are making the rounds once again in an attempt to convince recipients into investing with a certain company.

The latest messages – entitled “It Should Resume Uptrend,” “It Becomes Our Latest Double,” “The best is yet to come” or “This is Ready to Explode” – read something like this:

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“GT_R L is the Hottest stock of the last week. We … (read more)

via Softpedia News – Security Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Penny-Stocks-Spam-Might-Influence-Trading-Volume-Experts-Find-308368.shtml


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