Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Securities fraud, also known as stock fraud and investment fraud, is a deceptive practice in the stock or commodities markets that induces investors to make purchase or sale decisions on the basis of false information.
"Night wind hawkers" sold stock on the streets during the South Sea Bubble.(The Great Picture of Folly, 1720)Pump and dump (P&D) is a form of securities fraud that involves artificially inflating the price of an owned stock through false and misleading positive statements (pump), in order to sell the cheaply purchased stock at a higher price (dump).
A "trade show" variation of a similar scam might involve a scammer pretending to have car troubles on the side of a highway, trying to hail passing vehicles. When a good Samaritan pulls over, the person claims to be a foreign citizen visiting the country to participate in some local trade show.
What is a SIM swap attack? A SIM swap is a type of fraud where scammers trick a mobile carrier into transferring a victim’s phone number to a device they control.
In a statement shared with Fortune, an SEC spokesperson said the agency was the victim of a "SIM swap" attack—a technique in which cybercriminals convince mobile carriers to transfer phone ...
The SEC said Monday that a "SIM swap" attack was responsible for an unauthorized social media post that triggered market chaos and erased billions of market value in just minutes.
"Night wind hawkers" sold stock on the streets during the South Sea Bubble (The Great Picture of Folly, 1720). Microcap stock fraud is a form of securities fraud involving stocks of "microcap" companies, generally defined in the United States as those with a market capitalization of under $250 million. Its prevalence has been estimated to run ...
Pet insurance itself is not a scam, but scammers do exist in the market. The pet insurance industry is a booming and ever-expanding market. The value of premiums paid in the U.S. has increased by ...