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“But no matter what the system says you’ve earned, you didn’t,” the FTC warned. “That money isn’t real. And if you deposit money, you won’t get it back.”
Some stocks are performing better than average (e.g. Netflix shares jumped 13% after announcing earnings) while others are performing worse (e.g., Snap shares fell 28% after announcing earnings ...
The same scam has been used for short-term rentals in popular tourist destinations. The fraudster will demand the first and last month's rent via wire or e-transfer. Once you've made the deposit ...
"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).
An earnings call is a teleconference, or webcast, in which a public company discusses the financial results of a reporting period ("earnings guidance"). The name comes from earnings per share (EPS), the bottom line number in the income statement divided by the number of shares outstanding.
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.
The scam was supposedly performed by a company selling pornography or other sex aids and trading under a highly explicit name. Customers were invited to purchase adult material from the company, and were assured that the actual transaction could be made with a separate company with a non-explicit name in order to prevent the explicit name from ...
Holiday shopping scams to watch out for. In an effort to protect the public from falling prey to scammers as they do their holiday shopping, the FBI has offered some keys ways to avoid any ...