Fraud Detector, Reading Lounge
One of the most common Internet frauds involves the classic “pump and dump” scheme. Here’s how it works: A company’s web site may feature a glowing press release about its financial health or some new product or innovation. Newsletters that...
Fraud Detector, Reading Lounge
By John Lohr If it’s worth having, it’s worth stealing. Snidley Whipsnade (W.C. Fields) By now it seems hard to believe that there’s anyone left that hasn’t heard of the Nigerian e-mail scam, yet millions of dollars each year are still being lost to the...
Fraud Detector, Reading Lounge
By Ian Lohr With John Lohr If it didn’t start with Charles Ponzi in 1920, it was certainly perfected to an art form by him. Today, the predatory progeny of Ponzi rip off the American investing public to the tune of $5 billion annually. The prey ranges from...
Fraud Detector, Reading Lounge
By John Lohr We have been researching Securities frauds since 1986 beginning with Securities Fraud in the Digital Economy followed by our flagship, https://somebodyelsesmoney.com/ since 2010. Looking at my latest list of frauds from the SEC (see website), I got to...
