ExAFO 0 #1 November 1, 2006 Anyone else getting spammed with "stock tips" that slip by Yahoo's filter with unrelated subject lines and what seem like snippets from novels? WTF is this? Just another attempt to get us to respond? It's amusing, albeit irritating.Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #2 November 1, 2006 no but I won the lottery a few days ago... though I must admit most of the time things don't make it through my usual spam filters. ScottLivin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ntrprnr 0 #3 November 2, 2006 QuoteAnyone else getting spammed with "stock tips" that slip by Yahoo's filter with unrelated subject lines and what seem like snippets from novels? WTF is this? Just another attempt to get us to respond? It's amusing, albeit irritating. the snippets from novels are so the mail system thinks it's an actual email as opposed to a jpeg of words, which is what the stock tip is._______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Revillusion 0 #4 November 2, 2006 They are not getting past my filters but I am seeing them in the spam file. Stock tips have just started in the last month or so. I win the lottery once a week, and a couple times a month, an unknown relative of mine in a foreign country dies leaving me cash. I figure by Christmas I can retire. VIRTUS JUNXIT MORS NON SEPARABIT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #5 November 2, 2006 Yea, I get them here on DZ.com. I got one today. WTF?When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daremrc 0 #6 November 2, 2006 I've been getting them too I made a new filter in my outlook express that takes any message with the string "projected:" in it & throws it in the spam file All the ones I've been getting have "projected:" in them referring to the stock price. People with lots of money buy up cheap stocks, spread word about them to persuade others to buy them, and then dump them leaving the 'tip'-recievers holding the bag. This is just a new face on an old game.Good judgement comes from experience, and most of that comes from bad judgement. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #7 November 2, 2006 No. Aparently all of my spammers think I need Viagra. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #8 November 2, 2006 The stock tips are predominantly on my dz.com account for me. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheBachelor 5 #9 November 2, 2006 It's called "pump and dump". These guys buy a bunch of shares of some cheap, thinly-traded company (not many shares traded per day.) Then they send out these emails, and apparently, some people belive them and buy the stock. The volume pushes the price up a significant percentage (these stocks sell between 1/2 a cent and a few bucks per share). Once the price rises, the originators of the spam sell their shares. I was curious about these, so I watched a few of them for a few days each. The volume does increase greatly, but they don't always go up. The do seem to always go down.There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daremrc 0 #10 November 3, 2006 QuoteIt's called "pump and dump". These guys buy a bunch of shares of some cheap, thinly-traded company (not many shares traded per day.) Then they send out these emails, and apparently, some people belive them and buy the stock. The volume pushes the price up a significant percentage (these stocks sell between 1/2 a cent and a few bucks per share). Once the price rises, the originators of the spam sell their shares. I was curious about these, so I watched a few of them for a few days each. The volume does increase greatly, but they don't always go up. The do seem to always go down. which begs the question, does your broker allow you to short sell these stocks? Scottrade doesn't allow shorts on any stocks below $5Good judgement comes from experience, and most of that comes from bad judgement. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaM 0 #11 November 3, 2006 Mine too! Though I need the new ViHagra. They stick different letters in it to throw off my junk catcher. ~ Lisa ~ Do you Rigminder? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phillbo 11 #12 November 3, 2006 this is not phishing since they are not attempting to obtain personal data but instead , just want to pump and dump you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
