Just to refresh everyones memory
To: IceShark (83 )
From: Janice Shell Friday, Oct 29 1999 2:31PM ET
Reply # of 853
More on Jeff Bruss, FutureSuperStock, and StockInvestor. Stock Detective goes to work:
In Other News??..
One of the Internet's most notorious stock promotion sites, Future SuperStock, appears to be re-inventing itself, ready to take in a fresh flock of eager, but wary, investors. According to records at Internic, a registry for Internet IP addresses, Future SuperStock and StockInvestor. Com share the same numeric address - 207.32.155.67 and 207.32.155.68. The two companies also share a P.O. box in Chicago, according to Internic files. A coincidence? Not likely. Calls to the phone number listed for Stock Investor.com's administrative contact were for a cell phone not in service. Stock Detective had a little better luck when we called Future SuperStock's listed contact. A receptionist answering the phone said all questions about the relationship between Future SuperStock and Stock Investor.com would have to be answered to Jeff, as in Jeff Bruss, Future SuperStock's kingpin. Bruss was not available for comment when we called. For an expansive list of paid promoters, check out The List!
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Future SuperStock, EOSC & Barrow Street Securities - Without kicking a horse many wish was already dead, it is important to note that Stock Detective continues to follow the saga of Future SuperStock and the trail of Stinky Stocks it leaves in its wake. Among recent financial flotsam is a company calling itself Electro Optical (OTCBB: EOSC). Electro Optical was featured by Future SuperStock in January as its "Stock of the Year."
This hype came just weeks after EOSC had started trading. But within days of the FutureSuperStock's pump, more than 2.5 million shares of EOSC were trading daily. This despite the fact that between the two companies that merged to create EOSC, neither had a bucket or even a mop. Fortunately for investors ? well, some investors ? the SEC arrived early to the promoter party, pulling the plug on EOSC's trading 61 days after it started.
Another pseudo-research outfit, Barrow Street Research, had also recommended the stock. Both Barrow and Future SuperStock are on our list of paid promoters (http://www.financialweb.com/stockdetective/list.html) that try passing themselves off as objective analysts.
One reader recently alerted us to an excellent article on Briefing.com's website about the creative con behind EOSC (http://www.briefing.com/stkbrief/eosc.htm) and how two non-functioning companies merged to become one with a market capitalization of more than $100 million.
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