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Strategies & Market Trends : One Big Scam? CTRN, ECTS, IVHD, SMEK & MALB
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To: Pluvia who wrote ()4/4/2000 11:10:00 AM
From: astyanax  Read Replies (1) of 559
 
Tips on investigating fraudulent companies? I'm looking into an OTC BB stock that claims to be an "internet incubator" and it appears to have a fishy background. Look, I've never bought an OTC BB stock (though i must admit guilt in partaking in the incubator craze) and there's not much info beyond SEC filings. Any advice on what steps to take to investigate these companies if you suspect something fishy is going on? Stuff I do now include playing with the Netsol 'whois' database.

But what else, check with the better business bureau for company complaints? Also, is there some kind of public database where I can get histories (perhaps securities violations records) on execs? All I currently use is insidertrader.com for trading history.

Here's something interesting that well-known stock-fraud forensics expert Christopher Byron did - checking out postal addresses. Looking at the building and seeing who NEARBY BUSINESSES (the recent Canada Stockwatch article exposing WIZZF did) or PREVIOUS TENANTS (the EWEB case with Byron) are. I tried mapquest.com but there's no option to plug in the address and list all nearby businesses. Can you let me know where else I can find investigative tips?? Thanks!

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