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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Patriot Scientific - PTSC
PTSC 0.498+52.2%Dec 19 4:00 PM EST
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To: FastC6 who wrote (6416)5/6/1999 11:16:00 AM
From: Starlight  Read Replies (1) of 8581
 
Stockhouse.com has a dispatch posted called "9 Red Flags That Identify
online Message Board Scammers."

While some of the points may sound like common sense, you'd be
surprised how easily you could mistake a scammer's enthusiasm or disdain
for a stock for objective investment knowledge. That said, here are
Stockhouse's red flags:

1
Someone who hyper-posts on only one stock
2
Someone who uses multiple identities
3
Someone who repeatedly attacks or belittles others on a stock's
message boards
4
Someone who emerges as the stock's moderator, or leader of the
discussion group
5
Look for the poster with a short history in their profile who suddenly
shows up during a stock run up and appears to know "all about" the
company
6
Someone who is nearly always the first to respond to company
developments
7
Someone who continuously hints at upcoming company
developments, unreleased company news, unannounced contracts
and forecasts discoveries in natural resource exploration stocks
8
Someone who hypes the company during the run up and then
"changes" his mind and begins attacking the company, the company
insiders and the project
9
Someone who goes out of their way to find bad news about the
company and makes a "case" out of it

Good message boards tend to develop a feeling of community and a lot of
the big message boards do a descent job of policing themselves. Some
put unwanted posters in "the box" or "label" them as trouble makers.
Others post warnings about individuals of questionable motivation. Read
the full story

cbs.marketwatch.com
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