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To: afrayem onigwecher who wrote (413)	3/4/2001 5:08:47 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 460

Afrayem, I have found a new home. insidetruth.com I know you are a BIG FAN of mine. Sorry you had to lose so badly CHEERS CHUMP!! TheTruthseeker’s track record on all investment opinions. as of 02/29/01. Does not include stocks that the Truthseeker publicly discussed on SI. ................Your Leader in Forensic Stock Research =========================================================== CON-o-log (CNLG, CNLGW) A warning to our Mom and Pop Investors issued on Friday, March 17, 2000 Price at time of report $5 close on 02/29/01 0.90605 CENTS =========================================================== WHATS UP WITH SKUP? Now PFER - PREFERENCE TECH INC. The Truthseekers three part series on a Bevy of suspect stocks. BTW, all have tanked and since the report Edward Williamson was indicted and Michael Calderone settled charges with the SEC. Afrayem, Moron Crown Thomas and Blevowitz will never be the same. ====================================================== Another one bites the dust? PLSIA which TheTruthseeker.Net called an Immediate Sell. Files Chapter 11. NEWTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 1999-- TheTruthseeker.Net Initiates Coverage On Premiere Laser Systems, Inc. With an Immediate Sell Recommendation at $4.00 Close 02/29/01 (PLSIQ) 0.004 CENTS =========================================================== NEWTON, N.J., Dec 31, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) --; TheTruthseeker.c... Initiates Investment Opinion on Qiao Xing; Universal Telephone, Inc, With an Immediate Sell Recommendation / SELL SHORT RECOMMENDATION at $31 and an intermediate term price target of 3 dollars over the next 3-12 months. 12/31/1999 close 02/29/01 $4.125 XING? Ca-Ching =========================================================== TheTruthseeker.Net initiates investment opinion on ANTS SOFTWARE.COM (OTCBB:ANTS) Price at on 12/23/99 $52 3/4 Close 02/29/01 $3,812 HIGH HOPES? =========================================================== Stamps.com (NASDQ: STMP) has been Delivered, Will it take a licking? Price 0n 11/2/99 at time of report $45 1/2, close 02/29/01 $2.78125 Soon to be a drill bit =================================================== NEWTON, N. J. DEC, 10 1999 - TheTruthseeker.Net Reiterates Investment Opinion on Diversinet Corp.(NASDAQ:DVNT), With an Immediate Sell Recommendation Price on 12/10/99 $22 7/16, close on 02/29/01 $1.75 Knock Knock, whos there? ================================================= NEWTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 1999--The Truthseeker initiates coverage on Perle Systems (NASDQ: PERL) with a immediate sell/short sell and a price target of 2. Price at time of report $22 1/2, close 02/29/01 $1.125 PERLE JUST JUST KEEPS DIVING =========================================================== TheTruthseeker.Net reaffirms our SELL RECOMMENDATION on Ariel Corporation, (NASDAQ:ADSP) , and places an intermediate-term price target of 6 dollars, with highly volatile strong downward price pressure in the immediate/near term timeframe. Issue date of report 11/29/99 Price on 11/29/1999 $37 close 02/29/01 $0.875 MAYBE THEY WILL PUMP IT AGAIN THIS THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY =========================================================== The Truthseeker Report 11/26/99 (HSNS) - HIGH SPEED NET SOLUTIONS INC. Price on 11/26/99 $14 1/16 Close 02/29/01 $2.55 ========================================================== TheTruthseeker.Net Announces Investment Opinion on K-Tel International Nov 8, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Truthseeker.com,... initiates coverage on K-Tel International, Inc. ( NASDAQ: KTEL ) with an immediate Sell and Sell Short Recommendation, at any price above 8 dollars. We have placed a price target within the next 2 months of less than 2 dollars per share.... 11/08/1999 close 02/29/01 0.165 CENTS THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED =========================================================== "All the Glitters isn't DSL Gold" (NASDQ) DSLN - DSL.NET INC Price on 11/3/99 at time of report $21 5/16 02/29/01 close $1.625 Fools Gold that is!! =========================================================== TMRT:TheTruthseeker.Net Investigative Journalism Research Reports on 2themart.com are now available for free to the general public. Price at time of first report $31 1/2, 02/29/01 close 3 CENTS and still no word on the class action suits =========================================================== TheTruthseeker.Net Announces Investment Opinion on Ask Jeeves, Inc Oct 25, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) --; TheTruthseeker.c... Initiates Coverage of Ask Jeeves Inc With; Immediate Sell and Sell Short, Recommendation @ $83 10/25/1999 02/29/01 close $1.6875 Should have asked TheTruthseeker ============================================================ It may be Zany, but is it Brainy? TheTruthseeker.Net Announces Investment Opinion on ZanyBrainy.com Oct 14, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) --; TheTruthseeker.c... Initiates Coverage of ZanyBrainy.com With; Immediate Cautionary Sell, Recommendation @ 13 1/4 10/14/1999 02/29/01 close $0.65625 Tokyo Joe settles Indictments? ========================================================== The Truthseeker.com 11/5/99, initiates coverage on Sunrise Technologies Intl., (NASDAQ:SNRS) with an immediate Sell and Short Sell Recommendation, We have placed a price target within the next 6 to 9 months of less than 1 dollar per share. Price on 11/5/99 $7 15/16 02/29/01 close $2.0625 I can see clearly now ============================================================ TheTruthseeker.Net Announces Investment Opinion on MP3.COM Press releases: NEWTON, N.J., Sep 27, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- TheTruthseeker.Net Initiates Coverage On MP3.COM, INC. with an immediate Sell and Short Recommendation at $45... 09/27/1999 02/29/01 close $2.75 Music to your ears? ========================================================== TheTruthseeker.Net Announces Investment Opinion on Play-by-Play Toys & Novelties... Press releases: NEWTON, N.J., Sep 3, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) --; TheTruthseeker.c... Initiates Coverage On Play-By-Play Toys; & Novelties, Sell and Short Recommendation at $7 1/2... 09/03/1999 02/29/01 close .3125 CENTS Pokeymon will never be the same =========================================================== AMPD Promoters Associated With Fraud, Company's Claims of Wireless Internet Access Questioned No lies. Only the Truth. Friday, 10-Sep-1999 $12 1/4 close on 02/29/01 $1.8125 No word on multiple class action suits FILED against them ============================================================ On 9/6/99 IVIL was at $35, the close on 02/29/01 $1.28125 Should be ANVIL ============================================================ NCDR Halted by the SEC. R.I.P. AFRAYEM IS A CRIMMIMAE ============================================================ The Final Chapter of XDSL Released June 18, 1999 price $6 1/16 mPhase Technologies (XDSL): In investigating mPhase Technologies several irregularities have appeared which may merit further attention. close on 02/29/01 $1.469 ONLY $1.469 TO GO ============================================================ stated on 4/14/00; TheTruthseeker.Net recommends Preview Travel "Long" (Nasdaq:PVTL) at $30 1/2. Since then the stock hit highs of 60+ several times, and 55 in January Merged TVLY - TRAVELOCITY.COM INC with a high of 51 coverage dropped since mostly all dot coms are doomed ========================================================= Only 0.9 percent of ratings tracked by First Call/Thomson Financial are ``sell' or ``strong sell. TheTruthSeeker believes that the majority of analysts can not be counted on to warn investors before the problems effect the stock price. Most analyst change there stock ratings AFTER the drop, and this is a true same and embarrassment to the industry. Don't let a buy rating make you do the cowdance.com Do your homework! Research companies yourselves! TheTruthseeker’s issues a formal challenge to the entire Community of Analysts within all the Wall Street firms: Research these companies and warn investors of these risks. Make the market saver for the little guy, and don’t just lead investors to your favorite choice but warn investors of risks so they can better allocate there fund to wiser investments. You have the resources! You can do it. If the Truthseeker can find these company’s and research the underlying fundamentals concern and warn investors………..WHY CAN’T YOU. Some of the best things in life are free……the Truth is one of them The Truthseeker

To: afrayem onigwecher who wrote (413)	3/8/2001 2:03:10 PM
From: Sir Auric Goldfinger	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 460

Getting ever so closer Isaac Winehouse: Feds/Stock Fraud : Cross Between Sopranos, Boiler Room 2001-03-08 12:58 (New York) Can ISRC and WSEI be far behind? By Colleen DeBaise Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Two reputed mob figures and 18 others have been charged with cheating thousands of investors out of more than $50 million in a stock fraud case that federal authorities likened to a cross between "The Sopranos" and "Boiler Room." The scheme, which involved the artificial inflation of at least five small-cap securities, was run through three corrupt brokerages in the New York City area, according to U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch, who announced the indictment in Brooklyn, N.Y., Thursday. She said brokers at the firms used high-pressure or "boiler-room" sales tactics to push stocks on customers, and verbally abused customers who resisted advice to buy or hold the securities. In addition, some of the brokers threatened bodily harm to those who were short-selling the stocks and causing prices to drop, she said. The scheme was run out of three now-defunct firms - First United Equities Corp., which had offices in Garden City, N.Y., Manhattan and Woodbridge, N.J.; Lexington Capital in Hauppauge, N.Y.; and AGS Financial Group, which had offices in Manhattan and Chicago. Among those charged are Hunter Adams, 33, and Michael Reiter, 31, who authorities say are associates of the Gambino organized crime family. Other defendants who allegedly played a large role in the fraud scheme include Jonathan Winston, 35, Jason Cohen, 48, Gregg Adams, 26, and Robert Mangiarano, 27. Eighteen defendants also face civil fraud charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The companies whose securities were allegedly manipulated include Ashton Technology Group Inc. (ASTN), EquiMed Inc. (EQMDE), IRT Industries Inc., Mama Tish's Italian Specialties Inc. and National Medical Financial Corp. (NMFS). Authorities said the scheme centered around the activities of brokers at First United, which underwrote initial public offerings of at least two of the stocks involved. Principals of the firm would maintain control over large blocks of the stocks while using a variety of misrepresentations to push the securities on customers, according to the indictment. In one instance, brokers drove the price of Ashton stock up to $15.25 a share before allowing it to plunge to less than a dollar, authorities said. Similar patterns were seen with some of the other stocks. In the end, thousands of customers throughout the U.S. - some of them sophisticated investors - lost tens of millions of dollars because of the fraud, according to Lynch, the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney. Lynch called the case "a striking example of the rigged investment 'opportunities' that are presented to the unsuspecting investing public by 'boiler room' operations." New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who announced the charges with Lynch at a Brooklyn press conference, said: "This is really a case of life imitating art - it's a combination of 'The Sopranos' and 'Boiler Room.' Unfortunately, this isn't the movies or TV. The defendants, who were indicted on charges of securities fraud, mail fraud and wire fraud, were scheduled to be arraigned later Thursday in Brooklyn federal court, and couldn't immediately be reached for comment. Winston, Cohen, Hunter Adams, Reiter, Gregg Adams and Mangiarano also were charged with money laundering, which carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison and a fine of at least $250,000. The securities fraud charges carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of $1 million. Barry Mawn, assistant director-in-charge of the FBI's New York office, said it used agents in both its white-collar crime and organized-crime units to investigate the case. The FBI said it has drawn upon both units before in investigating so-called "Mob On Wall Street" cases, and plans to stick with that approach to "insure that our financial markets do not become a cash cow for the mob." Other defendants charged in the case are: James Bila; Christian Blake; Steven Cohen; Louis Facchini, Jr.; David Hirsch; Joseph Mannino; John Gremmo III; David Margules; James Pellizzi; David Passo; Michael Pugliese; Chris Russo; Howard Weinstein and Robert Winston.

To: afrayem onigwecher who wrote (413)	3/12/2001 11:05:25 AM
From: Sir Auric Goldfinger	Respond to of 460

hey piglet, PHCC how much can ISRC drink?

To: afrayem onigwecher who wrote (413)	3/13/2001 3:21:09 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 460

ISRC - INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION Page of 1 February 2001 January 2001 Year-to-Date Volume Rank % Volume Rank % Volume Rank % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Share Volume 2,531,200 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TLYX TELYNX INC 2,190,000 7 5 - - - 2,190,000 12 1 EGLO EGLOBE INC 105,000 7 2 131,619 7 1 236,619 7 1 PFER PREFERENCE TECHNOLOGIES INC 85,500 1 17 - - - 85,500 6 5 ENDV ENDOVASC LTD INC 50,000 13 2 - - - 50,000 17 <1 IFSC INTERFERON SCIENCES INC 42,500 1 41 101,000 3 19 143,500 3 22 NVEI NEW VISUAL ENTERTMNT INC NEW 39,200 14 1 8,500 15 <1 47,700 16 <1 ABTG AMBIENT CORP 9,000 15 1 4,500 18 <1 13,500 19 <1 CMDI COMP MED DIAG GRP INC 7,000 24 <1 233,000 10 3 240,000 13 1 XDSL MPHASE TECHNOLOGIES INC 3,000 26 <1 - - - 3,000 32 <1 otcbb.com

To: afrayem onigwecher who wrote (413)	3/16/2001 1:47:12 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 460

Afrayem, I formed a pool. Its called "WHATS UP WITH SKUP ZERO POOL" Name the date that SKUP/PooFER trades at .000001 and win a six pack of diet coke. I picked June 29th but I am usually to conservative.

To: afrayem onigwecher who wrote (413)	3/29/2001 6:15:42 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 460

The future of PFER/SKUP is very grim. If it is not economical to sell PFER/SKUP at $.021 because the commission can be larger than the net proceed, then the best alterantive for you is to write off the entire investment when a bankrupcy filing approaches. Good luck! CHEERS CHUMP!!

To: afrayem onigwecher who wrote (413)	1/24/2002 10:12:08 AM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 460

February 16, 2001 SEC moves against LV tech executive By Richard N. Velotta <velotta@lasvegassun.com> LAS VEGAS SUNA Securities and Exchange Commission order has been issued against the former chief executive officer of a Las Vegas Internet software firm that once was one of the showcases of Southern Nevada's bid to become the "Silicon Oasis."The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday issued the order against Michael A. Calderone, the former top executive of Preference Technologies Inc., which formerly operated as StockUp.com.An SEC official said today there was no fine or other sanctions against Calderone.Nancy Grunberg, an assistant director in the SEC's Division of Enforcement, said she could not comment on how the matter involving Calderone came to the agency's attention.While heading StockUp, Calderone, 40, Las Vegas, also was the president and sole shareholder of Marketing Direct Concepts Inc., which the SEC said violated federal securities rules by failing to disclose it received compensation for "advertorials" it produced promoting other public companies.The SEC has accepted a settlement offer from Calderone in which he does not admit or deny the accusations in exchange for acknowledging the cease-and-desist order.Calderone has an unpublished phone number and could not be reached for comment.His attorney, Irving Einhorn, Los Angeles, said Calderone "had a terrific idea that didn't work out for him.""He's not in a position to say anything because of the terms of the settlement," Einhorn said today. "It was one violation that happened some time ago and the fact there was no penalty, no finances disgorged, I think, speaks volumes."According to an SEC filing, Marketing Direct Concepts (MDC) produced a series of "advertorials" -- paid advertisements resembling news stories -- for inflight magazines.The advertorials, promoting Texas American Group Inc., Diversifax Inc., Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. and Total World Telecommunications Inc., were published in late 1996 and early 1997 and "were deficient because they failed to disclose the specific fact of and the amount of compensation received for their preparation and publication," the SEC order says.The SEC filing focused on an ad for Texas American Group, which paid MDC $135,000 and 1.4 million shares of unregistered common stock.The Texas American advertorial, published in July 1996, "contained false claims concerning TAG's purported assets, including a claim that TAG had acquired the second largest independent retailer in the United Kingdom and that TAG had 'close to half a billion dollars in revenue,' " the SEC said.The SEC filed suit against Texas American in August, seeking a permanent injunction against future violations of federal securities laws and civil penalties. The suit alleges that the company, which lists its headquarters in Verdi, was involved in a fraudulent scheme to promote its stock.Among the assets the company falsely claimed it had, the SEC said, were a vacation resort in the Canary Islands, a software program for Internet lottery and casino games designed for multilingual access, a Nevada-based hotel development and management company and a London pathology testing service.Calderone, who formed StockUp.com as an Internet-based financial information service, oversaw its transformation a year ago to Preference Technologies Inc., a multifaceted Internet information provider.The transition was marked by an event attended by Lt. Gov. Lorraine Hunt, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Board Chairman Bob Forbuss and Nevada Development Authority President Sommer Hollingsworth. It was at that event that Hollingsworth said companies like Preference could lead to the development of the "Silicon Oasis" in Southern Nevada.But since then, Preference's fortunes have nose-dived.Calderone was replaced by Forbuss as chief executive officer in October and in November, the company's board of directors laid off 80 of the company's 113 employees. Since then, President and Chief Operating Officer Bill Louden has left the company and Forbuss, still a member of the board of directors, said the chairman of the board is now Todd Rusteman, president of GR Capital Cos.Rusteman, who maintains an office in Newport Beach, Calif., could not be reached for comment about the status of the company and employees at the Las Vegas office did not answer questions lasvegassun.com