Registered Express Corporation (RGTX) pump and dump spam

It's taken me a few days to get around to this due to moving house, but here's a new pump-and-dump spam run promoting a stock Registered Express Corporation (OTC:RGTX).

As ever, there are a massive number of different subjects and random body-texts, for example:

Subject: This Bottom Bouncer has taken off!
Subject: Our analysis right on the MONEY!
Subject: Seven Reasons To Love This Company
Subject: Breakout coming!
Subject: Get Ready for Another Money Making New Trade Idea Tomorrow
Subject: What a HUGE day we had!

Over The Counter Morning Highlight! Land Your Orders In Early
To Gain Big!!!

Registered Express Corporation (RG TX)
Per share price: 0.0148

Safe, Reliable, Secure. Confirmable Shipment of Electronic
Docs.


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Pink Sheet AM Alarm! Obtain Your Orders In Early To Score
Large!!!

Registered Express, Corp. (R_G-T X)
Buy at: $0.0148

Secure, Safe, Reliable. Verifiable Transfer of E-Documents.

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Pink Sheet Daily Signal! Pull Your Buy Order In Soon To Rack Up
Huge.

REGISTERED EXPRESS, CORP. (R-G T X)
Latest Pricing: .0148

Safe, Reliable, Secure!!! Verifiable Delivery of Electronic
Documents.

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Exchange Morning Signal! Pull Your Buy Order In Beforehand To Rack Up
Massive.

Registered Express Corporation (R_G T X)
Priced at: .0148

Secure, Safe, Reliable! Correct Delivery of E-Documents.

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Happy Turkey Day

Exchange Morning Alert! Score Your Buy Order In Quick To Gain
Massive!!!

Registered Express Corp (RG_TX)
Last Trade: $0.0148

Safe, Secure, Reliable!!! Confirmable Transmission of E-Docs.

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Pink Sheet AM Alarm!!! Grab Your Buy Order In Quick To Gain Big!!!

Registered Express Corporation (R-G-T X)
Now: .0148

Secure, Safe, Reliable. Confirmable Consignment of E-Docs.

The spam volumes are not as high as some previous pump-and-dump runs, and the first incident that I can see is on Saturday 23rd November, a typical approach to try to pump the market when it opens on Monday morning.

RGTX has been through a few incarnations, most recently as a firm specialising the the secure transmission of electronics documents. According to its own reports [1] [2] this firm has never had an income, holds no notable cash reserves and basically borrows cash against its own intellectual property and business value. Registered Express says that it is a business in development, it is not clear if and when it will ever start to make an income.

A look at the stock charts show that shares are traded in moderate volumes. On the 21st and 22nd November (before the spam run) a total of 849,477 shares were traded, about ten times the volume of the previous two days.

We know from past experience that either the spammers or another involved part will move in and buy stock before the spam run. I estimate that about 750,000 shares were bought in this way at between $0.012 and $0.020.  Since then about three million shares have been traded, presumably people being motivated by the spam run or who are simply following the increase in volume with a speculative buy.

The folks at RGTX are probably not involved in the spam run. My previous analysis on these stocks indicates that these stocks are usually in terminal decline. Buying stocks on the basis of a spammed email would be exceptionally foolish and should be avoided.

Siga Resources Inc (SGAE) pump-and-dump spam

This pump-and-dump (P&D) spam for Siga Resources Inc (SGAE) follows a familiar pattern: it starts almost immediately after the close of trading on the Friday and the characteristics match several other recent spam runs which have been sent out by the Kelihos botnet. The spams look like this:

Are We having Fun Yet? THIS COMPANY IS UP TODAY ON LARGE VOLUME.

Trading Date: Monday, September 23th
Closed at: 0.015
Company: Siga Resources Inc.
Symbol traded: SG_AE
Target Price: 0.25

Our Watchlist Alert!!! This Stock is back up on strong VOLUME!

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This Stock IS RED HOT!!! Massive Breakout!

Date: Sep 23th
Target: .55
Company Name: SIGA RESOURCES INC
Stock: S G_A-E
Buy it at: $0.02

Strong news and a scintillating chart could spell breakout. Driving
towards a new breakout level!

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My New Monster Pick Is ... Most Active!!!

Date: Monday, September 23, 2013
Current Price: 0.015
Tick: S-GA-E
Name: SIGA RESOURCES CORP
Short Term Target Price: 0.20

This company had another strong day! We could see further gains
ahead tomorrow. One NOT to Miss.

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Take a look at your favorite stock charts. It is featured company ready to
pop!!!

Sym: S-G_A E
Current Price: .02
Date: Monday, Sep 23th, 2013
Company: SIGA RESOURCES, CORP
4-Day Target: $.50

It Broadens Target Markets! Its Time to Buy Again...

Sample subject lines:
Subject:     Potential Breakout Stock
Subject:     Are you missing this?
Subject:     This Company looks ready to explode!
Subject:     Do Not Miss This One, You Will Be Bummed If You Do!

As I posted last week, observation of similar P&D spams is that the share price often collapses completely when the spamming stops.

Siga Resources in involved in small-scale minerals exploration. I'm not a financial analyst, but this firm looks almost dormant with zero income and effectively no cash in the bank. There has been no significant news for over a year. Siga's own 10-K filing for 2013 is extremely bleak and uses phrases such as "we have not generated any revenues since our formation on January 18, 2007" and "We require additional cash to continue operations. Such operations could take many years of exploration and would require expenditure of very substantial amounts of money, money we do not presently have and may never be able to raise. If we cannot raise it we will have to abandon our planned exploration activities and go out of business" and "We have one joint venture project on the Lucky Thirteen Claim. The joint venture has to date defaulted on payments to keep the ownership in the Lucky Thirteen Claim intact. Consequently, we are at risk of losing our interests in the Lucky Thirteen Claim entirely."

In short, there is no news at all that would make you want to buy this stock. And it is very important to realise that any information contained in the spam messages is merely a lie to boost the price, sent out by unknown parties.

The stock has not done well since it started, trading at around $0.55 to $0.60 until mid-2011 when it peaked at $2.40. It has since fallen to levels between $0.01 and $0.02.

On a typical day, share trades in SGAE are close to zero and rarely exceed 100,000 shares. But on Friday alone, over a million shares were traded in SGAE with 1.7 million shares traded in total across the week a prices ranges from $0.0288 to $0.015. I believe that the majority of those share trades were done by the spammers themselves taking up a position, with speculators adding a small volume on top.

Do not be tempted to buy SGAE shares on the back of these spammed-out solicitations. They are simply the actions of someone trying to offload almost worthless stock at an inflated price, and past history with these spamvertised stocks shows that there is a high risk that the price will collapse completely afterwards.

Apple (AAPL) pump-and-dump spam

A pump and dump spam trying to move Apple (AAPL) stock? Really? I don't think a spam run is going to have much effect on a $473 share in a company worth $420bn.

From: lpskann@scminvest.com
Subject: This Company continues to surge, could new highs be ahead?

Apple has presented its new models - iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C,
which actually have not moved the providers of financing. But, we
got to hear about the confidential novelty, which is created in
Cupertino (the Main Office of the Apple Company). This specialty
will be of interest for everyone. Through just a year, everybody
will utilize it. Namely now the time is ripe to acquire the
Apple's securities. Their value will be quick increased!!!

#goodluckwiththat- here's another one:

From: h.strutzmann@raymondjames.com
Subject: This Company is Hot and Premarket analysis is ready

The new-developed models, i.e. iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, have
been recommended by the Apple Company. Nevertheless the
products have not impressed the business sponsors.
Nevertheless, we have learned about the secret new product,
which is being worked out in Cupertino, the Main Office of
the Apple Company, which will be required by a wide
audience. (It is going to be put in use by everybody duting
the course of only one year). Now it's about time to take
possession of the shareholding of Apple, because quite soon
they will go up in value!

A third sample adds the stock ticker symbol:

Subject:      Advanced Trading Alert Notice

Apple Company (Nasdaq:AA PL) has shown its new-developed models - iPhone
5S and iPhone 5C, which indeed have been not very impressive for the
providers of capital. Still, we got the wind of the confidential new
product, which is created in Cupertino (the Principal Business Place of
the Apple). This new product will be needed by all the people. During
just one year, all the people will put in use the product. Presently it's
high time to obtain the Apple's securities. Their price will grow quite
soon.

And some more rather ungrammatical auto-generated examples..

The providers of financing have not been struck by the
new-developed models, i.e. iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, which have
been introduced by the Apple. Still, we have got the wind of
the fact that in Cupertino (the Apple's Headquarter), a
confidential innovation is being created. The item will be
popular for all the people. It will be wide put on within just
a year. Right now is the perfect timing for acquiring the
shares of the Apple. Very soon these shares of stock will
increase high in value.

The financiers have not been struck by the new-developed products, i.e.
iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, which have been shown by the Apple. But, we have
got to hear that in Cupertino (the Apple's Headquarter), a non-public
newcomer is being designed. The item will be required by all the people. It
will be wide put on in just a year. Now is the right time for purchasing
the equity of the Apple. Fast these shareholding will grow high in price.

iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C present the fresh items, which were shown by the
Apple Company (Nasdaq:AA_PL). Nevertheless, these products have little
effect on the providers of financing. All the same, we got to learned that
in Cupertino (where the Apple's Principal Business Office is located), an
undercover recent development gadget is being elaborated. Namely this
novelty will be of interest for everybody (the recent development will be
applied by all the people within the course of one year). The Apple's equity
shall be purchased right at the moment, as fast they will increase in price!


Apple Company (Nasdaq:AAP-L) has offered its latter-day
products - iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, which actually have
little effect on the backers. However, we got the wind of
the undercover innovation, which is produced in Cupertino
(the General Headquarter of the Apple). This recent
development will be needed by everybody. Within only one
year, everyone will utilize it. Namely now it's about time
to get hold of the Apple's shareholding. Their price will
grow quite soon!!!

Apple Company (Nasdaq:A-A_P L) has presented its new models - iPhone 5S
and iPhone 5C, which indeed have not struck the fund clients. All the
same, we got to learned about the undercover novelty, which is designed
in Cupertino (the Principal Place of Business of the Apple Company).
This new product will be required by all the people. During the course
of just a year, everybody will put on it. The present moment the time is
ripe to get hold of the Apple's shares. Their price will soon grow.

The Apple Company (Nasdaq:A-A-PL) has introduced its new products - iPhone 5S
and iPhone 5C, which truly have little impression on the fund clients. But,
we got to learned about the private newcomer, which is created in Cupertino
(the General Headquarter of the Apple Company). This recent development will
be of interest for everyone. During just a year, everyone will use it. Right
now is the time to obtain the Apple's equity. Their price will grow quite
soon. 

Alanco Technologies Inc (ALAN) pump-and-dump spam run

Alanco Technologies Inc is an Arizona-based firm found in 1969 that used to be active in several technology markets, but over recent years it has divested itself of those assets and its primary business activities are now in the business of waste water disposal. The company does not make a profit (and indeed in some recent years made no direct income whatsoever). The bulk of its financial assets are tied up in a company called ORBCOMM. Alanco categorises itself as a high risk venture (see page 4 of this filing). Although the market capitlisation is $3.2m, the value of the enterprise itself is just $1.4m.

There are no apparent newsworthy events going on with this firm, however starting after the close of trading on Friday 13th September, a large scale pump-and-dump spam run started to promote the stock. There have been several other recent pump-and-dump spam runs similar to this, pushed out by the Kelihos botnet on behalf of parties unknown.

The stock price of ALAN has not done well over the past 12 months:

Share trading is sporadic, but a recent sustained burst of share trading of around 96,000 shares pushed the price up from around $0.45 to $0.62, perhaps costing around $50,000 or so. Analysis of previous recent pump-and-dump spam runs indicates that this may well the the spammers themselves taking up a position in the company.

It's a characteristic of this type of pump-and-dump spam that the spam emails start almost immediately after trading closes, probably to try to persuade people to put in automated buys on Monday morning when the scammers will try to offload stock at an inflated price. Here are some of the spams being sent:

Subject: We release the Titan!
Was A Bust Today! This Company is Our Private Pick!!!

To buy: A_L A-N
Last Trade: $.6399
Company: ALANCO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Target Price: $3.55
Trading Date: September, 16th

Our Watchlist was a WINNER! It Will Be Featured In The Wall Street
Journal Tomorrow.

Subject: We Were on The Money with This Stock
I would love it to fill in gap... I hope you own it!!!

Stock: A L A-N
At this time: $0.64
Company: ALANCO TECHNOLOGIES, INC
Long Term Target: $1.90
Date: Mon, Sep 16th, 2013

It Speaks For Itself. No Better Way To Kickstart This Week! CORRECTION!

Subject: Most Active
Online Trading Account!!! This Company Looks Ready To Bounce!

Stock Symbol: ALA_N
Currently traded: .6399
Company Name: ALANCO TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Target: $1.90
Trade Date: Mon, September 16th, 2013

It is going to make you happy smile!!! I hope you own it.

Subject: Your stock
This Stock Could Make A Huge Come Back! Small Cap Source.

Sym: AL_AN
Current Price: $.6399
Company: Alanco Technologies, Inc.
Long Term Target Price: $1.20
Trade Date: Sep 16th

Call your Broker Directly to Place an Order. It is Showing
signs of a break out!

Subject: It is Showing signs of a break out
Are you watching this? This stock is very fast becoming one of our
favourites!

Symbol traded: A L_AN
Latest Pricing: .6399
Company Name: ALANCO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Short Term Target: 2.65
Trade Date: Mon, September 16th, 2013

This Company Shows Gains!!! It could be the next 10x winner!

Subject: This Company Could be Acquisition Target
IT IS CHEAP, IN BIG DEMAND, AND VERY PROFITABLE. If you like profits,
you need to buy this.

Symbol to buy: A LA N
Closed at: $0.64
Name: Alanco Technologies, Corp.
Target: $2.50
Trading Date: Monday, Sep 16th, 2013

More Momentum Coming!!! What an amazing day!!!

Subject: Just a few minutes left to buy it before the end of the day!
A New Bonus Technical Report Tomorrow @ the Market Open!!! Shocking
Discovery Revealed Tomorrow!

Stock Symbol: A_LA N
Latest Pricing: $0.6399
Company Name: ALANCO TECHNOLOGIES, CORP
Long Term Target: $3.80
Trading Date: September 16

Don`t Miss this Easy One. It is ready to explode in price and volume!!!

Subject: My new #1 pick!
This Stock Runs to Gain this Morning! We Want More! Details Inside!
This Company just released HUGE news!

To buy: A LA N
Today Price: $0.64
Name: Alanco Technologies, Corp
Target: 1.20
Date: Mon, September 16

Expect a new rally! This Company Moves Forward.

So.. just how do these pump-and-dump advertised stocks run? The answer is.. badly. Recently promoted stock MONK fell from around $0.23 to $0.047 (an 80% loss), BLDW has been rather flat overall going from $0.044 to $0.048 (a 9% increase), HAIR dropped from $0.36 to $0.0378 (a 90% loss) and NOST from $0.0074 to $0.0030 (a 59% loss). So if you are tempted to follow the spam and buy ALAN, then these recent figures would indicate that it's highly risky with a limited chance of reward.

MONK spam tries to profit from WAR threat

The MONK (Monarchy Resources Inc) pump-and-dump spam continues. This time though, the spammers are trying to capitalise on the threat of war in the Middle East:

From:     belova04@jeel.com
Date:     2 September 2013 17:32
Subject:     This Stock just released Big News!

Are you interested in enriching yourself by means of war? It`s the very
time to do it! As soon as the first bombs get to the earth in Syria,
stone oil prices will move up the same as MONARCHY RESOURCES INC
(M-ON_K) share price. Go make money on Mon, Sep 2, 2013, get M-ON_K
shares!!!

As previously discussed, the stock price for this company has tanked and is unlikely to get any better. If you attempt to do some war profiteering on this stock then you will lose out, and frankly you won't get any sympathy from me.

Here are some other variants of the same scummy email:

You can make money on war!!! It`s right time to make it. The
moment the first rockets descend to Syria, oil prices will
rise the same as MONARCHY RESOURCES INC. (M O N_K) bond
price!!! Begin earning profits on Monday, September 02, 2013,
grab M O N_K shares.

It`s your turn to make money on war! It`s the very time to make it.
As soon as the first bombs touch the ground in Syria, black gold
prices will skyrocket as well as MONARCHY RESOURCES, INC (M-O-N K)
bond price. Start making money on Mon, Sep 02, 2013, get M-O-N K
shares.

There is a real opportunity to make money on war. It`s right time to
do it!!! As soon as the first bombs touch the ground in Syria, petrol
prices will move up just as Monarchy Resources, Inc (M-O_NK) bond
price. Start making money on Sep 2nd, grab M-O_NK shares!

Do you want to earn money on war? It`s the very time to realize
your plans! Just as the first bombs get to the earth in Syria,
oil prices will move up as well as Monarchy Resources, Inc
(MO-NK) share price! Go make profits on Sep 2nd, grab MO-NK
shares!!!

MONK / Monarchy Resources, Inc pump-and-dump spam

Another day, another pump-and-dump spam run, this time being sent to randomly generated email addresses promoting MONK (Monarchy Resources, Inc). Here are some examples:

Subject: Pick Of The Week... Do Not Miss Out This Time!
Make easy $15'000 Monday!!! Hello, want to receive $15'000 by
next Friday? You would receive lot more if you get this hot
stock on Monday. The stock symbol is: M_O N_K. It's Monarchy
Resources, Inc.. It sells under 48 cents, but it should
see $1'80 shortly! Purchase shares of M_O N_K on Aug, 19
below 48 cents and multiply your cash! It could be
awesome to get $15'000 by Friday. And it's very easy to
receive. On Monday, Aug 19, 2013 order 43'000 shares of M_O
N_K and get over $15'000 by Friday

Subject: Hot Investor News
Pocket your $17'000 now! Howdy, need to pocket $17'000 by this Saturday? You
will get lots more if you purchase this premium stock on Monday. The stock
symbol is: M_ONK. It's MONARCHY RESOURCES INC.. It sits below 42 cents,
but it should see $1'20 promptly! Purchase shares of M_ONK on Mon, Aug
19th, 2013 under 42 cents and multiply your investment. It will be
amazing to earn $17'000 by Saturday. And its very easy to get! On Aug, 19th
order 29'000 shares of M_ONK and receive over $17'000 by Saturday!!!

Subject: Walgreens News!!!
Make easy $12'000 now! Hello, ready to pocket $12'000 by next
Saturday? You would receive lots more if you order this
undervalued stock on Monday. The company symbol is: M O N K.
It's Monarchy Resources, Inc. It goes under 40 cents, but
it could settle $1.90 promptly! Get shares of M O N K on
Monday, Aug 19th, 2013 under 40 cents and quadruple your
investment. It can be amazing to earn $12'000 by Saturday. And
its very easy to do! On Aug, 19 trade 21'000 shares of M O N K
and get over $12'000 by Saturday.

Subject: Profile Alert
Earn fast $13'000 now! Hello, ready to pocket $13'000 by this Thursday?
You can make lot more if you get this new stock on Monday. The stock
symbol is: M_O N_K. Its MONARCHY RESOURCES, INC. It goes under 30
cents, but it should see $1.55 shortly! Get shares of M_O N_K on
Monday, Aug 19 under 30 cents and quadruple your portfolio. It
could be cool to make $13'000 by Thursday. And it's very easy to do! On
Mon, August 19th, 2013 buy 35'000 shares of M_O N_K and pocket over
$13'000 by Thursday!

The spam that I have seen appears to originate primarily from IP addresses in India.

So, what's up with MONK? The stock has only been trading since June and most of that time it has been at around the $1.00 level. At the beginning of August the price dropped to $0.40 and then $0.20 per share (dropping for one point to just $0.10), losing more than 75% of its value since launch (see the stock chart here).

On 16th August there was a flurry of activity as 209,400 shares were bought at around the $0.20 or somewhat under that. Usually this is the spammers taking up a position in the company that they are about to spam. On the next day (a Saturday) the pump-and-dump spam started. So far today about 450,000 shares have been traded, apparently giving the stock a bit of a bump as whoever has hired the spammers tries to cash out.

As with all pump-and-dump spams, the only people making money out of it are the scammers who run it. Any investor who tries to try to invest in these it likely to lose some or all of their investment. Avoid

BLDW "Building Turbines Corp" pump-and-dump spam

This illegal spam run almost definitely does not come from Building Turbines Corp (BLDW) but instead someone trying to game the system through a pump-and-dump scam.

There are lots of variations on the spam, but here are three examples:

Subject: This Stock is our New Wild Sub-Penny Pick!

Green Energy Company Signs Deal to Construct Rooftop Wind Turbines
for 90 Thousand Sq-Ft Stockroom. Building Turbines (PINKSHEETS:
BL_D_W) Concentrates on the Design and Construction of Patented
Roof Top Wind Turbines.

Current Price: .038
Short Term Target: .40
Company: Building Turbines Corp.
Date: August, 5th
Sym: BL_D_W

Renewable Power Corporation Wired To Soar Monday!

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Subject: Pay Attention To Detail

Austin Company Pens Contract to Provide Roof Wind Turbines for 90K
Sq-Ft Warehouse. Building Turbines Corp. (OTC PINK: B L_D_W)
Focuses on the Design and Construction of Patented Roof Top Wind
Turbines.

Long Term Target: $.95
Company Name: BUILDING TURBINES CORP
Trading Date: Monday, Aug 5, 2013
To buy: B L_D_W
Market: $.038

Ecological Power Business In Line To Ascend Next Week.

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Subject: It Could Make a Rally and Soar! (Huge News Out!)

Green Energy Corporation Clinches Contract to Construct Roof
Wind Turbines for 90,000 Square Foot Stockroom. BUILDING
TURBINES, CORP. (PINKS: BL_D W) Concentrates on the Design and
Manufacture of Patented Roof Top Wind Turbines.

Short Term Target: 0.20
Trade Date: Aug, 5th
Company: Building Turbines Corp.
Latest Pricing: .038
Traded as: BL_D W

Green Energy Business Equipped To Rise Monday!!!

BLDW stock isn't really valuable, losing 88.6% of its value since the company was floated in April 2011, and it has been bouncing around the two to four cent level since the beginning of 2013. But this isn't really about the real prospects of the company, this is a straightforward attempt to manipulate the system for profit.

In the past few days, someone has bought about 2.5 million shares in the company at about 4 cents, our past analysis would indicate that this is likely to be the spammer taking up positions.

The spammers may have targeted BLDW stock on their own initiative, but the recent HAIR spam run seems to be for another party. No matter, if you take the example of HAIR then any investors who had followed the spam's fake tips would have ended up losing about 90% of their investment. I'm not saying the BLDW is going to collapse, stay afloat or whatever.. but what I am saying is that you should simply ignore BLDW stock completely because this spam run is simply an attempt at market manipulation.

Pump and dump spam flogs a dead horse with Biostem U.S. Corporation (HAIR)

About a month-and-a-half ago I had a look at the pump-and-dump spam promoting Biostem U.S. Corporation (HAIR) when it was trading at around $0.30.

Surprisingly, the pump-and-dump spam is still ongoing which will make it nearly two months of spam on one single stock..

This Company Will Make an Impressive Recovery! It is the answer
to your portfolio troubles!

Date: August 1st
Long Term Target: .85
Per share price: .035
Ticker: HAI_R
Name: Biostem Corp.

You might want to sit down before reading this... Stocks To
Look At!

So, out of curiosity I schlepped across to look at their stock price and was slightly surprised to see that it has lost around 90% of its value since the spam run started. What happened? Well, on 19th July the stock price fell off a cliff when rather predictably Biostem announced that it was shutting up shop, and looking at news reports there seems to be little chance of recovery.

But now with shares bouncing along at around the 3 to 4 cents mark the pump-and-dump seems to be continuing, and since the collapse it appears that around 9.6 million shares have been traded, which is about 8.4% of the total equity. At today's prices those shares are worth about $336,000. A little over a year ago, on May 28th 2012, Biostem stock peaked at $439 per share, at close of business yesterday they were just 3.5 cents.. a 99.2% drop. Somebody has certainly taken a haircut on these stocks..

NOST (NOST.QB) / NSU Resources Inc Pump and Dump Spam

Over the weekend a pump-and-dump spam run started for NSU Resources Inc trading as NOST.QB. NSU Resources almost definitely have nothing to do with this spam run. Here are a few examples:

Subject: This Stock MOVED HARD


Rubber Stamp N OS_T!!! With A Profoundly Humble Market Float,
The Indicated Rare Earth Business Is In Line To Quintuple.
Suspect For Big Publication In A Minute.

Trading Date: Mon, July 15th, 2013
Target Price: .36
Symbol traded: N OS_T
Company: NSU Resources
Last trade: 0.0175

Stay tuned this could get real good!!! An Amazing Buying
Opportunity!

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Subject: This Stock Is The Hottest Stock In The Whole Market!

Check Out NO S_T! Amid An Seriously Humble Public Float, The Indicated Rare
Earth Company Is Equipped To Burst! Suspect For Big Dissemination In A
Minute.

Symbol to buy: NO S_T
Trading Date: Monday, July 15
Long Term Target: $0.37
Company: NSU Resources Inc
Closed Price: .0175

Huge Potential! Actual Gains Success and Pick for Tomorrow!!!

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Subject: They`ve got their rally caps on!

Rubber Stamp N_O_ST. Including An Very Modest Public Float, The
Aforementioned Rare Earth Corporation Is Ready To Pop. Presume For Greater
Divulgence In Due Time.

Trade Date: Monday, July 15
Latest Pricing: 0.0175
Stock Symbol: N_O_ST
Long Term Target Price: $.15
Company: NSU Resources, Corp.

Time to buy! Major play, coming tomorrow morning!

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Subject: Look for Another Push Higher

Take On NO_ST!!! Including An Ultra Inconsequential Market Float, The
Indicated Rare Earth Stock Is On Tap To Explode!!! Envisage For Larger
Publication In Due Time!

Name: NSU Resources Inc.
Trade: NO_ST
Closed Price: $0.0175
Long Term Target: $.10
Trading Date: Monday, July 15th, 2013

Urgent! You Must Read! My Huge Pick.

Indeed, the stock really did move a lot on Friday, going up from $0.0031 per share to $0.02 by the end of the day. But what actually happened?

The reason for the increase in the share price is simple to see. Between 1pm and 2pm on Friday nearly 5.5 million shares of stock were bought in a 30 minute period at $0.0031 (for a total of about $17,000), probably all by the same party. The usual trade level for this stock is usually zero or close to zero. After 2pm subsequent buying (probably by speculators) added about another 750,000 shares but pushed the share price up to about $0.02 at close, a 545% increase which would (on paper) have netted the spammers a profit of $90,000. Not bad for a day's work.

In August 2010, NOST shares peaked at $5.40 per share. It's been a bit of a rollercoaster since then. Mostly downwards, leaving NOST as a thinly traded penny stock which is exactly the sort of thing that pump and dump spammers like.

The last major pump and dump we saw (HAIR) ran for over a month, and we can expect to see NOST spam for a while yet as the spammer - and perhaps whoever employed them - try to offload worthless shares onto unsuspecting investors. Avoid.

HAIR / Biostem Pump and Dump rakes in the dollars

If like me you've been plagued with pump and dump spam messages for Biostem US Corp (stock ticker HAIR) for the past several days, you might be curious to know if this massive spam run is actually having any impact on the company's share price.

The stock spam started after the close of trading on Friday 7th June 2013 and has continued aggressively ever since. In parallel, the message boards for HAIR were spammed with some fairly obvious attempts to pump up the price, the following screenshot is from the Yahoo! message board.

If we look at a stock chart for Biostem, we can see that something raised the stock price from the $0.21 it had been stuck on for a while (after collapsing from about $1 a share in February) up to $0.36 on the close of business on 10th June, an increase of 71%, before settling at around $0.29 (a 38% increase).

As pointed out here, Biostem is a pretty awful looking stock where the CEO was recently arrested, accounts are overdue and the last reported financial position of the company was dire, so it looks like it is on its last legs. But crucially there seems to be no news of substance about the company, so we can assume that all the stock price movement is purely down to the pump and dump spam.

The usual volume of trade for Biotech (HAIR) stocks is pretty close to zero. From when the markets opened on Monday 10th June to the close of the market on Friday 14th June, over 2.2 million shares were traded when normally we would expect to see a few thousand if that.

There had been bursts of trading activity recently, but the most interesting was a period from 9th May for about 6 trading days when over 1.3 million shares were bought for no particular reason. After that was a period from 20th May when a further 270k shares were purchased, perhaps as speculators sniffed around the company.

We don't know who is behind the pump and dump spam run, but we assume that the spammers are the ones who bought the 1.3 million shares or so after the 9th May. If they manage to dump those shares at the peak they could have made over $200,000. But the spam run didn't stop there, and as of 15th June it is still going on. Why? Presumably because somebody still has shares in the company that they are still trying to offload. In total there are 114.2 million shares, and only 2.2 million (1.9%) of them were traded during that week.

The sad fact of the matter seems to be that pump and dump does seem to have a positive effect on this sort of thinly-traded low-value share price. But the thing is that the spammers have already taken out their positions in the target company, it is almost impossible for a normal investor to make any money out of this because as soon as the spamming starts, then the stock dumping starts as well.

Phytiva / XCHC pump-and-dump

This pump-and-dump spam (at least I assume that's what it is) caught my eye,

From:     Hugh Crouch [tacticallyf44@riceco.com]
Date:     4 February 2013 12:39
Subject:     RE: Targeting the global Cosmoceutical market

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Its newest Plant based Product lines that have identified over a dozen ailments that we believe that the products will be the superior choice on the market. These ailments include cancer, arthritis, influenza, HIV/ AIDS, PTSD and many more.

We are looking for leading beauty and health care investors. If you are dedicated to making difference in people”s lives, we need your help now more than ever before toprovide excellent and efficient medical and health care for our future researches.
 
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The email originates from 31.25.91.159 in the Islamic Republic of Iran, spamvertising a site at www.xn--80aakfmpm2afbm.xn--p1ai (yes, that's a valid international domain name) hosted on 111.123.180.11 in China. In all likelihood, Phytiva and its parent company The X-Change Corporation (stock ticker XCHC) are almost definitely nothing to do with this rather odd spam. Avoid.