pump-and-dump

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pump-and-dump

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(Stock Exchange) the practice of buying shares, generating favourable publicity about them, especially on the internet, then selling them when the price accordingly rises
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The first pump and dump occurred between approximately May and August of 2013.
Broker-dealer exec pleads guilty to role in $86M fraud
If you are in a pump and dump scam, that is right where the pumpers want you, and they are ready to leave you holding the bag.
Pumping and dumping
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