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Spam-advertised stocks


A stock spam is an unsolicited bulk email that promotes a publicly traded (or soon-to-be publicly traded) company in an attempt to influence the price of the company stock. Recently, stock spam makes up 30% or more of all spam in our global spam trapping network for antispam research. The table below shows some of the latest stock spam as identified by stock symbols. This is to alert network administrators and general public of the latest stock spam.

Spam Date Symbol Company Name Type
5/9/2008N1Y.FKTBlackGold Natural Resources PLCplain text
3/26/2008GSMLG & S Minerals, Incplain text
3/26/2008ZYTCZyto Corpplain text
3/25/2008GSMLG & S Minerals, Incplain text
3/25/2008ZYTCZyto Corpplain text
2/14/2008GCMEGreater China Media and Entertainment Corpplain text
2/4/2008GSMLG & S Minerals, Incplain text
2/4/2008PERTPermanent Tech Incplain text
1/29/2008CYHACYBERHAND TECHimage-based/HTML
1/6/2008GCMEGreater China Media and Entertainment Corpplain text
1/4/2008PERT.PKPermanent Tech Incplain text
1/3/2008FAVESimulated Environment Concepts, Incimage-based/HTML
1/3/2008PERT.PKPermanent Tech Incplain text
12/18/2007TRT.MTriden Telecom, Incplain text
12/6/2007PSMH.PKPSM Holdings Incplain text
11/29/2007GO.ETMegola Incplain text
11/25/2007ETGUEnerBrite Technologies Incplain text
11/22/2007MNUMMonumental Marketing Incplain text
11/19/2007MNUMMonumental Marketing Incplain text
11/13/2007HPGIHEMISPHERE GOLD INCplain text
11/12/2007MNUMMonumental Marketing Incplain text
10/24/2007HXPN.FHARRIS EXPLORATION INCplain text
10/18/2007EXTOExit Only Incplain text
10/17/2007CWTDChina World Trade Corpplain text
10/15/2007ALLUAcellus Communications Incplain text
10/15/2007CHVCChina Voice Holding Corpplain text
10/15/2007PPYHPhysical Property Holdings Incplain text
10/9/2007FRLEFearless International, Incimage-based/HTML
10/9/2007MIHIMedina International Holdings Incimage-based/HTML
10/9/2007SCYFSecurity Financing Services, Incimage-based/HTML

Disclaimer

This page does not constitute financial advice about any of the companies listed, and this page is not intended to be relied on to predict the likely performance of any of the stocks listed. It is simply a record of the attempted promotion of each company's stock by means of spam, otherwise known as unsolicited bulk commercial email. Please note that spam promoting a particular company's stock is most often sent by third parties, and the company itself is typically not responsible for the spam.

The list is a compilation and measurement of the most recent and most commonly advertised stocks via spam. Reasonable efforts are made to ensure that the information on this page is accurate. If you represent any of the companies listed here and you feel that the entry is incorrect in any way, please e-mail us at: email spam contact