Pump-and-dump stock scams are nothing new. These scams have been a mainstay of financial fraudsters for centuries. And while technology has changed the way they operate, the underlying principles and ...

Taking a page from those who for decades ran South Florida boiler rooms and call centers to fleece would-be investors, scamsters are increasingly moving to lure victims through social media ads that ...

A pump-and-dump is an investment scheme that involves inflating the price of a penny stock or meme coin. Is TRUMP Coin an example? Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our ...

Blockchain security firm PeckShield has raised the alarm after finding dozens of tokens purporting to be related to artificial intelligence (AI) powered chatbot ChatGPT. “In a Feb. 20 post, the firm ...

Author Hitesh Dev is the COO at Devout Corporation and a health tech consultant, supporting Federal and Commercial organizations since 2002. The rise of social media has transformed financial markets, ...

Web3 pump-and-dump schemes thrive on hype, anonymity, and unregulated markets; understanding their playbook is key to avoiding costly traps. Pump-and-dump schemes in Web3 manipulate a cryptocurrency’s ...