Penny Stock Spam Comes to a Halt

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"Operation Spamalot is in full swing. That's the code name given to a sweeping stock manipulation investigation unveiled this morning by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which suspended trading in 35 small company stocks that have been the subject of widely distributed spam e-mails."

Bout time something was done about it...

http://www.forbes.com/business/2007/03/08/spamalot-sec-penny-stocks-biz-cx_lm_0308spamalot.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/08/AR2007030802092.html
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20070309-9999-1b9sec.html

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Here here! Although, focusing on one type of spam is a waste of time - something needs to be done about ALL spam!

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