The penny market is full of paranoia, and a lot of that paranoia is good. We're swimming the sharks here (unless we are the sharks). You're probably better off assuming that every penny stock is a scam, than you are assuming every penny stock is legit. Sometimes a stock will LOOK like a scam at first, but turn out not to be. Sometimes a great looking stock turns out to be a scam. Suspicion is just part of the environment. It goes with the territory.