Well supposedly someone working for them called an acquaintance of mine, who then called my friend, who then called me asking if I had any large blocks of shares to sell for a 20% premium. Since mine are all split up in several brokerages, I had nothing of significant size so I said nope.

I know the acquaintance calling my friend, then my friend calling me part is true. I just don't know if the part of someone working for Alpine calling is true. But no reason to lie.