And that's the shame of it.  My limited experience - not all good - tells me scams make as much or more money for traders as the real companies, which are easier to "fall in love with" making it, in turn, easier for the bums to pillage those real ones at investors' expense.  Thus they turn investors in real companies into flippers and opportunists, which is fine for those so inclined, but dangerous for those who can see the long term potential and aren't expecting to have to play the games, or be so badly manipulated.  JMO.