Fraud Articles and Guides
TickerPosts guides and articles tagged fraud. Plain-English, calm, and written for everyday investors. 5 posts.
The Complete Guide to Spotting Stock Fraud and Pump Schemes
Stock promotion and pump-and-dump schemes follow a recognisable pattern. This long-form guide pulls together how the schemes work, the stocks they target, where the promotion shows up, the warning signs to watch for, and how to check any tip before you act, with links to focused guides on each piece.
· 4 min read
How to Spot Stock Spam
Stock spam has a shape you can learn to recognise: the same talking points pasted everywhere, links that hide where they lead, walls of cashtags, and brand-new accounts that only ever post one ticker. A short field guide to the patterns, and what to do when you see them.
· 3 min read
Why Social Media Stock Tips Can Be Risky
Stock tips travel fast on social media, and most of them arrive with no context about who is posting or why. A plain-English look at what regulators have documented, why a tip that sounds urgent is worth slowing down on, and the questions to ask before you act on anything you read in a feed.
· 3 min read
What Is a Pump-and-Dump?
A pump-and-dump is a coordinated scheme to inflate a stock price with hype, then sell into the buying it created. A plain-English explanation of how the playbook works, who runs it, and how to recognize one from the outside.
· 6 min read
How to Spot Red Flags Before You Follow a Stock Tip
Some stock tips on social media come from thoughtful investors. Others come from coordinated promoters. A short checklist for telling the difference before you put money behind someone else's idea.
· 5 min read