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Spammers Use Video In Stock Scams

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From securitypronews:

It must be legitimate if it’s on video, right? Criminals would like you to think so when touting stocks they have bought for pennies, and hope you will buy and make them a profit.

Security vendor Symantec said these scam artists have embraced video file formats to promote stock symbols. Security researcher Jitender Sarda showed two examples, one shilling for a uranium stock, another for an oil and gas opportunity.

The only opportunity, of course, is to part with your money for a stock that will plummet when the criminals take their profits.

Read on.

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