I’m sure by now we’ve all seen those pesky ‘pump and dump’ penny stock scams invading our inboxes… Well now there’s a new twist: these emails are meant to look like personal emails sent to the wrong person by accident with “insider” information about specific stocks.

Often, according to the article below, these emails are riddled with spelling and grammar errors so it’s not hard to tell it’s a scam, though I’m sure they are still suckering people in!

Read the article from the Globe and Mail

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