Nate Foy reports from New York on growing concerns about young adults and teens flocking to the Pump.Fun app on 'Special ...

Key Takeaways The FBI has seen a 300% increase in victim complaints about pump-and-dump stock fraud in 2025 compared to 2024, with fraudsters increasingly using social media and messaging apps to ...

Pump-and-dump stock scams are nothing new. These scams have been a mainstay of financial fraudsters for centuries. And while technology has changed the way they operate, the underlying principles and ...

An X account hacking spree has fueled a successful pump-and-dump scheme for the $HACKED Solana token, with people rushing to buy the coin. The hacked accounts include ...

A pump-and-dump is an investment scheme that involves inflating the price of a penny stock or meme coin. Is TRUMP Coin an example? Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our ...

Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko has issued an urgent warning to New Zealand investors about a growing pump-and-dump scam that ...

A pump and dump scheme is a form of securities fraud where cybercriminals artificially inflate the price of an owned stock through false and misleading positive statements, then sell their shares at ...

Rajeev Dhir is a writer with 10+ years of experience as a journalist with a background in broadcast, print, and digital newsrooms. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, ...

Web3 pump-and-dump schemes thrive on hype, anonymity, and unregulated markets; understanding their playbook is key to avoiding costly traps. Pump-and-dump schemes in Web3 manipulate a cryptocurrency’s ...

Federal authorities announced last week that members of a “pump-and-dump” spam group that bilked more than $20 million from naïve, overeager investors have all pleaded guilty. Although four men ...