Yet another worthless 3D printing pump & dump: 3D Pioneer $DPSM

I first received emails promoting 3D Pioneer (DPSM) prior to the market open yesterday. These emails linked to http://fmtpage.com/dpsm/

 

Disclosed budget: $475,000
Promoter: Forelink Technologies & Future Money Trends
Paying party:
Shares outstanding: 76,032,000
Previous closing price: $0.679
Market capitalization: $60 million

 

Screenshot of PBFI pump page:

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Excerpt from disclaimer:

FT [Forelink Technologies] has managed a total production budget of up to four hundred and seventy five thousand dollars for advertising efforts and will retain any amounts over and above the cost of production, copywriting services, mailing and other distribution expenses, as a fee for its services. Future Money Trends is paid $14,500 as an editorial fee from FT and also expects to receive new subscriber revenue as a result of this advertising effort.

Full disclaimer:

IMPORTANT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER: This advertising issue of Future Money Trends does not purport to provide an analysis of any company’s financial position, operations or prospects and this is not to be construed as a recommendation by Future Money Trends or an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any security. 3D Pioneer Systems, (DPSM)), the company featured in this issue, appears as paid advertising by Forelink Technologies to provide public awareness for DPSM. Future Money Trends and Forelink Technologies (FT) have used outside research and writers using public information to create the advertisement coming from Future Money Trends about DPSM. Although the information contained in this advertisement is believed to be reliable, Future Money Trends and FT makes no warranties as to the accuracy of any of the content herein and accepts no liability for how readers may choose to utilize the content. All commodity, stock prices and theoretical projections were current as of the writing of this advertisement. Prices and projections may not be current as of the dissemination of this advertisement. Readers should perform their own due-diligence, including consulting with a licensed, qualified investment professional or analyst. Further, readers are strongly urged to independently verify all statements made in this advertisement and perform extensive due diligence on this or any other advertised company. Future Money Trends is not offering securities for sale. An offer to buy or sell can be made only with accompanying disclosure documents and only in the states and provinces for which they are approved. Many states have established rules requiring the approval of a security by a state security administrator. Check with http://www.nasaa.org or call your state security administrator to determine whether a particular security is licensed for sale in your state. Many companies have information filed with state securities regulators and many will supply in- vestors with additional information on request. FT has managed a total production budget of up to four hundred and seventy five thousand dollars for advertising efforts and will retain any amounts over and above the cost of production, copywriting services, mailing and other distribution expenses, as a fee for its services. Future Money Trends is paid $14,500 as an editorial fee from FT and also expects to receive new subscriber revenue as a result of this advertising effort. *More information can be received from http://3d-pioneer.com. Further, specific financial information, filings and disclo- sures as well as general investor information about publicly traded companies like DPSM, advice to investors and other investor resources are available at the Securities and Exchange Commission website www.sec.gov and www.nasd.com. Any investment should be made only after consulting with a qualified investment advisor and after reviewing the publicly available financial statements of and other information about the company and verifying that the investment is appropriate and suitable. Investing in securities is highly speculative and carries a great deal of risk especially as to new companies with limited operations and no history of earnings. The information contained herein contains forward-looking Information within the meaning of section 27a of the Securities Act of 1993, as amended, and section 21e of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements regarding expected growth of the featured company. In accordance with the safe harbor provi- sions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, DPSM notes that statements contained herein that look forward in time, which include everything other than historical information, involve risks and uncertainties that may affect the Company’s actual results of operations. Factors that could cause actual results to differ include the size and growth.

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Disclaimer: I have no position in any stock mentioned above. I have no relationship with any parties mentioned above. This blog has a terms of use that is incorporated by reference into this post; you can find all my disclaimers and disclosures there as well.

The World’s first blueberry pump & dump: Patriot Berry Farms $PBFI

I first received emails promoting Patriot Berry Farms (PBFI) yesterday prior to the market open. Some of these emails linked to the pump page at HealthyStockProfits.com. Yesterday is also the first day the stock attracted meaningful trading volume. This looks like a half-assed pump and I expect it to dump soon.

Disclosed budget: $175,000

Promoter: PigeonRock Media & Wall Street Revelator / Andy Carpenter
Paying party: affiliates of PigeonRock Media
Shares outstanding: 71,409,871
Previous closing price: $0.84
Market capitalization: $60 million

Considering the six-month price target is only $1.81, I think it likely that the stock will never make it to $1.00

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Screenshot of PBFI pump page:

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Excerpt from disclaimer:

PigeonRock Media has managed up to a $175,000 USD advertising production budget as of June 1, 2013 in an effort to build industry and investor awareness. Any funds leftover after expenses for research, overhead, advertising and public relations related to Patriot Berry Farms (ticker symbol PBFI) will be considered profit. Entities related to PigeonRock Media hold a large amount of shares in PBFI and intend to sell those shares. Their sales of PBFI common stock will affect the value of your shares (negatively). This should be considered a direct conflict of interest.

Full disclaimer:

DO NOT BASE ANY INVESTMENT DECISION UPON ANY MATERIALS FOUND IN THIS REPORT. This publication is distributed free of charge and does not provide an analysis of a company’s financial position. The information contained herein has been prepared for informational purposes only and is not intended to be used as a complete source of information on any particular company, including Patriot Berry Farms, (PBFI. Patriot Berry Farms’ financial position and all other information regarding Patriot Berry Farms should be verified with the company. An individual should never invest in the securities of any company, including PBFI based solely on information contained in this advertisement. Information about many publicly traded companies, including Patriot Berry Farms, and other investor resources can be found at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. Investing in securities is speculative and carries risk. PBFI is a penny stock and subject to greater risk. It is recommended that any investment in any security should be made only after consulting with your investment advisor and only after reviewing all publicly available information, including the financial statements of the company. This mailing piece is not intended to be, nor should it be construed as, an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor should it be construed as the provision of any investment- related advice or services tailored to any particular individual’s financial situation or investment objective(s). The Wall Street Revelator is a bona fide publication of general and regular circulation offering impersonalized investment-related research to readers and/or prospective readers and is not an investment adviser either with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or with any state securities regulatory authority. The Wall Street Revelator is neither licensed nor qualified to provide financial advice. As such, it relies upon the “publisher’s exclusion” as provided under Section 202(a)(11) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and corresponding state securities laws. Investing in companies like Patriot Berry Farms carries a high degree of risk. Do not invest in this company unless you can afford to possibly lose your entire investment. Individuals should assume that all information contained herein about PBFI and other companies is not trustworthy unless verified by their own independent research. The Wall Street Revelator and/ or its publishers, Andrew & Lynn Carpenter has received a total amount of fifteen thousand dollars in cash compensation to assist in the writing of this Advertisement, as well as potential future subscription and advertising revenues, the amount of which is not known at this time with respect to the publication of this Advertisement and future publications. Andrew and Lynn Carpenter have never owned, and never will own, shares, options or warrants in PBFI. 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Disclaimer: I have no position in any stock mentioned above. I have no relationship with any parties mentioned above. This blog has a terms of use that is incorporated by reference into this post; you can find all my disclaimers and disclosures there as well.

Ener-Core Inc (ENCR) gets a sizable stock promotion

I first received emails promoting Ener-Core (ENCR) on March 14th prior to the market open from FreshBrewedMediaNews.com..

 

Disclosed budget: $500,000

Promoter: Champlain Media LLC and Capital Gains Alert
Paying party: Alliance Financial Media Inc
Shares outstanding: 71,054,173
Previous closing price: $0.77
Market capitalization: $54 million

 

Below is a screenshot of http://www.encrnews.org/

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Excerpt from disclaimer:

CGA [Capital Gains Alert] has received ten thousand dollars for this and related marketing materials from Champlain Media LLC. Alliance Financial Media Inc. has agreed to pay five hundred thousand dollars to Champlain Media LLC …

Full disclaimer:

PDF copy of pump page

[Edit 2014-4-29] Tobin Smith has joined the pump at http://www.encrupdate.com/ and the original pump page has been replaced with Tobin Smith.

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New disclaimer:

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Disclaimer: I have no position in any stock mentioned above. I have no relationship with any parties mentioned above. This blog has a terms of use that is incorporated by reference into this post; you can find all my disclaimers and disclosures there as well.

Where in the world is John Babikian? Probably in the UAE

It is time for another John Babikian update. And as always we must ask, where in the world is he? Lebanon, UAE, and Russia are all possible. My current bet is the UAE (United Arab Emirates). I will explain why below.


It turns out that Babikian’s Seychelles shell company Middlebay Trade Ltd. had purchased a vineyard in The Dalles, Oregon. See coverage of this in The Oregonian and The Dalles Chronicle. The SEC obtained a writ of attachment for that vineyard and for Babikian’s houses in California so that those properties will not be sold. See the SEC’s complaint (pdf) against Babikian. Here is the SEC press release from March 13th about obtaining an asset freeze against Babikian.

SEC v. Babikian Doc 6 Filed 13 Mar 14 by scion_scion

By the way, follow Scion_scion on Scribd to see updates to the legal case against Babikian.

Today the SEC filed a detailed declaration (PDF) in seeking a temporary restraining order and asset freeze. This document (also shown below through Scribd) gives some details not previously disclosed. It also shows that the SEC has relied a lot on Babikian’s ex-wife’s lawsuits, which goes to show that Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Also, this document explicitly links Robert Kalfayan to Babikian — something that has been known by penny stock researchers for years but with the SEC stating it the odds increase that he will be named in a suit soon. It is also quite possible that he or others are cooperating with the SEC. Kalfayan’s company is directly linked to paying for some Awesomepennystocks.com (APS) emails (see page 6 of the declaration).

Other interesting tidbits include the fact that Babikian acquired his ASWR shares directly from the company in a PIPE and deposited them at John Thomas Financial and from there he transferred the shares to an account at Frankfurter Bank (Brown Brothers Harriman was the US custodian of the shares). On the day that AWSR was pumped he sold a number of shares from that account and also transferred some shares to an account held at Apex Clearing and sold some from that account. (On a side note, John Thomas Financial collapsed after being investigated by FINRA and the SEC for its involvement with AWSR.)

Getting back to the question in the title of this blog post, I believe that Babikian is in the UAE because NetJets recently agreed to repurchase the fractional jet ownership interest of Vertical International Relief Fund (Babikian’s front charity – see info PDF) for substantially below market cost. And:

Babikian has requested that NetJets wire the proceeds to an account in the name of “Elementos Ltd.” at a financial institution in the United Arab Emirates named Emirates NBD [page 17 of document below]

SEC v. Babikian Doc 15 Filed 21 Mar 14 by scion_scion

Disclaimer: No position in any stock mentioned above. I have no relationship with any parties mentioned above except that I am a paying subscriber of PromotionStockSecrets. This blog has a terms of use that is incorporated by reference into this post; you can find all my disclaimers and disclosures there as well.

American Heritage International $AHII hard mailer pump

I first received emails promoting American Heritage (AHII) on March 13th prior to the market open. As of yesterday people started reporting receiving hard mailers promoting AHII. See a scan of the front cover and disclaimer (pdf).

 

Disclosed budget: $1,643,756

Promoter: Rui Long International & NationalFutures.com
Paying party: Rui Long International
Shares outstanding: 99,000,000
Previous closing price: $1.56
Market capitalization: $154 million

 

Below is a screenshot of http://goldmanreport.com/
The content is identical at: http://bigchangeforbigtobacco.com/

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Excerpt from disclaimer:

NationalFutures.com received a twenty-five thousand dollar editorial fee

Rui Long International Inc has paid or expects to pay upwards of [$1,643,756] as a total production budget

Full disclaimer:

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Disclaimer from hard mailer:

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Disclaimer: I am long 9900 shares of AHII in one account and short 9870 shares in another account. I have no relationship with any parties mentioned above. This blog has a terms of use that is incorporated by reference into this post; you can find all my disclaimers and disclosures there as well.

SEC Suspends trading in another pot stock: Petrotech Oil & Gas $PTOG

This morning the SEC suspended trading in former oil and gas stock and current me-too marijuana stock Petrotech Oil & Gas (PTOG). PTOG entered the marijuana business and put out a press release about that on February 19. PTOG has also been the subject of numerous email promotional campaigns since last May and continuing to this morning. Here is the disclaimer of one promoter that touted PTOG this morning at 7:53am:

AwesomeStocks.com is a web property owned by Empire Investment Group Ltd. AwesomeStocks.com has been compensated up to $10,000 for this profile of PTOG by a third party. .

The suspension of PTOG scared many traders of marijuana stocks and caused gaps down in TRTC and GRNH. Many traders I know were long PTOG overnight because of its strong close yesterday. PTOG will reopen for trading at market open on March 28th.

SEC suspension release (pdf)
SEC suspension order (pdf)

This is now the second suspension of a marijuana stock, following last week’s AVNE trading suspension. If this continues then the marijuana hype should die down.

The Commission temporarily suspended trading in the securities of PTOG because of questions that have been raised about the accuracy and adequacy of publicly disseminated information concerning, among other things, the company’s operations.

The Commission acknowledges FINRA’s assistance in this matter.

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Disclaimer: I was long GRNH overnight and lost some money as it gapped down. I have no net position in TRTC at the moment but I am long 3183 shares in one account and short 3183 shares in another account. I have no relationship with any parties mentioned above. This blog has a terms of use that is incorporated by reference into this post; you can find all my disclaimers and disclosures there as well.

SEC Suspends trading in three recent pump and dumps

Today the SEC suspended trading in Suburban Minerals Corp. (SUBB),  Global Earth Energy, Inc. (GLER), and Broadcast Live Digital Corp. (BFLD).

SUBB suspension release (pdf)
SUBB suspension order (pdf)

SUBB has been promoted since January 7th of this year by most of the promoters out there. It was suspended by the SEC because of

The Commission temporarily suspended trading in Suburban due to a lack of current and
accurate information concerning the securities of Suburban including questions regarding the
accuracy of publicly available information about the company’s operations.

The SEC acknowledges the assistance of the Alberta Securities Commission, Quebec Autorité
des Marchés Financiers, and the British Columbia Securities Commission in this matter.

That is of course the standard SEC boilerplate language, although the 2nd paragraph quoted above indicates that the Canadians alerted the SEC about the problems with SUBB.

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GLER suspension release (pdf)
GLER suspension order (pdf)

GLER was promoted back in May of 2013 and again in November 2013 by various promoters including VIPStockReports.com. The SEC was more specific in its language about why GLER was suspended:

The Commission temporarily suspended trading in the securities of Global Earth because, among
other things, of questions regarding the accuracy and completeness of Global Earth’s
representations to investors and prospective investors in Global Earth’s public filings with the
Commission and Global Earth’s publicly-available press releases and other public statements. In
particular, there are questions regarding the accuracy and completeness of Global Earth’s public
assertions relating to its business transactions with Hawk Manufacturing Corp.

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BFLD suspension release (pdf)
BFLD suspension order (pdf)

BFLD was promoted all throughout 2013 and even through this morning, by many different promoters. This morning it was promoted by PennyPicks.net, BreakoutBulls.com, and InvestmentNewsalert.com.

The reasons given for the suspension of BFLD are the standard boilerplate language the SEC uses:

The Commission temporarily suspended trading in BFLD due to a lack of current and accurate
information concerning the securities of BFLD because of questions regarding the accuracy of
publicly available information about the company’s operations. BFLD’s ticker symbol is BFLD.

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Disclaimer: I have no position in any stocks mentioned. I have no relationship with any parties mentioned above. This blog has a terms of use that is incorporated by reference into this post; you can find all my disclaimers and disclosures there as well.

Hydrophi $HPTG a New Tobin Smith pump & dump

I first received pump emails on HPTG on February 10th, 2014 prior to the market open from BestPennystocks.com. I first received a pump email linking to an online promotion page prior to the market open on February 12th from InsiderWealthAlert.com. That email linked to http://www.smallcapgenius.com/. There is an identical page at http://www.todaystechstock.com/

Unfortunately the volume in HPTG has been so anemic so as not to even be worth shorting the stock.

 

Disclosed budget: $500,000

Promoter: Esquire Media Services Inc & Tobin Smith / NBT Equities
Paying party: ??
Shares outstanding: 102,665,126
Previous closing price: $0.70
Market capitalization: $71 million

 

Below is a screenshot of the top of the http://www.todaystechstock.com/ website.

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Excerpt from disclaimer:

Esquire Media Services Inc (EMS) has managed up to a $500,000 USD advertising production budget as of January 21, 2014 in an effort to build industry and investor awareness for HydroPhi Technology Group Inc (ticker symbol: HPTG). Any funds leftover after expenses for research, overhead, advertising and public relations related to HydroPhi Technology Group Inc (ticker symbol: HPTG) will be considered profit. Entities known to Esquire Media Services Inc hold common shares in HPTG and they can chose to sell those shares at any time.

Full disclaimer:

IMPORTANT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER: This paid email advertisement by Tobin Smith’s NBT Investor Pro (hereafter “TS”) does not purport to provide an analysis of any company’s financial position, operations, or prospects and this is not to be construed as a recommendation by TS, or an offer to sell or solicitation to buy or sell any security. HydroPhi Technologies Group, Inc. (hereafter “HPTG”), the company featured in this issue, appears as paid advertising. Although the information contained in this advertisement is believed to be reliable, TS makes no warranties as to the accuracy of any of the content herein and accepts no liability for how readers may choose to utilize it. The information contained herein is based exclusively on information generally available to the public and does not contain any material, non-public information. Readers should perform their own due-diligence before investing in any security including consulting with a qualified investment advisor or analyst. Readers should independently verify all statements made in this advertisement and perform extensive due-diligence on this or any other advertised company. TS has received fifty thousand dollars from Esquire Media Services, Inc. for this and related marketing materials. TS also expects to receive new subscriber revenue, the amount of which is unknown at this time, as a result of this advertising effort. TS nor any of their principals, officer, directors, partners, agents, or affiliates are not, nor do we represent ourselves to be, registered investment advisors, brokers, or dealers in securities. TS is not offering securities for sale. An offer to buy or sell can be made only with accompanying disclosure documents and only in the states and provinces for which they are approved. Research and any due diligence was conducted by an outside researcher for this advertisement. More information can be received from HPTG’s website at www.hydrophi.com. 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Investing in securities, especially those listed on the Over The Counter (OTC) market, are highly speculative and carry a great deal of risk, which may result in investors losing all of their invested capital. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The information contained herein contains “forward-looking” statements and information within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding expected continual growth of the featured company. “Forward-looking” statements are based upon expectation, estimates and projections at the time the statements are made and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events to differ materially from those anticipated. “Forward-looking” statements may be identified through the use of words such as expects, will, anticipates, estimates, believes, or by statements indicating certain actions may, could , should or might occur. 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Third Party Advertiser IMPORTANT NOTICE: Esquire Media Services Inc (EMS) has managed up to a $500,000 USD advertising production budget as of January 21, 2014 in an effort to build industry and investor awareness for HydroPhi Technology Group Inc (ticker symbol: HPTG). Any funds leftover after expenses for research, overhead, advertising and public relations related to HydroPhi Technology Group Inc (ticker symbol: HPTG) will be considered profit. Entities known to Esquire Media Services Inc hold common shares in HPTG and they can chose to sell those shares at any time. The sales of HPTG common stock by these entities could negatively affect the value of your shares. This should be considered a direct conflict of interest and you should consider this impact prior to making any investment decisions. Please review all investment decisions with a licensed investment advisor. This report is a commercial advertisement and is for general information purposes only. Esquire Media Services Inc are engaged in the business of marketing and advertising companies for monetary compensation. Never invest in any stock featured on this site or emails unless you can afford to lose your entire investment.

Third Party Advertiser Disclaimer IMPORTANT NOTICE: This is sponsored advertising and does not purport to provide an analysis of the featured company’s (HydroPhi Technology Group Inc.) financial position, operations or prospects and is not to be construed as a recommendation or solicitation by Esquire Media Services Inc to buy or sell any security. EMS is a firm which refers and facilitates the services of third-party vendors and advertising related service providers to persons wishing to sponsor advertising that may feature or include publicly-traded companies. EMS is not a financial analyst, investment advisor or broker/dealer. The services provided by EMS in connection with this advertisement are limited to the introduction of third party advertiser to copywriter services and paid endorser, the renting of distribution list(s), and managing the production and distribution of this advertisement. EMS is not responsible for the endorsement of this advertisement, which is the sole responsibility of Tobin Smith’s NBT Investor Pro Newsletter (TS). TS expects to receive an unknown amount of subscription revenue as a result of this advertising effort. EMS makes no warranties as to the accuracy of the content of this advertisement and expressly disclaims and assumes no liability for how readers may choose to utilize the content of this advertisement. This advertisement may provide the addresses of or contain hyperlinks to outside or third-party websites, EMS has not reviewed any such websites and takes no responsibility for the contents thereof or any possible effects resulting from accessing any such websites. The contents of any such websites do not in any way constitute a part of this advertisement. Accessing such websites or following any link shall be at your own risk.

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Disclaimer: I have no position in HPTG. I have no relationship with any parties mentioned above. This blog has a terms of use that is incorporated by reference into this post; you can find all my disclaimers and disclosures there as well.

SEC Wins judgment against Jerry Williams of Monk’s Den in stock scalping suit

I previously wrote about how the SEC sued Jerry S. Williams aka Monk from Monk’s Den on InvestorsHub. I also wrote about how even if Jerry Williams hadn’t been scalping his followers (selling when he said he was buying) his ‘float lock-down’ schemes were illegal.

Well, the SEC won a judgment (filed February 12th) against Williams to the tune of $2,357,208 in disgorgement of illicit profits, $188,766 in interest, and $2,357,208 in civil penalties. It is nice to see the good guys win once in awhile and with a judgment of twice his illicit profits.

SEC press release

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that on February 12, 2014, a Connecticut federal court entered judgments against a former Connecticut-based stock promoter, Jerry S. Williams, and two companies that he controlled, Monk’s Den, LLC and First In Awareness, LLC, who are defendants in a Commission enforcement action filed in 2012 alleging that they operated a fraudulent Internet-based stock touting and scalping scheme. The judgments order the defendants to pay a total of over $9.6 million.

Judgment against Jerry Williams (pdf)

Credit goes to Scion for finding and posting the judgment first.

SEC v. Williams Et Al Doc 70 Filed 12 Feb 14 by scion_scion

Disclaimer: I have no position in any stock mentioned. I have no relationship with any parties mentioned above. This blog has a terms of use that is incorporated by reference into this post; you can find all my disclaimers and disclosures there as well.

Great East Energy $GASE pump and dump

Again, my apologies for this delayed posting. One of the earlier public (not in a paid service) mentions of the GASE pump was on Twitter (and I retweeted that) on February 1st:

 

Disclosed budget: $1,100,000
Promoter: Absolute Media Services / Frank’s Penny Stocks / Frank Baldoria
Paying party: Luxair Contracts Inc
Shares outstanding: 50,827,896
Previous closing price: $0.62
Market capitalization: $31 million

 

Below is a screenshot of the top of the GASEreport.com website.

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Excerpt from disclaimer:

Please visit http://www.frankbaldoria.com/disclaimer.asp to read our full disclaimer. Absolute Media Services expects to receive up to $1,100,000 USD from its client Luxair Contracts Inc., the third party advertiser for this advertising in an effort to build investor awareness for Great East Energy Inc.

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