1. The Internet .......... an excellent tool for both investors and fraudsters.

2. .......... online newsletters can certainly help investors gather valuable information.

3. However, some companies pay online newsletters to .......... their stocks.

4. These newsletters will profit .......... if they convince investors to buy specific stocks.

5. The most egregious scalp the stocks they hype, .......... the price with recommendations and then selling their own holdings at an inordinate profit.

6. Internet bulletin boards .......... threads made up of numerous messages on investment opportunities.

7. A single individual can mimic widespread interest in an unknown stock with a series of posts under various

8. Because spam is so easy and cheap to produce, fraudsters frequently use it to find investors for .......... investment deals.

9. Many investment programs are just an internet version of the classic .......... scheme in which participants attempt to make money simply by recruiting new participants.

10. Never make an investment based .......... on what you read in emails or on the internet.