stock pump and dump

You get an email from someone you don't know about a stock you've never heard of. Why would you act on it? The spammers want lots of people to buy it (usually a penny stock) pumpng up the price, then they'll dump their stock before everyone realises the price is too high and it crashes and burns.

Good subject title though.

Subject: Please review this before Tuesday
Here comes VGPM with a plan that rocks investors.

Vega Promotional, Inc
V G P M . P K
$0.07

Subscription gaming becomes billion dollar industry. One online game
pulled in over 471 Million in 2006 VGPM is stepping up to take a lion's
share of those profits with a new line of subscription games. Beat the
push and get on VGPM before open, Tuesday.