Lately, I have seen some promotions in Facebook on becoming a member of pumping groups for free. yes, it does not cost anything except registration and some push in the keyboard. Now, the question in my mind is if pumping groups can be effective in making me some money.
Searching on the same topic, I received some warnings that pumping groups are there to dry us of funds and that actually they don't care about us small players as we are actually the pawns they are looking for.
In other words, pumping groups can be a trap if you are not very careful. Why? Because those leading the pumping have already bought their coins ahead of the pumping announcement and when the coin has already risen they would immediately sell their holdings and if you are not watching you can have your bags empty.
I was just a newbie on this and I got victimized because just seconds after I bought my coins the value rose which led me to believe it could rose further but then the slide happened as fast as it rose.
Instead of becoming a part of pumping groups, I am now instead of a group which analyzed trends and give away possible coins to rise...and all for free.
Of course not.
How pump and dump works in a nutshell: A guy who is supposedly experienced in trading offers some sort of signal on a public platform, people follow his signals, and the price goes up because everyone buys it. When the pump happens, public trust in the "experienced trader" increases, and the cycle continues.
The pump and dump groups(pumpmycoin etc.) are no different. They load up on cheap coins beforehand, and charge YOU for a subscription to the info. So they get profits + subscription fees. Double win for them.
Even telegram groups can be pump and dump schemes, people who say that a coin is going to go up is likely already holding the coin and trying to get omre people buying it so that price goes up. But still, it's free, unlike pump and dump sites.