# Unable to sell my stocks **URL:** https://tradingqna.com/t/unable-to-sell-my-stocks/51579 **Category:** General **Created:** [December 17, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/unable-to-sell-my-stocks/51579 "2018-12-17T12:33:13Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 3
### Author: ![Bhuvan](https://tradingqna.com/user_avatar/tradingqna.com/bhuvan/32/843_2.png) [@Bhuvan](https://tradingqna.com/u/Bhuvan) #### Post date: [December 17, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/unable-to-sell-my-stocks/51579/3 "2018-12-17T15:34:49Z")
> [@ganeshtvm](#): > > Could you please advice me how I can sell these two stocks? These are scammy stocks. You cannot sell them unless, there are buyers. Moral of the lesson - stay away from such stocks. > [@Investing based on SMS tips can be costly](https://tradingqna.com/t/investing-based-on-sms-tips-can-be-costly/33286): > > The nuisance of unsolicited and deceptive stock tip SMS messages has reached epic proportions in the past few years. A lot of unwitting investors have invested and lost their hard earned money. This is how a typical pump and dump scheme works. An operator or operators buy into a stock well in advance and start sending out messages to increase the share price. Once the price has gone up they dump the stock and leave unwitting investors who didn’t know any better in the lurch. These schemes can … --- _[View the full topic](https://tradingqna.com/t/unable-to-sell-my-stocks/51579)._