BTC PPC and maybe LTC inmho are not pump and dumps.
LTC going from $2 to $48 and then back to $3.6. Same with PPC from $0.70 to $8 and back to $0.70? Every single coin has a pump and dump phase in this market. Every single one.

And every single investor lose a great deal of money believing in the long term outlook of them.
Sad and brutal world we live in.
...no you could have cashed out or sold to fiat and purchased back. All the money is still there just in different hands.