Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!me!eastick
From: eastick@me.utoronto.ca (Doug Eastick)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: EASY MONEY -- the con is back in rec.arts.tv (and others)
Message-ID: <89Nov23.013511est.20109@me.utoronto.ca>
Date: 23 Nov 89 06:34:57 GMT
References: <18584@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Organization: University of Toronto, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Lines: 41


KUDLACEK@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:


>Fellow Debtor:                              November 13, 1989

>    The following document is going to sound EXACTLY like a
>mail order con.  The fact is that none of us want to get ripped
>by some jerk with nothing else to do but dream these things up.
>BUT - if you will take the 5 minutes it took me to read this,
>you will see that it really can work - it's all based on the
>multiplication factor.  Take this week off from Lotto America
>and put it here.  Your HONESTY and $5.00 WILL get you those
>computer upgrades you've been wanting for Christmas.......

>                        BIZMAN DAVE THE MODEM SLAVE
>                        Takoma Park, MD 20912
>                        Can be reached on the best BBS:
>                        DC Follies BBS (202) 232-3379
>                        (Not the Dave mentioned below...)



>Dear Friend,

>     My name is Dave Rhodes.  In September 1988 my car was
>reposessed and the bill collectors were hounding me like you
>wouldn't believe.  I was laid off and my unemployment checks
[... the rest deleted since we've already seen it in misc.something ]

KUDLACEK@kuhub was nice enough to NOT crosspost it to several
different groups.  Instead, it was posted INDIVIDUALLY to rec.arts.tv,
comp.mail.misc, and many other groups.

What to do...what to do...
-- 
Doug Eastick				UUCP: uunet!utai!me!eastick
Mechanical Engineering			eastick@me.utoronto.ca
-- 
Doug Eastick				UUCP: uunet!utai!me!eastick
Mechanical Engineering			eastick@me.utoronto.ca