Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven!decuac!bacchus.pa.dec.com!granite.pa.dec.com!mwm From: mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (Real Amigas have keyboard garages) Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Two for the price of one... Message-ID: Date: 25 Jul 90 19:22:50 GMT Sender: news@wrl.dec.com (News) Distribution: comp Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 40 Broken laws, that is. I got another chain letter in the mail yesterday evening. I usually just send them to the local postmaster so they can deal with the offender. But this one had a new twist - they were asking to be sent software. They promised people "up to 625 disks with the hottest Amiga software around". There were four names on the list. So at a minimum they're attempting to steal 2500 software titles. At an average price of $40 apiece (meaning that they're going to be getting a lot of games), that's a hundred thousand dollars worth of software. Assuming that it's mostly productivity software so that the average price is $100, that's a quarter of a million dollars worth of software. The letter claims to have started in August of '89. Assuming this is true, and that it takes about a month to send the one disk and five letters, then a 5-way tree 5 levels deep has received those 625 disks, or some 4000 people, meaning as much as a quarter of a billion dollars worth of stolen software. Them bucks sound like a real target for an international criminal ring. Which shouldn't surprise you - that's what they are! The four people wanting to recieve stolen goods were: A.M.Cubero Hjaltabakka 22 109 Reykjavik Iceland T.K.Gunnarsson Hverfisgata 49 101 Reykjavik Iceland F.Eidsson Tungata 27 101 Reykjavik Iceland G.Gestsson P.O. Box 115 551 Saudarkrokur Iceland If you want a copy of the letter, just send email. The FBI already has one, and the postmaster will be getting one soon.