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Re: CHEATS A PLENTY

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From: Sha'adow
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 00:00
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John

I agree this sounds like a scam, or possibly just a very stupid individual,
who thinks people are going to pay for something they can download from
countless web sites. Regarding his snail mail address, we have a quaint
tradition over here that some houses have names and not numbers.

Cheers
Stuart
AKA Sha'adow

John M. Aldrich <figh...@NO.SPAM.cs.com> wrote in article
<33524B...@NO.SPAM.cs.com>...
Joe Roebuck wrote:
> 
> Want an amazing computer game cheat book at an unbelievable price of just
> �5 then send me the money, your e-mail address and I will send you the
> cheat guide via internet.
> 
> send �5 - ($10) in a letter with e-mail number to
  ^^^^^^^

If this isn't a scam, I'll eat my shoes.  Why is he asking for USD from
a UK mailing address?  Why is he posting his mailing address on the net
for all the sickos to see?  I'm not familiar with the UK postal service,
but why is there no street number?  What is the _name_ of the book, and
how are we to be sure he isn't violating copyright laws by transcribing
it and distributing it via email?  Has he scanned in all the pictures in
the book as well, and if so, how big is the file?

Send this guy money at your own risk.

P.S.:  I'm notifying his postmaster as I write this.

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From: "Sha'adow" <see.my.sig@bottom>
Subject: Re: CHEATS A PLENTY
Date: 1997/04/15
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