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From: Ben Sauvin <sauvin@csql.mv.com>
Subject: Re: You'll never know until you try.
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Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 17:44:35 GMT
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Remi Guyomarch wrote:
> 
> In article <32717AD7.136E@dznet.com>,
>         Doney Jimenez <sysop@dznet.com> writes:
> > Mauricio Morrell Santos wrote:
> >>
> >>     We found the message below and decided to have some fun and try it.
> >>  We never looked back.  You try it too and have as much fun as we have
> >> and earn some money too.
> >>
> >>     I saw an article in an internet newsgroup telling me I coul make
> >> $50,000 within a month for an investment of only $5.
> >>     I thought it was a huge joke.  I spoke to my wife, attorney, and
> >> friends about it, and they all agreed it was some kind of scam.  But
> >> then after a couple weeks I thought: 'I have already heard of such
> >> things.  But on the internet??!!??'  I decided that even if I had to
> >> throw $5 into the fire, I wouldn't mind it that much, and gave it a
> >> try.  After all, I needed a LOT more than 5 dollars.
> >
> > I would like to see messages about Galacticomm only in this Newsgroup
> > I heard once about bombing a server, how does it work? maybe we can bomb
> > whoever wrote this message.
> > Doney
> 
> I don't think it's the right way to keep us from this crap.
> Just post a followup explaining that it's a totally illegal scheme and
> make sure (s)he understand that (s)he could be charged by IRS and the
> Postal Service for (her)his post. Send a copy of your followup to root
> and newsmaster of (her)his provider.
> 
> --
> Remi Guyomarch
> Montargis, FRANCE
> rguyom@valcofim.fr

  Bombing a server is easy; depressingly so. Unfortunately, that's
precisely what it DOES: it bombs the entire server, and so takes down
the innocent along with the guilty.  If you don't mind clobbering people
who aren't involved, bomb away, but don't expect general approval for
it.
