Warning

[Moderator's note:  this posting is approved on behalf of the FBI, which
has
stepped in to investigate the massive spree of fraud being committed by
the
MAKE.MONEY.FAST posters.]

To the USENET Community:

You may be familiar with a rash of postings to various newsgroups by
various
entities purporting to describe a scheme by Mr.  David Rhodes of Oxford,
Kentucky on the subject of "Make Money Fast."  These schemes have as
their
theme a list of people to whom you, the mark, should send money --
followed
by
reposting of the article with your name added to the list.  In this
wise,
the
scam purports, everyone who participates will become fabulously rich.

The FBI wishes to inform you that under no circumstances should you:

     1) Believe that this scam will work.  It won't.  It's a classic con
          principle to promise massive returns on your meager
investment.
     2) Participate in the re-posting of the article.  If you do so, you
          are guilty of a Class IV felony.
     3) Propagate this scam further in any way.

We wish to further inform you that cases are pending in the federal
courts
against several individuals who disregarded U.S. statutes and attempted
to
defraud their fellow citizens.

Finally, we wish to inform you that David Rhodes himself is in a Federal
Correctional Institution for his part in the origination of this scam
and
will
not see the light of day until the year 1997, barring parole or pardon
from
higher authority.

Thank you for doing everything you can to stamp out this scam.
Confidence
men
benefit no one but themselves.  Don't fall victim to schemes like this.

<end>

Mika <cmd...@acs.ucalgary.ca> wrote:

>[Moderator's note:  this posting is approved on behalf of the FBI, which
>has
>stepped in to investigate the massive spree of fraud being committed by
>the
>MAKE.MONEY.FAST posters.]

>To the USENET Community:
<SNIPPED FOR BREVITY>
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REPLY
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Not to say that those quick-rich schemes are not full of it, we all know they
are. However, I do have a couple of hard questions:

1. Does anyone out there really believe that the Federal Bureau would need
someone from the University of Calgary in Canada to post Usenet notices for
them? Pul-leeze!

2. As wide-spread as these quick-rich postings are on the newsgroups, why would
the FBI only want the notice posted to alt.ascii-art & alt.tv.sesame-street???
Sounds like a really "Big Bird" group, don't it?

As vice-president of S.C.O.P.E. (the Society of Computer Owners, Programmers and
Enthusiasts) I say ignore the quick-rich schemes and suspicious postings from
the Canadian branch of the FBI. 

Thank You,
Samantha Hamilton

To join S.C.O.P.E. (NO DUES ARE INVOLVED) request an application from
cfh...@usit.net (Charles Hulen)

>
>1. Does anyone out there really believe that the Federal Bureau would need
>someone from the University of Calgary in Canada to post Usenet notices for
>them? Pul-leeze!

Actually, I found this is another newsgroup, and I thought it maybe would be
able to kick some sense into people who actually consider asking about these
schemes.

>2. As wide-spread as these quick-rich postings are on the newsgroups, why would
>the FBI only want the notice posted to alt.ascii-art & alt.tv.sesame-street?

I answered that, I found it in another group, and those are the other two I
actually look at.  I don't like cross-posting to a million groups.

>
>As vice-president of S.C.O.P.E. (the Society of Computer Owners, Programmers and
>Enthusiasts) I say ignore the quick-rich schemes and suspicious postings from
>the Canadian branch of the FBI.

Well, say what you want, I'm just posting it so maybe some idiots won't get
sucked into these scams!

>Thank You,
Oh gee, you're welcome.
Mika


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