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STUDENT CAUGHT UP IN WEB-BASED THEFT - ONLINE NOVEL

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From: John T Gannon
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 00:00
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Preview a novel on the Web.  Check out the following synopsis and 
see if it sounds like a good story.  If it looks interesing you can 
find the whole novel at: 
      http://www.izzy.net/~mcphoto/is.cool
      Look for - Enter the Book Page

The publisher of this web page, Max Cottrell, is publishing the 
whole novel on his web page.  

                            GRAND THEFT
                                BY
                            JOHN GANNON
                           COPYRIGHT 1994 

	Bob, a college freshman, is working part time in a corporate
 MIS department.  He helps install a software system that pays the 
company�s bills through electronic funds transfer, EFT.  The system 
can be controlled online either using the Internet or direct dial.  
	He becomes involved with a group that wants to use the 
system to misdirect the EFT payments to their own accounts.  The 
leader of the group has learned that the system is used in hundreds 
of companies and he believes that it could be used to steal millions.  
He mounts a campaign of intimidation, that includes the threat of 
death, to coerce Bob into assisting.
	Since it appears that he is somewhat blameworthy for the
group�s initial breakins, Bob feels he cannot go to the police.  As a 
result he deals with the coercion on his own.  The story follows Bob 
as he attempts to get out of his predicament.


	The story is about 56,000 words or about 210 book 
length pages.   
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From: johntg@interaccess.com (John T Gannon)
Subject: STUDENT CAUGHT UP IN WEB-BASED THEFT - ONLINE NOVEL
Date: 1996/04/27
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