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Lefty (lefty@apple.com) wrote:
: In article <2nqbo0$dca@news.parc.xerox.com>, cak@parc.xerox.com (Chris Kent
: Kantarjiev) wrote:
: >
: > The FBI isn't thrilled about these messages, either:
: > 
: > From: purvis@hoover.fbi.gov (Melvin Purvis)
: > Subject: 'Make Money Fast' Scam
: > Newsgroups: news.announce.important
: > 
: > [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.]

: I hate to rain on your parade, but there is no host called
: "hoover.fbi.gov", no site called "fbi.gov", and Melvin Purvis has been dead
: for almost as long as Al Capone has.

: Not to say that this "MAKE MONEY FAST" nonsense isn't a scam; I'm confident
: it is.

: --
: Lefty [gYon-Pa] (lefty@apple.com)
: C:.M:.C:., D:.O:.D:.

     
     Well, there is in fact a domain FBI.GOV, and I E-mailed its listed
Point of Contact to ask whether Melvin Purvis was an authorized use of a
fictional name or someone was able to forge messages from that domain.
(No answer yet.  If it's like many other domains, the listed Point of
Contact is long gone.)
                                    Merlin Dorfman
                                    DORFMAN@NETCOM.COM