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Scam alert!

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From: TheCentralScrutinizer.111
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:00
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On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 19:30:01 PST, Cole Tuininga <egon@tradeservices.com> wrote:
> WARNING! PLEASE READ IMMEDIATELY! THIS IS SERIOUS!
>
>If you get an envelope from a company called the Internal Revenue
>Service," DO NOT OPEN IT! This group operates a scam around this time
>every year.  Their letter claims that you owe them money, which they
>will take and use to pay for the operation of essential functions of the
>United States government. This is untrue! The money the IRS collects is
>used to fund various other corporations which depend on subsidies to
>stay in business.
>
>This organization has ties to another shady outfit called the Social
>Security Administration, who claim to take money from your regular
>paychecks and save it for your retirement. In truth, the SSA uses the
>money to pay for the same misguided corporate welfare the IRS helps
>mastermind.
>
>These scam artists have bilked honest, hard working Americans out of
>billions of dollars. Don't be among them!
>
>
>FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!
>
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From: TheCentralScrutinizer.111@pobox.com ()
Subject: Scam alert!
Date: 1999/01/20
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