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Article #36Re: USA IMMIGRATION LOTTERY
From: John B. Melby
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 04:27
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 04:27
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>|> Natives of the following countries can participate in a "visa lottery" from >|> July 29 to August 28, 1992. The prize of the lottery is a "green card" for >|> living permanently in the United States. [...] >|> For complete written instructions, send US$2.00 for postage (in cash or >|> international money order) to: (address deleted) >I will admit that this is probably of interest - or would have been if >it wasn't a rip-off attempt, but eunet is starting to take on the same >characteristics as usenet, and most of the crap is coming from the >same place .... Actually, I just saw two similar ads (in Japanese) in a local English-language newspaper. One of these ads urges readers to "send a check for US$135" in order to have a chance in the Green Card lottery. (The other advertises a legal firm but doesn't give a specific price.) An augury of mail-order rip-off firms going international? Perhaps.... ----- John B. Melby Fujitsu Limited, Yokohama melby%yk.fujitsu.co.jp@fai.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!sh.wide!fgw!fdm!ace!melby From: melby@dove.yk.Fujitsu.CO.JP (John B. Melby) Newsgroups: fj.misc,soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.french,soc.culture.europe,soc.culture.german Subject: Re: USA IMMIGRATION LOTTERY Message-ID: <MELBY.92Aug4042759@dove.yk.Fujitsu.CO.JP> Date: 4 Aug 92 04:27:59 GMT References: <14lnhnINNktc@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Jul23.092904.28265@cetia.fr> Sender: news@ace.yk.fujitsu.co.jp Followup-To: fj.misc Organization: Open Systems Dept. Div. 2 Sect. 1, FUJITSU LTD. Lines: 23 In-reply-to: philip@vogon.cetia.fr's message of 23 Jul 92 18:29:04 JST