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Re: Help Poor Student Get Married

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From: James K. Peckol
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 00:00
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96sweitz@ultrix.uor.edu (Gnatnoop) writes:

>Hello,  My name is Shawn.  I apologize if this is posted in the wrong
>place.  I have never done anything like this, but I am desperate.
>I and my fiancee have been engaged for over a year and we would like
>to get married, but she is in Ireland and I am in California.
>I do not have the money to go, so I am asking
>everyone who reads this post to send me a dime or nickel or even a few
>pennies so I can go to Ireland and marry my love.

>Thank you very much,
>Shawn

>Please send any contributions to:
>S Weitzel
>Box F504
>University of Redlands
>1231 E. Colton Ave.
>Redlands, CA 92374
>U.S.A.

this is one of the oldest con games around.  the only one more heart
wrenching and certain to draw a bigger response is:

	my mother is sick/dying/just died and i'm trying to get back home
	before she dies/in time for the funeral/to help my poor father

get real.
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From: jkp@coho.halcyon.com (James K. Peckol)
Subject: Re: Help Poor Student Get Married
Date: 1995/10/14
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