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Alleged internet scam
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1993 13:37:25 -0500
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1993 11:53:36 -0500 From: Tony Rutkowski <amr () smtp sprint com> Subject: Internet Scam What seems like the first visible Internet scam is now taking place. Help in finding out more is appreciated. My Communications Week International friends forwarded a fax press release they received dated 11 November from a "International Internet Association." It references the "electronic highway" being the Internet and then says that "...we have just received funding to provide unlimited free access to the Internet for users in United Kingdom." The press release states: "Our organizations [sic] purpose is to promote the free flow of information without regard to position or affiliation." It gives a Washington DC postal address, phone number and fax number. If you call, you get an automatic answering machine with a rather sleezy message, promising you they will call back. The location is given at: 2020 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W., room 852. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ | Tony Rutkowski tel: +1 703 689 5080 | | Sprint International fax: +1 703 689 7718 | | 12490 Sunrise Valley Drive | | Reston VA 22096 | | USA | | Bringing Internetworking Services to the World | +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
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