SPAM/SCAM alert

19 Jul 2001

      This piece of ordure just showed up in my mailbox. Just a heads-up in 
case anyone hasn't already seen it and might decide to alert the 
customers.

Now, where did I put that nuclear weapon?

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This email is being sent to you on behalf of your current webspace provider.
This message is not a spam or junk email, your email address was 
supplied to WebHosting.com
You will not receive any more messages from WebHosting.com this is a 
one time special offer notice.
WebHosting.com is offering a selected number of webhost's member's 
the following special offer. This offer is not available on our 
website at www.webhosting.com or anywhere else, this is a special 
offer and is valid only for a limitied time. Read on to learn more 
about this amazing offer.
For only $6.25 (one time fee) you can get:
...
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 unlimited pop3 email addresses
 cgi-bin
 full ftp access
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 mySQL database
 FREE DOMAIN REGISTRATION (.com .net .org)
 unlimited bandwidth
 miva merchant account
 secure server for transactions
 accept credit cards
 24hour technical support
You did read it right, all this will only cost you only $6.25. There 
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can pay $10 per 10mb per month.
If you would like to receive this excellent offer all you have to do 
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Then you will be able to login at the members area of WebHosting.com 
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Your Full Name
Your Full Address
Your Phone Number
Your Email Address
Your Credit Card Number
Your Credit Card Expiry Date
Your Credit Card Type (eg. visa, mastercard etc.)
Send all of the above to webhosting(a)associate.co.uk
Thank you and I hope you enjoy this very special offer
John Simmons
Head of Special Promotions, Webhosting.com
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Michael Newbery         Technical Specialist      TelstraSaturn Limited
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