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leftovers

From: Jim Nichols <Jim_Nichols@mgdmug.org>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 95 05:59:40 GMT
Subject: leftovers
To: Love-Hounds@uunet.UU.NET
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Organization: MacGroup-Detroit USA, Detroit area's largest Mac users group

Thought this might be of intrest from c|net central(a US computer show)

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JUNK MAIL TRICKERY, REVIEWS, AND MORE BEST OF THE WEB

This week, John C. Dvorak uncovers an insidious scam involving computer
technology and direct mail (colloquially known as "junk mail" or "the
envelopes I hurl into the middle of my street without opening"). Read it at:

     http://www.cnet.com/Central/Columns/Dvorak/

If after reading it you have any examples of this kind of scam, send them to
John C. Dvorak at:

c|net, 150 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA 94111
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                                     Jim(no stupid catch phrase)Nichols

afterthought,  maybe the spammers get off reading about us complaining,it's a cry for attention maybe?