MAKE THOUSANDS ON A $5 INVESTMENT

% DO YOU WANT TO MAKE MONEY FAST??? While I usually do not post follow ups to garbage like this, I thought I would give a little lesson on how to deal with this CRAP. Remember, it is our internet and our Usenet. It is up to us to "police" it and keep it "sane". First you need a newsreader that will allow you to see the "header" of the post. Here is the header of the original post: From news.teleport.com!nntp.teleport.com!netnews3.nwnet.net!netnews.nwnet.net!news-chi-13.sprintlink.net!news-east.sprintlink.net!news-dc-26.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!howland.erols.net!infeed1.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!198.53.145.3!oldnews.interlog.com!news Fri Aug 8 08:32:14 1997 Path: news.teleport.com!nntp.teleport.com!netnews3.nwnet.net!netnews.nwnet.net!news-chi-13.sprintlink.net!news-east.sprintlink.net!news-dc-26.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!howland.erols.net!infeed1.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!198.53.145.3!oldnews.interlog.com!news Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators Subject: MAKE THOUSANDS ON A $5 INVESTMENT Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 11:54:17 -0400 Organization: InterLog Internet Services Lines: 240 NNTP-Posting-Host: ip203-194.cc.interlog.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Macintosh; I; 68K) Xref: news.teleport.com rec.autos.simulators:82105 While the poster "forged" his return address the From & Path line show where the post originated. Also the NNTP-Posting-Host shows the same domain interlog.com. I usually make an attempt to see if the domain from which this stuff comes from has a web page. Usually stick "www." in front of the domain name ([link lost in import] If so, I check their pages for some form of Terms or Policy regarding their service. If it appears to be a legit ISP (one that isn't in existance to provide Spamming havens), I take the time to send a "polite" message to the the originating domain to provide them a complete copy of the post including the headers. They must have the headers in order to track the individual down and verify that the post did indeed originate from their The attached posting was found in rec.autos.simulators, and does not follow this group's charter for discussion. From the r.a.s. Welcome FAQ: Welcome to rec.autos.simulators. This is an unmoderated newsgroup for discussions of realistic computer simulations of automotive vehicles, irrespective of the platforms on which the simulations are supported. This includes simulations which have a competitive component (racing simulations) and those which do not. Arcade racing simulators, which give an overhead perspective and which do not attempt to provide realism of handling of the vehicle, would not be appropriate in this newsgroup, whilst discussion of Microprose's Formula 1 Grand Prix and Papyrus's IndyCar Racing would be appropriate. (From the original charter of The posting also is in violtion of your Terms and Conditions: Forging header information for the purposes of concealing the origin of messages as to disallow replies is prohibited and will result in termination of services at the discretion of Interlog staff. Postings to USENET newsgroups must be in accordance with the FAQ's or charters of that group. Adverti***ts may only be posted to those groups whose charters explicitly permit them. Violations will result in termination of services at the discretion of Interlog staff. Also it appears that this is not an isolated incident. A quick check of postings at [link lost in import] provided the following and indicates more will be appearing soon: 7 Matches for search: mark peters make money fast Date Scr Subject Newsgroup Author 1. 97/08/08 087 Re: MAKE THOUSANDS ON rec.humor Raymont Tsang <r 2. 97/08/07 070 MAKE THOUSANDS ON #1/3 uk.telecom Mark Peters <dra 5. 97/08/07 055 MAKE THOUSANDS ON #3/3 uk.telecom Mark Peters <dra Thank you for your attention to this matter. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [snipped full copy of message, including header]

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> % DO YOU WANT TO MAKE MONEY FAST??? > While I usually do not post follow ups to garbage like this, I thought I > would give a little lesson on how to deal with this CRAP. Remember, it > is our internet and our Usenet. It is up to us to "police" it and keep > it "sane". > First you need a newsreader that will allow you to see the "header" of > the post. Here is the header of the original post: > From news.teleport.com!nntp.teleport.com!netnews3.nwnet.net!netnews.nwnet.net!news-chi-13.sprintlink.net!news-east.sprintlink.net!news-dc-26.sprintlink.net!new > Path: news.teleport.com!nntp.teleport.com!netnews3.nwnet.net!netnews.nwnet.net!news-chi-13.sprintlink.net!news-east.sprintlink.net!news-dc-26.sprintlink.net!ne > Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators > Subject: MAKE THOUSANDS ON A $5 INVESTMENT > Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 11:54:17 -0400 > Organization: InterLog Internet Services > Lines: 240 > NNTP-Posting-Host: ip203-194.cc.interlog.com > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Macintosh; I; 68K) > Xref: news.teleport.com rec.autos.simulators:82105 > While the poster "forged" his return address the From & Path line show > where the post originated. Also the NNTP-Posting-Host shows the same > domain interlog.com. I usually make an attempt to see if the domain > from which this stuff comes from has a web page. Usually stick "www." > in front of the domain name ([link lost in import] If so, I check > their pages for some form of Terms or Policy regarding their service. > If it appears to be a legit ISP (one that isn't in existance to provide > Spamming havens), I take the time to send a "polite" message to the > the originating domain to provide them a complete copy of the post > including the headers. They must have the headers in order to track the > individual down and verify that the post did indeed originate from their > The attached posting was found in rec.autos.simulators, and does not > follow this group's charter for discussion. From the r.a.s. Welcome FAQ: > Welcome to rec.autos.simulators. This is an unmoderated newsgroup for > discussions of realistic computer simulations of automotive vehicles, > irrespective of the platforms on which the simulations are supported. > This includes simulations which have a competitive component (racing > simulations) and those which do not. Arcade racing simulators, which > give an overhead perspective and which do not attempt to provide realism > of handling of the vehicle, would not be appropriate in this newsgroup, > whilst discussion of Microprose's Formula 1 Grand Prix and Papyrus's > IndyCar Racing would be appropriate. (From the original charter of > The posting also is in violtion of your Terms and Conditions: > Forging header information for the purposes of concealing the origin > of messages as to disallow replies is prohibited and will result in > termination of services at the discretion of Interlog staff. > Postings to USENET newsgroups must be in accordance with the FAQ's or > charters of that group. Adverti***ts may only be posted to those > groups whose charters explicitly permit them. Violations will result > in termination of services at the discretion of Interlog staff. > Also it appears that this is not an isolated incident. A quick check of > postings at [link lost in import] provided the following and indicates > more will be appearing soon: > 7 Matches for search: mark peters make money fast > Date Scr Subject Newsgroup > Author > 1. 97/08/08 087 Re: MAKE THOUSANDS ON rec.humor Raymont Tsang <r > 2. 97/08/07 070 MAKE THOUSANDS ON #1/3 uk.telecom Mark Peters <dra > 5. 97/08/07 055 MAKE THOUSANDS ON #3/3 uk.telecom Mark Peters <dra > Thank you for your attention to this matter. > -- > **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* > Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > [snipped full copy of message, including header]

michael, i am new to the newsgroups i thought i would try this guys plan, what is so wrong with it , i posted a few to newgroups but have been receiving lots of emails about being reported please tell me the rules about such plans thanks mjones

% % DO YOU WANT TO MAKE MONEY FAST??? Just received this reply from interlog.com (site of the offender): User nuked earlier today, -j -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=