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catgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 06:43 PM
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Beware of scams
There are a bunch of suspicious threads popping up asking people to send $, e-mail and fax Arnebeck and others on our side, blast the media with old articles, and sign petitions. Blind faith doesn't work when it comes to these things.

Suggestions:

1. Donate to specific persons directly involved, such as Arnebeck.

2. Send articles or letters to your local media. If everyone gets involved, then all news groups will be aware.

3.Read petitions carefully and look for poor grammer.

Any more suggestions?
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cvoogt Donating Member (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 06:47 PM
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1. step 3 is very important
check your grammar :)
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ckramer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 06:50 PM
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2. Item#3 is a LOL
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catgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 06:52 PM
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3. Grammar that is!
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indigobusiness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 07:46 PM
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4. And poor spelling.
Edited on Sun Dec-19-04 07:47 PM by indigobusiness
That's a dead give-away.

edited-- to correct spelling.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 07:54 PM
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5. Poor spelling an grammar does not seem to prevent
people from falling for the 419 advance fee scams.
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 08:19 PM
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6. I got a spam-mail from "Washington Something-or-other Bank" the other day
asking me to "update" my data so that "the confirmation of customer's data can be realized".
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