Yea, its called DESPITE because some people will send money despite the
ridiculousness.

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> From:         Caisson[SMTP:caisson@TELEBYTE.NL]
> Sent:         Friday, October 01, 1999 3:56 AM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Fw: !!!WARNING -- DESPITE-virus!!! -RNPS
>
> Hello guys & girls,
>
>   How do you like the below ... ?  Isn't this a nice con on what ?
>
> Regards,
>   Rudy Wieser
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> > Van: SILF Group <data@aip.mk.ua>
> > Aan: For.you@telebyte.nl
> > Onderwerp: !!!WARNING -- DESPITE-virus!!! -RNPS
> > Datum: vrijdag 1 oktober 1999 6:23
> >
> > !!!!!This is not SPAM or joke!!!!!
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Hi from Ukraine.
> > When  you receive this message, all computers in your network is
> > already infected by DESPITE-virus.
> > 11th of October, 1999, data in the all databases will be lost.
> > For disinfect you need to use only STARIONI disinfector.
> > 1. Send to data@aip.mk.ua your valid e-mail address with subject
> > "DESPITE".
> > 2. Send US$24.99 to the following bank account.
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Bank account:
> > BENEFICIARY:  NIKOLAEV BRANCH CB "PRIVATBANK"
> > BENEFICIARY ADDRESS: 27 FRUNZE STR., NIKOLAEV UKRAINE
> > ACCOUNT: 3901 9 004017 003
> >
> > BANK OF BENEFICIARY: COMMERCIAL BANK "PRIVATBANK"
> > ADDRESS OF THE BENEFICIARY'S BANK: DNEPROPETROVSK, UKRAINE
> > SWIFT: PBAN UA 2X
> > CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT: 890-0085-754
> >
> > INTERMEDIARY BANK: THE BANK OF NEY YORK
> > ADDRESS OF THE INTERMEDIARY BANK: Eastern Europe Division
> >                                   One Wall St., 9-th Floor
> >                                   New York, N.Y., 10286, USA
> > SWIFT: IRVT US 3N
> >
> > DETAILS OF PAYMENTS: IN FAVOUR acc.26206791707001/875
> >                                     RACHKOVAN VADIM
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > After receiving your bank transaction, the STARIONI disinfector
> > in self-extract archive "starioni.exe"(74.648 bytes) will have
> > been deliver to your mailbox immediately.
> >
> > Copyright (c)1999 SILF Group.
>