You're right -- and so was P.T. Barnum (There's a sucker born every
minute).  I strongly suspect that the phone number given is itself the
primary money-maker...  I'd be very surprised if it didn't result in some
outrageous phone charge from one of the many countries that permit such
abuses.

Dale
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curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly."
          - Arnold Edinborough

On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, dr. Imre Bartfai wrote:

> Hey,
>
> theoretically, you have completely right. However, if it would not work at
> all, they would not continue it.
>
> Imre
>
> On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, Dale Botkin wrote:
>
> > I used to get those my postal mail too.  Such an obvious scam...  I
> > personally would seriously question the intelligence of anyone who would
> > fall for that sort of thing.  "Here, we're criminals who have stolen
> > millions, see, and all we need is enough information to gain access to your
> > bank accounts, and we'll make you filthy rich with stolen money for doing
> > nothing"...  Yeah, right.  Surely no sane individual over the age of 15
> > would believe that for even a moment.
> >

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