[TriLUG] SCO spam scam ???

[Ian Meyer]

i already sent off both a check and credit card info, just to make sure 
that I can participate in this worth venture to regain these profits 
that SCO was so unfairly cheated out of.

On Saturday, August 9, 2003, at 21:25, Brent Verner wrote:

> [ This is just too funny to not pass along. ]
>
>
> DEAR SIR/MADAM:
>
> I AM MR. DARL MCBRIDE CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF
> EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE SCO GROUP, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CALDERA SYSTEMS
> INTERNATIONAL, IN LINDON, UTAH, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I KNOW
> THIS LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOUR BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD NO PREVIOUS
> COMMUNICATIONS OR BUSINESS DEALINGS BEFORE NOW.
>
> MY ASSOCIATES HAVE RECENTLY MADE CLAIM TO COMPUTER SOFTWARES WORTH
> AN ESTIMATED $1 BILLION U.S. DOLLARS. I AM WRITING TO YOU IN
> CONFIDENCE BECAUSE WE URGENTLY REQUIRE YOUR ASSISTANCE TO OBTAIN
> THESE FUNDS.
>
> IN THE EARLY 1970S THE AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATION
> DEVELOPED AT GREAT EXPENSE THE COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE
> KNOWN AS UNIX. UNFORTUNATELY THE LAWS OF MY COUNTRY PROHIBITED THEM
> FROM SELLING THESE SOFTWARES AND SO THEIR VALUABLE SOURCE CODES
> REMAINED PRIVATELY HELD. UNDER A SPECIAL ARRANGMENT SOME PROGRAMMERS
> FROM THE CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF BERKELEY DID ADD MORE CODES TO
> THIS OPERATING SYSTEM, INCREASING ITS VALUE, BUT NOT IN ANY WAY TO
> DILUTE OR DISPARAGE OUR FULL AND RIGHTFUL OWNERSHIP OF THESE CODES,
> DESPITE ANY AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH AND
> THE CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF BERKELEY, WHICH AGREEMENT WE DENY AND
> DISAVOW.
>
> IN THE YEAR 1984 A CHANGE OF REGIME IN MY COUNTRY ALLOWED THE
> AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATION TO MAKE PROFITS FROM
> THESE SOFTWARES.
>
> IN THE YEAR 1990 OWNERSHIP OF THESE SOFTWARES WAS TRANSFERRED TO
> THE CORPORATION UNIX SYSTEM LABORATORIES. IN THE YEAR 1993 THIS
> CORPORATION WAS SOLD TO THE CORPORATION NOVELL. IN THE YEAR 1994
> SOME EMPLOYEES OF
>
> NOVELL FORMED THE CORPORATION CALDERA SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, WHICH
>
> BEGAN TO DISTRIBUTE AN UPSTART OPERATING SYSTEM KNOWN AS LINUX. IN
> THE YEAR 1995 NOVELL SOLD THE UNIX SOFTWARE CODES TO SCO. IN THE
> YEAR 2001 OCCURRED A SEPARATION OF SCO, AND THE SCO BRAND NAME AND
> UNIX CODES WERE ACQUIRED BY THE CALDERA SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, AND
> IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR THE CALDERA SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL WAS RENAMED
> SCO GROUP, OF WHICH I CURRENTLY SERVE AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
>
> MY ASSOCIATES AND I OF THE SCO GROUP ARE THEREFORE THE FULL AND
> RIGHTFUL OWNERS OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARES KNOWN AS UNIX.
> OUR ENGINEERS HAVE DISCOVERED THAT NO FEWER THAN SEVENTY (70) LINES
> OF OUR VALUABLE AND PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODES HAVE APPEARED IN THE
> UPSTART OPERATING SYSTEM LINUX. AS YOU CAN PLAINLY SEE, THIS GIVES
> US A CLAIM ON THE MILLIONS OF LINES OF VALUABLE SOFTWARE CODES WHICH
> COMPRISE THIS LINUX AND WHICH HAS BEEN SOLD AT GREAT PROFIT TO VERY
> MANY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. OUR LEGAL EXPERTS HAVE ADVISED US THAT
> OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THESE CODES IS WORTH AN ESTIMATED ONE (1) BILLION
> U.S. DOLLARS.
>
> UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY EXTRACTING OUR FUNDS FROM
> THESE COMPUTER SOFTWARES. TO THIS EFFECT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE
> MANDATE BY MY COLLEAGUES TO CONTACT YOU AND ASK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.
> WE ARE PREPARED TO SELL YOU A SHARE IN THIS ENTERPRISE, WHICH WILL
> SOON BE VERY PROFITABLE, THAT WILL GRANT YOU THE RIGHTS TO USE THESE
> VAULABLE SOFTWARES IN YOUR BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. UNFORTUNATELY WE
> ARE NOT ABLE AT THIS TIME TO SET A PRICE ON THESE RIGHTS. THEREFORE
> IT IS OUR RESPECTFUL SUGGESTION, THAT YOU MAY BE IMMEDIATELY A PARTY
> TO THIS ENTERPRISE, BEFORE OTHERS ACCEPT THESE LUCRATIVE TERMS,
> THAT YOU SEND US THE NUMBER OF A BANKING ACCOUNT WHERE WE CAN
> WITHDRAW FUNDS OF A SUITABLE AMOUNT TO GUARANTEE YOUR PARTICIPATION
> IN THIS ENTERPRISE. AS AN ALTERNATIVE YOU MAY SEND US THE NUMBER
> AND EXPIRATION DATE OF YOUR MAJOR CREDIT CARD, OR YOU MAY SEND TO
> US A SIGNED CHECK FROM YOUR BANKING ACCOUNT PAYABLE TO "SCO GROUP"
> AND WITH THE AMOUNT LEFT BLANK FOR US TO CONVENIENTLY SUPPLY.
>
> KINDLY TREAT THIS REQUEST AS VERY IMPORTANT AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
> I HONESTLY ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% LEGAL AND
> RISK-FREE.
>
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