Dr. Meyer Magarici escribió: > I've just tryed their Microsoft Banner. > Do you think a company such as Microsoft would join a Spam ? > I am not so sure this is a scam, but I do'nt mind receiving an ocassional junk > mail. > Meyer > > Daniel Frieling escribió: > > > This is obviously a *personalized* SPAM message. I'm sure the sender has no > > idea what/who Pedtalk is. You should not respond to the original sender as > > this will verify that your email address is valid with this spammer and you > > will get even more junk mail. Just bite you lip and hit <DELETE> > > > > Just so you know, the site referenced wants to sell you airline tickets or > > something like that. > > > > Danny > > > > At 09:27 PM 7/26/98 -0400, you wrote: > > >INTERNET: wrote: > > > > > > > I'm sorry to interject this on Pedtalk, but I was sure you would want to > > > > know! > > > > > >Wrong. This is supposed to be a listserv related to *pediatrics*. Am I > > >the only person who is NOT interested in yet-another-scam? > > > > > > > There is a company that is going public called Travelzoo. > > > > > >This bears all the hallmarks of a scam. Besides "Travelzoo," I've heard of > > >two other companies in the past couple of months who were doing this, and > > >Peter (my programmer husband and scam/hoax debunker) found a few more while > > >researching Travelzoo. And bless his heart, he found a message from > > >someone else who had shared the "good news" explaining just what all these > > >companies are actually getting with this scam: addresses of "regular > > >people" to send out spam Email. (This is apparently fairly easy to do, > > >Peter occasionally sends out messages with a return address like > > >.) Her address had been used as the "from" on spam > > >mailings and she'd been reported to her Internet provider. He also found > > >FAQs on Travelzoo and another company, both based in the Bahamas > > >(eliminating using the SEC to check them out) and with identical FAQs > > >(promising, among other things, to not sell your Email address -- ha! -- > > >and not even saying the company WILL go public, just that it might). > > > > > > > Yahoo did the same thing when they went public (7/14/98 Yahoo closed at > > > > $186.50). > > > > > >Your source for this information? I've been investing in publicly-traded > > >stocks for over ten years and never heard this. What's Yahoo's symbol? > > >Legitimate companies do NOT need to give away stock to create interest in > > >their IPO (Initial Public Offering). Companies like Genentech saw their > > >stock price go through the roof even when they had never shown a profit and > > >didn't even have a ready-to-market product! Companies "go public" when > > >they need additional funds to expand, so giving stock away would be > > >counterproductive (to say the least). > > > > > >Come on. First of all, if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. > > >Second of all, anything that urges you to sucker others in is even less > > >likely to be legit. Finally, no scam should be promoted here! > > > > > > > > > > > > Sylvia Steiger RN SFNP BS NFPP, Cheyenne Wyoming USA > > > > > > who will NOT be signing up for "free stock" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > **************************************************************************** > > Daniel Frieling mailto: > > Pediatric Software Intl., Inc. http://www.compukid.com > > CompuKID, The Pediatric Toolkit > > Computer software for primary care pediatrics > > (800) WELL-CHILD (800-935-5244) Outside the USA: (802) 651-0809 > > **************************************************************************** > > > > -- > BM?½ -- BM?½