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Re: A Suitable Punishment: Was Burned on the net

To: "Bowen, Patrick A" <PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil>
Subject: Re: A Suitable Punishment: Was Burned on the net
From: "Bradley D. Richardson" <brichard@us.oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 15:12:28 -0500
How about his snail mail address also?  33 cents from lots of us could
blow him away.

Brad

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Bowen, Patrick A wrote:
> 
> sign me up
> 
> Patrick
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bradley D. Richardson [mailto:brichard@us.oracle.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 3:35 PM
> To: Mark Milotay
> Cc: Fred Griffiths; spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: A Suitable Punishment: Was Burned on the net
> 
> I'm for helping.  Fred, we need this flakes e-mail address.
> 
> Brad
> 
> ======
> 
> Mark Milotay wrote:
> >
> > Fellow Listers,
> >
> > Let's help Fred out on this. If he was to give us all the miscreants email
> > address, we could all forward on the various junk emails that we find
> > ourselves plagued with. This bombing of messages offering him XXX sites,
> > and make money quick opportunities might be just the form of irritation to
> > force him on to the straight and narrow. That is unless he turns out to be
> > like the fellow that offered to sell a friend of mine an MGA TC engine,
> but
> > turned out to be operating out of a Federal Pen at a payphone with a copy
> > of Hemmings. I think that we owe it to maintaining the sanctity of the Net
> > to abuse him into good behaviour.
> >
> > - Mark
> >
> > At 08:31 AM 15/10/1999 -0600, Fred Griffiths wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >Hi guys & Gals,
> > >        Don't know if this is what you call 'bombing'(if so, I apologize)
> > the list, but
> > >I want to warn you about a guy selling Spitfire parts.  He's stung me so
> far.
> > >
> > >        Guy named R. Nick Durham of Cincinnatti, OH (I have complete
> > address & Phone No)
> > >was introduced to me via a list member.  (I'm not blaming anyone on the
> > list.)  We
> > >corresponded via email for a week, and in June he was to send me a motor
> > (or part of)
> > >via a trucking company that I had arranged.  I'd pay freight and all
> > customs/clearances
> > >etc.
> > >
> > >        By July nothing had happened - all kinds of excuses, so I said
> > wait till
> > >September.  I send a bank draft to the address he gave me.  More emails,
> > more phone
> > >calls but no motor arrives.  It is now October and even several phone
> > calls haven't
> > >nudged him into action.  I'll have to admit I'm being 'had'.
> > >
> > >        So, if Nick Durham (perhaps his alias is Bull Durham) wants to
> > sell you any
> > >Spitfire parts, particularly a 70/71 MK IV motor - get the motor first
> > then worry about
> > >paying.  I've already paid for it.
> > >
> > >        If anyone in Cincinatti wants to pay Mr. Durham a visit on my
> > behalf, I'd make
> > >some kind of compensation.   Heck I'd even provide the persuader!
> > >
> > >Caveat Emptor,
> > >Cheers, Fred
> > >--
> > >Fred & Wendy Griffiths
> > >Calgary, Canada
> > >mailto: griffco@cadvision.com
> > >http://www.cadvision.com/griffco/index.htm
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >

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