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  From: <atowill@picknowl.com.au>
  To  : Romana Challans <romana@timelady.com>
  Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 16:50:39 +0930

Re: SCO meets NIgeria

Grr! 

I got a similar one to this the other day! Directed to my email address and 
nobody else. He asked me to keep it secret, but a quick search of his name 
on Google revealed several other copies that had made it onto email list 
archives. 

I disapprove of the fact that people have access to *my* email address and 
can do what they want with it! 

 - AT 

Romana Challans writes: 

> from labf.org maling list:) 
> 
> r:) 
> 
> 
>> SUBJECT: URGENT ASSISTANCE REQUIRED 
>>
>> 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.

etc... 

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