[LUGOS-BLA] [Fwd: [linux-audio-user] [OT] the SCO 419]

Igor J. Kresnik lovec at volja.net
Sat Aug 9 20:07:29 CEST 2003


Pozdravljeni

Jaz ga ne berem pa tudi ne moti me preveč. Če pride kakšno takšno pismo 
ga preprosto zbrišem :-)

Miha Tomsic pravi:

>	Hojla!
>
>A kaj berete svoj SPAM? :)
>
>Srečno,
>
>	Miha...
>
>-----Forwarded Message-----
>
>From: iriXx <m at iriXx.org>
>To: linux-audio-user at music.columbia.edu
>Subject: [linux-audio-user] [OT] the SCO 419
>Date: 09 Aug 2003 00:13:07 +0100
>
>off topic but hilarious - the SCO 419 scam....
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>
>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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