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> Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny
> Subject: A special SCO offer
> From: lists@vo.cnchost.com (JC Dill)
> Followup-To: rec.humor.d
>

> 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
> ARRANGEMENT 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 VALUABLE 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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