From sj-approval Fri Jul 7 11:40:28 1995 Return-Path: Received: by world.std.com (5.65c/Spike-2.0) id AA00630; Fri, 7 Jul 1995 10:19:08 -0400 Received: from handscol.demon.co.uk by world.std.com (5.65c/Spike-2.0) id AA00434; Fri, 7 Jul 1995 10:18:54 -0400 Date: Fri, 07 Jul 1995 11:40:28 GMT From: Morris@handscol.demon.co.uk (Morris Price) Message-Id: <4073@handscol.demon.co.uk> To: sj@world.std.com Subject: Re: your romance ad in USSR c T A at `o (Unverified) X-Mailer: PCElm 1.10 Lines: 25 Sender: sj-approval@world.std.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sj In message <199507060322.AA01599@world.std.com> David@wishes.to.remain.anonymous.ua writes: > > ## meet women of the former USSR through romance ads ## > > Months ago, Olga Kosmina placed my personal ad in several papers of the > former Soviet Union. Since that time I have received over 40 responses for > the $50 I mailed Olga. (I believe she paid the newspapers something around > $35 and kept the rest for her efforts.) > I have found greater success and savings by placing my own personal > romance advertisement rather than purchasing addresses through Russian "bride" *** snipped *** > IHA (I humbly ask) that you not flame the postmaster of this site. > > peace. . . > > Okay, all you investigative journos out there: is this another of the becoming-famous I/net scams? Is "David" real? Is "his" domain? Who is "Olga"? Find out and get famous! (Thinks: What the **** is this doing on the student journalism list anyway? Or am I being a bit holier-than-thou? ) -- Morris Price replies to: morris@handscol.demon.co.uk Views expressed etc; Intellectual property rights blah; copyright (yawn)...