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Strategies & Market Trends : The Thread Formerly Known as No Rest For The Wicked

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To: Charliss who wrote (24698)4/7/1999 11:45:00 AM
From: Junejo  Read Replies (2) of 90042
 
This is how it was done.....

ALERT Possible Fraud on Stock Takeover Report
Someone called staceyITN posted a message on the Yahoo PAIR chatboard saying that PAIR
was going to be taken over by ECILF. staceyITN gave a link to a Bloomberg news story
however an alert reader of the posts checked and posted the following information:

post.messages.yahoo.com@m2.yahoo.com
Its a Fraud Here's Proof!!
by: GettinRichIn1999 (29/M)
18386 of 18393
Note that the real Bloomberg site has a web address like this:
quote.bloomberg.com
g&ticker=PAIR

See how it starts with:http://quote.bloomberg.com/ ??? SEE it!!
Now look at the link staceyITN
posted:http://204.238.155.37/biz2/headlines/topfin.html
Notice that it starts with:http://204.238.155.37/biz2/
If you type in :http://204.238.155.37/ you will be brought to ANGELFIRE's FREE
WEBPAGES!!!
staceyITN has simply copied the HTNL from Bloombergs site and made a webpage at
Angelfire and wrote
the article herself to trick you.



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