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To: Lola who wrote (28878)	4/10/1999 5:07:00 PM
From: David in Ontario	Read Replies (1) of 122087

Lola - PAIR fraud. The suspect "News" links are those where the URL starts with a series of numbers. If so then raise a red flag. In the PAIR fraud this is the link that was given: 204.238.155.37 It was first posted on the Yahoo! boards - but appeared shortly thereafter on SI: Message 8750100 All I'm saying is that when you see any News URL starting with a series of numers: 204.238.155.37 Just remove everything except the numbers to the first level of the URL: 204.238.155.37 Then hit the [Enter] key and see where you go. In this case it's to the AngelFire site that offers free web pages. Another way to play this scam is to register a domain name and then create an exact replica of the authentic News Service's home page (which is very easy to do). If so then the above step will take you to what appears to be an authentic home page. In any case check the registration of the URL - see who owns it - as was done on the PAIR thread - I've given that post below: techstocks.com Message 8751070 Message 8750378 However, more than 30 minutes had passed since the fraudulent News had first appeared - and before the consensus that this was indeed a fraud - more than enough time to sell those shares that were accumulated in the weeks prior to this scam - if that's how this was played. IMO it will be very difficult to find who is responsible by just following the computer trace. Anyone can become almost invisible by buying a couple of hours access time at one of the "Internet Cafe's" and then uploading the web pages to the ISP that offers the free web pages. Then it's just a matter of going to another Internet Cafe - signing up for a one-time Yahoo! alias and then make a single post containing the URL to the web pages you just uploaded. The best way IMO to trace those responsible is to examine the share transaction record for PAIR. However, if the crim's were trading from numbered offshore accounts then that just makes it that must harder to trace them. Nonethless - that is where I would look as I think the computer trace will just wind up at a dead end - unless they are dumb enough to use their own computer(s). David.

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