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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (1448)	5/4/1999 1:28:00 AM
From: tom rusnak	Read Replies (5) of 3795

$ Watchdog nets $4m worth of April fools By FINOLA BURKE 4may99 MORE than 200 people were prepared to part with up to $50,000 each – a total of $4 million – to secure a stake in an Internet investment hoax created by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. full story: theaustralian.com.au The Aussie Securities and Investment Commission created their own fake website: smbi.com.au Jeff, Best wishes! tom

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