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To: BKrish who wrote (14032)	4/3/1998 6:26:00 PM
From: E	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 31646

Here's something new. Somebody forwarded me a spam email they'd received, with a big bold headline, Y2K Time-Bomb Virus Alert!!!. The word "virus" had of course induced them to read it. What it is, is simply an alarming introduction to the problem, followed by...an offer of a "report" that will tell you how to protect yourself! Here are some snippets (This is for entertainment, so it can be skipped): After January 1, 2000, most of the world's mainframe computers will either SHUT DOWN or begin spewing out BAD DATA, This will create a NIGHTMARE for every area of life in every region of the industrialized world. >Think what would happen of the following areas go down and stay down for months or even years: BANKS; RAILROADS; AIRLINES; POWER GRID; >TELEPHONE LINES; MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS; FINANCIAL MARKETS. ...it may soon be TIME TO QUIT their big city jobs and head for safer places. If the exodus of programmers begins, there will be NO SOLUTION for the Y2K problem by 2000. A worldwide RUN ON BANKS will create havoc in the investment markets. People who have placed their retirement hopes in stocks and mutual funds will see their DREAMS VANISH. >Everyone in authority will DENY that time has run out to get the problem fixed, right up until December 31, 1999. They are PAID to deny this. >The Y2K problem is the most important problem ever faced by Western civilization, You will need to evaluate your own personal vulnerability and make serious decisions, including the hardest one of all--to assess your geographic situation such that it may require relocation to a safer area. >Your report will be sent to you by first-class mail. >Take action now--TIME IS RUNNING OUT ...send $13 cash, check or money order...