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To: Arcane Lore who wrote (153)	9/8/1998 9:10:00 PM
From: Garfield	Respond to of 178

Great find Mr. Lore!!! Keep up the great work!!!

To: Arcane Lore who wrote (153)	9/10/1998 7:32:00 PM
From: richard w allgaier	Respond to of 178

Why bother concentrating on the Internet, when the enforcers can find all the work they can handle for years in N.Y.C. Some people need to remember that.... WHEN YOU ARE ALREADY UP TO YOUR ASS IN ALLIGATORS IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO REMEMBER THAT YOUR INITIAL OBJECTIVE WAS TO DRAIN THE SWAMP!

To: Arcane Lore who wrote (153)	9/17/1998 10:47:00 PM
From: Arcane Lore	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 178

It's not only the SEC and NASD Regulation that are looking for investment scams online. Here's an article on the web surveillance efforts of the California Department of Corporations. "Investors Should Be Web-wary" ... "State officials are testing several different software solutions. McDonald is currently more interested in learning the best ways to conduct surveillance on the Internet than in bringing cases to trial. "We're setting up a prototype that other states can go to and learn from," he said." "One of the computers, connected to the Internet via ISDN line, constantly scours the Web looking for potentially illegal investment offers. Melinda Brun, a CDC senior trial counsel, enters common phrases and other "red flag" language into the search software that scans META tags -- the key words that a search engine uses to find a home page -- and hypertext links on many Web sites." ... govtech.net:80/gtmag/1998/sept/internet/internet.shtm