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To: Richard Miller who wrote (13118)	2/21/1999 12:41:00 PM
From: MaryinRed	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 122087

Was he ever part of a company called S U N N search on Sunmark Industries Contact: Mr Gene Curcio, Sunmark Industries, tel USA 1 888 787 4545 (disconnected) apparently reco'd by Harvard Equity Research (see thread on SUNN) see this release: x16.dejanews.com[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=345204791&CONTEXT=919618600.1058340966&hitnum=11 don't know it is the same person smile...mary More: Started By: jmhollen Date: May 14 1998 4:51PM ET Sunmark Industries Symbol: S U N N Recent Price: 1.50 ($1.50/share) Wall Street analysis from Harvard Equity Research has issued a STRONG BUY recommendation on SUNN stock. William Rambo was quoted as predicting a $2.50-$3.00 price near-term with "sustained momentum into the $5.00 plus range by the 4th quarter of 1998". Harvard Equity Research's recommendation AATK went from $3 to $9.00 in ten trading days! Harvard Equity Research is so confident of their projections that they are offering their subscribers a money-back guarantee on their subscription if SUNN doesn't at least double within the next year. To reiterate: an IMMEDIATE & STRONG BUY recommendation on SUNN. For further information go to: quicken.excite.com or send a SASE, for a free issue of Harvard Equity Research's latest top-rated newsletter, to H.E.R., P.O. Box 87260,Toronto, Canada M6J 1H1 then More: To: jmhollen (0 ) From: jmhollen Thursday, May 21 1998 2:05PM ET Reply # of 1 Hello all: I would like to apologize for ever posting this subject here. I just did some searching to find more info about this stock and Harvard Equity Research.......the whole thing comes across as TOTALLY BOGUS! Here is the Mailer-Daemon rejection I got from attempting to contact H.E.R.: The original message was received at Thu, 21 May 1998 13:34:40 -0400 (EDT) from root@localhost ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- stckltr100@juno.com ----- Transcript of session follows ----- ... while talking to e.mx.juno.com.: >>> RCPT To:<stckltr100@juno.com> <<< 550 <stckltr100@juno.com>... Account terminated 550 stckltr100@juno.com... User unknown ************************* Here is some additional info on H.E.R. garbage...... Top Stories ON STATE STREET: Use caution with Net stock deals Thursday, March 5, 1998 By Beth Healy Beware of those ''hot'' stock deals coming at you out of cyberspace. One recent offering, sent through e-mail to an America Online address, screams, ''E-Alert: Urgent Buy Recommendation.'' The big tip: A $1 stock called IRT Industries Inc. The St. Petersburg, Fla., company says it operates Vegas-style casinos and wants to be a player in the on-line casino market. Who's pushing this penny stock? An outfit calling itself Harvard Equity Research. The e-mail posts no phone number, no address. It lists just a post office box in Toronto, where investors can mail requests for a newsletter. Return e-mail was rejected. If investors want to act on one of Harvard Equity's stock raves, they're directed to another Web site, which hooks them in to on-line trading firms like E-Trade. IRT Industries shares have fallen from nearly $7 to 81 cents in a year. (The price is even worse if adjusted to reflect a one-for-10 stock split last fall.) Yet Harvard Equity suggests IRT's stock will soon rise to $2, with ''sustained momentum into the $5 range by mid-1998.'' These kinds of predictions, unsubstantiated by earnings data or discussions of IRT's business, smack of hot air. ''People need to be doubly wary if they invest over the Internet,'' says Matt Nestor, chief of enforcement at the Massachusetts Securities Division. ''You have to know who you're dealing with.'' It's important to note that Harvard Equity Research bears no relationship to the name-conscious university in Cambridge. ''We don't know who they are,'' says Alex Huppe, director of public affairs at Harvard University. ''We take a dim view of companies using the name Harvard where there can be some confusion.'' Add to the possible confusion the fact Harvard University does have a connection to an investment firm: Harvard Management Co., the Boston group that runs the school's giant endowment. Harvard Management has no ties to this Internet group. So who are these mysterious stock touters? Massachusetts securities watchdogs have no record of a Harvard Equity Research licensed to hawk stocks in the Bay State. Neither does the Ontario Securities Commission, a provincial regulator. Harvard Equity may not be selling securities, but it is offering financial advice. Many newsletter writers who offer advice register with securities officials because they also manage money. A spokesman at IRT who declined to give his name says, ''Nobody here knows anything about them.'' Vic Murray, president of another company touted in the e-mail, American Access Technologies Inc., says he's never heard of Harvard Equity, either. But Harvard Equity claims to know both companies well. The firm boasts in its e-mail that, after recommending American Access, the stock ''went from $3 to $9 in 10 trading days!'' American Access shares rose from $3.25 to $9 between last August and October, according to Bloomberg Financial. The Orlando, Fla., telecommunications company's stock was trading yesterday at $12.19. Harvard Equity promises that clients who buy its ''top-rated newsletter'' will get their subscription money back if IRT shares don't ''at least double within the next year.'' Anybody who promises a 100 percent gain in a year should be taken with a grain of salt. Don't forget that a cheap stock becomes very expensive if you lose all your money on it. cw-0As far as the ''top rating'' on that newsletter? Mark Hulbert, a noted follower of more than 400 investment newsletters, says only this: ''We don't follow it.'' If you get any input in your email-box from Harvard Equity Research (*@juno.com - one of the big internet smut-pushers) I suggest you just rash it and move on! Again, "....sorry 'bout that....."! eom.....