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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (2878)	4/26/1999 11:28:00 PM
From: Spamboy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4128

By: Kowboy Reply To: None Monday, 26 Apr 1999 at 11:17 PM EDT Post # of 7554 NEWS FROM THE PRAIRIE ATTENTION ALL ABFG SHAREHOLDERS!! Hooooooooowdy! Sorry, 'bout that! Laid down with my son and flat out fell asleep! I'm finished with BC Securities Commission's report and this is how I view the contents of the document. I can best describe my feelin's with the following question.... "Ya gotta be kiddin' me, Amigo?" This situation was a decade ago and revolves around Mr Sklar releasing a PR premature to the actual "final approval" of the Vancouver Stock Exchange in regards to financing from a bank in Europe. I thought we might find evidence of some embezzlement scheme or something of that nature after listening to the "basher's" accusations and such. Give me a break! Here's the worse case scenario....Mr Sklar released a PR earlier than he should have and then lied about it later. OK, that was NOT appropriate behavior from a CEO or anyone for that matter. Again, this was a decade ago and he was suspended for 3 years and had to pay court cost. Yall, I know traffic violators who have served longer suspensions and paid heavier fines (if you can count court cost as a fine). LOL! Seriously though....c'mon a decade ago? The best case scenario...Mr Sklar innocently released a PR assuming that what he had been told by a colleague was true. Have any of us done something like that only to find out that what the person had told us was inaccurate or just plain false? C'mon! The man paid for his mistake over a decade ago and just how long are these people goin' to try to crucify him for it? Can we NOW get back to what is important about ABFG and THEIR future? God, I hope so!? There is a lot of news comin' just down the pike and ALL of it's GREAT! Watch for "important" and "current" news tomorrow, unlike this decade old garbage that the bashers keep wanting to hash over, again and again and again! Anyone, wanting a copy of the BC Securities Commission's report on this old situation, please call me and I will fax it to you immediately as promised. PLEASE do NOT e-mail me a request, I'm having a tough time keepin' up with my e-mail as it is! Thank you in advance and I'll continue to keep you posted as info becomes available. Lookin' for another "gap" tomorrow a.m. and another "POSSUM PICKIN' BARBIE-Q"!!! LOL! Happy Trades....Kowboy

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (2878)	4/26/1999 11:54:00 PM
From: DSPetry	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4128

Looks like Kowboy is on a suicide mission over on RB as we speak on the BCSC stuff. Things should get interesting 'round here soon Ohhhh Yeahhhh Jeffy...they are getting interesting.... Here's how much credibilty Jeff & his crew have !!! biz.yahoo.com Monday April 26, 8:01 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release Business Wire Files Suit for Fraud and Trademark Violations SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 1999--Business Wire, the leading provider of up-to-the-minute commercial news to editors and the worldwide financial community, today filed a lawsuit in federal court against three perpetrators of a recent online hoax who used Business Wire's press release distribution services to publicize a phony investment opportunity. The defendants, Jeffrey Mitchell, William Ulrich and Janice Shell, submitted a press release to Business Wire on behalf of a company called ''Webnode'' announcing that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) had granted Webnode an exclusive contract to raise funding for the Next Generation Internet (NGI). Although the NGI is a bona fide project, Webnode -- and its supposed contract with the government -- is a sham. The bogus press release also included a fake solicitation for investments in ''nodes'' on the NGI and directed readers to the Webnode.com website where they could learn more about Webnode and register to invest. The defendants responded to inquiries about Webnode and collected personal information from nearly 2,000 people who believed, based on information in the phony press release, they had a genuine opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the NGI, the lawsuit alleges. Based on the Webnode crew's assurances that the press release was genuine, Business Wire distributed the news of Webnode's purported DOE contract over its wire service and posted it on the businesswire.com website. The defendants also posted the phony press release on the Webnode.com website. The defendants' false announcement, with the BUSINESS WIRE trademark prominently displayed on the byline, was made available to millions of readers. When Business Wire discovered the hoax, it immediately pulled the Webnode announcement from its website and notified recipients of its wire service to disregard the announcement. Business Wire also demanded that the defendants remove the BUSINESS WIRE mark from all copies of the press release. In response, defendants changed the byline to ''BIDNESS WIRE,'' a name easily confused with Business Wire. The defendants only deleted the byline after repeated demands from the company, and then began making false assertions that the company was itself involved in fraudulent investment schemes, according to the lawsuit. Business Wire's lawsuit alleges violations of federal and state trademark laws, fraud, breach of contract, defamation and conspiracy and seeks unspecified damages and injunctive relief.