mohan@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Mohan Palat) (05/27/88)
>From: Jay-Jay@cup.portal.com >Subject: HELP ME!!! >Organization: The Portal System (TM) >Portal-User-Id: 1.1001.4419 > >Poor College Student needs Your Help!! :-( This is obviously a fraud. How else can one explain the following: (1) The person's name and address is suspiciously missing from the posting (2) How is it that this person can spend money on a post box if he is so poor? Won't it be better to receive all the donations at his home address and thus save money? (3) Isn't "Portal" a public access system where one has to pay money to use it? And isn't it located in Texas (I'm not sure about this). How can this person afford a login on the machine? (4) How difficult is it to get a part-time job after completing junior college, esp. when one is not a "quitter", as this person claims to be. (5) His claim that he does not qualify for a scholarship even though his parents are as broke as he is, is very suspicious. (6) It is very interesting to note that this person is asking for dollar bills and not checks which can easily be traced. I think somebody should report this person to the appropriate authorities. M. Palat -- MOHAN PALAT