root@anomaly.sbs.com (W. Patrick Walsh) (10/14/90)
Well, the 900 scum have found the world of local BBS's to advertise on. When I was looking around on a local system here in MA, I ran across the below message. Since most BBS's in this area are hosts to a large number of children, no doubt the operators of this service are targeting kids to call this number. (And you'll note there is no "Children - get your parent's permission..." in this text...) ----- Begin Forwarded Text Hello, I have a question for you. How many times have you wished you didn't have to go to work today? Maybe you have wanted to stay home and call all the boards around. Could be that you wanted to go to your favorite store and buy whatever interested you. Maybe you wanted to go fishing or play a round of golf or whatever. If you're anything like me, you've probably felt like that about three or four times a week. Well, I believe I've found a way to get that option and I'd like to share it with you. Right now there are hundreds of people making thousands of dollars every month. Working 5 minutes a day and using free 900 telephone numbers. This is so easy it's almost scary. It's all perfectly legal and legitimate. Right now you can capitalize on the latest trend in information marketing. All you need to do is call 1-900-???-???? ext. 740 ($2.00 per min.) for complete information on how to develop and write a message, how to acquire a free 900 telephone number, and how to advertise your 900 number. Don't wait. This is a tremendous chance to have all the financial rewards you know you deserve. --- End Forwarded Text MD [Moderator's Note: I deleted the 900 number which the author had included. No free ads here for such services. Besides, if you have time to make frivilous calls, I'd rather have you calling the courthouse asking for Irnalee, or 202-456-1414 asking if you could speak with George or Barbara. PAT]