Subject: Chain letters

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 Q: How should I react to chain letters?

 A: One of the most frequent net abuses is posting make money fast
chain letter schemes. Not only are they against the netiquette, but
they are outright illegal in many countries. For example for the
U.S. see
 3404 Jul 22 1995 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pub/pc/doc-net/chain.txt
 chain.txt About chain letters, from the U.S. postmaster general
These scams come in many variations on the net. If you are a
newcomer to the Usenet news, don't do anything about it. In
particular do not become another offender by continuing the chain.
Many system administrators are quite fed up with this form of abuse.
They often will cancel the culprit's computer account without
further ado.
   If you are an experienced user, you may want to notify the
relevant postmaster. If you do, please bear in mind a few obvious
things. 1) Copy the full headers of the posting for her/him. The
scam postings often are forgeries just to annoy the net. The full
headers make it a bit easier to try asses this. 2) Delete most of
the body of the scam, since it serves no informative purpose. 3) Be
polite and to the point.
   The following newsgroups have more information on errant behavior
on the Usenet
  news:news.admin.net-abuse.announce Information regarding network
resource abuse (moderated)
  news:news.admin.net-abuse.misc Network facility abuse, including
spamming.
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