virus: web page scam?

Reed Konsler (konsler@ascat.harvard.edu)
Sun, 13 Apr 1997 19:41:04 -0400 (EDT)

>From: Tony Hindle <t.hindle@joney.demon.co.uk>
>Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 16:12:00 +0100
>
> Anyway I shall respond to all over the next few days as I catch
>up but in the meantime I have found this. I havent got a webpage so I
>think this is a sly advertising attempt.
>
> ------- Forwarded message follows -------
>Tony,
>
> I really like your web page,(I think it's yours?) I'm real new
>to the internet. I made a page myself but didn't get many visitors. A
>friend of mine just used an incredibly useful promotion page. Now she's
>getting about 400 hits a day! I found a cool one that I'm thinking about
>using at: http://www.comptec.com/top3online
>I figured you might want to check it out, I hope this helps you :)
>
>Sincerely,
>Alicia

Wow.
Holy Shit.
Wow.

Wolf-in-sheeps-clothing?

I really would LOVE to know if this is an intentional advertizement.
How do you think we could go about finding out?

Reed

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