Scam warning

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It's come to my attention that at least one member (and possibly more) of

this list have received private emails from people who are representing

themselves as LPA, or members of LPA, asking for money.

Please be aware that this is a total scam. If you receive anything of this

nature, please DO NOT reply to it -- instead, FORWARD the message in its

entirety to me at dbradfor@.... I will check the " From " email

address, and if they are subscribed to this list, they will be banned

permanently.

Below is an example of one such email received by Ellen

(nand4@...). Thanks, Ellen, for being on top of things and

making us aware of this b.s.

The person who sent this is not currently subscribed to this list and does

not appear to have ever been subscribed to this list, so I'm not sure how

they got your email address. However, it's obvious they are trying to

target little people, so we all need to be aware of it. And if anyone gets

something like this, to let me know when and how you received it.

Dave

Dwarfism List Administrator

>subject: Fwd: i want $1 (one dollar)

>From: <ouff@...>

><nand4@...>

>Subject: i want $1 (one dollar)

>Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 16:20:49 -0000

>X-Mailer: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000

>Thread-Index: AcHHhmAp9oKkk3RfTvSSKDiAF3760Q==

>

>Dear mrs ,miss, Sir

>My name is Mohamed NAS EL FAKIH I’m little person (Member in Little People

>of America)

>I beg you to send me one dollar ( $ 1) or equivalent, into envelope

>stamped and send it by post at this address:

>

>Mohamed NAS EL FAKIH

>N°1, RUE ELKHANSA

>60000-OUJDA

>MAROCCO

>I know my asking for one dollar ($1) seem queer but I decided to send 1

>million messages that is to say lot of persons will receive this message

>,( I know this idea will take me a lot of time to send messages but I

>haven’t anythings to lose it is only an idea fall on my head when I was on

>my bed , I asked myself how I will have one millions dollars ??? then I

>deceided to send 1 millions e-mail and certainly I will receive a reply

>from someone !!

> then if my idea pleased you and you find it cool ;o) please send

> me one dollar ( $ 1) by post at this address:

> Mohamed NAS EL FAKIH

>N°1, RUE ELKHANSA

>60000-OUJDA

>MAROCCO

>I think you for reading my message and I’m waiting for your $1 ;o)

>Thanks to you and other I will have one million dollars )

>Ps: pass this e-mait to your friend

>Thank you