[NBLUG/talk] OT - Funny article SCO

[Todd Cary]

There is my opportunity to make enough money so I can spend the rest of 
my life traveling.  What a great opportunity!  Except, the traveling may 
be to the poor house....

Todd

Micxz Love (lovedialup.com) wrote:

>
> From http://arstechnica.com/wankerdesk/03q2/nigerian-sco.html
>
> DEAR SIR/MADAM:
>
> I AM MR. DARL MCBRIDE CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF 
> EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE SCO GROUP, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CALDERA SYSTEMS 
> INTERNATIONAL, IN LINDON, UTAH, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I KNOW THIS 
> LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOUR BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD NO PREVIOUS 
> COMMUNICATIONS OR BUSINESS DEALINGS BEFORE NOW.
>
> MY ASSOCIATES HAVE RECENTLY MADE CLAIM TO COMPUTER SOFTWARES WORTH AN 
> ESTIMATED $1 BILLION U.S. DOLLARS. I AM WRITING TO YOU IN CONFIDENCE 
> BECAUSE WE URGENTLY REQUIRE YOUR ASSISTANCE TO OBTAIN THESE FUNDS.
>
> IN THE EARLY 1970S THE AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATION 
> DEVELOPED AT GREAT EXPENSE THE COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE 
> KNOWN AS UNIX. UNFORTUNATELY THE LAWS OF MY COUNTRY PROHIBITED THEM 
> FROM SELLING THESE SOFTWARES AND SO THEIR VALUABLE SOURCE CODES 
> REMAINED PRIVATELY HELD. UNDER A SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT SOME PROGRAMMERS 
> FROM THE CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF BERKELEY DID ADD MORE CODES TO THIS 
> OPERATING SYSTEM, INCREASING ITS VALUE, BUT NOT IN ANY WAY TO DILUTE 
> OR DISPARAGE OUR FULL AND RIGHTFUL OWNERSHIP OF THESE CODES, DESPITE 
> ANY AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH AND THE 
> CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF BERKELEY, WHICH AGREEMENT WE DENY AND DISAVOW.
>
> IN THE YEAR 1984 A CHANGE OF REGIME IN MY COUNTRY ALLOWED THE AMERICAN 
> TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATION TO MAKE PROFITS FROM THESE 
> SOFTWARES. IN THE YEAR 1990 OWNERSHIP OF THESE SOFTWARES WAS 
> TRANSFERRED TO THE CORPORATION UNIX SYSTEM LABORATORIES. IN THE YEAR 
> 1993 THIS CORPORATION WAS SOLD TO THE CORPORATION NOVELL. IN THE YEAR 
> 1994 SOME EMPLOYEES OF NOVELL FORMED THE CORPORATION CALDERA SYSTEMS 
> INTERNATIONAL, WHICH BEGAN TO DISTRIBUTE AN UPSTART OPERATING SYSTEM 
> KNOWN AS LINUX. IN THE YEAR 1995 NOVELL SOLD THE UNIX SOFTWARE CODES 
> TO SCO. IN THE YEAR 2001 OCCURRED A SEPARATION OF SCO, AND THE SCO 
> BRAND NAME AND UNIX CODES WERE ACQUIRED BY THE CALDERA SYSTEMS 
> INTERNATIONAL, AND IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR THE CALDERA SYSTEMS 
> INTERNATIONAL WAS RENAMED SCO GROUP, OF WHICH I CURRENTLY SERVE AS 
> CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
>
> MY ASSOCIATES AND I OF THE SCO GROUP ARE THEREFORE THE FULL AND 
> RIGHTFUL OWNERS OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARES KNOWN AS UNIX. OUR 
> ENGINEERS HAVE DISCOVERED THAT NO FEWER THAN SEVENTY (70) LINES OF OUR 
> VALUABLE AND PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODES HAVE APPEARED IN THE UPSTART 
> OPERATING SYSTEM LINUX. AS YOU CAN PLAINLY SEE, THIS GIVES US A CLAIM 
> ON THE MILLIONS OF LINES OF VALUABLE SOFTWARE CODES WHICH COMPRISE 
> THIS LINUX AND WHICH HAS BEEN SOLD AT GREAT PROFIT TO VERY MANY 
> BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. OUR LEGAL EXPERTS HAVE ADVISED US THAT OUR 
> CONTRIBUTION TO THESE CODES IS WORTH AN ESTIMATED ONE (1) BILLION U.S. 
> DOLLARS.
>
> UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY EXTRACTING OUR FUNDS FROM THESE 
> COMPUTER SOFTWARES. TO THIS EFFECT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE MANDATE BY MY 
> COLLEAGUES TO CONTACT YOU AND ASK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. WE ARE PREPARED 
> TO SELL YOU A SHARE IN THIS ENTERPRISE, WHICH WILL SOON BE VERY 
> PROFITABLE, THAT WILL GRANT YOU THE RIGHTS TO USE THESE VALUABLE 
> SOFTWARES IN YOUR BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE NOT ABLE 
> AT THIS TIME TO SET A PRICE ON THESE RIGHTS. THEREFORE IT IS OUR 
> RESPECTFUL SUGGESTION, THAT YOU MAY BE IMMEDIATELY A PARTY TO THIS 
> ENTERPRISE, BEFORE OTHERS ACCEPT THESE LUCRATIVE TERMS, THAT YOU SEND 
> US THE NUMBER OF A BANKING ACCOUNT WHERE WE CAN WITHDRAW FUNDS OF A 
> SUITABLE AMOUNT TO GUARANTEE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS ENTERPRISE. AS 
> AN ALTERNATIVE YOU MAY SEND US THE NUMBER AND EXPIRATION DATE OF YOUR 
> MAJOR CREDIT CARD, OR YOU MAY SEND TO US A SIGNED CHECK FROM YOUR 
> BANKING ACCOUNT PAYABLE TO "SCO GROUP" AND WITH THE AMOUNT LEFT BLANK 
> FOR US TO CONVENIENTLY SUPPLY.
>
> KINDLY TREAT THIS REQUEST AS VERY IMPORTANT AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. 
> I HONESTLY ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% LEGAL AND RISK-FREE.
>
>
> Funny'
>

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