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Richard_Cranium72
07-08-2001, 06:51 PM
I remember a HOAX that reads just like this, anyone else ???

" This is David McOwen, dmcowen674@aol.com. I need everyone's help that possibly can. I worked at a school system 2 years ago that is part of the State of Georgia and was the configurator of the computers. They are now prosecuting me for Felony conviction with up to 15 yrs in prison and wanting $ 415,000. They are saying the Dnet client costs 59 cents per second for the Internet transmissions! If you or you know anyone that can help please contact my lawyer Mr. David Joyner at cdjoyner66@aol.com , phone number of the Law Firm 770-564-1600 . Beside my life and my family, the future of all that use the Internet and computers is at stake. Don't let them turn the good of computers into something so terrible. If it was so terrible it should be taken away from the world and not prosecuting one individual. People were panicking about rumors of the Govt tacking on a 5 cent surchange to supplement the Postal service because E-mail is taking away from their business and now the State of Georgia is saying E-mail costs 59 cents per second and this is not a rumor!

Also we need to know if anyone in the United States or the world has been prosecuted for this. We need to know for sure that they are setting this dangerous precedent, making me an example and everyone is next. They did not give me an opportunity to just turn the client off, they also said that there was no harm done after they turned it off. How can they call it a felony then and looking for nearly half a million dollars! Please help in any way that you can, whether by E-mails or any other support.

Thank you "

2nd Post->>

" For the guy that thinks it's a hoax simply contact the Georgia State Attorney's Office or the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the lead Agent in charge of the year and half investigation that he said it took him to determine that running this Distributed.net client is a felony offense as outlined by the Computer administrators at the school and the State is Bob Stanley, the GBI office number is 770-987-9168.

The Law Firm of my Lawyer is 770-564-1600. My Attorney is David Joyner

The charges are from the 1999 Georgia Computer Crime code book Volume 14 Title 16-9-91 to 93 Pages 669 to 672.

David "

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?start=1&catid=39&threadid=490400


Thoughts ??


Georgia Computer Systems Protection Act->> http://www.clark.net/pub/rothman/gacode.htm

jad1097
07-08-2001, 07:18 PM
It seems like the real thing. Somebody over at anandtech has been in touch with this guys lawyer.

Check out his RC5 history. (http://stats.distributed.net/rc5-64/phistory.php3?id=152863)

[This message has been edited by jad1097 (edited 07-08-2001).]

Sterling_Aug
07-08-2001, 07:21 PM
$0.59 per second for Internet transmissions?

The dnet client does not transmit every second unless the computer are very powerful. I have mine set to update every 10 blocks, manual update, offline always.

P.S.: That would be a cost of $764,000 per month. A very high priced T3 line, huh?

[This message has been edited by Sterling_Aug (edited 07-08-2001).]

ragtop
07-08-2001, 08:43 PM
I guess that goes to show that you shouldn't install stuff on anyones computer without their permission - especially at work, and absolutely for sure if you work for the state or federal government.

You would think that termination of employment would be about as far as they would go for something like this - if the story is true, he must have really pissed someone off somewhere along the line.

t048
07-08-2001, 09:24 PM
...State of Georgia and was the configurator of the computers.

Is configurator a real word?

socalgal
07-08-2001, 09:46 PM
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/Forum7/HTML/001524.html

Let's try to keep it in one thread. I don't think it's a hoax... :/

muno
07-08-2001, 10:41 PM
What is dnet?
-M

socalgal
07-08-2001, 10:45 PM
http://www.distributed.net/


It's what the Distributed Computing forum is all about http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif Join us.. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif Ask questions in the DC forum.

I'm going to close this thread, and ask that the conversation be continued in the DC forum at the link I posted in my previous post. Thanks.

[This message has been edited by socalgal (edited 07-08-2001).]