RE: notice from your webhost

[Adam Reynolds]

Just to let you all know - in case you haden't guessed - the offer shown
here is fake.  I thought it looked to good to be true so I checked with the
company mentioned, www.webhosting.com, and they've never heard of it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden Behalf Of
> address@hidden
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 5:20 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: notice from your webhost
>
>
>
>
> This email is being sent to you on behalf of your current
> webspace provider.
> This message is not a spam or junk email, your email address was
> supplied to WebHosting.com
> You will not receive any more messages from WebHosting.com this
> is a one time special offer notice.
>
> WebHosting.com is offering a selected number of webhost's
> member's the following special offer. This offer is not available
> on our website at www.webhosting.com or anywhere else, this is a
> special offer and is valid only for a limitied time. Read on to
> learn more about this amazing offer.
>
> For only $6.25 (one time fee) you can get:
>
> > 500mb webspace
> > unlimited pop3 email addresses
> > cgi-bin
> > full ftp access
> > php, ssi, my-sql, asp support
> > mySQL database
> > FREE DOMAIN REGISTRATION (.com .net .org)
> > unlimited bandwidth
> > miva merchant account
> > secure server for transactions
> > accept credit cards
> > 24hour technical support
>
> You did read it right, all this will only cost you only $6.25.
> There are no monthly fees or any other costs. You are probably
> wondering how WebHosting.com can offer all this for the very low
> price of only $6.25, the answer is that WebHosting.com will make
> a lot of revenue from extra webspace charges - people wishing to
> have more than 500mb can pay $10 per 10mb per month.
>
> If you would like to receive this excellent offer all you have to
> do is send your details to the following email address and your
> username and password will be emailed to you within 5 business
> days. Then you will be able to login at the members area of
> WebHosting.com and configure your account (add domains, setup
> scripts etc.).
>
> Please send all of the following details:
>
> Your Full Name
> Your Full Address
> Your Phone Number
> Your Email Address
> Your Credit Card Number
> Your Credit Card Expiry Date
> Your Credit Card Type (eg. visa, mastercard etc.)
>
> Send all of the above to address@hidden
>
>
>
>
> Thank you and I hope you enjoy this very special offer
>
> John Simmons
> Head of Special Promotions, Webhosting.com
>
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