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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-03 11:17 AM
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penis enlargement spam hauls in the bucks

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,59907,00.html

american women are obsessed with their breasts
american men are obsessed with thier penises
(I wish americans would get obsessed over the theft of our country by the bushgang)

Swollen Orders Show Spam's Allure

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire -- A security flaw at a website operated by the purveyors of penis-enlargement pills has provided the world with a depressing answer to the question: Who in their right mind would buy something from a spammer?

An order log left exposed at one of Amazing Internet Products' websites revealed that, over a four-week period, some 6,000 people responded to e-mail ads and placed orders for the company's Pinacle herbal supplement. Most customers ordered two bottles of the pills at a price of $50 per bottle.

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Among the people who responded in July to Amazing's spam, which bore the subject line, "Make your penis HUGE," was the manager of a $6 billion mutual fund, who ordered two bottles of Pinacle to be shipped to his Park Avenue office in New York City. A restaurateur in Boulder, Colorado, requested four bottles. The president of a California firm that sells airplane parts and is active in the local Rotary Club gave out his American Express card number to pay for six bottles, or $300 worth, of Pinacle. The coach of an elementary school lacrosse club in Pennsylvania ordered four bottles of the pills.

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But records on file with the New Hampshire secretary of state show that Braden Bournival, a 19-year-old high-school dropout who is also listed as vice president of the New Hampshire Chess Association, owns Amazing Internet Products.

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Amazing Internet leases several thousand square feet of office space at the Tower Mill Center on Bedford Street in Manchester, where, according to the former employee, Bournival's teenage sister fills padded envelopes with bottles of Pinacle and ships them off to customers.
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searchingforlight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-03 11:20 AM
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1. George Bush should be their shill. He's the biggest p---- of all.
After all Bob Dole did it for Viagra.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-03 11:21 AM
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2. It freakin' figures!
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pink_poodle Donating Member (605 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-03 11:22 AM
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3. Fantastic! Some people are so smart..................
and to be honest, they deserve to get rich off other's stupidity! Snake potions have been around for how long???
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grytpype Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-03 11:23 AM
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4. On the subject of penis enlargement...
I thought I might pass this along in case this might be of interest to some of you:

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If you've been ripped off by a company selling bogus "penis enlargement pills," you're not alone! Those companies take in over $100 million a year by fraud and deceit. A lot of very bad people are making themselves very rich with this scam.

I am investigating a number of these companies for possible action against them with a view toward compensation of their victims. If you've been ripped off and want to do something about it, please email me at [email protected].

The email should include the product you purchased, who you purchased it from, and your location. All communications will be held confidential.
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