The Monthly Lupine Awards
for MMF - April 1997
The following table lists the number of "Make Money Fast" (MMF) chain
letter articles I have canceled at my site, news.msfc.nasa.gov, by
article header From address, for the month of April, 1997, ranked by
number of articles, and only listing the top 40. The numbers could vary
significantly from site to site; other people cancel these things as
well, and some sites do not honor cancels at all.
Please note that forged and/or mangled addresses are common.
The Golden Lupine Award goes to JJ (or jj), a user of alltel.net, which
seems to get its connectivity from AGIS. This person may be:
J. Nelson, 1922 Heathcliff Dr Apt 1, Dalton, GA 30720
The Silver Lupine goes to anon, a user of is.co.za,
a customer of iafrica.net. This person may be:
W.ZEEMAN -P.O.BOX 271 NORTHRIDING 2162 , GAUTENG ,SOUTH AFRICA
The Bronze Lupine goes to Brian , who posts from
the ctv.es or ibernet.es domains. The Organization line says "Unisource
Espana NEWS SERVER." This person may be:
Peter Kjoge
Camino de la Condessa 9, 5-A
E-29640 Fuengirola,
Spain
This same name and address crops up at the end of the list in the
articles of several top MMFers this month, including #4, #8, and (I
think) #6. Therefore, I am awarding Peter Kjoge the rarely-bestowed
Platinum Lupine for Dogged Persistence in the Quest for Riches by
Fraudulent Means.
rank arts From addresses
---- ---- --------------
1 3646 JJ
jj
2 3182 anon
3 1637 Brian
4 762 jones@usa.net
5 658 Craig
Dean
Gerald
Grant
Kevin
Mathew
Shaun
6 602 aga29@aol.com
7 582 Liberty
8 548 k_jones@usa.net
9 481 alfkc@sprynet.com (A. Chu)
10 467 Nick@prometheus.hol.gr (Nick Karajohn)
11 437 drivy19@aol.com (Dr. John Ivy)
drivy19@aol.com (Drivy19)
12 411 MONEYMAN
wedman
13 404 Brent Wideman
14 386 00000,0000@compuserve.com (Stat)
15 371 "Unbelievable Success!!"
Liberty
16 365 "andy"
17 350 dale@global2000.net (Dale Pisarczyk)
18 343 "Mr.Milky"
19 323 "jacky p. wang"
20 316 Lambo
21 302 "John Doe"
22 300 michael miller
23 278 Greg Smulders
24 274 destroyer@ycsi.net (joe leforge)
25 266 Mike
mike
26 263 HOLA
PATRICIA
PATRICIA
Patricia
27 255 ms18265@aol.com (Ms18265)
28 249 Talisman
29 248 Bill Hudson
30 245 sc__b@hotmail.com (*)
sc__b@hotmail.com (Julia )
31 244 willk@diac.com (will kuehn)
32 241 "Andy Levy"
"Andy"
33 238 colellch@cleo.bc.edu (ABUNDANCE!)
colellch@cleo.bc.edu (FAST CASH!)
colellch@cleo.bc.edu (NO CATCH!)
colellch@cleo.bc.edu (THE REAL THING!)
colellch@cleo.bc.edu (goodwill!)
34 237 novale@indy.net (LeeAnn)
35 236 adculpam@aol.com (AD CULPAM)
36 234 Retired
37 228 "Rick"
38 227 skippy3795@aol.com (SKIPPY3795)
38 227 framis@wenet.net (Tom Lowe)
39 224 "EXTRA$$"
"k.f."
ACCESS
CASH F
EXTRA
FREE
FREEDOM
INCOME
cash products
instant products
kfarlow@ridgecrest.ca.us
kris farlow
prime
40 222 arch123@juno.com
40 222 "Money Man"
"You Can't Lose"
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Total articles canceled: 65839
Total unique Froms: 2036
There are 43200 minutes in April, so the Barnum Rate was a sucker every
21.2 minutes, and there were approximately 1.52 cancels issued per
minute, an increase of almost 23% from March.
I have compiled a list of the most MMF-ridden newsgroups in April 1997.
Please note that this list is affected by many factors, such as:
1. I don't get (or want) a full feed here, and a lot of the newsgroups
listed are mostly leakage or crossposts.
2. I don't cancel articles in moderated newsgroups and certain others
(such as news.admin.*).
3. Crossposts are listed as if they were multiple posts, unlike the
Lupine Awards list above.
4. The activities of other third-party cancelers are not compensated
for.
With that in mind, here are the top 40 "MMF magnets." The unexpected
appearance of a pro football newsgroup at the top of the list is
explained by the fact that about 400 of these posts were made by the
Golden Lupine Award winner, who seemed never to tire of posting there.
rank arts newsgroup
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1 409 alt.sports.football.pro.sea-seahawks
2 396 alt.business
3 319 alt.business.misc
4 309 alt.business.multi-level
5 299 alt.business.home.pc
6 222 ab.jobs
7 210 misc.entrepreneurs
8 196 alt.2600
9 190 alt.sex
10 189 alt.activism
11 184 alt.america.online
12 179 a.bsu.talk
13 173 alt.adoption
14 169 alt.bbs.ads
15 167 alt.amazon-women.admirers
16 165 alt.business.import-export
16 165 alt.alcohol
17 164 alt.make.money
18 162 alt.beer
19 160 alt.bbs.internet
20 159 alt.0d
21 158 alt.bbs
21 158 alt.alien.visitors
22 157 ab.general
23 155 alt.alt
24 152 misc.misc
24 152 alt.3d
24 152 alt.1d
25 148 alt.internet.commerce
26 145 alt.astrology
27 143 alt.make.money.fast
28 138 alt.business.home
28 138 alt.abortion.inequity
29 136 alt.misc
30 134 alt.acting
31 130 alt.forsale
32 129 alt.alien.research
32 129 alt.ads
33 126 alt.amateur-comp
33 126 alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
34 125 alt.anonymous
35 122 alt.animals.felines
36 121 alt.anything
37 120 news.newusers.questions
38 119 alt.jobs
38 119 alt.community.local-money
39 118 alt.anybody
39 118 alt.america
40 116 alt.2600.codez
--
J. Porter Clark, d/b/a
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