[meteorite-list] WHINNER OF CAMPO

From: GREG LINDH <geeg48_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 09:30:15 -0700
Message-ID: <BAY118-DAV1724E9682CB49A60160365C9320_at_phx.gbl>

    I'm sorry I brought the whole thing up. This is the end of this thread
for me.

    Greg





----- Original Message -----
From: "Mr EMan" <mstreman53 at yahoo.com>
To: "GREG LINDH" <geeg48 at msn.com>
Cc: "meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] WHINNER OF CAMPO


> Good question and here is the analysis! It makes
> perfect sense if you know the history. There are many
> new folks that haven't had the "fortune" to have lived
> through a long history of the Chicago Swindler and his
> dealings. This is yet another of a long line of
> examples about how he doesn't EVER keep his word about
> ANYTHING he says on the list. The claim that he only
> got 30 emails is dubious. The claim that he got 22 is
> a bit more believable and largely represents the
> novices that have joined the list since the last bait
> and switch coming out of Elgin.
>
> The only thing one can firmly rely on is that he will
> say one thing but do something else. The "generosity"
> of this person can not be taken at face value-EVER. If
> you are waiting for an explanation from the source, it
> will probably consist of "a claim of innocence", that
> he is "profoundly sorry", "will never do it
> again"-NOT, "this is unwarranted persecution" and he
> is "not hurting anyone, so stop harassing him"--oh yes
> and "it is a free country!" I hope this saves anyone
> else the trouble of seeking an explanation.
>
> I hope this case in point helps dissuade others from
> future participation in these
> "contests-give-a-way-swap-:wire fraud:-thing-ies"
>
> Elton
>
> PS: The "caps" apparently prevents his browser
> settings from inserting those bogus hypertext links so
> I can live with the caps.
>
> --- GREG LINDH <geeg48 at msn.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Steve,
>
> I'm not sure how your "give aways" work. In your
> first e-mail, you wrote that the 40th person to e-mail
> you would win a Campo. If I understand your latest
> e-mail, you only waited until you reached 30 e-mails
> and then you terminated the contest prematurely and
> you awarded the Campo to e-mail #22 because he offered
> you a trade.
>
Received on Fri 18 May 2007 12:30:15 PM PDT