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WARNING: ILLEGAL TRIUMPH PARTS HARVESTING SCAM...

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Subject: WARNING: ILLEGAL TRIUMPH PARTS HARVESTING SCAM...
From: Pete & Aprille Chadwell <dynamic@transport.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 17:49:43 -0800
Please send this to as many other Triumph enthusiasts as you can.  This is
a dangerous and costly scam that is being spread nationwide.  It just
happened to me this weekend.  Here's what happened:

I went to a bar Friday night and as I sat there innocently drinking my
beer, a friendly gentleman began talking to me, and naturally the subject
of sports cars came up.  Well, he must have spiked my drink, because 8
hours later I woke up at the wheel of my TR.  The car had been placed in a
vat of Castrol LMA brake fluid.  I called 911 on my cell phone, and the
operator asked me to reach under the dash and see if there was a tube
entering the car in the vicinity of the brake master cylinder.  I did, and
I found a tube, with brake fluid gushing out of it.  The operator assured
me that everything would be fine, but that my entire brake system had been
illegally harvested for sale on the Triumph parts black market.  (Also,
since the car was submerged in brake fluid, all the paint would be
removed.)  Got a phone call from Hugh Downs (of 20/20) last night, and I'm
making an appearance on the show in 6 weeks when they do an expose' on this
whole scam.

The people behind this scam, it is said, are the same ones responsible for
that e-mail virus that attaches itself to your computer and causes it to
leak oil!  If you had not heard of this troublesome virus, just don't open
any e-mail that has anything to do with Triumph anything.  Any message
concerning Triumph sports cars could contain the dastardly virus.
Especially, do NOT open any e-mail messages with the subject line that
reads, "LOOK UNDER CAR AFTER STARTING."  This email message causes the
electricals in your computer to instantly turn into LUCAS products and
start sparking and smoking, after which nothing will work anymore!!

Just thought you all should know!  Hold on to those brake parts!!

Pete "The Card" Chadwell
1973 TR6



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