From: roby@brahms.udel.edu (Scott W Roby)
Newsgroups: talk.abortion
Subject: Posting Fraud on t.a. (Please Read)
Date: 6 Apr 92 09:06:21 GMT
Organization: University of Delaware

[NOTE: Let me first point out that my April Fool's post on the Dennis 
Hall hoax was pure speculation except for the finger and account 
information given.  Do not mistake any of the speculations in that 
article as fact.  They were made before I did any serious checking.] 

        HOWEVER, the post you are reading right now is for real.
I am dead serious.  No smileys.

        Careful investigation has shown that the Dennis Hall posts 
are indeed a fraud.  My Email correspondence with the supposed 
"Dennis Hall" showed inconsistencies that led me to suspect that the 
person who was writing to me was faking his persona and apparently had 
trouble keeping his story straight.   
[Do not ask me to post private Email -- I won't.  Besides, the 
facts below are all that are needed to prove the case of fraud.]

        Subsequent phone conversations with the officials at the 
campus where the "Dennis Hall" account originates led to the 
discovery of the following facts:
(1) There is a Dennis Hall enrolled there.  I got his phone number 
and I have talked to him on the phone.
(2) The REAL Dennis Hall did NOT know about Internet or talk.abortion.
(3) The account claiming to be "Dennis Hall" is a classroom account. 
(4)  There are no names offically attached to these classroom 
accounts -- the user can easily attach any name he wants.
(5) The REAL Dennis Hall is NOT enrolled in that class.  


******      Public message to THE IMPOSTOR         ******
****  claiming to be Dennis Hall on talk.abortion:   ****

        By posting under the name of Dennis Hall you have:
(1) shown complete disregard for the feelings of the real 
Dennis Hall. (He was not pleased to hear about these posts.) 
(2) shown complete disrespect for the net-users on talk.abortion 
(both pro-life and pro-choice).  None of us wishes to waste our 
time with impostors.
(3) shown yourself as one who thinks that clever and sneaky is 
cooler than logic and honesty.  This is a sad way to go through 
life.  
(4) severely worsened your own reputation in this newsgroup.
I, for one, will find it hard to believe anything you post 
after this major piece of deception.  Perhaps, with time and 
evidence of a new attitude, you will be able to post here with
some credibility.

        I think you are to be pitied rather than punished.  I 
did not give the "Dennis Hall" account number or your name or 
the name of this newsgroup to the supervisor of your 
account.  However, if you continue to post fraudulently under 
the name of Dennis Hall, then I will.  Feel free to post from 
this account, but be sure to identify yourself HONESTLY if you do.  
Please note that the above is NOT a threat.  It is simply a 
statement of appropriate and justified action to be taken in the 
event that this problem of deception (caused by you) continues.

        I think I have successfully proved your fraudulent 
behavior in posting under the name of "Dennis Hall".  If you want 
absolute, definitive proof -- well, that can be obtained by having the 
supervisor of your account match your name to the "Dennis Hall" 
account.  I do not wish to do that and I assume you don't want 
that either.  So please post only under your real name.  Thank you.

****   To the rest of the users on talk.abortion  *****

        It took me several hours to compose this post.  I did not 
enjoy writing it.  I do not fancy myself as a "net cop".  I am 
simply a user who does not like being deceived by a foolish user 
who shows no respect for any of us.
        I do not see any need to punish or flame THE IMPOSTOR.  
He is currently his own worst enemy.  Hopefully, he will change 
for the better and eventually realize that there are better uses 
for the net than simple flaming and complex deception.


Respectfully submitted to talk.abortion,
        Scott Roby



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