Mr. Asthma

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I’ve even seen this in music newsgroups.  Go figure. Todd

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> For anyone who didn’t notice right off the bat, there are a few tipoffs in > posts like this one: first, look at the Newsgroups: line. > alt.support.abortion > alt.support.abuse-partners > alt.support.aids.partners > alt.support.anxiety-panic > alt.support.arthritis > alt.support.asthma > alt.support.ataxia > alt.support.attn-deficit

He also posted on: misc.business.records-mgmt misc.kids.breastfeeding misc.kids.health That covered all the NG’s I’m subscribed to!!! — Danielle, Visit my new web-page, view new pics of the kids, and, please, sign my guest-book!! http://members.tripod.com/~dchenier/home.html My new Special Education page: http://members.tripod.com/~dchenier/canspec.html My ICQ # is 6463692

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Hmmm.. You can afford a computer and a $19.95/month ISP….. Cain’t be all THAT bad Uv(being observant for once)

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> For anyone who didn’t notice right off the bat, there are a few tipoffs > in > posts like this one: first, look at the Newsgroups: line. > alt.support.abortion > alt.support.abuse-partners > alt.support.aids.partners > alt.support.anxiety-panic > alt.support.arthritis > alt.support.asthma > alt.support.ataxia > alt.support.attn-deficit > He also posted on: > misc.business.records-mgmt > misc.kids.breastfeeding > misc.kids.health > That covered all the NG’s I’m subscribed to!!! > — > Danielle, > Visit my new web-page, view new pics of the kids, and, please, sign my > guest-book!! http://members.tripod.com/~dchenier/home.html > My new Special Education page: > http://members.tripod.com/~dchenier/canspec.html > My ICQ # is 6463692

And: alt.genealogy, alt.geo-software, alt.gnashing-teeth, alt.gnn.exodus, alt.gobment.lones, alt.good.morning, alt.good.news, alt.gopher Give me a "G" Fargo

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>This poster is hitting every group on the web…it looks like a con to me. >There are plenty of sources for help.  If he has no possessions and >qualifies for welfare, he also qualifies for medicaid.  DON’T send money to >someone requesting it in this manner. >Fargo

Yep–this is just aggressive cyber-panhandling.  It was just a matter of time. For anyone who didn’t notice right off the bat, there are a few tipoffs in posts like this one: first, look at the Newsgroups: line. alt.support.abortion alt.support.abuse-partners alt.support.aids.partners alt.support.anxiety-panic alt.support.arthritis alt.support.asthma alt.support.ataxia alt.support.attn-deficit He’s trying to work his way alphabetically through Usenet.  It’s unlikely you’ll find him on DejaNews because they (like many news services) nuke spam as soon as it hits. characters at the end:  "gcythodcfhnnonyskzxwhsyl" These are a lame attempt to make each post "different" so the admins won’t cancel it. Scammers and panhandlers are just part of the landscape, I’m afraid! Joe Parsons > Hi My Name Is Ron. I suffer from a rare disorder called Tourette Syndrome. > I have had Tourette Syndrome all my life but I was not diagnosed till age >19. Tourette Syndrome is a > disorder that causes me to jerk my body and swear uncrollably. > I am sure you may have Tourette Syndrome featured on one TV show or >another at some time.

… > So here I am on the internet begging for help. > Please If you can send me a couple dollars

… > gcythodcfhnnonyskzxwhsyl

– I do not wish to receive *any* Unsolicited Commercial E-mail (UCE). I consider sending me such unwanted mail to be willful harassment.  You *don’t* want to do that.

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This poster is hitting every group on the web…it looks like a con to me. There are plenty of sources for help.  If he has no possessions and qualifies for welfare, he also qualifies for medicaid.  DON’T send money to someone requesting it in this manner. Fargo

> Hi My Name Is Ron. I suffer from a rare disorder called Tourette Syndrome. > I have had Tourette Syndrome all my life but I was not diagnosed till age

19. Tourette Syndrome is a > disorder that causes me to jerk my body and swear uncrollably. > I am sure you may have Tourette Syndrome featured on one TV show or

another at some time. > But it is a different matter to have to live with it every day. For the

average person going out to eat at > a restraint might be a fun event but imagine what it would be like if you

untrollably jerked your hand > and spilt your drink and kept shouting swear words even though you did not want to. > That is just one experience of having Tourette Syndrome. I do not swear

and jerk all the time this is > perhaps one of the most puzzling aspects of tourete syndrome. Most of the time I am just like > anyone else > I can lead a pretty much normal life but I always have the urges to swear

and jerk. I always have to > fight to control the urges but I cannot keep it under control for more

than a few hours at a time. > I find that stress makes the Tourettes worse. I am a proud person and have managed to keep my > disorder a secret from most people. I try to make sure that I am alone

before I explode with tics. > When I was in high school I would strain to maintain control while in

class but after class I would run > to the bathroom where I could be alone and let all the tics out sometimes

it would take a up to a half > hour or more to calm the attack and that would mead that quite often I was very late or would > entirely miss the next class. > When I was a child I would be constantly in trouble and getting punished

for what my parents called > my habits. After years of dragging me from doctor to doctor and getting no

real answer my parents > pretty much gave up on me. I grew up thinking I was crazy and I knew that

I had to struggle to keep > my craziness under control. For to let it out would mean that I would be

shunned and outcast. > After high school I tried to find work I found it quite easy to get jobs

but the problem I had was > keeping them. At work there was no bathroom to run to every couple hours. It was during these > years that I found out just how unaccepting the world can be. Over the

past ten years I have been > fired from over 45 jobs > In some cases they begged me to seek mental help in other cases I was beat

up and thrown out the > door. > in all cases the end result was unemployment. > I have found out that even though I explain my disorder to people and they

say they understand that > those same people will have nothing to do with me after witnessing a

attack of my tourettes. > I have spent months at a time of living on the street and in a car and

have been on welfare for years > at a time. Family members have grown disgusted with me losing jobs they

tell me that my problem is > that I just don’t apply myself. I have spent 30 years of trying to apply

myself just to be kicked in the > face over and over again due to a disorder that I cannot control. > I have tried to get Social Security Disability but I have been turned down

twice. I have no job no > home no insurance and besides welfare no income. I am at the end of my

rope and I don’t know > what to do. > All I want is to be normal I wish I could have a job a car a home. I am

not stupid there is allot I can > do > but every time I pick myself up I get kicked back down because someone

can’t of won’t accept my – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> disorder. > So here I am on the internet begging for help. > Please If you can send me a couple dollars > I want to try and get a apartment and find a doctor to help me > but I can not do so without money > A friend of mine is allowing to use his address. > RS > 140 Scout Ave > Pgh Pa 15210 > gcythodcfhnnonyskzxwhsyl

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