Re: Last Laugh! Spammer, age 35, meets "Moscow Rules"

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> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Does anyone remember the old parlor
>> game we used to play as kids? I think the name of the game was >> 'Murder' > "Clue", perhaps? As in: 'The butler did it, with the ice-pick, in the > parlor' >> and it was about this wealthy, rich old geezer who had been >> murdered in his home, which was a mansion-like place. Using cards and >> dice, and moving tokens around on a board accordingly, we kids had to >> use logic and the process of elimination to guess the three cards >> hidden from view: (1) who murdered the old gentleman, (2) the way his >> murder was committed, and (3) the room of the house it happened in. By >> looking at your cards, the tokens on the board and thinking about >> previous incorrect answers, we junior detectives had to announce to >> the other players out loud, "I suggest that (victim) was murdered with >> (weapon: gun, knife, candleobera or other blunt instrument) in the >> (room: kitchen, parlor, library, den, bedroom, etc) by (criminal: the >> butler, the cook, Colonel Mustard, Mrs. Green, others). The person who >> made the right choices won of course, but a wrong choice got the >> player eliminated. Today's 'Last Laugh' is brought to us by Danny >> Burstein who tells us the true story of the victim (Vardan Kushnir) >> who was murdered in his apartment, apparently with a blunt instrument, >> but police have not been able to figure out _who_ the perpetrator was. >> Personally I doubt they are looking very hard either. PAT] >> =================================== >> Russia's Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered in Apartment >> Created: 25.07.2005 13:14 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 14:24 MSK, >> MosNews >> Vardan Kushnir, notorious for sending spam to each and every citizen >> of Russia who appeared to have an e-mail, was found dead in his Moscow >> apartment on Sunday, Interfax reported Monday. He died after suffering >> repeated blows to the head. >> Kushnir, 35, headed the English learning centers the Center for American >> English, the New York English Centre and the Centre for Spoken English, >> all known to have aggressive Internet advertising policies in which >> millions of e-mails were sent every day ... >>
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>> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Funeral arrangements have not been >> announced; they are still pending. That, you see, is how spammers in >> Russia are dealt with; a good, effecient dispatch of their rotten >> souls if I do say so myself. A prompt cremation of his earthly remains >> and all his spam with him should follow and assure he burns in Hell >> forever in his special, reserved spot. PAT] > [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Yes!! 'Clue' is the name of the game, > either from Parker Brothers or Milton Bradley. A wonderful game which > I still remember. PAT]