E-mail hoax against Dean

[JNelson6563]

The following email is a HOAX. You’ll see why after reading the first paragraph.

The message was sent from a FAKE email address — not from Joe Trippi or from Dean for America. Some of you may have already received it through one of your Dean Yahoo groups.

Subject: Fwd: Paid interships for Dean! Apply Now FWD: To all Dean Supporters



"Joe Trippi, Dean for America" [e-mail]> wrote:Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 07:53:42 -0800 (EST)
From: "Joe Trippi, Dean for America"
Subject: Paid interships for Dean! Apply Now FWD: To all Dean Supporters
To: All Dean Supporters

Internship Dean Madness Program


Governor Dean with our interns

Photo by John Pettitt/DeanForAmerica.com

Dean for America is currently seeking 5,000 motivated, resourceful, energetic and hardworking individuals of all ages, sizes, and backgrounds for our Paid Internship Madness Program. Due to close sleeping quarters homosexuals will not be accepted for this position.

While you are working as an Intern we will pay you a $500-$1500 stipend, medical, and room and board will be provided. Relocation will not be provided.

We are looking for detail-oriented people with excellent verbal and written communications skills and the ability to work on multiple projects. Applicants should be comfortable interacting with both staff and volunteers and thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

These internships are paid positions, beginning March, 2004 in all 50 states. Please attach your resume, cover letter, two letters of reference, a photo, and a 1000+ word essay as to why you want to work for Dean. Application deadline is January 19th, 2004.

If interested send resume to the following email addresses. You may apply for more than one state to increase you chances of being hired. (You do not have to be from a state to intern in that state)

{deleted contact info}

Interns will be notified by February 5th, 2004 and internships will begin in March 1, 2004.

Please feel free to call any of the offices regarding internships. If you have questions, please direct them to: [e-mail]

Thank you for your interest in Dean for America.

Paid for and maintained by DEAN FOR AMERICANS
Contributions to Dean for America are not tax-deductible for federal income tax purposes.
Copyright © 2002 Dean for Americans

*sniff* *sniff* Is that desperation I smell? ;-)

Julie

[Walt Starr]

1. I love the smell of desperation in the morning

It smells like....<sniff>....a DEAN VICTORY!

[janx]

15. Absolutely. All kinds of shannanigans are already going on.

The photoshopped pics of Dean that keep cropping up, for instance. The Hitler one was featured prominently on FR before they took it down.

The right wingnuts are trying to infiltrate and divide. It's getting pretty obvious even this early in the game.

[NashVegas]

2. Do You Have Full Headers?

You'll need those if anything like real tracing is to be done.

[JNelson6563]

4. yes but someone else is working on this

I got the message of the warning and enclosed e-mail, the mailitslef wasn't sent to Michigan. Yet.

Julie

[KaraokeKarlton]

3. This was put out by whoever runs that anti-Dean site

at deanforamericans.com (notice the s in americans)

I hope they do a DNS and sue the bastard.

[JNelson6563]

5. heh heh Who could THAT be?

;-)

[KaraokeKarlton]

7. DNS for www.deanforamericans.com

Whois info for, deanforamericans.com:
Registrant:
Amalgamated Inc.
P.O. Box 26783
San Francisco, CA 94109
US

Domain name: DEANFORAMERICANS.COM

Administrative Contact:
Okrajdichnick, Jon [e-mail]
P.O. Box 26783
San Francisco, CA 94109
US
608469-4892
Technical Contact:
Registration, Domain [e-mail]
2400 Louisiana NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
US
+1.8007623998


Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
Record last updated on 18-Nov-2003.
Record expires on 20-Aug-2004.
Record Created on 20-Aug-2003.

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.NETWORKSHOSTING.COM 66.96.128.2
NS2.NETWORKSHOSTING.COM 209.12.212.2
NS3.NETWORKSHOSTING.COM 66.96.128.4

[KaraokeKarlton]

9. And a search on the IP the site is hosted at:

IP Tracker IP Tracker Checking IP: 207.148.231.59




OrgName:Net//works!, Inc.
OrgID: NET!
Address:2400 Louisiana NE, Bldg 4, Suite 250
Address:Albuquerque
City:Albuquerque
StateProv:NM
PostalCode: 87110
Country:US

NetRange:207.148.224.0 - 207.148.255.255
CIDR:207.148.224.0/19
Netname:NET-WORKS2
NetHandle:NET-207-148-224-0-1
Parent:NET-207-0-0-0-0
NetType:Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.FATCOW.COM
NameServer: NS2.FATCOW.COM
Comment:ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE
RegDate:2002-05-02
Updated:2003-06-09

TechHandle: TH248-ARIN
TechName:Network Administrator
TechPhone:[phone]
TechEmail:[e-mail]

OrgTechHandle: TH248-ARIN
OrgTechName:Network Administrator
OrgTechPhone:[phone]
OrgTechEmail:[e-mail]

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2004-01-09 19:15
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.

[KaraokeKarlton]

10. The owner of the site is in violation of the TOS for sending this mail

Here is a link to the TOS for the host this site owner uses:

http://www.networkshosting.com/helpdesk/terms.html

For anyone who is interested.

[Renew Deal]

13. They are pukes

I saw them bragging about this on FR once.

[patricia92243]

6. Could the appeal for employees be real, but the comment on gays inserted

by someone trying to sabotage his campaign. I it were not for that one sentence, the e-mail would be o.k.

Just like Bush's 13 little words- sorry couldn't resist that

[Rose Siding]

8. NO -From the campaign:

Don't Be Fooled By Cheap Imitations
In the last ten days before the Iowa Caucuses, we're going to be showered with all kinds of distortions and tricks that try to diminish the enthusiasm you've built for this campaign. For instance, today a fake email advertising "Paid internships for Dean" is circulating. It's a fraud, and was not sent by Dean for America.

It's easy to tell if an email is authentic. All official DFA email comes from a deanforamerica.com address, and at the bottom says "Paid for and maintained by Dean for America." Anything else is a fraud, and should be deleted. If you have any doubts about the authenticity of an email, forward it to us at [e-mail].

http://blog.deanforamerica.com/archives/003056.html

[dfong63]

12. but it's NOT always easy to tell if an email is genuine

It's easy to tell if an email is authentic. All official DFA email comes from a deanforamerica.com address, and at the bottom says "Paid for and maintained by Dean for America."

i disagree. it's not easy to tell if an email is authentic. what's easy is FORGING mail headers. and of course anyone can put "Paid for and maintained by Dean for America." at the bottom of a message.

[diamondsoul]

11. Criminy, that just bites!

I'll say this, if I'd recieved that e-mail, I'd have sent it on to Dean's campaign with a question about its legitimacy. The reference to "homosexuals" is a dead giveaway as far as I'm concerned.

This is the kind of crap I really hate about politics.

[Bucky]

14. Also note that "Paid Internship Madness Program" spells PIMP

This is the usual disgusting prank. I hope no one is fooled by it. Anyone who doesn't read this carefully and responds in hopes of a paid job is going to spend the next year getting spammed by freeper jerks.

[Padraig18]

16. I smell Rove.

:puke:

[diamondsoul]

17. Kick for iowapeacechief n/t

[iowapeacechief]

18. Everyone benefits...

...when dirty tricks are exposed and stopped. Thanks, Diamondsoul!