From: Charlotte Spencer (spence801@hotmail.com)
	To: root@attrition.org
	Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 09:52:01 GMT
	Subject: Assistance

	Dear Sir,

	On the web I found your address with so many sites that have been hacked by 
	yourselves.

	Is it as all possible for you to assist me to hack into a hotmail email 
	account?

	I look forward to hearing from you.

	sincerely,

	Charlotte.





	From: /dev/null (null@attrition.org)
	To: Charlotte Spencer (spence801@hotmail.com)
	Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 15:50:52 -0700 (MST)
	Subject: Re: Assistance

	Charlotte --

	You make a great many assumptions...some of which are very, very dangerous
	assumptions to make.  It's frustrating, too, because we make information
	available in many places that would clear up some of your misconceptions,
	but you chose not to bother to read the things we kindly posted for the
	benefit of our readers.  Since you failed to look into the pages we worked
	so hard to write up, let me see if I can assist you in reaching an
	understanding.  I'll use small words.

	We did not hack the sites on our list.  We do not deface web sites.  We do
	not approve of illegal hacking.  We tend to think people who have to
	resort to criminal activity are very, very lame (actually, we think much
	worse than that, but I promised to use small words).

	In fact, by asking for our assistance in hacking a hotmail email account,
	you are effectively soliciting complete strangers to commit a felony
	computer crime that crosses state lines.  Soliciting complete strangers to
	commit -any- crime is mindblowingly stupid in the first place; asking
	total strangers to hack for you is not only mindblowingly stupid, it's
	likely to get you laughed at a great deal if not get you in a great deal
	of trouble.

	Oops.  Those weren't small words.  Sorry, I forgot.

	The answer's no -- or, better put, the answer is -fuck- no, and let me
	take this moment to strongly encourage you to give up on the idea of
	breaking into email accounts altogether.  You're not devious enough or
	careful enough or dedicated enough to be a good criminal...and bad
	criminals tend to get caught.

	Hope this helps.

	/dev/null