Ray,
    I feel the way you do about urban legends. But this tale is 
_not_ a legend. I work at Intel, and the Information Technology 
folks there recently verified the reality of this scam. 
                                                        DAVe
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> Always be suspicious of  "friend of a friend" story.  This is an urban legend
> along the lines of the goodtime virus and the modem tax.
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