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Re: Has Anyone Heard of This?

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Thursday, April 1, 2004, 9:48
April 1st?

                                   Andreas


Quoting David Peterson <ThatBlueCat@...>:

> Hi all, > > I got a very, very strange e-mail today, and I wanted to see if you thought > it was legit. I thought it was spam initially, but it appears to have been > personalized in a way that would've been hard to...well, spam. Anyway, the > link they gave seems to be broken. Maybe it should be .gov? > > Here's the message: (Oh, the title was, "A Unique Opportunity for > Visionaries and Artists of All Kinds!" I opened it because of the e-mail > address: klgordon@ca.gov.) > > <<Wednesday, March 31, 2004 > > Dear Mr. Peterson, > > In March of 2003, Congress earmarked close to $29 million to be spent on the > arts. One of the committees formed to determine how best to disperse these > funds was the Committee for the Encouragement and Development of Individual > Talent (CEDIT), and I'm happy to say that I was fortunate enough to be > elected chair. My goal as chair was to seek out undiscovered talent, and for > the past year, myself and the other committee members have been scouring the > nation with that sole purpose in mind. > > Not long ago, my son, Keith, happened upon your website (or "web thing", as > you call it), and brought it to my attention: http://dedalvs.free.fr/. To > tell the truth, the CEDIT had intended to focus mainly on literature and the > various performing arts, but your website intrigued me. The idea of creating > language--the necessary medium for just about any art imaginable--struck me > as utterly fascinating. I pitched the idea to the committee, and showed them > examples from your language Zhyler, and the result was favorable. So > favorable, in fact, that we've decided to award you the Creativisee Grant. > > (The rest of this information can be viewed at our new website, > www.creativisee.org.) > > The Creativisee Grant (funded by congressional bill hr1004 96) was founded to > encourage aspiring American artists of all backgrounds to pursue their dreams > and bring their unique artistic vision to life. The grant is an award given > by the Committee for the Encouragement and Development of Individual Talent > (CEDIT), and may not be applied for (criteria for selection are the sole > discretion of the CEDIT). > > The form of the award is a one-time, tax-free grant of between $75,000 and > $150,000, to be paid in 12 installments over the course of a year, beginning > on the first day of the calendar month directly following the reception of > the award. The intent of the funding is to give an artist an entire year to > work on nothing but perfecting his or her art. The artist need do nothing in > return, save devote the next year of his or her life to his or her art, and > to no other professional enterprise. > > ***** > > The rest of the particulars can be found on the website. > > Now, it is my pleasure to let you know that you've earned a $120,000 grant. > You'll receive your first check on the first of May. Before we can process > the transfer, though, we need some information from you. So, if you would be > so kind as to download and fill out the necessary paperwork and return it to > the CEDIT office (the .pdfs can be downloaded at > "www.creativisee.org/grantapp/index.html") as soon as possible, we can start > to set things in motion right away. > > I want to congratulate you on your award. We see great potential in you, as > in all the other recipients, and we can't wait to see the fruits of your > labor. So, congratulations, and good luck. > > Best Wishes, > > Rep. Kevin L. Gordon > > CEDIT Chair > 500 I Street, Suite 5-400 > Sacramento, CA 95814 > klgordon@ca.gov > Phone: (916) 448-3221 > Fax: (916) 448-3589 > > P.S.: There's still about $600,000 of grant money left to award. Since > you're the only language creator, and there are at least four recipients from > every other branch of art, we thought it might be ideal to give the rest of > the money to other language creators such as yourself. Can you give us any > recommendations?>> > > So, what do you think? It sounds fishy... Yet, it’s hard to imagine how > it could be a scam. After all, they’re not asking for any money (yet). > > -David > ******************************************************************* > "sunly eleSkarez ygralleryf ydZZixelje je ox2mejze." > "No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn." > > -Jim Morrison > > http://dedalvs.free.fr/ >