Okay, now check THIS out; from the 'rational lunacy' link above:
Her email address is:
From: "Gloria Schroeder" [email protected]
Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 21:24:32 -0600
Subject: I wrote to you before
Now, type: ronan.net into google and you get this:
http://www.accessmontana.com/scam.htm
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