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F-Secure Hoax Information Pages: Neiman-Marcus Cookie chain letter
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Summary
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| The message first appeared in 1998, but it has become widespread only in the beginning of 2000 and is a chain letter. |
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Detailed Description
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The message below appeared first in 1998, but it has become widespread only in the beginning of 2000. This message is a chain letter. One of its variants looks like this:
The Neiman-Marcus Cookie Story
My daughter & I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Cafe
in Dallas & decided to have a small dessert. Because our family
are such cookie lovers, we decided to try the "Neiman-Marcus
Cookie". It was so excellent that I asked if they would give me
the recipe and they said with a small frown, "I'm afraid not."
Well, I said, would you let me buy the recipe? With a cute
smile, she said, "Yes." I asked how much, and she responded,
"Two fifty." I said with approval, just add it to my tab.
Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement from
Neiman-Marcus and it was $285.00. I looked again and I
remembered I had only spent $9.95 for two salads and about
$20.00 for a scarf. As I glanced at the bottom of the statement,
it said, "Cookie Recipe - $250.00." Boy, was I upset!! I called
Neiman's Accounting Dept. and told them the waitress said it was
"two fifty," and I did not realize she meant $250.00 for a
cookie recipe. I asked them to take back the recipe and reduce
my bill and they said they were sorry, but because all the
recipes were this expensive so not just everyone could duplicate
any of our bakery recipes....the bill would stand. I waited,
thinking of how I could get even or even try and get any of my
money back.
I just said, "Okay, you folks got my $250.00 and now I'm going
to have $250.00 worth of fun." I told her that I was going to
see to it that every cookie lover will have a $250.00 cookie
recipe from Neiman-Marcus for nothing. She replied, "I wish you
wouldn't do this." I said, "I'm sorry but this is the only way I
feel I could get even," and I will.
So, here it is, and please pass it to someone else or run a few
copies....I paid for it; now you can have it for free. (Recipe
may be halved):
2 cups butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp. soda
2 cups sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal**
24 oz. chocolate chips
2 cups brown sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
2 tsp. vanilla
** measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder.
Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla; mix
together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add
chocolate chips, Hershey Bar and nuts. Roll into balls and place
two inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375
degrees. Makes 112 cookies.
If you receive this similar message, please do not pass it on. |
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Last Modified: January 01, 2006
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