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johnahue42
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Joined: 22 Apr 2004
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 		I uhhh found (read: photoshopped) some dog tags with the <0> symbol. I emailed Omnifam saying that I had found them at my post office bulletin board (I live in a small town, so they have a town bulletin board there). It took pictures of a card I found (once again, read made) with the <0> and the message on the front page of the now defunct Followers of Rambaldi Webpage. The message on the inside of the card was "Who.Sent.You? We.Are.Reasonable."

This is what I received

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RE: Message and dog tags

Operative:

Omnifam appreciates your efforts and diligence on OP101A. We have investigated your report. You will be pleased to know your discovery seems significant. Agents will be sent to conduct further field analysis and pursue your findings. Congratulations on a job well done.

Please continue your investigation and alert us to additional potential sightings.

Message ID: OF-EP-101A-ACK
Classification: Confidential

Supplemental: Private message id ************* waiting at Omnifam.org.


The supplemental message was:

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To: Agent Donahue
RE: Message and Dog Tags

Agent Donahue:

Our analysts have expressed a keen interest in the item you discovered. We require increased surveillance in the vicinity of ********, NH. Please reply back to operatorSPLATomnifam.org acknowledging your availability.


Seems I've become a field agent.

PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2005 4:50 pm
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Syke
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 		Blechley's crossword answers
hey sorry..newb here!! Razz could someone give me the answers to the crossword puzzle? plz thnx

PostPosted: Wed May 25, 2005 6:43 pm
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Karl
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Location: Japan

 		Wow its good to live in Japan. Was just about to go to bed when I got an email from the operator. I am spoilering it just in case.

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Operative ****:

Critical data has fallen into the hands of a former associate of Mr. Sloane's. It is stored on a small, portable datacard and must be securely retrieved. We have sent an agent to infiltrate and conduct surveillance on this associate for the purpose of retrieving the data. Her codename is **********. Unfortunately, we have lost contact with this operative. She has missed two scheduled rendezvous so far.

In the event she finds herself unable to make contact through direct channels, she will attempt to establish an alternate communications channel by posting a personal message online at friendster.com as ***** *****. She will expect initial contact to contain the phrase, "warm summer days." Your mission is to make contact with her and retrieve the datacard. Entering the passphrase from her response on the Omnifam message retrieval system will help you confirm you've made contact with her and that she has not been compromised.

Recovery of this datacard is of the utmost importance to Omnifam. Do not fail in this mission.

Message ID: **-**-***
Classification: Confidential


So I did the obvious and signed up for an account.

Didn't find the mentioned account though. Yet.

PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 9:56 am
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wintermute_au
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 		i also got this latest email -- signed up on friendster but not entirely sure how the message drop is supposed to work -- there are 5 pages of results when i searched on the given name.... perhaps when it happens it will be more obvious

PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:42 am
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Syke
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 		friendster.com
I just signed up a couple minutes ago, searched the name, found it exactly the way it was in the email,(it was the only one with S**** last name, might i add) and consequently sent the message. I guess ill have to check later to see if i got a reply.

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theokester
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Joined: 12 Apr 2005
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 		Methusalabs Clinical Trials
OK, so have we happened to verify whether or not methusalabs is in-game or not? I started getting emails from them about the same time I got the latest operator email. I've been accepted into the trial...however, they're asking for a LOT of fairly in-depth information which makes this seem either very professional and real (OOG) or else possibly a little freaky even for an ARG.

Any input?

Here's the email I just got today:

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Dear Dexitramman Trial Candidate,

Thank you for volunteering to take part in the public clinical trial of Dexitramman. We are very pleased to hear that patients such as yourself are willing to take part in our ground-breaking research. After reviewing your preliminary information, Methusalabs is interested in obtaining more information about you. To qualify yourself for further consideration, please assemble an Identification Package with the following information.

1. Your birth certificate.
2. Scan of your current driver\'s license.
3. Letter from your current physician, certifying that you are following a prescribed low-antioxidant diet and that you suffer from one of the maladies listed in the Drug Trial Volunteer Requirements. (A list can be found at http://www.methusalabs.com/022001.php?index=2)
4. Physician\'s medical records or pharmacy records indicating the frequency and nature of all medications taken within the last 6 months.
5. Summary of both parents\' medical history in any credible form, including but not limited to:
Physician\'s medical records.
Pharmacy records or receipts.
Genealogical records kept by a certified agent.
Coroner\'s reports.
Parents\' medical records will be checked for historical authenticity.
6. Any and all news items about or medical journal results based on your case. Please remember that Methusalabs prefers publicized medical cases over private cases.
7. Receipts from your insurer verifying that you hold at least $100,000 in medical insurance.
8. Optionally, you may provide a personal testimony to bring to light any other medical or personal details which you feel might be relevant.

These documents should be digitized by a loved one and secured in a zip file titled by your full name. (e.g. Lylan_Davis.zip) Each item in this list should be a single file inside your archive. All documents will be thoroughly fraud-checked. This package will be considered your application for participation, so take great care to include as complete and accurate a set of documents as you can.

If considered acceptable, you will be asked for your home mailing address so that clinical trial samples can be delivered to you. At your discretion, a more fully-abled friend or family member may recieve your package for you. You will be asked to specify the name and address of this person at the time of your acceptance into the program, should we find your Identification Package sufficiently attractive.

Thank you for your interest in the Dexitramman clinical trial. Should you find any difficulty in reading or understanding this document, we suggest that you find a younger family member or friend to translate into terms more familiar to you. Thank you, and have a nice day.

- H. Jefferson
Clinical Trial Administrator
Research and QA Division
Methusalabs, Incorporated

12022-2401a


PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:51 pm
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johnahue42
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 		I sent this email to operator@omnifam to see if they could give any answers on Methusalabs.

Quote:
Operator -

Recently while searching the Internet, I came across this website for a pharmaceutical company called "Methusalabs." On their front page, there is a link to a news story. Here is the full text.

In a unique agreement of cooperation between a for-profit American corporation and an international non-profit relief agency, Methusalabs has announced it is in talks with the Geneva-based Omnifam Foundation to work on joint projects of interest to both organizations.

Wallace Beckman Overton III, Chairman and CEO of Methusalabs, described the agreement as "still in the planning stages" in his monthly email to investors and other interested parties. "We know we want to work with them, and they seem to be keen on us, but what we'll do together remains to be hammered out," he wrote. Overton's missives, entitled "MethusaMemos," go out to nearly 500 addresses every month. They are seen as a unique window into the mind of the man who turned Methusalabs from a struggling start-up into a billion dollar premiere research corporation.

Omnifam spokesperson Shari Ben-Aviv states: "We at Omnifam are looking forward to working with Methusalabs to see how we can use their knowledge and technology to aid the millions of seniors all over the world. It's exciting to consider the possibilities."

Methusalabs is a Michigan-based biotech firm focused on providing anti-aging solutions for America's elderly. In the past ten years it has launched three commercial drug products, published countless papers, and contributed to our expanding knowledge of the causes and possible cures for aging. Omnifam is a volunteer-based non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of human dignity throughout the world. By utilizing the resources of its volunteers and sponsors, Omnifam is able to provide needed international disaster relief and humanitarian aid to people from all walks of life.


Has Omnifam formed a joint operation with Methusalabs? Is the purpose of this operation declassified? As an operative of Omnifam, I would like to know why we are associating with a civilian organization. Is this Rambaldi related? From my personal knowledge, Rambaldi was obsessed with eternal life, and it would appear Methusalabs is working to make this goal a reality. I would appreciate it if you could answer my questions. Thank you.

Operative Donahue


I'll post any reply

PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 9:30 pm
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Karl
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 		looking at many sites, I checked www.followersoframbaldi.com and found the page quite interesting. did a whois and go this

Domain Name: FOLLOWERSOFRAMBALDI.COM
Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC.
Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com
Name Server: NS27.1AND1.COM
Name Server: NS28.1AND1.COM
Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
Updated Date: 02-apr-2005
Creation Date: 26-apr-2004
Expiration Date: 26-apr-2006

Same registrar, I am willing to bet there will be much more to that site soon.

Karl

PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:47 am
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johnahue42
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 		I'm liking that site...I hope it's part of the game

PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 9:19 pm
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johnahue42
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Joined: 22 Apr 2004
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johnahue42 wrote:
I would also catherwood.

Also, there is a messaging system where you enter the message ID number to retrieve the message. I decided to try 47 and got this:

Quote:
Message 47
To: Benjamin Simpson
From: Michael Keller
Subject: intercepted email

Hi Ben,

we intercepted this email. Looks like some sort of code, could you guys decrypt it to something useful for us?

---Intercepted email body:

REU6UGtnMDAwN1BsdXM0Nw

---

Cheers, Mike



I ran the encrypted string through lots of converters, and the only one with a coherent response was Base64

It gave:

DE:Pkg0007Plus47


Any ideas?


I posted that a couple weeks ago. And now we know what it's for.
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Yesterday, when we solved the puzzle that Cindy had given to us in our pictures, it lead to www.digitalescrow.org , and gave us a specific document title. Someone realized that the DE in our string stood for Digital Escrow.

Inside the zip is a passworded word doc. The password is "Marchisano"

The Doc says:


Quote:
His Eminence, Francesco Cardinal Marchisano
Piazza Pio XII 3
00193 Rome
Italy


Your Holiness,

Forgive me, for I have sinned. I have gone against your wishes and started my own investigation into the organization.
You were right, it looks like they're bona fide. I have not been able to uncover any evidence of ulterior motives. I have also not detected any sign of the suspected increase in Rambaldi related activity.
I will be back in the office next week. I hope you can forgive me my doubts.

Sincerely,

Father John Donato


Is this confirmation that Omnifam is a legit game?






EDIT:

I have some other news. A couple of weeks ago, after I sent in my Rambaldi surveillance, I made it appear in my submission that the FoR were active in my area (chuckle). Omnifam now wants me to conduct surveillance. Here's the email I got.

Quote:
Agent Donahue:

Ongoing surveillance in your immediate area indicates local activity regarding the Followers Of Rambaldi. If such indications are confirmed, we may require travel within a 20 mile radius and things may get a bit physical. Please confirm your availability and suitability for such a mission. Details will follow once we have confirmation and completed analyzing relevant field reports and intercepts.


Problem is that I'm under 18 and don't have a license. Should I just say no? Will I really be meeting with people?

PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:58 am
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m<o>j
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 		Randomness...
Just found this....

it says"DNA- and RNA-bases contains mainly. These biological key substances are how in attempts proved became, extremely effectively in the production of vitality and longevity." according to the translator.
Click


Also, I don't know if it's been mentioned, but 'Methusa' is an anagram of 'Use Math'

Jai

Oh and hey there johnahue Wink

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the_jayde_drag0n
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Joined: 19 Jun 2005
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Location: Sacramento, California

 		www.followersoframbaldi.com
okay do i did a little research into that site and dug ingot the whois info .. nothing of real importance there except where the ip address is hosted

it is in Germany.. and if you try to directly link that ip address you get a 404 error in german.. tho i didn't translate that
Das angegebene Skript konnte nicht fehlerfrei ausgeführt werden!

is what that says.. there's nothing really in the page source (and i really could be over anayzing things here, but i don't want to leave any stone untruned)
the only thing was that the .gif image they use is titled "undercover"

so we'll see what comes of that



my eyes are burning from hours looking at page source info

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the_jayde_drag0n
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Location: Sacramento, California

 		oh also, has anyone submitted for a job at methusela?


OH and for those who have been looking into the name methusela

look into Vampire the Masquerade

a Methusela is a term for a VERY old Vampire
usually lower than 6th genereation (meaning how far back embraced by Cain) the higher the gen.. the newer you are, the lower the closer

and also.. here is what i got from webster

Main Entry: Me·thu·se·lah
Pronunciation: m&-'thü-z&-l&, -'thyü-; -'th(y)üz-l&
Function: noun
Etymology: Hebrew Methushelah
1 : an ancestor of Noah held to have lived 969 years

dunno if anyone had seen that yet


soo... lets see they are searching anti-aging technologies and their name refers to long life.. really really long heh

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the_jayde_drag0n
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Location: Sacramento, California

 		on the topic of the Rambaldi <O>
if you want some good ones from the out of game world to send in.. Try Cirque du Soleil's production <o> yup it's actually called that.. if you goto their page in the store you can get some good screenshots of it.. dunno if thats what they want.. but hey

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Ursos
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 		Check this out (http://www.omnifam.org/press20050722.php)"

Quote:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

OMNIFAM HEADQUARTERS BOMBED

Zurich, Switzerland - July 22, 2005

On Monday, July 18, a bomb detonated inside Omnifam Headquarters in Switzerland. No one was injured during the incident. Interpol has been notified and is currently investigating the incident.

Abraham Lessig, Director of Omnifam, called the act "the work of cowards." He went on to declare, "Our organization is no stranger to violence. We're often first responders worldwide when chaos erupts. We'll rise above this act of cowardice to continue our mission."

Investigators were very tight-lipped regarding the investigation. The bomb exploded at an odd hour when few people were in the building leading many people to conjecture about the motives of the bomber. Apparently, the bombing was intended more as a message than to inflict maximum damage.

Quite a few windows were blown out, but the destruction within the office appeared to be fairly localized. Although investigators had removed debris and the bomb components from the scene before the press could arrive, the pattern of marks in the blast radius was clearly unusual. Whatever shrapnel was loaded into the bomb left a large number of symmetrical marks on walls and the ceiling. These marks formed an iconic representation of an pointed globe or possibly an eye.

Omnifam is a volunteer-based non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of human dignity throughout the world. By utilizing the resources of its volunteers and sponsors, Omnifam is able to provide needed international disaster relief and humanitarian aid to people from all walks of life.

###


Hmm, the "marks formed an iconic representation of an pointed globe or possibly an eye"? Sounds like the <O> to me. Surely Omnifam realizes that, right? I think I might e-mail the Operator to see if they figured that out yet or what.

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