April 30, 2005, 3:30 p.m. central time, 2:30 p.m. mountain time, was when poor stupid Beth launched it.
It'd be interesting to know how much money the Dummies actually lost to that scam.
A lot of reported donations were phony posts by the perpetrators to prime the pump, challenging gullible Dummies to match their generosity.
DUmmies lie all the time, so many, probably most, announced donations were simply false.
But still, some significant money was sent by abysmally stupid DUmpmonkeys to the accounts set up as part of the scam.
No one will ever know the actual amount or where it ultimately went.
Or maybe it's all still lost somewhere in the Johns Hopkins mailroom.