The secret giveaway contest

Will most likely end up being ridiculously difficult, but COUNT ME IN anyways! I'm always up for a challenge.

-Brian

 

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I'm willing to look as stupid on this (or more) than everyone else.

 

sounds great. a realy fun contest. when will the encripted message be posted?

 

It's supposed to be!

Sorry, everybody. I took a break to get something to eat and dozed off watching the Heat/Bulls game. Who won?

Now I have to play catch-up to see if there are any more questions.

Chris

 

Zeke, I said this would be a coded message, not a dyslexic one. LOL!

Chris

 

For you military types, it would be 1345 hrs. For you civilians, it would be 1:45 pm. Today!

Chris

 

Sweet sounds like a good brain teaser! I'm in! I have solved a couple of these in my honors seminar class in school not too long ago.

 

OK, I'm in.

 

I'm not good at this stuff, but I may take a wack at it

 

One hour left for questions. If anyone needs clarification on any of the rules or format, you'd better hurry. The Q&A will close once the coded message has been posted.

Chris

 

Question... Can you PM me the solution in advance? Thanks buddy.

 

Will you give a clue to go along with the cryptogram, so that we know that what we've deciphered is the right word you're looking for? For example, that "PUZGMPZ" example you used I also managed to decipher into "Muslims" and "Earlier" before I got to Lincoln :smile Or is it assumed to be all coin-related?

 

No problem!

I will send it to you sometime in advance of your 150th birthday.

Chris

 

You have to decide for yourself if you have deciphered the message correctly. I merely used "Lincoln" as an example, but any of the words you mentioned could have certainly fit the pattern. You would need to test the letters of the word to see if they make sense in the rest of the message.

The coded message could be about anything, not just coins. The only thing you can definitely rule out is anything about The Simpsons. Read Post #12.

Chris

 

Just about 15 minutes left, so I am going to go outside for a cigarette. If anyone has any other questions, I will post responses before we begin.

Chris

 

Tomorrow is my birthday! I was born 05/20/1861.

 

Send me a copy of your birth certificate along with the full names of your parents, grandparents & great-grandparents including maiden names, military records of all male relatives and a photocopy of your VISA credit card including PIN. If you can send all of this by overnight messenger, then I will comply.

Chris

 

Here is the message. Please note that I have allowed adequate spacing between the words and the lines for you to print copies and work on it. Remember! DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWER HERE. SEND ME A PM. Good luck! Please note that I had to place periods between the words because when I tried to post it, it pulled all of the words together on each line. There are only two periods ending sentences. One is on line 4 and one is on line 5. There is also one comma on line 5. Please disregard all of the other periods that were used for spacing. cpm

ENCRYPTED MESSAGE


J S W.......R M D D W Z.......X B.......J S M A.......P X D J W A J.......R M V V



Z W P W M N W.......Q.......H Q M Z.......X B.......D L P – P W Z J M B M W U



P Q V M B X Z D M Q.......A J Q J W A.......G F Q Z J W Z A.......L Z Q U W U



C M D J.......A J Q J W.......A M O J E – A W N W D.



P X D L Z Q J F V Q J M X D A,.......Q D U.......J S Q D T A.......B X Z.......H V Q E M D L.

 

Technical difficulties. One moment please!

Chris

 

It took a little juggling, but no we're good to go.

Chris