EX-5.1
                    OPINION OF HOFHEIMER GARTLIR & GROSS, LLP


                 [Letterhead of Hofheimer Gartlir & Gross, LLP]

                                                                 June 27, 2000


SyCoNet.Com, Inc.
9105C Owens Drive
Manassas, VA  20111

Gentlemen:

     Our firm is counsel for SyCoNet.Com, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), with respect to the registration statement on Form SB-2 (the
"Registration Statement"), File No. 333- 38400, which was filed by the Company
with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering
5,884,632 shares (the "Shares") of Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share, of
the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act").

     We have reviewed only the following documents (hereinafter collectively
referred to as the "Documents"): the Registration Statement and the Exhibits
thereto filed therewith or incorporated by reference; the Minutes of the Meeting
of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") held on November 18,
1999; Unanimous Consents in lieu of meetings of the Board dated November 3,
1999, January 27, 2000, May 8, 2000 and May 9, 2000; the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company, as amended, filed with the Secretary of State of
Delaware; and the By-Laws of the Company.

     You should assume for the purpose of this opinion that our investigation
has been limited solely to a review of the Documents and that no further
investigation has been undertaken.

     We have assumed, without investigation, the authenticity of the Documents,
the genuineness of all signatures on the Documents, the legal capacity of the
persons who executed the Documents, due authorization, valid execution, delivery
and acceptance of the Documents and the conformity to the originals of the
Documents which were submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed that, with
respect to those Shares not yet issued which are issuable pursuant to
outstanding warrants and a December 16, 1999 funding agreement with Alliance
Equities, Inc. ("Alliance"), the warrant holders and Alliance will duly pay to
the Company the proper Share consideration and that such warrants otherwise will
be duly exercised and that the Company will cause such Shares to be issued. The
scope and application of this opinion is limited to the Federal Securities Laws
and the laws of the State of Delaware.


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     No opinion is being rendered hereby with respect to the truth and accuracy,
or completeness of the Registration Statement or any portion thereof.

     Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications which are set
forth herein, we are of the opinion that, as of the date hereof, the Shares have
been duly and validly authorized, the Shares already issued are duly and validly
issued and fully paid and nonassessable, and those Shares not yet issued when
issued will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable.

     We consent to the filing of this opinion as an Exhibit to the Registration
Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption "Legal Matters" in
the Prospectus which is a part of the Registration Statement.

                                              Very truly yours,

                                              Hofheimer Gartlir & Gross, LLP



                                              By: /s/ Richard G. Klein
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                                                  Richard G. Klein


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