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On Sun, 6 Oct 1996, Norm Ackerman wrote:

 > !!!!$$$$$$ EASY MONEY, AND IT REALLY WORKS!!!!!!,
 > TRY IT AND YOU'll BE HAPPY!!!!!
 >
 > Take five minutes to read this and it WILL change your life!!
 >
 > I finally decided to read one of these articles in an internet newsgroup
 > describing how to make $50,000.00 in only one month from a $5.00
 > investment.
 >
 > Of course I thought this was ridiculous ,or some type of pyramid.  I
 > thought it over for a few weeks, thinking for sure it was a scam.I hate
 > scams because usually someone gets burned, and I didn't want it to be
 > me! I blew it off for a few weeks then saw another one in a  newsgroup I
 > go to alot and thought, "Maybe this is legitimate!". Besides, whats
 > $5.00 , I spend more than that in the morning everyday.
 >
 > Well, two weeks later,I began recieving money in the mail! I couldn't
 > believe it! Not just a little , I mean big bucks! At first only a few
 > hundred dollars, then a week later, a  couple of thousand , then BOOM .
 > By the end of the fourth week , I had recieved nearly $47,000.00. It
 > came from all over the world.And every bit of it perfectly legal and on
 > the up and up. I've been able to pay off all my bills and still had
 > enough left to do some much needed work on my home.
 >
 > Not only does it work for me, it works for other folks as well. Markus
 > Valppu says he made $57,883 in four weeks.  Dave Manning claims he made
 > $53,664 in the same amount of time.  Dan Shepstone says it was only
 > $17,000 for him.  Do I know these folks?  No, but when I read how they
 > say they did it, it made sense to me. Enough sense that I'm taking a
 > similar chance with $5 of my own money.
 >
 > Not a big chance, I admit--but one with incredible potential, because $5
 > is all anyone ever invests in this system.  Period.  That's all Markus,
 > Dave, or Dan invested, yet their $5 netted them tens of thousands
 > of dollars each, in a safe, legal, completely legitimate way.
 >
 > Here's how it works in 4 easy steps:
 >
 >
 >
 > STEP 1.
 >
 > Invest your $5 by writing your name and address on five separate pieces
 > of paper along with the words:
 > "PLEASE ADD ME TO YOUR MAILING LIST."
 > (In this way, you're not just sending a dollar to someone;  you're
 > paying for a legitimate service.)  Fold a $1 bill, money order, or bank
 > note inside each paper, and mail them by standard U. S. Mail to the
 > following five addresses:
 >
 >  1- Matthew Kulbacki
 >      1025 12th street
 >      Golden, CO, USA 80401
 >
 >  2- Steve Nakayama
 >      5185 Kome Street
 >      Kapaa, HI USA 96746
 >
 >  3- Norm Ackerman
 >      104 Rahway Rd.
 >      Goose Creek, SC USA 29445
 >
 >  4- John Chen
 >	1286 W. Adams Bl. Apt#1
 >	Los Angeles  CA USA 90007
 >
 >  5- Vincent Chow
 >      2828 Rainview Drive,
 >      San Jose, CA 95133, USA
 >
 >
  > STEP 2.
 >
 > Now remove the top name from the list, and move the     other names
 > up.This way, #5 becomes #4 and so on. Put your name in as the fifth one
 > on the list.
 >
 >
 > STEP 3.
 >
 > Post the article to at least 200 newsgroups. There       are at least
 > 17000 newsgroups at any given moment in time.
 >
 > Try posting to as many newsgroups as you can.Remember
 > the more groups you post to, the more people will see your article and
 > send you cash!
 >
 >
 >
 > STEP 4.
 >
 > You are now in business for yourself, and should start seeing returns
 > within 7 to 14 days! Remember, the internet is new and huge. There is no
 > way you can lose.
 >
 > Now here is how and why this system works:
 >
 > Out of every block of 200 posts I made, I got back 5 responses. Yes,
 > thats right,only 5. You make $5.00 in cash, not checks or money orders,
 > but real cash with your name at #5.
 >
 > Each additional person who sent you $1.00 now also makes 200 additional
 > postings with your name at #4, 1000 postings.On average then, 50 people
 > will send you $1.00 with your name at #4,....$50.00 in your pocket!
 >
 > Now these 50 new people will make 200 postings each with your name at #3
 > or 10,000 postings. Average return, 500 people= $500.  They make 200
 > postings each with your name at #2= 100,000 postings=5000 returns at
 > $1.00 each=$5,000.00 in cash!
 >
 > Finally, 5,000 people make 200 postings each with your name at #1 and
 > you get a return of $50,000 before your name drops off the list.And
 > that's only if everyone down the line makes only 200 postings each! Your
 > total income for this one cycle is $55,000.
 >
 > From time to time when you see your name is no longer on the list, you
 > take the latest posting you can find and start all over again.
 >
 > The end result depends on you. You must follow through
 > and repost this article everywhere you can think of.
 > The more postings you make, the more cash ends up in	    your mailbox.
 > It's too easy and too cheap to pass up!!!
 >
 > So thats it. Pretty simple sounding stuff, huh? But believe me, it
 > works. There are millions of people surfing the net every day, all day,
 > all over the world. And 100,000 new people get on the net every day. You
 > know that, you've seen the stories in the paper.
 >
 > So, my friend, read and follow the simple instructions and play fair.
 > Thats the key, and thats all there is to it.Print this out right now so
 > you can refer back to this article easily.Try to keep an eye on all the
 > postings you made to make sure everyone is playing fairly. You know
 > where your name should be.
 >
 > If you're really not sure or still think this can't
 > be for real, then don't do it. But please print this article and pass it
 > along to someone you know who really needs the money, and see what
 > happens.
 >
 >
 >
 >           !!!TRY IT AND YOU'LL BE HAPPY!!!
 >
 >
 >
 >
 The ones who pretend to be aginst these attempts to make some easy money
 by cheating others, are the worst.
 I've been doublecrossed once too many.
 Send the author a mail telling him to lay off.