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Re: READ THIS!!!!!

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From: John Higgins
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 00:00
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get a life, will ya!

gabriel hodalgo wrote:

> READING THIS COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
>
> Have you ever dreamed about what you would buy
> if you had tons of cash, well here is your chance that will
> change your life, it definetly changed mine!!!!
> I am sure you could use $10,000.00 in the next 90 days.
> A few days ago, I was on the internet browsing through message boards
> just like you are now, and came across a message like this one
> that said you could make thousands of dollars within weeks
> with only an initial investment of $6.00! So I thought," Yeah,
> right, as if, this must be a scam", but like most of us, I was very
> curious,
> so I kept reading. Anyway, it said that you send $1.00 to each
> of the 6 names and address stated in the article. You then place
> your own name and address in the bottom of the list at #6, and
> post the article in at least 200 newsgroups. (There are
> thousands) No catch, that was it. So after thinking it over, and
> talking to my friends about it, I thought about trying it. I
> figured what have I got to lose except 6 stamps and $6.00,
> right? Like most of us I was a little skeptical and a little
> worried about the legal aspects of it all. So I checked it out
> with the U.S. Post Office and they confirmed that it is indeed
> legal! Then I invested the the $6.00. Well GUESS WHAT!!...
> within 7 days, I started getting money in the mail!
> I was shocked! I figured it would end soon, but the money
> just kept coming in. In my first week, I made about $30.00. By
> the end of the second week I had made a total of over $1000.00!
> In the third week I had over $5000.00 and it's still growing.
> This is now my fifth week and I have made a total of just over
> $10,000.00 and it's still coming in rapidly. It's certainly
> worth $6.00, and 6 stamps, I have spent more than that on
> junk food!! Let me tell you how this works and most importantly,
> why it works....also, make sure you print a copy of this article
> NOW, so you can get the information off of it as you need it.
> Please study this letter carefully.... THIS IS NOT A CHAIN
> LETTER!!!.....This is a perfectly legal money making opportunity.
>
> Follow these instructions EXACTLY and in the next 30 days you will
> receive $5000.00 in cash from
> business minded individuals like yourself.
>
> STEP 1: Get 6 separate pieces of paper and write the following
> on each piece of paper "PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR MAILING LIST." Now
> get 6 US $1.00 bills and place ONE inside EACH of the 6 pieces
> of paper so the bill will not be seen through the envelope to
> prevent thievery. Next, place one paper in each of the 6
> envelopes and seal them. You should now have 6 sealed envelopes,
> each with a piece of paper stating the above phrase, your name
> and address, and a $1.00 bill. What you are doing is creating a
> service by this. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY LEGAL!
> Mail the 6 envelopes to the following addresses:
>
> #1) Keith Dyer
> 398 County Rd. 274
> Niota, Tn. 37826
>
> #2) T.J. Saver
> P.O. Box 84
> Edenowld, SK
> S0G 1K0
> Canada
>
> #3) Josh Sells
> 400 Moose St.
> Albemorle, N.C. 28001
>
> #4) Jay McFarlane
> 600 Court L Casa Park
> Winter Springs, FL. 32708
>
> #5) Jeremy Black
> 1048 Arbor Hill Cr.
> Clermont, FL. 34711
>
> #6)Gabriel Hidalgo jr
> 1446 chateau common #108
> livermore, CA. 94550
>
> STE P 2: Now take the #1 name off the list that you see above,
> move the other names up (6 becomes , 5 becomes 4, etc...) and
> add YOUR Name as number 6 on the list. STEP 3: Change anything
> you need to, but try to keep this article as close to original
> as possible. If you do not live in the us or there is a foreign
> address you must put a international stamp on your envelopes.
> Now, post your amended article to at least 200 newsgroups.
> (I think there are close to 24,000 groups) All you
> need is 200, but remember, the more you post, the more money you
> make!---DIRECTIONS -----HOW TO POST TO NEWSGROUPS------------
>
> Step 1) You do not need to re-type this entire letter to do your
> own posting. Simply put your cursor at the beginning of this
> letter and drag your cursor to the bottom of this letter, and
> select 'copy' from the edit menu. This will copy the entire
> letter into the computers memory.
>
> Step 2) Open a blank 'notepad' file and place your cursor at the
> top of the blank page. From the 'edit' menu select 'paste'. This
> will paste a copy of the letter into notepad so that you can add
> your name to the list.
>
> Step 3) Save your new notepad file as a ..txt file. If you want
> to do your postings in different sittings, you'll always have
> this file to go back to.
>
> Step 4) Use Netscape or Internet explorer and try searching for
> various newsgroups (on-line forums, message boards, chat sites,
> discussions.)
>
> Step 5) Visit these message boards and post this article as a
> new message by highlighting the text of this letter and
> selecting paste from the edit menu. Fill in the Subject, this
> will be the header that everyone sees as they scroll through the
> list of postings in a particular group, click the post message
> button. You're done with your first one!
> Congratulations...THAT'S IT! All you have to do is jump to
> different newsgroupes and post away, after you get the hang of
> it, it will take about 30 seconds for each newsgroup!
>
> **REMEMBER, THE MORE NEWSGROUPS AND MESSAGE BOARDS YOU POST IN,
> THE MORE MONEY YOU WILL MAKE!! BUT YOU HAVE TO POST A MINIMUM OF
> 200** That's it!
> You will begin receiving money from around the world within days!
> You may eventually want to rent a P.O. Box due to the large
> amount of mail you will receive. If you wish to stay anonymous,
> you can invent a name to use, as long as the postman will
> deliver it. **JUST MAKE SURE ALL THE ADDRESSES ARE CORRECT.** Now
> the WHY part: Out of 200 postings, say I receive only 5 replies
> (a very low example). So then I made $5.00 with my name at #6 on
> the letter. Now, each of the 5 persons who just sent me $1.00
> make the MINIMUM 200 postings, each with my name at #5 and only
> 5 persons respond to each of the original 5, that is another
> $25.00 for me, now those 25 each make 200 MINIMUM posts with my
> name at #4 and only 5 replies each, I will bring in an
> additional $125.00! Now, those 125 persons turn around and post
> the MINIMUM 200 with my name at #3 and only receive 5 replies
> each, I will make an additional $626.00! OK, now here is the fun
> part, each of those 625 persons post a MINIMUM 200 letters with
> my name at #2 and they each only receive 5 replies, that just
> made me $3,125.00!!! Those 3,125 persons will all deliver this
> message to 200 newsgroups with my name at #1 and if still 5
> persons per 200 newsgroups react I will receive $2365,00! With
> a original investment of only $6.00! AMAZING! When your name is
> no longer on the list, you just take the latest posting in the
> newsgroups, and send out another $6.00 to names on the list,
> putting your name at number 6 again. And start posting again.
> The thing to remember is, do you realize that thousands of
> people all over the world are joining the internet and reading
> these articles everyday, JUST LIKE YOU are now!! So can you
> afford $6.00 and see if it really works?? I think so... People
> have said, "what if the plan is played out and no one sends you
> the money? So what! What are the chances of that happening when
> there are tons of new honest users and new honest people who are
> joining the internet and newsgroups everyday and are willing to
> give it a try? Estimates are at 20,000 to 50,000 new users,
> every day, with thousands of those joining the actual internet.
> Remember, play FAIRLY please! This ensures a huge circle of
> wealth that grows with the internet audience!!! Everyone
> benefits!!! Remember to send the six envelopes to the above
> addresses, in order to create the legal service. At first I was
> TOO SCARED to try this but I researched it and its totally legal.
> If you send the six envelopes out, you create a service, a legal
> service. The Internet audience is expanding all the time. The
> audience is like a equity stock on the stock market,
> continuously going up. This system was made for the purpose
> of accumulating money fast and honestly. Once again THIS IS
> NOT A CHAIN LETTER! But perfectly legal(refer to Title 18,
> Section 1302 and 1341 of the United States Postal and Lottery Laws.)
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Date: 1999/06/10
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