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PYRAMID SCHEME BULLSHIT

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From: MARVIN J. ROSSER
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 00:00
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Annette Burton wrote:
> 
> Take five minutes to read this and it WILL change your life.
> 
> I've been a fool so far. Yes, I admit it I've been a fool. I
> tried it on the net 3 weeks ago and I wouldn't
> believe it! Not just a little each week (barely enough
> to keep my head above the debt), but tons, I mean
> big bucks! In the first week I got three hundred dollars, then a
> week later, a couple of thousand, and by the end of the third week,
> I had recieved nearly $32,000.00.
> 
> It's REALLY SIMPLE to do too!!!
> 
> STEP 1.
> 
> Invest your $5 by writing your name and address on five seperate
> 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 inside each paper,
> and mail them by standard U. S. Mail to the following five addresses:
> 
>  1-Arthur Tsao
>    4010 N. Kentwood #40
>    Springfield, Mo. 65803
> 
>  2-Lance Kent
>    2004 S 304th St
>    Federal Way, WA 98003  USA
> 
>  3-Kevin Michael
>    1006 Abercorn Place
>    Sherwood, AR 72120
> 
>  4-D.S. Junior
>    1112 McHenry Drive
>    Glen Burnie, MD 21061
> 
>  5-Annette Burton
>    202 Pawtucket Avenue #9
>    Pawtucket, RI  02860
> 
> 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. Rembering that
>     the more that you post on, the more people see it, and
>     the more you will get.  There are at least 30,000 newsgroups
>     at any given moment in time so don't be stingy.
> 
> 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 about 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 $60,000 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 bucks, and see
>     what happens.
> 
>     REMEMBER....HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY.YOU DON'T
>     NEED TO CHEAT THE BASIC IDEA TO MAKE THE BUCKS!
>     GOOD LUCK TO ALL, AND PLEASE PLAY FAIR AND YOU WILL
>     WIN AND MAKE SOME REAL INSTANT FREE CASH!
> 
> *** By the way, if you try to deceive people by posting the messages
> with your name in the list and not sending the bucks to the people
> already included, you will not get much. I know someone who did this
> and only got about $150 (and that's after two months). Then he sent
> the 5 bills, people added him to their lists, and in 4-5 weeks he had
> over $10,000!
> 
>                 TRY IT AND YOU'LL BE HAPPY!!!  :) !!!!!!!!!!
CUT OUT THE BULLSHIT
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From: "MARVIN J. ROSSER" <mjrosser@concentric.net>
Subject: PYRAMID SCHEME BULLSHIT
Date: 1997/01/16
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