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Article #241Re: READ AND TRY WHY NOT?I'll tell you why not.
From: Dave Martinez
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 1997 00:00
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 1997 00:00
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Judith Sylvia wrote: > > -!!!-VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE-PLEASE READ NOW!!! > !!! MAKE MONEY-LEGAL AND EASY WITH YOUR VERY OWN MAILING LIST BUSINESS!!! > THIS IS THE FAIREST, MOST HONEST WAY I KNOW OF TO SHARE THE WEALTH!! > > Hello! Would you like to make thousands of dollars,quickly, legally, with NO > CATCH? Then keep reading.... Please take a few minutes to read this article, > it will change your life, just like it did mine. It's true! You can make up > to or over $50,000 in just 4-6 weeks, maybe sooner! I SWEAR I'M NOT LYING TO > YOU, AND THIS IS NOT A SCAM! If you're interested, please, keep reading. If > you're not, then I apologize for wasting your time. > > Here we go, a little while back, I was browsing these newsgroups, just > like you are now, and came across an article similar to this that said you > could make thousands of dollars within weeks with only an initial investment > of $5! So I thought, "yeah, right, must be a scam," but I was curious, like > most of us, so I kept reading. Anyway, it said that you send $1 to each of > the 5 names and addresses stated in the article. You then place your own name > and address in the bottom of the list at #5, and post the article in at least > 200-250 newsgroups. (THERE ARE MANY THOUSANDS)!!! > > NO CATCH. THAT WAS IT. So after thinking it over, and talking to a few > people first, I tried it. I figured --- what have I go to lose -- except for > 5 stamps and $5.00, Right???? > > Well GUESS WHAT!... Within 7 days, I started getting requests to be put on my > mailing list. With each request was $1. Start up money for a legitimate > business. I couldn't believe all the money I began to get in the mail! I was > shocked! I still figured it would end soon, and didn't give it another > thought. But the requests just kept coming in. In my first week, I made about > 20 to 30 dollars.. By the end of the second week I had a made total of over > $1,000!!!! In the third week I had over $10,000 and it's still growing. This > is now my fourth week and I have made a total of just over $42,000 and it's > STILL COMING IN.......] > It is certainly worth $5.00, I have spent more than that on the lottery! > > Let me tell you how AND WHY this works .. also, MAKE SURE YOU PRINT A COPY OF > THIS ARTICLE NOW, so you can get the information off it as you need it. > > STEP 1: Get 5 seperate pieces of paper and write the following on each piece > of paper "PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR MAILING LIST." > Now get 5 $1 bills and place ONE inside EACH of the 5 pieces of paper so the > bill will not be seen through the envelope to prevent thievery. Next, place > one paper in each of the 5 envelopes and seal them. You should now have 5 > sealed envelopes, each with a piece of paper stating the above phrase and a > $1 bill. This is perfectly legal. > > NOW, mail the 5 envelopes to the following addresses: > > 1- Riku Henriksson > Pohjolankatu 28 c 37] > 33500 Tampere > Finland > > 2- Benjamin Stone > 4 Hoover Drive > Thornhill, Ontario > Canada > L3T 5M7 > > 3- Chris Tedford > General Delivery > Young's Point, Ontario > Canada > K0L 3G0 > > 4- B Young > 24 Dallas Dr. > Grantville P.A. > USA, 17028 > > 5- J. Sylvia > 58 Heath St. > Brockton, Massachusetts, 02402 > USA > > STEP 2: Now take the #1 name off of the list that you see above, move the > other 4 names up. (5 becomes 4, etc.) and add your own name as number 5 on > the list. > > STEP 3: Change anything you wish to, but try keep this article as close to > original as possible. Now, Post your amended article to at least 250 > newsgroups. (there are around 19,000 groups). All you NEED is 250, but > remember, > the MORE YOU POST , THE MORE MONEY YOU MAKE!!! > DON'T KNOW HOW TO POST? > WELL DO THE FOLLOWING: > For netscape users, > 1) Click on any newsgroup, like normal. Then click on "To News", which is top > left corner. This will bring up a message box. > 2) Fill in Subject with a FLASHY TITLE LIKE THE ONE I USED!!! > 3) Now go to the message part of the box and retype this letter exactly as it > is here, with the exception of your few changes. (remember to add your name > to number 5 and move the rest up) > 4) When you are done typing the whole letter click on "File" above the send > button, then, "SAVE AS''' DO NOT SEND YOUR LETTER UNTIL YOU SAVE IT. ---So > you won't have to type this 250 times.!!!! > 5) Now that you have saved this letter, go ahead and send your first copy! > (click the send button in the top left corner) > 6) THIS IS WHERE YOU POST ALL 250! OK! go to any newsgroup and click the > "To News" button, Type in your flashy > subject line in the subject box, (REMEMBER-you want to get their attention > with your flashy line), then go to the message body and place your curser > here. NOW click on 'Attachment' which is right below the subject box. Click > on attach file then find your letter wherever you saved it. Click once on > your file and then click 'open' then click 'OK > IF you did this right, you should see your file name in the attachement box > and will be shaded green. NOW POST AWAY!!!! > IF YOU ARE USING INTERNET EXPLORER: > It's just as easy, Holding down the left mouse button, highlight this entire > article, then press the CTRL key and 'C' key at the same time to copy this > article. Then print the article for your records to have the names of those > you will be sending $1 to. > NEXT GO TO THE NEWSGROUPS and press POST AN ARTICLE OR SEND NEW MESSAGE and > type in your flashy attention getting subject line and click the large window > below. Press CTRL and 'V' and the article will appear in the message window, > BE SURE TO make your address changes to the 5 names. Now re-highlight the > article and re-copy it so you have the changes..then all you have to do for > each newsgroup is CTRL and 'V'-and press 'POST' It is that EASY! THAT's It! > All you have to do is jump to different newsgroups and post away, after you > get the hang of it, it takes about 30 seconds for each newsgroup! > > ***Remember the more NEWSGROUPS you post in, the more responses you will get > and the more responses THE MORE MONEY YOU WILL MAKE!! > > MAKE SURE ALL THE ADDRESSES ARE CORRECT*** > Now the WHY part: out of 250 postings: Say I receive only 5 replies --- > a very low example --- So then I made $5 with my name at #5 on the letter. Now, > each of the 5 persons who just sent me $1 make the Minimum 250 postings, each > with my name at #4 and only 5 persons respond make 250 minimum posts with my name > at #3 and only receive 5 replies each, I will bring in an additional $125! NOW ---- > those 125 persons turn around and post the minimum 250 with my name at #2 and only > receive 5 replies each, I will make an additional $625 dollars! OK, NOW ---- > here is the FUN part, EACH of those 625 persons post a minimum 250 letters with > my name at #1 and they each only receive 5 replies, that just made me $3,125!!! > with an original investment of only $5 dollars! Amazing!!! And as I said 5 responses > is actually VERY LOW!!! Average is probably 20 to 30! So let's put those figures at > just 15 responses per person. Here is what you will make at #5 -- $15, at #4 -- $225, > at #3 $3,375 at #2 $50,625, at #1 $759,375. Unbelievable!!!! When your name is > no long on the list, you just take the latest posting that > appears in the newsgroups and SEND OUT another $5 to the names on the list, > putting your name at number 5 again,, and start posting again. > > REMEMBER THIS ---- thousands of people all over the world are joining the > internet every day and reading these articles every day just like you are > now. So can you afford $5 dollars and see if it really works??? I think > so..... > > REMEMBER HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. YOU DON'T NEED TO CHEAT THE BASIC IDEA > TO MAKE THE MONEY!!! > > GOOD LUCK TO ALL AND PLEASE PLAY FAIRLY AND YOU WILL REAP THE HUGE REWARDS > FROM THIS WHICH IS TONS OF EXTRA CASH. > > Don't fall for this it will not make you rich. This has been around for years. don't waste your money it is a gamble. I get these letters all the time and I toss them. did they forget to mention the cost of stamps envelopes paper ink and most importantly your time.only $5.00 my ass.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fa291,760f06e4131a78a7 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa291,public From: Dave Martinez <Martinel@ucsu.colorado.edu> Subject: Re: READ AND TRY WHY NOT?I'll tell you why not. Date: 1997/03/02 Message-ID: <3319C059.717D@ucsu.colorado.edu> X-Deja-AN: 222562408 References: <3315C294.5DE6@worldnet.att.net> Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder Reply-To: martinel@ucsu.colorado.edu Newsgroups: boulder.pk