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Re: $ for californians

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From: Mike Morris
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 00:00
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raven@mcn.org (Raven Earlygrow) writes:

>Call 011-24-831-3131  At the first tone, press 1.  At the second tone, 
>press 1 again.  Listen to instructions, then enter this number: 557029.  
>You will then get your own account number and will start having funds 
>deposited to your account.  That's all there is to it.

>As near as I can tell this is _not_ a chain letter.  So far, no one has 
>asked for any $ for participating. It's possible that it's a "900" number 
>that will be billed on your phone number, but nothing was said about that
>in the instructions.  Give it a try!

Why would I want to call the Seychelles?
And has anybody done this?  What's the catch?
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Mike Morris                                morris@grian.cps.altadena.com
                                  I have others, but this works the best.
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From: morris@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Mike Morris)
Subject: Re: $ for californians
Date: 1995/08/20
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