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Article #270Re: Make Your Computer Work For you -- PYRAMID SCHEME!!!!
From: John Walker
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 00:00
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The following message, posted to this group, is a pyramid =
scheme/chain letter, which is illegal in Canada and I'm =
amazed to find something this obvious in this group.
IT IS NOT MLM!!!! And in spite of its pretensions, and
constant requests for you to be honest, IT IS DISHONEST!!
In the classic pyramid scheme, you get a letter (like
this) and a list. You send everyone on the list $2, =
and send the letter on to 10 addresses. Follow the math
below to see how you make half a million out of this =
little scheme.
The only variation here is that when you send away your
$2, you get something in return: a recipe, a poem...and
when you are sent each $2, you are supposed to send =
something in return: a letter, a poem.....A piece of =
newspaper???
Get a grip!!! What a scam! and an illegal one.
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ReadMe@ReadMe.net wrote:
> =
> Hello Friends!
> =
> Welcome to the world of Multi-Level Marketing (MLM). THIS IS NOT =
A
> SCAM, it is an actual business opportunity. =
> Here is what to do:
> =
> 1) Send $2.00 (US) and a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope =
(SASE) to
> each of the nine people on the list below (this is the important part,
> if no one sends the money for the products, then this plan will not
> work... KEEP IT HONEST.) Note: Be sure to either put the two dollars
> in the SASE or wrap it separately in another sheet of paper, because
> if it can be seen when the envelope is sealed, a postal worker may
> steal it.
> =
> 2) Revise the list by placing your name in slot #9 and mo=
ving all the
> others on the list up one number (move #2 to #1, and so on) drop the
> current #1 from the list.
> =
> 3)Send the revised list and message out to as many people=
as
> possible, newsgroups, e-mail, even send it snail mail to friends. Try
> to send at least 100.
> =
> 4)Soon you will start receiving orders. Simply stuff the =
SASEs with
> you recipe(or whatever) and drop them in the mail box.
> =
> 5)Spend your the money that you received from each envelo=
pe on
> whatever you want. Pay off bills (wouldn=92t it be nice to get out of
> debt?), buy new toys (a car maybe?), just have fun!
> 1) You send out 100 letters with your name in position 9
> =
> =
> =
> 2) Those 4 send out 100 letters with your name in
> position 8 16 Replies
> 3) Those 16 send out 100 letters with your name in
> position 7 64 Replies
> 4) Those 64 send out 100 letters with your name in
> position 6 256 Replies
> 5) Those 256 send out 100 letters with your name in
> position 5 1,024 Replies
> 6) Those 1,024 send out 100 letters with your name in position
> 4 4,096 Replies
> 7) Those 4,096 send out 100 letters with your name in position
> 3 16,384 Replies
> 8) Those 16,384 send out 100 letters with your name in position
> 2 65,536 Replies
> 9) Those 65,536 send out 100 letters with your name in position
> 1 262,144 Replies
> TOTAL REPLIES =
349,524
> TOTAL SALES @ $2.00 EACH =
$699,048
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