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It's a pyramid scheme and the majority of people who participate
(at least one more than half) are absolutely guaranteed (it is simple
math) to lose money.  So this, like the lottery, is only good for
people who are bad at math, or so desperate they will take any chance
to try to make money.  You would be better off taking this money and
buying beer with it or something - at least you will get something
for your money that way.

Don't take my word for it, go to any Internet search engine and type
in "pyramid fraud".  Look at some of the links and make your own
decision.  These schemes are sometimes called Make Money Fast plans,
but it is all the same thing.  Something very similar is the Ponzi
scam, so you might search on that too.

So most people will lose money, and that is if the poster of the
scam is honest (he would have to be clueless in that case).  Most
of these folks have it set up so they actually control all the mail
drops.  In other words, they are not playing fair.  Instead of the
$6.00 going to 6 different folks, they all end up in the same place.
Think about it - if you are running a scam, why be fair?  Why let
ANYBODY else get any of the money if you can help it?

Finally, it is illegal to do this via US Postal Mail.  It is called
mail fraud.  It is a variation of the chain letter fraud.  If you
don't believe me, check out this URL at the US Postal Service's
Postal Inspection web page:

	http://www.usps.gov/fyi/welcome.htm (stupid frames)

	click on "Inspection Service" (near top right)
	click on "Consumer Fraud" (first one on the list)
	click on "Sweepstakes and Lotteries" (first one on the list)
	click on "Chain Letters" (first one on the list)

	read carefully, and compare to the scam described in the
	previous article in this thread

Finally, notice how the con is done.  The person who wrote the letter
plays with people's hopes and dreams, using them against the victims.
They basically offer you something for nothing, and try to make you
believe it can really happen, and hope you are too stupid, or gullible,
or whatever to figure out it won't work, or that if it does, you will
be making money by stealing it (via lying, that's why it is called fraud
and why it is a crime).

Terry K (veronna@net-master.net) wrote:
> Waiting For Your Ship To Come In?

[bunch of BS about typical Make Money Fast pyramid chain letter scam deleted]

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