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: Written By:  Mike Dotson, Boulder, Colorado
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Above kept in order to identify the perp.


Next: Evidence that this guy not only knows what a pyramid (i.e. MLM) 
scam is, he's fallen for them in the past, and knows they're scams, and 
is still willing to perpetrate one.

: I found it! And I HATE GET RICH QUICK SCHEMES!! I hate those
: schemes like multi-level marketing, mail-order schemes, envelope
: stuffing scams, 900 number scams... the list goes on forever. I
: have tried every darn get rich quick scheme out there over the
: past 12 years. I somehow got on mailing lists for people looking 


Now, the scheme he describes below is just another chain-letter pyramid 
scam.  As such, it is not only dishonest (esp. since he knows what it 
is), it is also unlawful by Federal law.  It is both fraud-by-wire and 
mail fraud.

I know what I'm talking about, because I turned a guy in to the FBI a few 
days ago for yet another variation of this scheme, and when I did I asked 
them about these kinds of posts.  They confirmed for me that this kind of 
scheme is indeed unlawful.

If you think about it, you'll realize it has to be; only the people at 
the top of the list (the first three or four levels) get anything; the 
rest get nothing, because the scheme runs out of suckers before it gets 
more than six or seven levels deep.  Usually the first three or four 
names on the list are aliases for the guy who started the scam, so 
usually he ends up getting *all* of the money.

It's a scam, and it's unlawful under at least two Federal statutes.  
Don't fall for it.


Dan Hankins
dhankins@gate.net


: 1.  Take a sheet of paper and write on it the following:
: "Please add my name to your list".  This creates a service out
: of this money making system and thus making it completely legal.
: You are not just randomly sending a dollar to someone, you are
: paying one dollar for a legitimate service.  Make sure  you
: include your name and address.  I assure you that,  again,  this
: is completely legal!  For a neat little twist, also write what
: slot their name was in: "You were in slot 3",  Just to add a
: little fun!  This is all about having fun and making money at
: the same time!