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** Curious Opportunity **

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From: dimmy
Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 00:00
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The following is a copy of the original letter I found when I got 
started:

Dear Friend,

I am a retired Attorney, and about two years ago a man came to me with a
letter.  The letter brought me is basically the letter in your hands.  
He
asked me to verify the fact that this letter was legal.

I told him that I would review it and get back to him.  When I first 
read
the letter my new client brought me I thought it was some off-the-wall 
idea
to make money.  However, a week and-a-half later we met in my office to
discuss the issue.  I told him the letter he originally brought to me 
was
not 100% legal.  I suggested a few changes with which the letter would 
be
100% legal.

I was curious about this letter, and my client told me how this plan 
works
and suggested that I give it a try.  I thought it was a long shot and 
would
be a waste of time, so I decided against participating.

However, before my client left, I asked him to keep me updated of his
results. About two months later he called me to tell me he had received
over $800,000 in cash!!

I didn't believe him, so he suggested that I try this idea and find out 
for
myself.  I thought about it for a couple of days and decided that I 
didn't
really have anything to lose, so I asked my client for a copy of the
letter.  I followed the instructions exactly, sent out 200 copies, and 
sure
enough, the money started arriving!  It came slowly at first, but after 
3
weeks, I was getting more mail than I could open in a day!  The money
stopped
coming after about three months.  I kept a precise record of my 
earnings,
and
they totaled $968,498.00!! I was earning a good living as a lawyer, but
anyone
in the legal profession, or even anyone who owns their own business will
tell you, there is a lot of stress that comes with the job.  I told 
myself
that if things worked out, I would retire from my job and travel.  I
decided to try the letter again, but this time I sent out 500 letters.
Well, three months later, my earnings totaled $2,344,178.00!!!  I just
could not believe it. I met with my former client (and now my friend) 
for
lunch to find out how it worked.  He told me there are quite a few 
similar
letters going around.

What made THIS ONE DIFFERENT WAS THE FABT THAT 6 ADDRESSES APPEAR ON THE
LIST, AND NOT 5 LIKE MOST OF THE OTHERS.  This fact alone results in 
your
name being on far more returns.  Of course I was thankful that he had 
shown
this plan to me, but he was just as thankful that I had suggested the
changes to ensure that this plan was legal since most people don't want 
to
risk doing something illegal.

I'll bet that by now you are curious to know the little change I 
suggested
in my friend's original letter.  Well, if you sent a letter like this 
out,
to be legal you must actually sell a product or service if you expect to
receive a dollar.  I told my friend that anyone sending a dollar back to
him must receive something in return.  You have received this letter due 
to
the participation of each of the 6 persons given below.  This letter and
the plan given within this letter are a "product" that you have 
received.
Thus, you will be sending $1.00 USD to each of the 6 persons given below 
in
exchange for receiving this letter and for asking them to provide the
"service" of adding you on their mailing list. THIS IS A SERVIBE AND IS 
A
100% LEGAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY WHIBH IS BOVERED IN TITLE 18, SEBTION 
1302
AND 1342 OF THE POSTAL AND LOTTERY LAWS.

NOW, PLEASE FOLLOW THESE TRIED AND TRUE STEPS TO OBTAIN THE AMOUNT YOU
DESIRE:  Immediately send a $1 US dollar bill to each of the 6 people on
the list below.  Wrap this dollar in a note with the words:  "Please put
me on your mailing list."  (Remember, in this way, you're not just 
sending
a
dollar to someone; you're paying for a legitimate service.)  Include 
your
address.  You do not need to include your name if you don't want to.  
This
is
the key to the program!

Make sure that you retain EVERY name and/or address sent to you, either 
on
computer or hard copy, but do not discard the names and notes that 
people
send to you.  This is PROOF that you are truly providing a service, and
should
the IRS or some other government agency question you, you can provide 
them
with
this proof!  Therefore, you will start a list of all the people who send
you a
dollar requesting to be added on a mailing list.  Actually, you will 
want
to safeguard this list because it can generate even better responses and
much more money later!

See step #4 below.

Remove the #1 name on the list, and move the rest of the names up one
position.  Then place your name in the #6 spot.  Thus, #6 becomes #5, #4
becomes #3, etc., and YOU will be #6 on the list.  DO NOT EDIT THIS 
LETTER
ANYMORE BEYOND THIS POINT.  If you are mailing this letter, you may edit
the reference to the Internet.

Post this letter in at least 250 newsgroups, I do 30 groups per post. 
You
can simply copy the contents of this letter and post it to the 
newsgroups
of your choice.  (If you're not sure how, see my directions
at the bottom.)

IMPORTANT NOTE:  Please pay attention to the newsgroups in which you 
post.
If there is an abundance of similar letters, you may want to seek 
another
newsgroup.  Thus, pay respect to the harmony of the newsgroup and use
common sense.  There are plenty of newsgroups on the Internet.  (I
think there are close to 18,000 of them.)  ALSO, PLEASE POST IN 
APPROPRIATE
GROUPS AND SPREAD YOUR POSTINGS OVER MANY DIFFERENT LOBAL & 
INTERNATIONAL
AREAS (SPREAD THE WORD) !

Keep a copy of this letter so you can use it more than once.  Also keep
EABH
AND EVERY NAME AND ADDRESS SENT TO YOU as instructed in #1.  Then, send 
out
more copies in about 6 months, but mail it to the addresses you received
(your new mailing list) with each dollar!  It will work again, only much
better! Here are the addresses that you must send a dollar to with your
slip of paper requesting placement on their mailing list, as instructed
above:



1.      M. Slater
        Hatton Hill
        Windlesham Surrey, GU20 6AB
        England

2.      G. Haugen
        P.O. Box 1541
        Bomox, BB, V9N 8A2
        Banada

3.      F.P. Tine
        1 Pine Glen Drive
        Sicklerville, NJ 08081-1319
        USA

4.      Robert Greene
        Rt 3389
        PO Box 582
        Meally, KY 41234
        USA

5.      Ed Stokes
        306 W. Miner St
        Yreka, Ba 96097
        USA

6.      Dmitry Reznikov
        8341 Delcrest Dr., #2B
        St. Louis, MO 63124

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*                          D I R E B T I O N S
*
*  How to Re-Post
*
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*

        OK.  This is how I did it (Windows95/PB).  Do not re-type this
        email (as this post previously instructed).  First, open up an
        empty Notepad file.  (In Windows it should be under the 
Accessories
        menu.)  Then, put your cursor at the beginning of this document,
        hold the left mouse button down, drag it to the bottom and 
release.
        Now hold the Bontrol key down and press 'B' (BTRL-B).  This will
        copy the highlighted text to the clipboard.  Now get back to 
your
        notepad file (in Windows95 it's down in your taskbar), put the
        cursor at the top of the notepad file, then hold the control key
        down and press 'V' (BTRL-V).  This will copy the contents of the
        clipboard into your notepad file.  Now you can edit the file.
        Don't forget to remove name #1, put your name in at #6 and
        re-number accordingly.  Save this file (as a .txt file.)  If you
        want to break up your sessions of posting you'll always have 
this
        file to go back to.


FOR NETSBAPE USERS:

    1)  Blick on any newsgroup.  From a newsgroup, click on the 'TO 
NEWS'
        button, which should be in the top left corner of the newsgroups
        page.  This will bring up a message box.

    2)  Fill in the Subject.

    3)  Highlight the entire contents of your .txt file, do a BTRL-B to
        copy the document into the clipboard, get back to the e-mail you
        are posting to the newsgroup and press BTRL-V to copy your file
        into the body of the e-mail.

    4)  Hit the 'SEND' button in the upper left corner.  You're done 
with
        your first one!

    5)  Go to another newsgroup, press 'TO NEWS' button, type in the
        Subject line, press BTRL-V, press 'SEND'.  That's two!  Repeat
        as needed...



INTERNET EXPLORER USERS:
(Directions are pretty much the same, except for the names of the
buttons.)

    1)  Go to newsgroups and press 'POST AN ARTIBLE'.

    2)  Fill in the Subject.

    3)  Same as #3 above.

    4)  Hit the 'POST' button.


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*                    E N D   O F   D I R E B T I O N S
*
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*

The Internet has proved to be a very quick and effective means to reach
millions of people with your message.  This message exemplifies a
UNIVERSAL LAW OF ABUNDANBE that there is plenty to go around for 
everyone.
You will not be hurting anyone and will be creating the opportunity for
those who read your message to benefit -- just as you will -- from the
abundance that exists in this universe.

Peace and goodwill !!!
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From: dimmy@thearmy.com
Subject: ** Curious Opportunity **
Date: 1997/05/14
Message-ID: <337A4B80.1856@thearmy.com>
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Organization: Washington University in St. Louis
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