Hard to believe, but it's true!
Philip Nickerson
Taking 5 minutes to read what follows can change your life :
I saw an article in an internet newsgroup telling me I could
make $50,000 within a month for an investment of only $5.
I thought it was a huge joke. I spoke to my wife, attorney
and friends about it, and they all agreed it was some kind
of scam. I can't stand scams, because usually someone gets
burned, and I didn't want it to be me. Of course, I rejected
the idea at first. after a short period of about two weeks
,I thought : "I have already heard of such things. But on
the Internet ?!?!? ". I decided that even if I had to throw
5$ into the fire, I wouldn't mind it that much, and gave it
a try .After all I needed a LOT more than five dollars.
Two weeks later, I began receiving money in the mail! I
could not believe it! Soon, hundreds, and then thousands of
dollars began to roll in. Within 4 weeks, I had received a
total of $32,445! It came from everywhere in the world. My
bank account has changed its "-" into a big "+" (++++)!!!,I
bought myself a car and things I wanted for a long long time
for my wife and kids!
If you follow the three steps below, there is no reason why
the same shouldn't happen to you! This is a legitimate
investment opportunity. You invest $5, and you receive a
return on your investment. So does the next investor. NOT
ILLEGAL, NOT A CHAIN LETTER- PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE.
If you are not interested, then don't participate, but
please print this article and pass it on to someone who may
be interested, so they can take advantage.
The procedure is simple: 1) Write your name and address on 5
sheets of paper. Below that, write the words, "Please add
me to your mailing list." Fold $1 note or bank draft or
money order in each piece of paper and mail them to the
following 5 addresses.:
1. Vic Williams
14307 Virtue Rd.
Lenoir City, Tn 37772 USA
2. Bill Brown
148 South Downlen #796
Beaumont, Tx. 77707 USA
3. Olivier Arcadipane
237 rue Francois Andre
7390 Quaregnon BELGIUM
4. Josef Malzer,
Brandhof 1
4701 Bad Schallerbach
EUROPE - AUSTRIA
5. Philip Nickerson
426B Craig Drive
Ft. Benning, Ga 31905 USA
2) Now remove the top name from the list, and move the other
four names up. In other words, #5 becomes #4 and so on. Put
your name as the fifth one on the list. Use a simple text
editor such as Notepad, in your "accessories" window (If
you have MS-Windows),or DOS editor. In fact, any editor
will do.
3) Post the article to at least 200 newsgroups. There are
17,000, so it shouldn't be hard to find that many. Try
posting to as many newsgroups as you can, and the bigger
the newsgroup is, the more people are to see your message!
You are now in the mail order investment business, and
should start seeing returns within a week or two. Of course,
the more newsgroups you post to, the greater your return is.
If you wish to remain anonymous, you may use a psuedonym,
call yourself "The Manager", "The Boss", whatever but make
sure your address is correct.
Now, here is why the system works:
-Of every 200 posts I made, I received 5 responses. Yes,
only 5. You make $5 for every 200 posts with your name at #5.
-Each person who sent you $1 now also makes 200 additional
postings with your name at #4. ie. 1000 postings. On average
therefore, 50 people will send you $1 with your name at #4.
$50.
-Your 50 new agents make 200 postings each with your name at
#3 or 10,000 postings. Average return 500 people = $500.
They make 200 postings each with your name at #2=100,000
postings=5000 return at $1 each=$5000.
-Finally, 5,000 people make 200 postings with your name at
#1 and you get a return of $50,000 before your name drops
off the list. AND THATS IF EVERYONE DOWN THE LINE MAKES 200
POSTINGS! Total income in one cycle=$55,000.
From time to time, when you see your name no longer on the
list, you take the latest posting that appears in the
newsgroups, and send out another $5, and put your name at
#5, and start posting again. Remember, 200 postings is only
a guideline. the more you post, the greater the return.
Lets review why you should do this. THE ONLY COST IS $5, AND
5 STAMPS, AND 5 ENVELOPES. Anyone can afford $5 for such an
effortless investment with such SPECTACULAR RETURNS.
Some people have said to me, "what happens if the scheme is
played out and no one sends me any money? "Big Deal, so you
lose $5-but what are the chances of that happening ?? Do you
Realize that NOBODY cares for the LEGAL chance of winning
such a BIG money as 50,000.00 $$$$ ???? and all for a
microscopic investment of five separate dollars? just think
of all of the new Internet users that join the net every
day!!!
There are millions of internet users, and millions of new
net surfers every month !!! This is the great plus of the
Internet, people all over the world can hear you and listen
carefully if you talk reasonably. Everyone will take that
chance ! I agree, If it wasn't the Internet, and was a
small circle of people, the chance wouldn't have been so
small. the amount of money had to be 200 times bigger, and
the chances were zero. It wouldn't succeed.
But here, on the Internet, it is a giant village, where new
thousands of members join in every day ! you CAN'T lose !!!!
Remember- read the instructions carefully, and play fairly.
That's the only way this will work. Get a printout so you
can refer back to this article easily.
Try to keep a list of everyone that sends you money and
always keep an eye on the postings to make sure everyone is
playing fairly. You know where your name should be.
REMEMBER-HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. YOU DO NOT NEED
TO
CHEAT THIS IDEA TO MAKE MONEY!! BESIDES,NOT PLAYING THE
GAME FAIRLY IS ILLEGAL.SO LET'S BE REASONABLE AND PLAY
FAIRLY,SO WE CAN ALL ENJOY THE INTERNET GOLD MINE.
GOOD LUCK FOR YOU ALL, And remember, play fair and you'll
win, I don't want to mention what might happen to those who
won't. AND AGAIN,SEE YOU NEXT TIME WITH SOMETHING YOU
WANTED FOR A LONG TIME !!!
mho...@pinellas.com
This sounds wonderful; however tell me what to do? I'm not quite sure! & Need
this to be explained.
1. Do I just copy your letter & send out?
2. Do I just mail one dollar to five people listed in your E-mail?
3. Does the money just start coming into my address?
My name is Marcee (mho...@pinellas.com) Please respond. Thanks.
BORG
mho...@pinellas.com wrote:
>
> This sounds wonderful; however tell me what to do? I'm not quite sure! & Need
> this to be explained.
>
> 1. Do I just copy your letter & send out?
do not.
> 2. Do I just mail one dollar to five people listed in your E-mail?
do not.
> 3. Does the money just start coming into my address?
No. Do not think that every stranger is so kind
as to send you money.
> My name is Marcee (mho...@pinellas.com) Please respond. Thanks.
Do not send any money to them!! That's a scam, that's
illegal. All they do is polluting Usenet with that
garbage and trying to find some naive people to rip
a couple of bucks off them.
This letter is emailed to you and posted, just in case
someone else is taking those chain letters seriously.
Do not believe the scam artists!
Robert Mason
mho...@pinellas.com wrote:
>
> This sounds wonderful; however tell me what to do? I'm not quite sure! & Need
> this to be explained.
>
> 1. Do I just copy your letter & send out?
>
>
>
Before you jump at this, check out this URL:
http://www.usps.gov/websites/depart/inspect/chainlet.htm
The newsgroups are becoming saturated with these ILLEGAL get-rich-quick
schemes. NO ONE WILL GET RICH! If you are really lucky, you might get
your $5 back but most don't even do that! I encourage readers of the
news groups to spread the word by responding to these messages as I did.
Maybe if enough do that, this scourge will cease.
Richard Ranft
BORG wrote:
>
> mho...@pinellas.com wrote:
> >
> > This sounds wonderful; however tell me what to do? I'm not quite sure! & Need
> > this to be explained.
> >
> > 1. Do I just copy your letter & send out?
>
>
> > 2. Do I just mail one dollar to five people listed in your E-mail?
>
>
> > 3. Does the money just start coming into my address?
>
> as to send you money.
>
> illegal. All they do is polluting Usenet with that
> garbage and trying to find some naive people to rip
> a couple of bucks off them.
>
> This letter is emailed to you and posted, just in case
> someone else is taking those chain letters seriously.
>
> Do not believe the scam artists!
Time out here. Having checked the law, I can say that as long as a
service is being offered and given, the posts are not illegal. Most of
these claim to compile mailing lists with the $1 as sort of a
subscription. Of course, you can get your name on mailing lists for
free. . .but you won't get the chance to get back far more than you put
in by doing so. If you're so sure it's a scam, have some of these
people arrested - the police are all over the place. Remember, though,
most judges are strict about frivolous lawsuits. . . .
Barry Peterson
In <324D01...@ids2.idsonline.com> Robert Mason
<rem...@ids2.idsonline.com> writes:
>The newsgroups are becoming saturated with these ILLEGAL
get-rich-quick
>schemes. NO ONE WILL GET RICH!
Pardon my disagreement; the original poster will get rich! No-one else!
Takeo Mukai
RIGHT!!! DO NOT BELIEVE IN THOSE B***S**T SCAMS!!! YOU CAN NEVER
MAKE MONEY EASY. THEY ARE SCAMS, AND THEY POLLUTE THE USENET
NEWSGROUPS. ANYONE WHO HAS AN IDEA TO GET RID OF ALL THOSE JUMK
MAILS, I WILL ASSIST IN. I AM SICK AND TIRED OF THEM, ALL THEY ARE
ALL OVER THE PLACE!! ALL THOSE FOOLS THAT ARE IN IT!!!
David Priest
Richard, before giving out legal advice that could potentially result in
severe penalties for those that listen to your blither, please consult
with Canada Post or the US Post Service. I believe that you will indeed
discover that "Borg" is corrent: the facade of offering a 'mailing list
service' simply does not make the MMF pyramid scam legal.
Indeed, you may wish to investigate the laws and regulations regarding the
operation of multi-level and "network" marketing businesses. Again, you
will find that the law quite clearly defines the MMF pyramid scam as
highly illegal.
Finally, I recommend to "Borg" and anyone else concerned with the
proliferation of MMF scams, to mail a copy of the offending post to
"postm...@originating.site"; yes, use "postmaster" as the recipient's
name; but use the site address of the MMF post for the address.
You will find that, most often, the ISP will revoke the user privileges of
the offending user. To ease the postmaster's job in tracking down the
user, you may wish to include the message i.d. in the subject line.
For instance, for the MMF scam posted below, one would mail the MMF
posting to "postm...@pinellas.com", and have a subject line such as
"Subject: MHorne MMF posting; MsgId<6lam6er6>; please discipline him!"
In all likely hood, MHorne would never offend again.
Richard Ranft <ric...@anv.net> writes:
>BORG wrote:
>>
>> mho...@pinellas.com wrote:
>> >
>> > This sounds wonderful; however tell me what to do? I'm not quite sure! & Need
>> > this to be explained.
>> >
>> > 1. Do I just copy your letter & send out?
>>
>> do not.
>>
>> > 2. Do I just mail one dollar to five people listed in your E-mail?
>>
>> do not.
>>
>> > 3. Does the money just start coming into my address?
>>
>> No. Do not think that every stranger is so kind
>> as to send you money.
>>
>> > My name is Marcee (mho...@pinellas.com) Please respond. Thanks.
>>
>> Do not send any money to them!! That's a scam, that's
>> illegal. All they do is polluting Usenet with that
>> garbage and trying to find some naive people to rip
>> a couple of bucks off them.
>>
>> This letter is emailed to you and posted, just in case
>> someone else is taking those chain letters seriously.
>>
>> Do not believe the scam artists!
>Time out here. Having checked the law, I can say that as long as a
Alison Rosenstengel
In article <52mh2i$n...@thoth.portal.ca>,
Karl Pollak <kpo...@nospam.com> wrote:
>Richard Ranft <ric...@anv.net> wrote:
>
>>Time out here. Having checked the law, I can say that as long as a
>>service is being offered and given, the posts are not illegal.
>
I'm reading this on va.general (Virginia) and just happen to have the
relevant portion of the Virginia Code handy:
Va Code section 18.2-239 reads:
"Every person who contrives, prepares, sets up, operates, advertises, or
promotes any pyramid promotional scheme shall be guilty of a Class 1
misdemeanor." [definitions snipped]
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Graeme Kennedy
>Time out here. Having checked the law, I can say that as long as a
>service is being offered and given, the posts are not illegal. Most of
>these claim to compile mailing lists with the $1 as sort of a
>subscription. Of course, you can get your name on mailing lists for
>free. . .but you won't get the chance to get back far more than you put
>in by doing so. If you're so sure it's a scam, have some of these
>people arrested - the police are all over the place. Remember, though,
>most judges are strict about frivolous lawsuits. . . .
Canada Post and the CRTC have a different opinion (in Canada) or, for those
of you in the US, the Post Office and the FBI. They evaluate the "service",
and reject the claim that people want to propagate a mailing list where the
product promoted is the mailing list. Variations of this, such as recipies
are rejected as well, especially when they don't advertise "Get on a
mailing list" but in stead say "make money fast", which appears to be a
different service being sold.
Reporting offenders does not imply that a 'judge' will ever see it: it's
under the criminal code, so it's up to the prosecution to decide if it goes
to court. If the gains are estimated to be large enough, they will
prosecute. The reporting party could possibly serve as witness, but not as
plaintiff as you propose in your post.
Generally speaking, these posts are ignored because, as many people have
pointed out, only a few people ever make any money at all. Everybody else
is out $1.
-Graeme.
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Karl Pollak
Richard Ranft <ric...@anv.net> wrote:
>Time out here. Having checked the law, I can say that as long as a
>service is being offered and given, the posts are not illegal.
You were apparently checking the wrong law. :-)
>Most of
>these claim to compile mailing lists with the $1 as sort of a
>subscription.
The claim is being made to cover the real purpose of the post, that
being a chainletter.
>If you're so sure it's a scam, have some of these
>people arrested - the police are all over the place.
That is so commonplace, it doesn't even get reported anymore.
>Remember, though,
>most judges are strict about frivolous lawsuits. . . .
As they are about scammers trying to separate unsophisticated,
trusting folks from their hard earned money.
Karl Pollak <kpo...@portal.ca>
Richmond, British Columbia
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Shawn McMahon
On Sat, 28 Sep 1996, Richard Ranft wrote:
> Time out here. Having checked the law, I can say that as long as a
> service is being offered and given, the posts are not illegal. Most of
> these claim to compile mailing lists with the $1 as sort of a
> subscription.
Here's what the Postal Service's web site says on that:
"Do not be fooled if the chain letter is used to sell inexpensive
reports on credit, mail order sales, mailing lists, or other topics.
The primary purpose is to take your money, not to sell information.
'Selling' a product does not ensure legality."
> in by doing so. If you're so sure it's a scam, have some of these
> people arrested - the police are all over the place. Remember, though,
> most judges are strict about frivolous lawsuits. . . .
More smoke and mirrors; there's no lawsuit involved, and nothing for a
judge to "punish you" over. You turn it over to the Postmaster at your
local Post Office, and it is handled like any other crime.
Does a judge punish you for a "frivolous lawsuit" if you call the cops
and say you witnessed a crime? Not if you really saw something a
reasonable person could suspect was a crime, he doesn't.
Shawn McMahon | Smokesignals Computer Company
Senior System Operator | Southern Oklahoma's Internet Service Provider
Chickasaw Nation Net | 405 332-0033 http://www.chickasaw.com
Cj
no, I suspect that the original posters were
dumb enough to get taken by these scams, they're
just trying to get out from under them....
these schemes are a peculiar disease...to get
rid of them you have to dump it on someone else.
Cj