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<center>
DO NOT DELETE THIS - READ
FIRST - =
IT
WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
This Really =
Works!
Give
Your Future Five Minutes And Read This =
Email
It
Will Change Your Life!
A One Time Investment Of $25
Plus =
This
Simple Technology 
Could Make You Financially
Secure =
For Life!
</center>
<blockquote>
<center>
Just Because This  Is Easy
=
doesn't
mean it's not Honest, or Real Business. 
=
Keep 
 
Working Hard or Learn to
Work =
Smart.
What do you think Successful People Do?
</center>
<blockquote>This is a completely
documented =
method
to Get Wealthy and Anyone regardless of Age, Race, State of
=
Health,
Country of origin, or Financial Standing can participate.
No =
Education
or Special Experience is needed. Within the next two weeks
you =
could
be well on your way to a $500,000.00 income. Imagine being
able =

to make over a half million dollars every 4 to 5 months
from =
your
home.</blockquote>
<center>
THANK'S TO THE COMPUTER AGE AND THE
=
INTERNET
AS SEEN ON
NATIONAL =
TV:
 
PARENTS OF 15 - YEAR OLD - FIND =
$71,000
CASH HIDDEN IN HIS CLOSET!
</center>
<blockquote>Does this headline look =
familiar? Of
course it does. You most likely have just seen this story =
recently
featured on a major nightly news program (USA). And
reported =
elsewhere
in the world. His mother was cleaning and putting laundry
away =
when
she came across a large brown paper bag that was
suspiciously =
buried
beneath some clothes and a skateboard in the back of her =
15-year-old
sons closet. Nothing could have prepared her for the shock
she =
got
when she opened the bag and found it was full of cash. =
Five-Dollar
Bills, Twenties, Fifties and Hundreds - all neatly =
rubber-banded
in labelled piles.
"My first thought was that he had =
robbed a
bank", says the 41-year-old woman, "There was over
$71,000 =
Dollars
in that bag -- that's more than my husband earns in a =
year".
The woman immediately called her =
husband at
the car-dealership where he worked to tell him what she
had =
discovered.
He came home right away, and they drove together to the
boys =
school,
and picked him up. Little did they suspect that where the
=
money
came from, was more shocking than actually finding it in
the =
closet.
As it turns out, the boy had been =
sending
out, via E-mail, a type of "Report" to E-mail addresses
that =
he
obtained off the Internet. Everyday after school for the
past =

2 months, he had been doing this right on his computer in
his =

bedroom.
"I just got the E-mail one day and
I =
figured
what the heck, I put my name on it like the instructions
said =

and I started sending it out", says the clever =
15-year-old.
The E-mail letter listed 5
addresses =
and contained
instructions to send one $5 dollar bill to each person on
the =

list, then delete the address at the bottom and move the
=
others
addresses Down , and finally to add your name to the top
of =
the
list.
The letter goes on to state that
you =
would
receive Several Thousand Dollars in Five-Dollar Bills
within =
2
weeks if you sent out the letter with your name at the
top of =

the 5-address list. "I get junk E-mail all the time, and
=
really
did not think it was going to work", the boy =
continues.
Within the first few days of
sending =
out the
E-mail, the Post Office Box that his parents had gotten
him =
for
his video-game magazine subscriptions began to fill up
with =
not
with magazines, but envelopes containing $5 Bills.
"About a week later I rode [my
bike] =
down
to the post office and my box had 1 magazine and about
300 =
envelops
stuffed in it. There was also a yellow slip that said I
had =
to
go up to the [post office] counter. I thought I was in =
trouble
or something (laughs)". He goes on, "I went up to the
counter =

and they had a whole box of more mail for me. I had to
ride =
back
home and empty out my backpack because I could not carry
it =
all".
Over the next few weeks, the boy continued sending out
the =
E-mail."The
money just kept coming in and I just kept sorting it and
=
stashing
it in the closet, barely had time for my homework".He had
=
also
been riding his bike to several of the banks in his area
and =
exchanging
the $5 bills for twenties, fifties and hundreds.
"I didn't want the banks to get =
suspicious
so I kept riding to different banks with like five
thousand =
at
a time in my backpack. I would usually tell the lady at
the =
bank
counter that my dad had sent me in to exchange the money
and =
he
was outside waiting for me.One time the lady gave me a
really =

strange look and told me that she would not be able to do
it =
for
me and my dad would have to come in and do it, but I just
=
rode
to the next bank down the street (laughs)." Surprisingly,
the =

boy did not have any reason to be afraid.The reporting
news =
team
examined and investigated the so-called "chain-letter"
the =
boy
was sending out and found that it was not a chain-letter
at =
all.In
fact, it was completely legal according to US Postal and
=
Lottery
Laws, Title 18, Section 1302 and 1341, or Title 18,
Section =
3005
in the US code, also in the code of federal regulations,
=
Volume
16, Sections 255 and 436, which state a product or
service =
must
be exchanged for money received.
Every five-dollar bill that he
received =
contained
a little note that read, "Please send me report number =
XYX".This
simple note made the letter legal because he was
exchanging a =

service (A Report on how-to) for a five-dollar
fee.
[This is the end of the media
release. =
If
you would like to understand how the system works and get
=
your
$71,000 plus - please continue reading. What appears
below is =

what the 15 year old was sending out on the net - YOU CAN
USE =

IT TOO - just follow the simple instructions].
 
  
 
BE AN INTERNET MILLIONAIRE LIKE
=
OTHERS 
WITHIN A YEAR!!!
Before you say ''Bull'', please
read =
the
following. This is the letter you have been hearing
about =

on the news lately. Due to the popularity of this letter
on =
the
Internet, a national weekly news program recently devoted
an =
entire
show to the investigation of this program described
below, to =

see if it really can make people money. The show also =
investigated
whether or not the program was legal.
Their findings proved once and for
all =
that
there are ''absolutely NO Laws prohibiting the
participation =
in
the program and if people can "follow the simple
instruction" =

they are bound to make some mega bucks with only $25 out
of =
pocket
cost''.
DUE TO THE RECENT INCREASE OF =
POPULARITY &
RESPECT THIS PROGRAM HAS ATTAINED, IT IS CURRENTLY
WORKING =
BETTER
THAN EVER.
This is what one had to =
say: 
<blockquote>''Thanks
to this profitable opportunity". I was approached many
times =
before
but each time I passed on it. I am so glad I finally
joined =
just
to see what one could expect in return for the minimal
effort =

and money required. To my astonishment, I received a
total $ =
610,470.00
in 21 weeks, with money still coming
in''. =

Pam
Hedland 
Fort
Lee, New Jersey.
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<hr width=3D"600" noshade>
<blockquote>Another said:
<blockquote>"This program
has been around for a long time but I never believed in
it. =
But
one day when I received this again in the mail I decided
to =
gamble
my $25 on it. I followed the simple instructions and
Wa-laa =
....
3 weeks later the money started to come in. First month I
=
only
made $240.00 but the next 2 months after that I made a
total =
of
$290,000.00. So far, in the past 8 months by re-entering
the =
program,
I have made over $710,000.00 and I am playing it again.
The =
key
to success in this program is to follow the simple steps
and =
NOT
change anything."</blockquote>
 
More testimonials later but =
first...
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<center>
PRINT THIS NOW FOR YOUR FUTURE =
REFERENCE
</center>

<hr width=3D"85%">
<center>
If you would
like =
to make
at least $500,000 every 4 to 5 months easily =
and
 
comfortably,
=
please read
the following...THEN READ IT AGAIN and AGAIN =
!!!
</center>
<hr width=3D"85%">
<center>
FOLLOW THE SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS =
BELOW 
 
AND YOUR FINANCIAL DREAMS WILL COME
=
TRUE!
</center>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>INSTRUCTIONS:
For each report,
send =
$5 CASH,
THE NAME & NUMBER OF THE REPORT YOU ARE ORDERING and
YOUR =

E-MAIL ADDRESS to the person whose name appears ON THAT
LIST =
next
to the report. MAKE SURE YOUR RETURN ADDRESS IS ON YOUR =
ENVELOPE
TOP LEFT CORNER in case of any mail
problems.
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<center>
 
WHEN YOU PLACE YOUR =
ORDER, 
 
MAKE SURE YOU ORDER EACH OF THE 5 =
REPORTS! 
</center>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>You will need all 5 reports
so =
that
you can save them on your computer and resell them.
<center>
YOUR TOTAL COST $5 X 5 =3D =
$25.00
 
(That's what I spend every time I
take =
my
girlfriend to the movies)
</center>
Within a few days you will
receive, =
via
e-mail, each of the 5 reports from these 5 different =
individuals.
Save them on your computer so they will be accessible for
you =

to send to the 1,000's of people who will order them from
=
you.
Also make a floppy of these reports and keep it in your
desk =
in
case something happens to your computer. 
 
IMPORTANT:
DO NOT alter the names of
the =
people
who are listed next to each report, or their sequence on
the =
list,
in any way other than what is instructed below in step ''
1 =
through
6 '' or you will loose out on the majority of your
profits. =
Once
you understand the way this works, you will also see how
it =
does
not work if you change it. Remember, this method has been
=
tested,
and if you alter it, it will NOT work !!! People
have =
tried
to put their friends/relatives names on all five thinking
=
they
could get all the money. But it does not work this way. =
Believe
us, some have tried to be greedy and then nothing
happened. =
So
Do Not try to change anything other than what is
instructed. =
Because
if you do, it will not work for you. Remember,
Honesty =
Reaps
The Reward!!! 
</blockquote>
<center>
This
IS a legitimate BUSINESS. You are =
offering 
 
a
product for sale and getting paid for =
it. 
Treat
it =
as such
and you will be VERY profitable in a short period of =
time
</center>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>After you have ordered all 5
=
reports,
take this advertisement and REMOVE the name & address
of =
the
person in REPORT #5. This person has made it through the
cycle =

and is no doubt counting their fortune. Email them and ask
=
that's
what I always did.Move the name & address in REPORT #4
=
down
TO REPORT #5.Move the name & address in REPORT #3
down TO =

REPORT #4.Move the name & address in REPORT #2 down
TO =
REPORT
#3.Move the name & address in REPORT #1 down TO
REPORT =
#2Insert
YOUR name & address in the REPORT #1 =
Position.</blockquote>
<center>
 
PLEASE MAKE SURE you copy
every =
name
& address ACCURATELY 
(Just cut and paste! This is
critical to =
YOUR
success.
</center>
</blockquote>
<center>
Take this entire letter, with the
modified =
list
of names, and save it on your computer.
DO NOT MAKE ANY OTHER =
CHANGES
</center>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>Save this on a disk as
well =
just
in case if you loose any data. To assist you with
marketing =

your business on the internet, the 5 reports you purchase
will =
provide
you with invaluable marketing information which includes
how to =

send bulk e-mails legally, where to find thousands of free
=
classified
ads and much more. There are 2 Primary methods to get this
=
venture
going:</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<center>
METHOD #1: BY SENDING BULK E-MAIL =
LEGALLY
</center>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>Let's say that you decide to
=
start
small, just to see how it goes, and we will assume You and
=
those
involved send out only 5,000 e-mails each. Let's also =
assume
that the mailing receives only a
0.2% =
(2/10
of 1%) response (the response could be much better but
lets =
just
say it is only 0.2%). Also many people will send out
hundreds =

of thousands e-mails instead of only 5,000 each).
Continuing =
with
this example, you send out only 5,000 e-mails.
With a 0.2% response, that is only
10 =
orders
for report #1. Those 10 people responded by sending out
=
5,000
e-mail each for a total of 50,000. Out of those 50,000 =
e-mails
only 0.2% responded with orders. That's=3D100 people =
responded and
ordered Report #2.
Those 100 people mail out 5,000
e-mails =
each
for a total of 500,000 e-mails. The 0.2% response to that
is =
1000
orders for Report #3.
Those 1000 people send 5,000 e-mail
=
each for
a total of 5 million e-mail sent out. The 0.2% response
is =
10,000
orders for Report #4.
Those 10,000 people send out 5,000
=
e-mails
each for a total of 50,000,000 (50 million) e-mails. The
0.2% =

response to that is 100,000 orders for Report #5.
THAT'S 100,000 ORDERS TIMES $5 EACH
=3D =
$500,000.00
(half a million dollars).
Your total income in this example
is: =
1...
$50 + 2..... $500 + 3..... $5,000 + 4..... $50,000 + =
5....$500,000
.... Grand Total=3D$555,550.00
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<center>
NUMBERS
DO NOT LIE
</center>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>GET
A PENCIL & PAPER AND FIGURE OUT THE WORST POSSIBLE =
RESPONSES
AND NO MATTER HOW YOU CALCULATE IT, YOU WILL STILL MAKE A
LOT =
OF
MONEY! (I did it was $55,000 in four =
months)
REMEMBER, THIS IS ASSUMING ONLY 10
=
PEOPLE
ORDERING OUT OF 5,000 YOU MAILED TO. Dare to think for a
=
moment
what would happen if everyone or half or even one 4th of
=
those
people mailed 100,000 e-mails each or more? There are
580.78 =
million
people on the Internet worldwide and counting, with
thousands =

of more coming on line every day. 
Believe me, there isn't any better
way =
to
make money!
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<center>
METHOD #2: BY PLACING FREE ADS ON
THE =
INTERNET
</center>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>Advertising on the net is
very, =
very
inexpensive and there are hundreds of FREE places to
advertise. =

Placing a lot of free ads on the Internet will easily get a
=
larger
response. We strongly suggest you start with Method #1 and
add =

METHOD #2 as you go along. For every $5 you receive, all
you =
must
do is e-mail them the Report they ordered. That's it.
Always =
provide
same day service on all orders.
This will guarantee that the e-mail
=
they send
out, with your name and address on it, will be prompt
because =

they can not advertise until they receive the
report. =

The reason for the "cash" is not =
because this
is illegal or somehow "wrong". It is simply about time.
Time =
for
checks or credit cards to be cleared or approved, etc. =
Concealing
it is simply so no one can SEE there is money in the
envelope =

and steal it before it gets to you.
</blockquote>
<center>
ORDER EACH REPORT BY ITS NUMBER
& =
NAME
ONLY.
</center>
<blockquote>Notes:
Always send $5 cash (U.S. CURRENCY)
for =
each
Report. Checks NOT accepted. Make sure the cash is
concealed =
by
wrapping it in at least 2 sheets of paper or foil will
also =
work.
On one of those sheets of paper, write the NUMBER &
the =
NAME
of the Report you are ordering, YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS and
your =
name
and postal address.
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<center>
AVAILABLE =
REPORTS
 
PLACE YOUR ORDER FOR THESE REPORTS =
NOW:
</center>
 
<center>
<table WIDTH=3D"80%" class=3D"center" >
<tr>
<td WIDTH=3D"30%" BGCOLOR=3D"#009900" class=3D=
"left"> </td>
<td> 
REPORT #1: 
 
"The Insider's
Guide =
To Advertising
For Free On The Net"  
Order
=
Report #1
From:
<blockquote>L.
Saló 
c/Diputacion
481, 4º, 2ª 
Barcelona,
08013 SPAIN</blockquote>
<hr width=3D"350">
 
REPORT #2: 
"The Insider's
Guide =
To Sending
Bulk E-mail On The Net" 
Order Report #2
=
From:
<blockquote>R.
Harman 
4211 =
Prairie
View Dr. N 
Sarasota, FL
34232</blockquote>
<hr width=3D"350">
 
REPORT #3: 
"Secret
To Multilevel Marketing On The
Net" =
 
Order Report #3
=
From:
<blockquote>CAROL =
J.
 
P.O. Box =
574
 
Pie Town, NM
=
87827</blockquote>
<hr width=3D"350">
 
REPORT #4: 
"How To Become A =
Millionaire
Utilizing MLM & The Net" 
Order Report #4
=
From:
<blockquote>Personal A J.
Girado 
205 E. Main =
St.
 
Carbondale,
IL =
62901</blockquote>
<hr width=3D"350">
 
REPORT #5: 
"How To Safely
Send 1 =
Million
Emails For Virtually No Money" 
Order Report #5
=
From: 
<blockquote>VLANE
 
2967
Michaelson =
Drive
G480 
Irvine, CA =
92612</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</center>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<center>
There are
currently =
more than
570,000,000 people online worldwide!
</center>
</blockquote>
<center>
$$$$$$$
YOUR SUCCESS GUIDELINES $$$$$$$
</center>
<blockquote>Follow these guidelines to =
guarantee
your success:
If you do not receive at least 10 =
orders for
Report #1 within 2 weeks, continue sending e-mails until
you =
do.
After you have received 10 orders,
2 to =
3
weeks after that you should receive 100 orders or more
for =
REPORT
#2. If you did not, continue advertising or sending
e-mails =
until
you do.
**Once you have received 100 or
more =
orders
for Report #2, YOU CAN RELAX, because the system is
already =
working
for you, and the cash will continue to roll in! THIS IS =
IMPORTANT
TO REMEMBER: Every time your name is moved down on the
list, =
you
are placed in front of a Different report.
You can KEEP TRACK of your PROGRESS
by =
watching
which report people are ordering from you. IF YOU WANT TO
=
GENERATE
MORE INCOME SEND ANOTHER BATCH OF E-MAILS AND START THE
WHOLE =

PROCESS AGAIN. There is NO LIMIT to the income you can =
generate
from this business!!!
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<center>
FOLLOWING IS A NOTE FROM THE
ORIGINATOR =
OF THIS
PROGRAM:
</center>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>You have just received =
information
that can give you financial freedom for the rest of your
life, =
with
NO RISK and JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT. You can make more
=
money
in the next few weeks and months than you have ever
imagined. =
Follow
the program EXACTLY AS INSTRUCTED. Do not change it in any
way. =

It works exceedingly well as it is now. Remember to e-mail
a =
copy
of this exciting report after you have put your name and =
address
in Report #1 and moved others to #2... #5 as instructed
above. =
One
of the people you send this to may send out 100,000 or more
=
e-mails
and your name will be on every one of them. (Just to let
you =
know
anyone who sends money to Cole Schulte (me) I send out
least 5 =
million
a month, there are bulk emails companies you can hire and
they =
do
all the work for you...) Remember though, the more you send
out =

the more potential customers you will reach. So my friend,
I =
have
given you the ideas, information, materials and opportunity
to =
become
financially independent. IT IS UP TO YOU =
NOW!</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<center>
MORE TESTIMONIALS
</center>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>"My =
name
is Mitchell. My wife, Jody and I live in Chicago. I am an
=
accountant
with a major U.S.Corporation and I make pretty good
money. =
When
I received this program I grumbled to Jody about
receiving =
'junk
mail'. I made fun of the whole thing, spouting my
knowledge =
of
the population and percentages involved. I 'knew' it
wouldn't =

work. Jody totally ignored my supposed intelligence and
few =
days
later she jumped in with both feet. I made merciless fun
of =
her,
and was ready to lay the old 'I told you so' on her when
the =
thing
didn't work. Well, the laugh was on me! Within 3 weeks
she =
had
received 50 responses. Within the next 45 days she had =
received
total $ 147,200.00 ........ all cash! I was shocked. I
have =
joined
Jody in her 'hobby'."
Mitchell Wolf
M.D., 
Chicago, =
Illinois
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<center>
<hr width=3D"85%">
</center>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>"Not being
the gambling type, it took me several weeks to make up my
=
mind
to participate in this plan. But conservative as I am, I
=
decided
that the initial investment was so little that there was
just =

no way that I wouldn't get enough orders to at least get
my =
money
back. I was surprised when I found my medium size post
office =

box crammed with orders. I made $319,210.00 in the first
12 =
weeks.
The nice thing about this deal is that it does not matter
=
where
people live. There simply isn't a better investment with
a =
faster
return and so big".
Dan
=
Sondstrom,
 
Alberta, =
Canada
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<hr width=3D"85%">
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>"I =
had received
this program before. I deleted it, but later I wondered
if I =
should
have given it a try. Of course, I had no idea who to
contact =
to
get another copy, so I had to wait until I was e-mailed
again =

by someone else........11 months passed then it luckily
came =
again......
I did not delete this one! I made more than $490,000 on
my =
first
try and all the money came within 22 =
weeks".
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