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Article #35684

Re: !REAL CHEAP MONEY!

#35684
From: Guido den Broeder
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 00:00
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An illegal Pyramid wonder!!! I can see how this relates to Civ2 .....
Better warn the FBI though.

traveler <cytra...@email.msn.com> wrote in article
<OvfKHj$79GA.94@upnetnews05>...
> That's a neat trick...this message posted 10/08/98 and today is 10/04/98
> if your making so much darn money, why don't you fix your computer.
> 
> metalhed wrote in message <361D4C52...@polbox.com>...
> >Check this out! it really works!
> >
> >
> >The program goes as follows:
> >1) Take 6 separate envelopes and pieces of paper. On the paper, write
> >�Please
> >put me on your mailing list and then place your name with address.� Now
> >get 6
> >US $1.00 bills and place one in each of the envelopes with the paper so
> >wrapped
> >around the bill so the bill can not be seen through the envelope. This
> >will
> >prevent thievery. You should now have 6 sealed envelopes, each with a
> >piece of
> >paper stating the above phrase, your name and address, and a $1.00 bill.
> >
> >By
> >providing a $1.00 in each envelope, you are paying for their services.
> >This is
> >how it becomes legal.
> >2) Mail the 6 envelopes to the following addresses:
> >
> >a) Ryan
> >140 East 7th Street Apt. 4-0
> >NYC, NY 10009
> >
> >b) Johnny
> >P.O. Box 203
> >Norwalk, Ca.  90651
> >
> >c) Grant
> >P.O. Box 703394
> >New Smyrna Beach, FL 32170
> >
> >d) Lisa
> >57 Hampton Oaks Drive
> >Hampton, GA 30228
> >
> >e) Michael
> >980 Old Stage Coach Road
> >Cabot, AR 72023
> >
> >f) Jonathon
> >7039 W Stockman Rd
> >Glendale, AZ 85308
> >
> >You then place your own name and address on the bottom of the list at
> >#6.
> >3) Now take the #a name off the list that you see above, move the other
> >names
> >up (f
> >becomes e, e becomes d, etc...) and add YOUR Name as number f on the
> >list.
> >4) Change anything you need in this letter you would like but try to
> >keep it as
> >close to original as possible.
> >5) Now, post your amended article to at least 200 newsgroups. (I think
> >there
> >are close to 24,000 groups) All you need is 200, but remember, the more
> >you
> >post, and the more money you make!
> >
> >-----HOW TO POST TO NEWSGROUPS------------
> >1) You do not need to re-type this entire letter to do your own posting.
> >
> >Simply
> >put your cursor at the beginning of this letter and drag your cursor to
> >the
> >bottom of this document, then select 'copy' from the edit menu. This
> >will copy
> >the entire letter into the computers memory.
> >2) Open a blank 'notepad' file, and place your cursor at the top of the
> >blank
> >page. From the 'edit' menu select 'paste'. This will paste a copy of the
> >
> >letter
> >into notepad so that you can add your name to the list.
> >3) Save your new notepad file as a .txt file. If you want to do your
> >postings
> >in different sittings, you'll always have this file to go back to.
> >4) Use Netscape or Internet explorer and try searching for various
> >newsgroups
> >(on-line
> >forums, message boards, chat sites, discussions.)
> >5) Visit these message boards and post this article as a new message by
> >highlighting the text of this letter and selecting paste from the edit
> >menu.
> >Fill in the Subject, this will be the header that everyone sees as they
> >scroll
> >through the list of postings in a particular group, click the post
> >message
> >button. You're done with your first one!.
> >
> >Do it now! Make your Money!
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
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From: "Guido den Broeder" <bro...@bart.nl>
Subject: Re: !REAL CHEAP MONEY!
Date: 1998/10/05
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