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Old August 30th 04, 12:39 AM
JmSpring6
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HOW TO TURN $6 INTO $6,000!!!!!! READING THIS COULD
CHANGE YOUR LIFE! I found this on a bulletin board and
decided to try it. A little while back, I was browsing
through newsgroups, just like you are now, and came
across an article similar to this that said you could
make thousands of dollars within weeks with only an
initial investment of $6.00! So I thought, Yeah right,
this must be a scam, but like most of us, I was curious,
so I kept reading. Anyway, it said that you send $1.00 to
each of the 6 names and address stated in the article.
You then place your own name and address in the bottom of
the list at #6, and post the article in at least 200
newsgroups. (There are thousands) No catch, that was it.
So after thinking it over, and talking to a few people
first, I thought about trying it. I figured: what have I
got to lose except 6 stamps and $6.00, right? Then I
invested the measly $6.00. Well GUESS WHAT!!... within 7
days, I started getting money in the mail! I was shocked!
I figured it would end soon, but the money just kept
coming in. In my first week, I made about $25.00. By the
end of the second week I had made a total of over
$1,000.00! In the third week I had over $10,000.00 and
it's still growing. This is now my fourth week and I have
made a total of just over $42,000.00 and it's still
coming in rapidly. It's certainly worth $6.00, and 6
stamps, I have spent more than that on the lottery!! Let
me tell you how this works and most importantly, why it
works....Also, make sure you print a copy of this article
NOW, so you can get the information off of it as you need
it. I promise you that if you follow the directions
exactly, that you will start making more money than you
thought possible by doing something so easy! Suggestion:
Read this entire message carefully! (Print it out or
download it.) Follow the simple directions and watch the
money come in! It's easy. It's legal. And, your
investment is only $6.00 (Plus postage) IMPORTANT: This
is not a rip-off; it is not indecent; it is not illegal;
and it is virtually no risk - it really works!!!! If all
of the following instructions are adhered to, you will
receive extraordinary dividends. PLEASE NOTE: Please
follow these directions EXACTLY, and $50,000 or more can
be yours in 20 to 60 days. This program remains
successful because of the honesty and integrity of the
participants. Please continue its success by carefully
adhering to the instructions. You will now become part of
the Mail Order business. In this business your product is
not solid and tangible, it's a service. You are in the
business of developing Mailing Lists. Many large
corporations are happy to pay big bucks for quality
lists. However, the money made from the mailing lists is
secondary to the income which is made from people like
you and me asking to be included in that list. Here are
the 4 easy steps to success: 1: Get 6 separate pieces of
paper and write the following on each piece of paper;
PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR MAILING LIST. Now get 6 US $1.00
bills and place ONE inside EACH of the 6 pieces of paper
so the bill will not be seen through the envelope (to
prevent thievery). Next, place one paper in each of the 6
envelopes and seal them. 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. What you
are doing is creating a service. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY
LEGAL! You are requesting a legitimate service and you
are paying for it! Like most of us I was a little
skeptical and a little worried about the legal aspects of
it all. So I checked it out with the U.S. Post Office (1-
800-725-2161) and they confirmed that it is indeed legal!
Mail the 6 envelopes to the following addresses: Mailing
Adresses

1.Josh Daniel
3190 Timucua Circle
Orlando, FL 32837

2Joshua Huntress
91 Clark St.
Brockton, MA 02302



3.David Felber
14380 Tulane ST.
Brookfield, WI 53005

5. Jeff Mullins
1900 NE 80th Street
Kansas City, MO 64118

5.shashi nair,14-2-6, block 14,
Taman Bukit Angkasa,59200,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

6. Rhonda Springer
45110 Twp. Rd. 6
Caldwell, Ohio 43724


STEP 2: Now take the #1 name off the list that you see
above, move the other names up (6 becomes 5, 5 becomes 4,
etc...) and add YOUR Name as number 6 on the list. STEP
3: Change anything you need to, but try to keep this
article as close to original as possible. 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, the more money you make!
This is perfectly legal! If you have any doubts, refer to
Title 18 Sec. 1302 & 1341 of the Postal lottery laws.
Keep a copy of these steps for yourself and, whenever you
need money, you can use it again, and again. PLEASE
REMEMBER that this program remains successful because of
the honesty and integrity of the participants and by
their carefully adhering to the directions. Look at it
this way. If you are of integrity, the program will
continue and the money that so many others have received
will come your way. NOTE: You may want to retain every
name and address sent to you, either on a computer or
hard copy and keep the notes people send you. This
VERIFIES that you are truly providing a service. (Also,
it might be a good idea to wrap the $1 bill in dark paper
to reduce the risk of mail theft.) So, as each post is
downloaded and the directions carefully followed, six
members will be reimbursed for their participation as a
List Developer with one dollar each. Your name will move
up the list geometrically so that when your name reaches
the #1 position you will be receiving thousands of
dollars in CASH!!! What an opportunity for only $6.00
($1.00 for each of the first six people listed above)
Send it now, add your own name to the list and you're in
business! ---DIRECTIONS ----- FOR HOW TO POST TO
NEWSGROUPS--------- --- Step 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, and
select 'copy' from the edit menu. This will copy the
entire letter into the computer's memory. Step 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. Step 3) Save your new
notepad file as a .txt file. If you want to do your
postings in different settings, you'll always have this
file to go back to. Step 4) Use Netscape or Internet
explorer and try searching for various newsgroups (on-
line forums, message boards, chat sites, discussions.)
Step 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! Congratulations...THAT'S IT! All you have
to do is jump to different newsgroups and post away,
after you get the hang of it, it will take about 30
seconds for each newsgroup! **REMEMBER, THE MORE
NEWSGROUPS YOU POST IN, THE MORE MONEY YOU WILL MAKE!!
BUT YOU HAVE TO POST A MINIMUM OF 200** That's it! You
will begin receiving money from around the world within
days! You may eventually want to rent a P.O.Box due to
the large amount of mail you will receive. If you wish to
stay anonymous, you can invent a name to use, as long as
the postman will deliver it. **JUST MAKE SURE ALL THE
ADDRESSES ARE CORRECT.** Now the WHY part: Out of 200
postings, say I receive only 5 replies (a very low
example). So then I made $5.00 with my name at #6 on the
letter. Now, each of the 5 persons who just sent me $1.00
make the MINIMUM 200 postings, each with my name at #5
and only 5 persons respond to each of the original 5,
that is another $25.00 for me, now those 25 each make 200
MINIMUM posts with my name at #4 and only 5 replies each,
I will bring in an additional $125.00! Now, those 125
persons turn around and post the MINIMUM 200 with my name
at #3 and only receive 5 replies each, I will make an
additional $626.00! OK, now here is the fun part, each of
those 625 persons post a MINIMUM 200 letters with my name
at #2 and they each only receive 5 replies, that just
made me $3,125.00!!! Those 3,125 persons will all deliver
this message to 200 newsgroups with my name at #1 and if
still 5 persons per 200 newsgroups react I will receive
$15,625,00! With an original investment of only $6.00!
AMAZING! When your name is no longer on the list, you
just take the latest posting in the newsgroups, and send
out another $6.00 to names on the list, putting your name
at number 6 again. And start posting again. The thing to
remember is: do you realize that thousands of people all
over the world are joining the internet and reading these
articles everyday?, JUST LIKE YOU are now!! So, can you
afford $6.00 and see if it really works?? I think so...
People have said, "e;what if the plan is played out and
no one sends you the money? So what! What are the chances
of that happening when there are tons of new honest users
and new honest people who are joining the internet and
newsgroups everyday and are willing to give it a try?
Estimates are at 20,000 to 50,000 new users, every day,
with thousands of those joining the actual internet.
Remember: play FAIRLY and HONESTLY and this will really
work.

  #2  
Old August 30th 04, 04:56 PM
Rhonda
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Everyone makes stupid choices in their lives. Thanks to Kris Baker for
pointing this out

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/09/universal.htm

For Release: September 26, 2003

Chain Letter Spammers Settle FTC Charges

Operators that used deceptive spam and a Web site to recruit consumers
into
an illegal chain letter scheme have agreed to settle FTC charges that
their
scam violated federal laws. The settlement bars the defendants from
promoting or selling pyramid or chain mail schemes, misrepresenting
potential earnings claims, misrepresenting the legality of such
schemes,
failing to disclose the profits or earnings of other participants in
any
multilevel marketing program, and providing others with the means to
make
misrepresentations.

In April 2002, as part of an Internet fraud sweep, the FTC charged
that
Universal Direct and its principals, Linda Jean Lightfoot and Charles
F.
Childs were sending spam that promoted "a MLM (multi-level marketing)
Gifting Program that CAN'T FAIL." The spam allegedly claimed that
participants could earn $10,000 in cash gifts within a few months of
joining
and urged consumers to recruit other participants. The FTC alleged the
scheme is an illegal chain-letter; that the earnings claims were
false; and
that most participants would fail to make any money. The FTC asked the
court
to halt the illegal scheme and freeze the defendants' assets pending
trial.
Following the preliminary injunction, the defendants refunded all the
money
they had collected from investors in the scheme. The settlement ends
the
litigation.

The settlement bars the defendants from:

participating, promoting, or selling any prohibited marketing programs
-
such as chain letters or pyramid programs;
misrepresenting potential earnings or benefits from marketing any
product or
service;
misrepresenting the legality of any program;
failing to disclose the profits or earnings of other participants in
any
multi-level marketing program; and
providing others with the means and instrumentalities to make
misrepresentations.
The settlement also bars the defendants from selling, renting,
leasing, or
disclosing their customer lists.

The settlement is based on financial information provided by the
defendants.
If the court finds that the defendants failed to disclose assets or
made
other material misrepresentations, the FTC can reopen the matter to
seek
consumer redress or disgorgement of ill-gotten gains. The settlement
also
contains certain bookkeeping and record keeping provisions to allow
the
agency to monitor compliance with its order.

NOTE: A stipulated final judgment and order is for settlement purposes
only
and does not constitute an admission of a law violation.

Copies of the stipulated final judgment and order are available from
the
FTC's Web site at http://www.ftc.gov and also from the FTC's Consumer
Response Center, Room 130, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington,
D.C.
20580. The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent,
deceptive, and
unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide
information to
help consumers spot, stop, and avoid them. To file a complaint, or to
get
free information on any of 150 consumer topics, call toll-free,
1-877-FTC-HELP (1 877-382-4357), or use the complaint form at
http://www.ftc.gov. The FTC enters Internet, telemarketing, identity
theft,
and other fraud-related complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure,
online
database available to hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement
agencies in the U.S. and abroad.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Claudia Bourne Farrell
Office of Public Affairs
202-326-2181

STAFF CONTACT:

James Kohm
Bureau of Consumer Protection
202-326-2640

(FTC File No X020028)

(http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/09/universal.htm)
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Old August 30th 04, 04:56 PM
Rhonda
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Everyone makes stupid choices in their lives. Thanks to Kris Baker for
pointing this out

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/09/universal.htm

For Release: September 26, 2003

Chain Letter Spammers Settle FTC Charges

Operators that used deceptive spam and a Web site to recruit consumers
into
an illegal chain letter scheme have agreed to settle FTC charges that
their
scam violated federal laws. The settlement bars the defendants from
promoting or selling pyramid or chain mail schemes, misrepresenting
potential earnings claims, misrepresenting the legality of such
schemes,
failing to disclose the profits or earnings of other participants in
any
multilevel marketing program, and providing others with the means to
make
misrepresentations.

In April 2002, as part of an Internet fraud sweep, the FTC charged
that
Universal Direct and its principals, Linda Jean Lightfoot and Charles
F.
Childs were sending spam that promoted "a MLM (multi-level marketing)
Gifting Program that CAN'T FAIL." The spam allegedly claimed that
participants could earn $10,000 in cash gifts within a few months of
joining
and urged consumers to recruit other participants. The FTC alleged the
scheme is an illegal chain-letter; that the earnings claims were
false; and
that most participants would fail to make any money. The FTC asked the
court
to halt the illegal scheme and freeze the defendants' assets pending
trial.
Following the preliminary injunction, the defendants refunded all the
money
they had collected from investors in the scheme. The settlement ends
the
litigation.

The settlement bars the defendants from:

participating, promoting, or selling any prohibited marketing programs
-
such as chain letters or pyramid programs;
misrepresenting potential earnings or benefits from marketing any
product or
service;
misrepresenting the legality of any program;
failing to disclose the profits or earnings of other participants in
any
multi-level marketing program; and
providing others with the means and instrumentalities to make
misrepresentations.
The settlement also bars the defendants from selling, renting,
leasing, or
disclosing their customer lists.

The settlement is based on financial information provided by the
defendants.
If the court finds that the defendants failed to disclose assets or
made
other material misrepresentations, the FTC can reopen the matter to
seek
consumer redress or disgorgement of ill-gotten gains. The settlement
also
contains certain bookkeeping and record keeping provisions to allow
the
agency to monitor compliance with its order.

NOTE: A stipulated final judgment and order is for settlement purposes
only
and does not constitute an admission of a law violation.

Copies of the stipulated final judgment and order are available from
the
FTC's Web site at http://www.ftc.gov and also from the FTC's Consumer
Response Center, Room 130, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington,
D.C.
20580. The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent,
deceptive, and
unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide
information to
help consumers spot, stop, and avoid them. To file a complaint, or to
get
free information on any of 150 consumer topics, call toll-free,
1-877-FTC-HELP (1 877-382-4357), or use the complaint form at
http://www.ftc.gov. The FTC enters Internet, telemarketing, identity
theft,
and other fraud-related complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure,
online
database available to hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement
agencies in the U.S. and abroad.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Claudia Bourne Farrell
Office of Public Affairs
202-326-2181

STAFF CONTACT:

James Kohm
Bureau of Consumer Protection
202-326-2640

(FTC File No X020028)

(http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/09/universal.htm)
 




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