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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.hgea.org!newsjunkie.ans.net!newsfeeds.ans.net!rcogate.rco.qc.ca!sunqbc.risq.net!imp.ch!univ-lyon1.fr!howland.erols.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cis.ohio-state.edu!nntp.sei.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news2.harvard.edu!fas-news.harvard.edu!mcgill From: mcgill@fas.harvard.edu (Trajan McGill) Newsgroups: alt.music.4-track,alt.2600.414,alt.irc.42,alt.music.4ad,comp.bugs.4bsd,eunet.bugs.4bsd,alt.consciousness.4th-way,rec.autos.4x4,law.class.581-goldstein,alt.SbC.604,alt.collecting.8-track-tapes,fr.news.8bits,fr.usenet.8bits,alt.tv.90210,bit.listserv.9370-l,alt.2600.AOL,alt.cars.Ford-Probe,alt.bloated-ego.Master-Ti-Chi,alt.law-enforcement.O_P_P,alt.2600.QnA,alt.test.a,soc.culture.a,alt.music.a-cappella,rec.music.a-cappella,anarch.lists.a-infos,anarch.lists.a-infos-d,alt.recovery.aa,alt.tv.ab-fab Subject: Re: Just try this, it will work Date: 3 Nov 1996 00:55:01 GMT Organization: Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Lines: 61 Message-ID: <55gqh5$626@decaxp.harvard.edu> References: <62.6541933268309@news.nemonet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mcgill.student.harvard.edu X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.music.4ad:4808 comp.bugs.4bsd:2135 alt.consciousness.4th-way:6615 rec.autos.4x4:47853 alt.collecting.8-track-tapes:1477 alt.tv.90210:3610 bit.listserv.9370-l:135 alt.cars.Ford-Probe:2326 alt.music.a-cappella:3941 rec.music.a-cappella:12526 alt.recovery.aa:42047 alt.tv.ab-fab:4246 Sorry to respond to this; I am getting really sick of these things. In article <62.6541933268309@news.nemonet.com>, sbolting@nemonet.com (Stephen Boltinghouse) wrote: > The Internet has grown tremendously. It doubles in size every 4 months. > think about it. You see those 'Make.Money.Fast' posts more and more. > That's ... because it WORKS ! Well...um, no, actually it's because some people are stupid, inconsiderate jerks who think they can make fast, easy money. > Everyone was calling it a scam, but there are SO many new users from > AOL, Netcom, etc. they will join in and make it work for you. That is because it _is_ a scam. Also, anyone who posts one of these messages from AOL (or most other providers) will have his or her account terminated. Count on it. Every one of these posts finds perhaps a few gullible people, but far more annoyed people here in alt.music.a-cappella or other places where they don't want to see spam, and who therefore forward the names of the spammers to fun organizations and people who you don't want to deal with, like: The U.S. Postal Inspector, the IRS, and the postmaster at the spammer's internet provider. > from all over the world. And every bit of it perfectly legal and on the > up and up. Well, your address is located in the United States, so I can say for a fact that it is purely and completely illegal. > Finally, 5,000 people make 250 postings each with your name at > #1 and you get a return of $60,000 before your name drops off > the list.And that's only if everyone down the line makes only 250 > postings each! Your total income for this one cycle is $55,000. 5000 people X 250 posts each = 1,250,000 posts. To something like 19,000 newsgroups (your own number). Doesn't sound very realistic to me. >*** By the way, if you try to deceive people by posting the messages >with your name in the list and not sending the bucks to the people >already included, you will not get much. I know someone who did this >and only got about $150 (and that's after two months). Then he sent >the 5 bills, people added him to their lists, and in 4-5 weeks he had >over $10,000! That is one of the most ridiculous things I ever heard. There is absolutely no way for people down the line to know that you cheated and therefore send you no money. > TRY IT AND YOU'LL BE HAPPY!!! :o) !!!!!!!!!! Try it and you will: 1) Be in trouble with the law- using the U.S. Postal Service for a pyramid scheme (and don't be fooled by what these people say they are or aren't called- it is a pyramid scheme, pure and simple) is a federal crime. 2) Receive a LOT of angry email, so much your mailbox will be completely flooded. 3) Have your internet service provider terminate your account. 4) Receive a lot of angry letters in the mail- some internet users are really annoyed by this sort of thing. 5) Be out $5.