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From: Everardo Cunha <ecunha@foxboro.com>
Subject: Re: "NEED CASH $$$$$ READ HERE $$$$$"
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Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 07:56:25 -0500
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Arthur Smilkstinsh wrote:
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> DO YOU NEED MONEY... AND NEED IT NOW!?
> 
> THIS IS THE FASTEST... AND FAIREST... WAY I KNOW TO SHARE THE WEALTH!
> 
> Would you like to make thousands of dollars quickly, legally, and with NO
> 
> CATCH?
> 
> Then keep reading... please take five minutes to read this article in
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> its entirety... it will chage your life.  It has certainly changed mine!
> 
> You can make up to, or over, $50,000 in only 4-6 weeks.  I know, it
> 
> sounds like a scam, BUT IT'S NOT A SCAM... READ ON! Really, if you're
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> interested, keep reading; if you're not, please don't let me waste any
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> more of your time.
> 
>         OK, still with me?  A little while back, I was browsing through these
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> newsgroups, just like you are now, and I came across an article similar
> 
> to this that said you could make thousands of dollars in only weeks with
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> an initial investment of ONLY $5!  And, like you, I thought "Yeah,
> 
> right, must be a scam..."  But, I was intrigued... like most of us
> 
> are... and so I kept reading.  Anyway, the article said that you were to
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> send $1.00 to each of the 5 names and addresses listed in the article.
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> You then placed your own name and address and the article in at least
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> 250 newsgroups... there are thousands!... no catch... that was all you
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> had to do.
> 
>         So after thinking it over and talking to a few friends first, I decided
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> to try it... after all, if it really was a scam all I would loose would
> 
> be my $5 and the cost of 5 stamps, right?  Well, guess what... within 7
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> days, I started getting money in the mail... NO kidding! I have to tell
> 
> you, I was surprised to say the least.  I still figured it would end
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> soon and didn't give it too much thought.  But then money kept coming
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> in... tripling in numbers and multiplying by 10 and 20 times the amount
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> that I got the first week!  In my first week I made about $20 or $30.
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> But by the end of the second week, I had made a total of over $1,000!!
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> In the third week, I had over $10,000, and it's still growing.  This is
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> my fourth week and I've made about $42,000 TOTAL.. and the money is
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> still coming in.
> 
>         Let me tell you how this works and more importantly, WHY it works...
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> also, make sure you print a copy of the article so you get the
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> information off it and can begin making money yourself.  The process is
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> very simple and it consists of just 3 EASY steps:
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>         STEP 1:  Get 5 separate pieces of paper and write the following
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> statement on each sheet of paper... "PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR MAILING LIST.
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> YOU ARE NUMBER ___"  (To do this, you paid for the service and made a
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> investment.  And make this legal.  Then all people which check the
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> newsgroupes will trust you and it makes your investment work in the
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> net.)  Get five $1.00 bills and place ONE inside each piece of paper
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> that you just wrote on and fold the piece of paper so the bill will not
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> be seen in the envelope (otherwise, nosey people who like to steal mail
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> with money in it will get yours!)  Put one folded note (with your $1.00
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> bill) inside the envelope and seal it.  Do the same for each of the five
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> names.  You should now have 5 envelopes sealed, EACH envelope has a
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> piece of paper with the message asking to be put on the mailing list and
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> a $1.00 bill hidden inside the paper, right?  This is IMPORTANT... Make
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> sure you have written the message asking to be put on the paper... by
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> doing this you are creating a service and keeping everything PERFECTLY
> 
> LEGAL... Now, mail the 5 envelopes to each of the 5 addresses listed
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> below:
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> 1.  K. Doake, P.O Box 54016, Tulsa, OK 74155-0016
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> 2.  J. Johnson, 6930 Oak Valley Lane, Colorado Springs, CO 80919
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> 3.  I. Chow, Suite 607-4944 Dalton Dr. NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada t3A
> 
> 2E6
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> 4.  Jun Zhou, 1132 W. Blaine St.  #102, Riverside, CA   92507
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> 5.  Arthur Smilkstinsh, 10 Zemes St. Apr. 36 Riga, Latvia LV-1082
> 
> STEP 2:  Now take the #1 name off the list that you see above, move the
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> other 4 names up (5 becomming 4, 4 becomming 3, etc.) and put YOUR NAME
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> as number 5 on the list.  You can slightly alter this article if you
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> need to, editing what you feel you need to edit.
> 
> STEP 3:  Post your amended article... with your name as #5... to at
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> least 250 newsgroups (I'm told that there are close to 18,000 of them!)
> 
> and all you need is 250 or so, of them.
> 
> HOW TO DO THIS -- If you have Netscape 3.0 do EXACTLY the following:
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>         A)  Click on any newsgroup like you were going to look at it, then
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> click on "TO NEWS" which is on the far left when you're in the newsgroup
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> page.  This will bring up a box to type a message.
> 
>         B)  Leave the newsgroup box like it is.  CHANGE the Subject Box to
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> something flashy like ... "NEED CASH $$$ READ HERE $$$" ... or ... "FAST
> 
> CASH!!"
> 
>         C)  Tab once, and you should be ready to type.  Now, retype (only once)
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> this entire article... WORD FOR WORD ... except to insert your name at
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> #5 and to remove #1 off the list, plus any other small changes you think
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> you need to make.  Keep almost all of it the same however!
> 
>         D)  When you're finished typing the entire article, click on FILE in
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> THIS box (just above the SEND button... NOT where it says NETSCAPE NEWS
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> on the first box)  Now click on SAVE AS in the dropdown menu.  Save your
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> article as a text file to your C: or A: drive.  DO NOT SEND OR POST YOUR
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> ARTICLE UNTIL YOU HAVE SAVED IT!  Once saved, move on to Step E below.
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>         E)  If you still have all of your text, send or post to this newsgroup
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> now by just clicking the SEND button (just below the FILE dropdown menu
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> and just above the C: button)
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>         F)  Here's where you're going to post to 250 or more, newsgroups
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> ....OK... click on any newsgroup then click on "TO NEWS" ... again, in
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> the top left corner of your screen.  Leave the NEWSGROUPS BOX alone
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> again, put a flashy subject title in the SUBJECT BOX, hit TAB once and
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> you're in the body of the message.  Now click on the ATTACHMENT button
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> (just below the Subject Line) Another window will come up... click on
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> ATTACH FILE ... now find the file that you just saved in the previous
> 
> procedure.  Click ONCE on the file and then click OPEN and then OK.  If
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> you did this correctly you should now see your file name in the
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> Attachments Box and it will be highlighted.
> 
> IF YOU USE IE EXPLORER it's just as easy ... Holding down the left mouse
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> button, highlight this article.  Then press the "CTRL" key and the "C"
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> key at the same time to copy the article.  Then print the article for
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> your records to have the names of those you will be sending the $1.00
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> bills to.  Next, go to the newsgroups and press "POST AN ARTICLE".  A
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> window will open... type in your headline in the SUBJECT area and then
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> click in the large window below.  Press "CTRL" and then "V" and the
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> article will be placed in the window.  If you want to edit the article
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> you can do so and then highlight and copy it again (so your edited
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> article will be copied again and again to each newsgroup)  Now,
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> everytime you post the article in a new newsgroup all you have to repeat
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> is "CTRL" and "V" and press POST.
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>         G)  That's it!  Each time you do this, all you have to do is type in a
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> different newsgroup so you can post this message to 250 or more,
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> DIFFERENT, newsgroups.  I know, I know, ... you've still got 249 to go!
> 
> Don't worry, each successive article will only take about 30 SECONDS
> 
> once you get the hang of it.  Remember, 250 is the MINIMUM.. the more
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> you post, the more money you will make!
> 
> That's it... THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT... JUST THREE EASY STEPS!!!
> 
> You are now in the mail order business and will start receiving your $1
> 
> envelopes from various people all over the world within days.  REMEMBER
> 
> .... the more newsgroups you post to, the more money you will make!  You
> 
> may want to rent a P.O. Box enventually because of all the mail.  If you
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> wish to stay anonymous, you can come up with a name, such as "manager"
> 
> or "investor" ... just make sure all the addresses are CORRECT please.
> 
> Now... let me tell you WHY this system works...
> 
> Out of every 250 postings, let's say I only receive 5 replies... doesn't
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> seem like much, does it?  However, you will make $5 cash... not checks
> 
> or money orders but CASH ... with your name at #5.
> 
> Each additional person who sent you $1 now also makes 250 additional
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> postings with your name at #4... this is 1000 postings.  On average
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> then, 50 people should send you $1 with your name at #4... that's $50
> 
> CASH in your pocket!
> 
> Now, these 50 new people will make 250 postings each with your name at
> 
> #3... that's 10,000 postings!  Average return would be 500 poeple...
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> that's $500.  Each of these people make 250 postings now with your name
> 
> at #2... that's 100,000 postings.. average 5,000 returns at $1 each is
> 
> $5,000!
> 
> Finally, 5,000 people make 250 postings each with your name at #1 and
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> you get a return of $60,000 before your name ddrops off the list!  And
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> that's only if everyone on the line made only 250 postings each...
> 
> REMEMBER ... the more postings you make, the more money you make!
> 
> When your name is no longer on the list, you can just take the latest
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> posting that is appearing in the newsgroups and send out another $5 to
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> the names on the current list, putting your name at #5 and start posting
> 
> again.  The thing to remember is this... thousands and thousands of
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> people all over the world are joining the Internet and reading these
> 
> articles every day... just like you are right now?!!  So can you afford
> 
> NOT to send out your $5 just to see if it works?!  I think NOT!
> 
> People have said, "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 joinging the
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> Internet and newsgroups every day and are willing to give it a try?
> 
> Estimates are at 20,000 to 50,000 users, EVERYDAY, with thousands of
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> those joining the actual Internet.  Remember, play FAIRLY and HONESTLY
> 
> and this WILL WORK .. I promise you.  You just have to be honest.  Make
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> sure you print this article out right now... also... try to keep a list
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> of eveyone that sends you money and always keep an eye on the newsgroups
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> to make sure everyone is playing fairly.  REMEMBER ... HONESTY IS THE
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> BEST POLICY .. YOU DON'T NEED TO CHEAT THE BASIC IDEA TO MAKE MONEY!!
> 
> Good luck to all and please play fairly and you will reap hugh rewards
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> from this!
> 
> By the way, if you try to decieve people by postings the messages with
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> your name on the list and not sending the money to the people already on
> 
> the list, YOU WILL NOT GET MUCH RETURN!  Someone I talked to knew
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> someone who did just that and he only made $150 after 7 or 8 weeks!!
> 
> Then he sent the 5 $1.00 bills out.. people added him to their lists...
> 
> and in 4-5 weeks he had OVER $10,000!
> 
> THIS IS THE FAIREST AND MOST HONEST WAY I HAVE EVER SEEN TO SHARE THE
> 
> WEALTH OF THE WORLD WITHOUT COSTING ANYTHING BUT FIVE DOLLARS AND A
> 
> LITTLE OF YOUR TIME!  DO IT LIKE IT'S LAID OUT HERE...
> 
> IT WILL WORK!!
> 
> IT SHOULD WORK!!
> --
> 
> _______________________________________
> My emails are:
> rider@stoat.riga.lv
> ARTURSS@r1g.edu.lv
> If you have some question then email me please!!!
Do you realize that this may be illegal!

-everardo

