Make money fast.

[Constance]

A friend pointed this post on some lame msn forum to me, and I thought it was pretty nifty Idea. Here below is the message, pasted. Is it worth a try?
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GREAT WAY TO MAKE MONEY-READ THIS!!!!!!
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:
STEP 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! By paying for this service makes the whole program totally legal.
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!

[Dr. Seuss]

I didn't read the whole thing because it was boring, but it looks like a pyramid scam.

[Saint DH]

I still don't see how it works...or who you send the envelopes to. I honestly don't think it will work. I just don't see how sending someone an envelope with $1 and a paper that says, "put me on your mailing list" would really do a god damn thing.

[Combat Chuck]

Pshaw kids, why not dip your foot into the pool?

I've decided to take this risk! I could get fast results in 20-60 days! Do you know how much I could buy with $60,000 dollars! I could buy some....some elephants! Fuck yeah! Who wouldn't love an elephant! And then...and then I'll like, I'll kill them and then I'll sell their ivory on the black market!

AND DOUBLE MY PROFIT! DOUBLE IT MAN!

So I'm sitting here with my freshly prepared envelopes and.....I don't know what to do with them. There isn't anything in the instructions on where to send them!

And now I've wasted 6 dollars cause I don't know how to open up envelopes.

[Constance]

I thought it was interesting, heh. :X

[ProfessorNumber]

It's a pyramid scheme, meaning it is illegal. The only person that makes any money at all is the person who starts it. Everyone else gets dicked.

[the_butcher]

Yeh...good point. Buuuuuuttt...it does look kinda fun. We should start a Nubblies pyramid scam and start posting it on random forums, telling them to send money to a PO Box that Nubblies owns. Then we'll claim that they will recieve something back worth more money...it would work, I guarantee it. There are a lot of stupid people in the world who would do it, like VOL, Dr. Seuss and Schroeder for instance.

[Pliedes]

Huh, a nubblies pyramid scheme... if we could come up with some sort of plan, I'd be up for helping with it.

[the_butcher]

Now there we go...the business-god is for it, so now we just need a plan...

[Orgazmo]

I like it. I like it a lot.

[Ugly Bastard]

What if we sold a product to people online, and then never shipped it to them?? Yeah!

-Ugly Bastard

[Orgazmo]

Shit...

[Pliedes]

We could actually do it, but it had to be a product they would never admit to buying... say a life sized blow up sex doll?

[Combat Chuck]

Yeah, there was either a movie, or a book that had a scam where they sold gay sex toys and scammed them (not sure how, but it was ingenious) and they knew that the people could never turn them in, because they would never want to admit that they were wanting to buy these gay sex toys.

[Dr. Seuss]

Originally posted by the_butcher:
There are a lot of stupid people in the world who would do it, like VOL, Dr. Seuss and Schroeder for instance.

Oh yeah, you're probably right. I mean, it's not like I posted that it was a pyramid scam before in this thread but...oh wait, i did. Yeah, sorry.. I may be stupid, but I'm not stupid enough to fall for a lame scam.

[ September 08, 2003, 06:26 PM: Message edited by: Dr. Seuss ]

[the_butcher]

Originally posted by Dr. Seuss:
...I may be stupid, but I'm not stupid enough to fall for a lame scam.

Yes, yes you are.