Re: EVER HEARD ABOUT EASY MONEY? IT REALLY WORKS!!!

[Chad Choi Lin <chadlin@nyetcom.com>]

Zaffanella Umberto wrote:

> THIS REALLY CAN MAKE YOU EASY MONEY!! IT WORKS!!!

What the hell? This is a Usenet forum for Apple II computer enthusiasts
-- not a playground for get-rich-quick scam artists. Get a clue!

>  A little while back, I was browsing through newsgroups, just like you
> are now,

Oh, I'm sorry -- he's just like us. We should take his word at face
value; after all, if he's just one of us he wouldn't try to scam us,
would he?

Yeah, right.

> 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!

You're a bit late in joining that game: it's been up and down the e-mail
channels and Usenet newsfeeds for years. It's the old MLM mailing-list
scam, in which clueless individuals try to dupe other clueless
individuals into joining a pyramid scheme that supposedly will grow to
enormous proportions and yield massive profits. However, like the
perpetual motion machine, it's an idea that fails in the real world.

> So I thought," Yeah, right, this must be a scam", but like most of us, I
> was curious, so I kept reading.

Should have gone with your first instinct, Mr. Umberto (if that is your
real name).

> Anyway, it said that you send $1.00 to each of the 6 names and address
> stated in the article.

Wait a minute -- the original version of this MLM scheme involved
sending amounts of $5, not $1. Is this the new, economy version? ;-)

> 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)

Yes, and promptly get flamed for spamming the net and annoying umpteen
thousand Usenet members, thereby risking your service account when your
ISP receives letters of complaint. Mine is forthcoming....

> No catch, that was it.

[snip]

I've had enough. There's nothing else in your message I haven't
expected, and I'm only concerned that you may have led some innocent
newbie into joining your pathetic little scam.


Peace, Love, and.... Ah, Forget It! EAT FLAMING DEATH, SPAMMER!!!
Chad Choi Lin
e-mail chadlin@nyetcom.com

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