Things NOT to do on the internet (Was: I had to try it!)

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <321FDB36.6BBC@my.home.address>,
Mitch  <just_ask@my.home.address> wrote:
>Sorry to post this to your newsgroup, but I had to try it!

   Sorry to send your home address to the IRS, but I had to try it. I
expect they'll do a nice job auditing you for the next few years. They
do take a dim view of people involved in illegal pyramid scams and not
reporting income that you should have.

>I read this and thought, "What could I lose?"

   Your account, for committing postal fraud on the internet. Your
sanity as the IRS pays a nice long visit. Your faith in your common
man as you serve jail time for the crime. (David Rhodes, the founder
of this scam originally, served hard time. You might get lucky)

   This is a general warning to anyone considering following in this
jerk's footsteps: MAKE.MONEY.FAST is a pyramid scam. It is ILLEGAL. Do
NOT follow it. Do NOT send any money. Do NOT do anything than contact
the jerk's sysadmins and notify them of the offense. If they were
stupid enough to put their real address on it, the IRS might be
interested.

Nathan Mates

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