Re: Can you draw an ascii dollar? If so read on. If not go ahead an read on anyway.
Opportunity Knocks <hel...@happygirl.me> wrote: >Powerful Money and Trust > > Sure, money is not important -- but lets see you try to live >without it. We've all been in situations were we have come up a little >short and wished we had just a bit more to go around. For all of us >frustrated people out there, now is our chance. Not only can you help out >your fellow net citizens, but also yourself. Its our turn for a little >fun and profit. > Here is what you can do. Below you will find a list of five names >and addresses. These are people from all over the world who use the net. >Hamburger flippers and bankers, artists and brick layers, anyone is >invited and welcome - especially you. > In three steps, this is what you do. > 1) Put one dollar in the mail to each person on the list. (5 >total) > 2) Delete the top persons name. Add yours to the bottom of the >list. > 3) Repost this message in as many news groups as you can think >of. Also e-mail it to as many places or people you know. The more >exposure you give this message, the better your chances for making a lot >of money. > >Will it work? > Well, that depends. There have been a lot of success stories >floating around on financial news groups. A minister whose church burnt >to the ground recently posted a thank you note to all his unknown >internet friends. At his wits end when his poor southern congregation >lost their church in a fire, he sent out his five dollars to help others >on the list and then reposted the message with his name at the bottom. > His recent note said he was able to raise $11,346 in two months, >enough to begin reconstruction of the foundation. Others have reported >making much, much more than that and a few have made only a couple >hundred dollars. Mileage will vary, but with 60 million people online >worldwide, its pretty safe to say that your five dollar gift to others >will be returned several times over. > >The list > This is the current list of people who have donated money to >others and are now relying on your goodwill. Also, update the counter >below before you repost so if you should see this message again you will >know how many times it has gone around. If you have rotated through the >cycle, feel free to send one dollar to each new person and add your name >again. Don't forget to include what country you are from. > Hopefully everyone who participates will do well. Please consider >donating some of your good fortune to a charity to help out those less >fortunate. >Posted times = 24 > >Sylvia Young >2205 Bellemeade Ave. >Apt. D >Evansville, IN >47714 >- I live in the United States. - > >Molly Furze >9028 Watchlight Ct. >Columbia, Maryland >21045 > >Adam D'Amore >8240 Meadowbrook Ave. >Albuquerque, NM (USA) >87120 > >Jennifer Bennett >4 State Street >Potsdam, NY >13676 >- United States - > >J. Breeden >1554 Flag Harbor Blvd. >St. Leonard, MD (USA) >20685 I might be a little wrong in saying this but it sounds ILLEGAL... Sounds like one huge scam to me. OutLaw I'll be back...
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,c82ceb54ef1540ca X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: tro...@pig.net (Troy Williams) Subject: Re: Can you draw an ascii dollar? If so read on. If not go ahead an read on anyway. Date: 1996/07/01 Message-ID: <4r91nu$6p...@news.pig.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 163146639 references: <31D...@happygirl.me> organization: Praxis Information Group reply-to: tro...@pig.net newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
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