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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 9 Oct 2000.
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I wish I tried this earlier!!

I wish I tried this earlier!!

alt.ascii-art · 1 message · 9 Oct 2000
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  Parents of 15 year old find $71,000 in CASH in closet!

  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

    Does this headline look familiar?  Of course it does.  You most likely
  have just seen this story recently featured on a major nightly news
  program (USA).

    His mother was cleaning and putting laundry away when she came across a
  large brown paper bag that was suspiciously buried beneath some clothes
  and a skateboard in the back of her son's closet.  Nothing could have
prepared
  her for the shock she got when she opened the bag and found it was full of
  cash.  Five dollar bills, twenties, fifties and hundreds- all neatly
  rubber-banded in labeled piles. "My first thought was that he had robbed a
  bank", says the 41-year-old woman, "There was over $71,000 dollars in that
  bag- that's more than my husband earns in a year."

    The woman immediately called her husband at the car-dealership where he
  worked to tell him what she'd discovered.  He came home right away and
  they drove thogether to the boy's school and picked him up. Little did
they
  suspect that where the money came from was more shocking than actually
  finding it in the closet.

    As it turns out, the boy had been sending out via E-mail on the
  internet a type of 'chain-letter' to E-mail addresses that he
  obtained off of the internet.  Everyday after school for the past
  2 months, he had been doing this right on his computer in his bedroom.

    "I just got the E-mail one day and I figured what the heck, I
  put my name on it like the instructions said and I started sending it
  out", says the clever 15-year-old.

    The E-mail letter listed 3 addresses and contained instructions to
  send three $5 dollar bills to the people on the list, then delete the
  top address and move the other 2 addresses up, and finally to add
  your name to the bottom of the list.  The letter goes on to state
  that you would receive several thousand dollars in 5$ dollar
  bills within 2 weeks if you sent out the letter with your name at
  the bottom of the 3-address list "I get junk E-mail all the time,
  and I really didn't think it was gonna work", the boy continues.

    Within the first few days of sending out the E-mail, the Post Office
  Box that his parents had gotten for his video-game magazine
  subscriptions began to fill up with not magazines, but envelopes
  containing $5 dollar bills.  "About a week later I rode (my bike)
  down to the post office and my box had 1 magazine and about 300
  envelopes stuffed in it.  There was a yellow slip that said I had
  to go up to the (post office) counter- I thought I was in trouble
  or something (laughs)".  He goes on, "I went up to the counter and
  they had a whole box of more mail for me.  I had to ride back home
  and empty out my backpack 'cause I couldn't carry it all".

    Over the next few weeks, the boy continued sending out the E-mail.
  "The money just kept coming in and I just kept sorting it and
  stashing it in the closet, I barely had time for my homework".
  He had also been riding his bike to several of the area's banks
  and exchanging the $5 bills for twenties, fifties and hundreds.
  "I didn't want the banks to get suspicious so I kept riding to
  different banks with like five thousand at a time in my backpack.
  I would usually tell the lady at the bank counter that my dad had
  sent me in (to exchange the money) and he was outside waiting for
  me.  One time the lady gave me a really strange look and told me
  that she wouldn't be able to do it for me and my dad would have to
  come in and do it, but I just rode to the next bank down the street
  (laughs)".

    Surprisingly, the boy didn't have any reason to be afraid.  The
  reporting news team examined and investigated the so-called
  'chain-letter' the boy was sending out and found that it wasn't
  a chain-letter at all.  In fact, it was completely legal according
  to US Postal and Lottery Laws, Title 18, Section 1302 and 1341, or
  Title 18, Section 3005 in the US code, also in the code of federal
  regulations, Volume 16, Sections 255 and 436, which states a product or
  service must be exchanged for money received.

    Every five dollar bill that he received contained a little note that
  read, "Please add me to your mailing list". This simple note made
  the letter legal because he was exchanging a service (adding the
  purchasers name to his mailing list) for a five dollar fee.  Here
  is the letter that the 15-year-old was sending out by E-mail, you
  can do the exact same thing he was doing, simply by following the
  instructions in the letter.

 --------------------------------------------------------------------------


  Here are instructions on how to make $10,000 US cash in the next
  2 weeks:

  There are 3 addresses listed below.

    Send the three people on the list a $5 bill wrapped in 2 pieces
  of paper (to securely hide it), along with a note that says: "Please
  add me to your list".

    Then delete the top name, move the other 2 up and put your name at the
  bottom.

    Now start sending this ENTIRE E-mail back out to people.  When 20
  people receive it, those 20 people will send you $5 and move your
  name up to the middle position and they will each send out 20 emails.
  That totals 400 people that will receive this letter with your name in
  the middle. Then, those 400 people will send you $5 and move your
  name to the top!

  HERE IS WHERE IT GET'S VERY INTERESTING!

    When 400 people email it to 20 others, 8,000 will recieve the email
  with your name at the top! 8,000 people each sending you a $5 bill
  = $40,000 cash.  That's if everyone responds to this E-mail, but
  not everyone will, so you can expect more realistically to receive
  about $10,000 cash $5 bills in your mailbox. But some of you may
  receive A WHOLE LOT MORE!

    This will work for anyone, anywhere in the world in any country, but
  send only a US CASH $5 bill.

    The more E-mails you send out, the more cash you will receive.  If
  each person sends out 100 E-mails, there will be 1,000,000 people
  that receive this letter when your name reaches the top.  If only 1% of
  those people respond, you will get $50,000 cash.

  Here is the list:
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

  1) P Vored
     1628 Silverlake
     Dayton, Oh 45458

  2) M Paul
     675 Loxwood
     Centerville Oh 45458

  3) D. Pryer
     PO BOX 20103
     #4-9769 Fifth Street
     Sidney, BC
     V8L 5C9
     Canada

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    THERE'S NOTHING MORE TO DO!  When your email reaches others. you will
  start receiveing $5 bills from people just like yourself, who are willing
  to invest three $5 bills to receive $10,000 or more in cash!

    So get started right away! Put your name at the bottom, send the three
  people $5 each, then send or email this to everyone you know!

  If you don't try it-you will never know!

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