Honesty _DOES_ pay in the U.S.

In article <4nd5ud$qt...@sol.towson.edu>, pro...@midget.towson.edu says...
>
>        If you invest 10 minutes of your time, $5, (just under 
>        the cost of a gallon of gas) 5 stamps, and NOTHING else, 
>        you WILL DEFINITELY gain back at least your initial investment.  
>        So be honest, please read on, and give this a try.
>
>$15 or so.  So I did it!!  As per the instructions in the 
>article, I mailed out ('snail mail'for you e-mail fanatics) a 
>single dollar bill to each of the five people on the list that 
>was contained in the article.  I included a small note, with the 
>dollar, that stated "Please Add Me To Your List."  I then removed 
>the first name of the five names listed and moved everyone up one 
>position, and I put my name in position five of the list.  This 
>


    First off, since when did a gllon of gas cost $5??? Highest I've seen is 
just under $2. Oh.... and has anyone ever noticed the wonderful success 
stories that are in these things, that must have been written BEFORE the 
article was sent?? If they wrote it after they sent the article and made the 
money, we wouldn't have to look at it, would we?? :)  I think these spammers 
should just post five addresses at a time, and not the whole scheme of how 
it works. Enough of us have seen it, and wouldn't need the instructions if 
we wanted to participate.... which we don't.

On Wed, 15 May 1996, Happy Guy wrote:

> In article <4nd5ud$qt...@sol.towson.edu>, pro...@midget.towson.edu says...
> >
> >        If you invest 10 minutes of your time, $5, (just under 
> >        the cost of a gallon of gas) 5 stamps, and NOTHING else, 
> >        you WILL DEFINITELY gain back at least your initial investment.  
> >        So be honest, please read on, and give this a try.
> >
> >$15 or so.  So I did it!!  As per the instructions in the 
> >article, I mailed out ('snail mail'for you e-mail fanatics) a 
> >single dollar bill to each of the five people on the list that 
> >was contained in the article.  I included a small note, with the 
> >dollar, that stated "Please Add Me To Your List."  I then removed 
> >the first name of the five names listed and moved everyone up one 
> >position, and I put my name in position five of the list.  This 
> >
> 
> 
>     First off, since when did a gllon of gas cost $5??? Highest I've seen is 
> just under $2. Oh.... and has anyone ever noticed the wonderful success 
> stories that are in these things, that must have been written BEFORE the 
> article was sent?? If they wrote it after they sent the article and made the 

The gas reference was obviously sarcastic, spastic boy.  Also, the people 
supposedly are on their second run when the cash flows in.
  
> should just post five addresses at a time, and not the whole scheme of how 
> it works. Enough of us have seen it, and wouldn't need the instructions if 
> we wanted to participate.... which we don't.

If you've seen it, you're not the target audience.  I think you're just 
jealous because I have $34,768 from this and you don't.