Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 5 Nov 1996.
Turn $5 into $5,000
alt.ascii-art
· 1 message · 5 Nov 1996
Step 1- Invest your $5 by writing your name and address on five separate pieces of paper along with the words: "Please add me to your mailing list." (This way you're paying for a service, not just sending someone a dollar bill.) Fold a U.S. one dollar bill, then mail by standard U.S. Mail to the following addresses: 1 Chad Collier 2785 Cold Springs Rd. #49 Placerville, CA 95667 2 B. Hill 1010 Charlene St. Savannah, GA 31410 3 Donald S. 320 Forest Avenue Savannah, GA 31404 4 Greg Selinger 103 Marie Curie Montreal, Quebec, Canada H9A 3C5 5 Harold Russell P.O.Box 1118 Kalispell,MT 59901 Step 2- Now remove the top name from the list, and move the other names up. This way, #5 becomes #4 and so on. Put your name as the fifth on the list. Step 3- Post the article to at least 250 newsgroups. There are at least 19,000 at all times. Try to post as many as you can seeing as how the more groups you post to the more people see your article and send you cash! Each additional person who sent you $1 now also makes 250 additional postings with your name on #4, 1000 postings. On average then, 50 people will send you $1 with your name at #4...$50 in your pocket! Now these 50 new people will make 250 postings each with your name at #2=100,000 postings=500 returns at $1 each=$500 cash! Until finally 500 people x 250 postings each=125,000 postings=$5,000 before your name drops off the list.
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