Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art.animation, started 6 May 1997.
This changed my life...
alt.ascii-art.animation
· 1 message · 6 May 1997
The following is a copy of the original letter I found when I got first got started: Dear friend, I am a retired Attorney and about two years ago a man came to me with a letter. The letter he brought to me is basically the same letter you are reading now. He asked me to verify the fact that this letter was legal. I told him that I would review it and get back to him. When I first read the letter my new client brought me I thought it was some off-the wall idea to make money. However, a week and a half later we met in my office to discuss the issue. I told him the letter he originally brought to me was not 100% legal. I suggested a few changes with which the letter would become 100% legal. I was curious about this letter, and my client told me how this plan works and suggested that I give it a try. I thought it was a long shot and would be a waste of time, so I decided against participating. However, before my client left, I asked him to keep me updated of his results. About two months later he called to tell me he had received over $800,000 in cash!! I didn't believe him, so he suggested that I try this idea and find out for myself. I thought about it for a couple of days and decided that I didn't really have anything to lose, so I asked my client for a copy of the letter. I followed the instructions exactly, sent out 200 copies, and sure enough, the money started arriving! It came slowly at first, but after 3 weeks, I was getting more mail than I could open in a day! The money stopped coming after about three months. I kept a precise record of my earnings, and they totalled $968,498.00!! I was earning a good living as a lawyer, but anyone in the legal profession, or even anyone who owns their own business will tell you there is a lot of stress that comes with the job. I told myself that if things worked out, I would retire from my job and travel. I decided to try the letter again, but this time I sent out 500 letters. Well, three months later, my earning totalled $2,344,178.00!!! I just could not believe it. I met with my former client (and now my friend) for lunch to find out how it worked. He told me there are quite a few similar letters going around. What made THIS ONE DIFFERENT WAS THE FACT THAT 6 ADDRESSES APPEAR ON THE LIST, AND NOT JUST 5 LIKE MOST OF THE OTHERS. This fact alone results in your name being on far more returns. Of course I was thankful that he had shown this plan to me, but he was just as thankful that I had suggested the changes to ensure that this plan was legal since most people don't want to risk doing something illegal. I'll bet that by now you are curious to know the little change I suggested in my friend's original letter. Well, if you send a letter like this out, to be legal you must actually sell a product or service if you expect to receive a dollar. I told my friend that anyone sending a dollar back to him must receive something in return. You have received this letter due to the participation of each of the 6 persons given below. This letter and the plan given within this letter are "products" that you have received. Thus, you will be sending $1.00 U.S. dollar to each of the 6 persons given below in exchange for receiving this letter and for asking them to provide the "service" of adding you to their mailing list. THIS IS A SERVICE AND IS A 100% LEGAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY WHICH IS COVERED IN TITLE 18, SECTION 1302 AND 1342 OF THE POSTAL AND LOTTERY LAWS. Now, please follow these tried and true steps to obtain the amount you desire: Immediately send $1.00 in U.S. currency to each of the 6 people on the list below. Wrap this dollar in a note with the words: "Please put me on your mailing list." (Remember, in this way, you're not just sending a dollar to someone; you're paying for a legitimate service.) Include your address. You do not need to include your name if you don't want to. This is the key to the program! Make sure that you retain EVERY name and/or address sent to you, whether on computer or hard copy, but do not discard the names and notes that people sent to you. This is the PROOF that you are truly providing a service, and should the IRS or some other government agency question you, you can provide them with this proof! Therefore, you will start a list of all the people who send you a dollar requesting to be added on a mailing list. Actually, you will want to safeguard this list because it can generate even better responses and much more money later! See step #4 below. Remove the #1 name on the list, and move the rest of the names up one position. Then place your name in the #6 spot. Thus, #6 becomes #5, #4 becomes #3, etc., and YOU will be #6 on the list. DO NOT EDIT THIS LETTER ANYMORE BEYOND THIS POINT. If you are mailing this letter, you may edit the reference to the internet. Post this letter in at least 500 newsgroups, I do 50 groups per day. You can simply copy the contents of this letter and post it to the newsgroups of your choice. (If you're not sure how, see my directions at the bottom.) IMPORTANT NOTE: Please pay attention to the newsgroups in which you post. If there is an abundance of similar letters, you may want to seek another newsgroup. Thus, pay respect to the harmony of the newsgroup and use common sense. There are plenty of newsgroups on the Internet. (I think there are close to 18,000 of them.) Also, please post in appropriate groups and spread your postings over many different local and international areas (Spread the word!) Keep a copy of this letter so you can use it more than once. Also keep EACH AND EVERY NAME AND ADDRESS SENT TO YOU. Then, send out more copies in about 6 months, but mail it to the addresses you received (your new mailing list) with each dollar! It will work again, only much better! Here are the addresses that you must send a dollar to with your slip of paper requesting placement on their mailing list: 1. M. Slater Hatton Hill Windlesham Surrey, GU20 6AB England 2. G. Haugen P.O. Box 1541 Comox, BC, V9N 8A2 Canada 3. F.P. Tine 1 Pine Glen Drive Sickerville, NJ 08081-1319 USA 4. R. Bruno P.O. Box 843 Wiarton, Ontario Canada noh 2tO 5. Hinda Ann Kolansky 49-35 167 st Flusing, NY 11365 USA 6. Liberty 22647 Ventura Blvd., #1005 Woodland Hills, CA 91364 USA ----------------------------------------------------------- DIRECTIONS - HOW TO POST TO NEWSGROUPS ----------------------------------------------------------- Step 1. You do not need to re-type this entire letter to do your own posting. Simply put your cursor at the beginning of this letter and click and hold down your mouse button. While continuing to hold down the mouse button, drag your cursor to the bottom of this document and over to just after the last character, and release the mouse button. At this point the entire letter should be highlighted. Then, from the 'edit' pull down menu at the top of your screen select 'copy'. This will copy the entire letter into the computers memory. Step 2. Open a blank 'notepad' file and place your cursor at the top of the blank page. From the 'edit' pull down menu select 'paste'. This will paste a copy of the letter into notepad so that you can add your name to the list. Remember to eliminate the #1 position, move everyone up a spot (re-number everyone elses positions), and add yourself in as #6. Step 3. Save your new notepad file as a .txt file. If you want to do your postings in different sittings, you'll always have this file to go back to. ---------------------------------------- FOR NETSCAPE USERS: ---------------------------------------- Step 4. Within the Netscape program, go to the pull-down window entitled 'Window' select 'NetscapeNews'. Then from the pull down menu 'Options' select 'Show all Newsgroups'. After a few moments a list of all the newsgroups on your server will show up. Click on any newsgroup you desire. From within this newsgroup, click on the 'TO NEWS' button, which should be in the top left corner of the newsgroups page. This will bring up a message box. Step 5. Fill in the Subject. This will be the header that everyone sees as they scroll through the list of postings in a particular group. Step 6. Highlight the entire contents of your .txt file and copy them using the same technique as before. Go back to the newsgroup 'TO NEWS' posting you are creating and paste the letter into the body of your posting. Step 7. Hit the 'Send' Button in the upper left corner. You're done with your first one! Congratulations... -------------------------------------------------- INTERNET EXPLORER USERS: -------------------------------------------------- Step 4: Go to newsgroups and select 'Post an Article'. Step 5: Fill in the subject. Step 6: Same as #6 above Step 7: Hit the 'Post' button. ------------------------------------------- The internet has been proven to be a very quick and effective means to reach millions of people with your message. This message exemplifies a UNIVERSAL LAW OF ABUNDANCE that there is plenty to go around for everyone. You will not be hurting anyone, in fact, you will be creating an opportunity for those who read your message. They, just as you, will benefit from the abundance that exists in this universe. Peace and goodwill !!! ********************************************************************** This message has been sent using DYNAMIC MAIL. For more Information and Free Demo: http://www.freeyellow.com/members/concorde/index.html **********************************************************************
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