Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 11:45:37 -0700 From: "L. Floyd" <lfloyd@sonic.net> To: Hello@aol.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hello Message-ID: <355898D1.876F6F4A@sonic.net> References: <199805121529.IAA20075@hub.freebsd.org>
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!!!!! What's with the spam??? I think whoever sent the spam should get a "significant letter" from AOL, telling them they no longer have an account! - Larry Hello@aol.com wrote: > > LOOK AT THIS > > THIS MAY BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT LETTER YOU RECEIVE THIS YEAR !! > > Please follow the instructions of this letter very carefully, > immediately print and READ TWICE. > > Greetings > > Hopefully my name is still on the list below. I am a retired > attorney, and about two years ago a man came to me with a letter. > The letter he brought me is the same as the letter in front of > you 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 I thought it was some off-the-wall > idea to make money. A week later I met again with my client to > discuss the issue. I told him that the letter originally brought > to me was not 100% legal. My client asked me to alter the letter > to make it 100% legal. I advised him to make a small change in > the letter and it will be alright. > > I was curious about the letter, so he told me how it works. I > thought it was a long shot, so I decided against participating. > Before my client left, I asked him to keep me updated as to his > results. About two months later he called to tell me that he > had received over $800,000 in cash !! I didn't believe him so he > asked me to try the plan and see for myself. I thought about it > for a few days and decided that there was not much to lose. I > followed the instructions exactly and mailed out 200 letters. > Sure enough the money started coming in !! It came slowly at > first, but after three weeks I was getting more than I could open > in a day. After about three months the money stopped coming. I > kept a precise record of my earnings and at the end they totaled > $868,439.00. > > I was earning a good living as a lawyer, but as anyone in the > legal profession will tell you, there is a lot of stress that > comes with the job. I told myself if things worked out I would > retire from practice and play golf. I decided to try the letter > again, but this time I sent out 500 letters. Well, three months > after that I had totaled $2,344,178.00 !! I just couldn't > believe it. I met my old client for lunch to find out how this > exactly works. He told me that there were a few similar letters > going around. What made this one different is the fact that > there are seven names on the letter, not five like most others. > The fact alone resulted in fact more returns. The other factor > was the advise I gave him in making sure the whole thing was > perfectly legal, since no one wants to risk doing anything > illegal. > > I bet now you are curious about what little changes I told him to > make. Well, if you send a letter like this out, to be legal, you > must sell something if you expect to receive a dollar. I told > him that anyone sending a dollar out must receive something in > return. So when you send a dollar to each of the seven names on > the list, you must include a slip of paper saying "please put me > on your mailing list" and include your name, mailing address and > e-mail address (your phone # is optional). > > Follow the simple instructions below exactly, and in less than > three months you will receive over $800,000.00 > > A) Mail a $1 bill (wrapped in a piece of blank paper) to each of > the seven names below, include a note (typed or handwritten) > saying "please add me to your mailing list" and include your > name, mailing address, and e-mail address. Your phone number is > optional. > > 1) M.Wright 4637-H Hope valley Rd, Durham, NC 27707 > 2) R Wetherbee 60 Chapel Rd South Windsor CT, 06074 > 3) Bryan Baisch 1703 Purity ct Fenton,MO 63025 > 4) Dami 800 west Gandy Denison,TX 75020 > 5) D. Ridge 296 Richmond st.West suite 401, Toronto,Ont M5V 1X2 > 6) WIO c/o Hawk North Realty unit th32 Route 100, Pittsfield, > VT, 05762 > 7) J.E. Marketing 2348 Lucerne suite 102 Ville Mont-Royal, > Quebec, H3R 2J8 Canada > > B) Remove the name next to #1 at the top of the list and move > the rest of the names up one position. Then place your name in > the #7 spot. This is best done by saving this to a file and > enter in your information on line #7. Be very careful when you > type the addresses and proof read them. > > C) When you have completed the above instructions you have > options of mailing your new letter in two ways 1) through US > Postal Service or 2) through E-Mail. This letter has been proven > perfectly legal for both ways as long as you follow the above > instructions, because your purchasing membership in our exclusive > mailing list. To mail this out over the internet, you could > browse through areas and find people to send this to all the > time. All you have to do is cut and paste e-mail addresses > wherever you are on the internet. Remember, it doesn't cost > anything to mail on the internet. Or you can use a Mass E-Mail > Network to mail out in large volumes for you. We highly > recommend this one. They always e-mail more than the amount you > purchase and their addresses are fresh. E-Mail this letter to > them with your name and address in position #7 above. > > Contact This Bulk E-Mail Company NOW. They have the lowest rates > on the net! They're fast, provide effective results and give > excellent service. They are running a special for $89.00 per > 100,000 letters. From 8:00am EST to 4:00pm EST call > 1-207-896-3390. Evenings call 1-207-896-7915. > > Send this letter to thousands even millions. This will bring you > big payoffs !!! > > ***Keep in mind there is no limit to the amount of names you > could send out. The more names you send the more money you will > make. We strongly encourage you to mail this letter to family > and friends and relatives as well.*** > > THIS IS A SERVICE AND IS 100% LEGAL !!! > (refer to title 18, section 1302 & 1342 of the U.S. Postal and > Lottery Laws) > > Assume for example you get a 7.5% return rate, which is very > conservative. My first attempt was about 9.5% and my second time > was over 11%. > 1)When you mail out 200 letters, 15 people will send you $1.00 > 2)Those 15 people mail out 200 letters and 225 people send you > $1.00 > 3)Those 225 mail out 200 letters and 3,375 people send you $1.00 > 4)Those 3,375 people mail out 200 letters and 50,625 people send > you $1.00 > 5)Those 50,625 people mail out 200 letters and 759,375 people > send you $1.00 > 6)Those 759,375 people mail out 200 letters and 11,390,625 people > send you $1.00 > > At this point your name drops off the list. Think about it. > With only the first six levels you have received over $813,615.00 > !!! > > Smile all the way to the bank. > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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