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Re: IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY
Article: 7499 of alt.hackers From: hsulliva@nermal.santarosa.edu (Tristessa) Newsgroups: alt.hackers Subject: Re: IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY Date: 9 Mar 1995 18:39:38 GMT Organization: Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA Lines: 128 Approved: kao@moo.org Message-ID: 3jni1a$net@floyd.santarosa.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: nermal.santarosa.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Status: RO
One day, Mark Haythorn <HAYTHORN@ix.netcom.com> spake unto the masses:
> Path: floyd!nic-nac.CSU.net!newshub.sdsu.edu!ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!
> math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!dorite!news
> From: HAYTHORN@ix.netcom.com (Mark Haythorn)
> Message-ID: <D55oyy.2J3@dorite.use.com>
> Sender: news@dorite.use.com (News Admin)
> Organization: Netcom
> Approved: news@netcom
Oh, this is just fucking hilarious.. Please, spare us your shite scams, and
learn to forge posts better.
ObHack: <thump><thump> ..is this thing on? Just checking.
Uhm... Being in
a small band in the area, I do a lot of moving around of my equipment. One
day, sometime last week, my guitar<->amp cord got caught in the door as I
was closing it to go to practice. VW van, sliding door, very messy. Not
having the time or money to drive the 30+ miles needed to buy a new cord, I
waited until I got to the place we rehearse, and rigged the plugs from the
old cord onto a piece of big orange outdoor extension cord. Worked fine, as
long as I didn't mind playing along to a radio station in the area.
: PLEASE LISTEN BEFOR YOU START FLAMING ME AND GET IGNORED SEVERLY. I
: THOUGHT THESE THINGS WERE SCAMS ALSO BUT IN THE LAST WEEK I RECIEVED
: $50,000 IN THE MAIL FROM PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. i DON'T KNOW ABOUT
: PYRAMID SCHEMES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT I DO KNOW I MADE $50,000 AND
: ALL I GAVE WAS 5. I WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO JOIN IN MY GOOD FORTUNE!!!
: INSTRUCTIONS
: Follow these instructions EXACTLY, and in 20 to 60 days you will have
: received over 50,000.00 dollars IN CASH.
: [1] Immediately mail $1.00 to the first 5 names listed below, starting
: at number 1 through number 5.SEND CASH ONLY. (Total investment: $5.00)
: Enclose a note with each letter stating: "Please add my name to your
: mailing list". Include your name andmailing address. (This is a
: legitimate service that you are requesting and you are
: paying $1.00 for this service.)
: [2] Remove the name that appears as number 1 on the list. Move the
: other 9 names up one position (Number 2 becomes number 1, number 3
: becomes number 2, and so on). Place your name, address, and zip
: code in the number 10 position.
: [3] With your name in the number 10 position, upload this ENTIRE file
: to 15 (Fifteen) different bulletin boards. You may post it to the
: BBS's message base or to the file section. Name it FASTCASH.TXT,
: and use the file description comments to draw attention to this
: file and its great potential for all of us.
: [4] Within 60 days you will receive over $50,000.00 in CASH.
: Keep a copy of this file for yourself so that you can use it again and
: again whenevet you need money. As soon as you mail out these letters
: you are automatically in the mail order business. People will be
: sending YOU $1.00 to be placed on your mailing list. This list can then
: be rented to a broker that can be found in your local yellow pages
: listings for additional income on a regular basis.
: The list will become more valuable as it grows in size.
: This is a service. ** IT IS PERFECTLY LEGAL ** If you have any doubts
: as to the legality of this service, please refer to Title 18,hSections
: 1302 and 1341 of the Postal Lottery Laws.
: NOTE: Make sure that you retain EVERY name and address sent to you,
: either on computer or hard copy, but do not discard the names and
: notes that people send to you. This is PROOF that you are truly
: providing a service, and should the I.R.S. or some other government
: agency question you, you can provide them with this proof!
: Remember, as each post is downloaded and the instructions carefully
: followed, five members will be reimbursed for thier participation as
: List Developer with $1.00 each. Your name will move up the list
: geometrically so that when your name reaches the number 5 position you
: will be receiving thousands of dollars in cash. REMEMBER - THIS
: PROGRAM FAILS ONLY IF YOU ARE NOT HONEST - PLEASE!!
: PLEASE BE HONORABLE...IT DOES WORK! THANK YOU.
: 1. Todd Saltzman 9793 W. Maryland Dr Lakewood, CO 80439
: 2. David Landy 140 Cadman Plaza West apt #22J Brooklyn, N.Y.
: 11201
: 3. Mark Haythorn 70 Burnet Rd. Madison, NJ 07940
: 4. Brenda Benzer PO Box 1084 Austin, TX 78767
: 5. Corine Yonkers 5401 Avenue F Austin, TX 78751
: 6. Erik Price P.O. Box 203443 Jollyville TX 78720-3443
: 7. Ron Boutwell 1427 W. 86th St., #109, Indianapolis, IN 46260
: 8. Jose Jimanez 2355 Murray Hill Rd. #440H Cleveland, Oh 44106
: 9. Marty LaJoy 2355 Murray Hill Rd. #440D Cleveland, OH 44106
: 10. Haris Sarantis 5352 Appian Way Long Beach, CA 90803
: The following letter was written by a participating member in this
: program.
: To those with the COMMON sense to participate in this easy money
: opportunity: About six months ago I received the enclosed post in letter
: form. I ignored it. I received about five more of the same letter
: within the next two week. I ignored them also. Of course, I was
: tempted to follow through and dreamed of making thousands, but I was
: convinced it was just another gimmick and could not possibly work.
: I was wrong! About three weeks later I saw this same letter posted on
: a local bulletin board in Montreal. I liked the idea of giving it a try
: with my computer. I didn't expect much because I figured, if other
: people were as skeptical as I, they would not be too quick to part with
: $5.00. But, I BUY LOTTERY TICKETS WEEKLY IN MY PROVINCE AND HAVE
: NOTHING TOO SHOW FOR IT BUT TICKET STUBS! This week I decided to
: look at this as my weekly lottery purchase. I addressed the envelopes
: and mailed out $1.00 in each as directed. Two weeks went by and I didn't
: receive anything in the mail. The fourth week rolled around and I
: couldn't believe what happened! I can not say that I received
: $50,000.00, but it was definitely well over $35,000.00! For the first
: time in 10 years I got out of debt. It was great. Of course, it did
: not take me long to go through my earnings, so I am using this excellent
: money making opportunity once again. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AND GET
: READY TO ENJOY! Please send a copy of this letter along with the
: enclosed letter so together we can convince people who are skeptical
: that this really does work!
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} Tristessa I All the love is wrapped in angels in the light {
} hsulliva@nermal I We are the tears in forgotten rain, like velveteen {
} hal@spiff.sci.org I - P. Vampire {
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