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From: ladanyi@CS.Cornell.EDU (La'szlo' Lada'nyi)
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Subject: Re: Easy money
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Date: 21 Mar 91 18:49:17 GMT
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Charles Kust St Agathe Que. <248.27e77f8b@mwk.uucp> writes in 
Article 7193:
>Follow these instructions EXACTLY, and in 20 to 60 days you
>will have received well over $50,000.00 cash, all yours.
>This program has remained successful because of the honesty
>and integrety of the participants.  Please continue its
>success by carefully adhering to the instructions.
>....the others deleted

The problem with this 'game' (easy to see), that it's impossible, 
that everybody would win. The game goes around in the country, and 
while there are new participants, there is no problem, the very 
early participants really get the $50,000. The problem starts when 
practically everybody is involved to this game, and there is no new 
player. At this time the game dies out, and the last players don't 
get back anything.
Conclusion: In this 'game' millions of people (the last players) 
pay money ($1) to only thousands of people (the early birds), so 
the early birds really get thousands of bucks, but all the others 
only lose.
That's why I don't like this thing even if I would be an early 
player. I'm just sick of the idea to collect others bucks, when 
they don't know the background of the game.

Laci

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