Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!crackers!cpoint!frog!rmkhome!rmk From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Easy Money Message-ID: <9103231722.53@rmkhome.UUCP> Date: 24 Mar 91 03:41:00 GMT References: <48441@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) Organization: The Man With Ten Cats Lines: 35 In article <48441@nigel.ee.udel.edu> jones@uv4.eglin.af.mil (Calvin Jones, III) writes: >Bill Tway writes: > >> 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. >> >> 2) Remove the name that appears number 1 on the list. >> Move the other 9 names up ... >> >> 3) Post the new letter with your name in the number 10 >> position into 10 (Ten) separate bulletin boards ... >> >Let's see, 9 iterations to get to the top of the list, each spreading >the list to 10 new bulletin boards = 10 to the 9th power. > >I make that a total of 1,000,000,000 BBSs required to get your name to >the top. That's: > > 1 B I L L I O N !!! > >If you REALLY believe that this is a legitimate method of making money >and is NOT a pryamid "get-rich" scheme, then I'd like to make you a real >good deal on a bridge I need to sell in New York City! And it's also illegal as hell. Rick Kelly rmk@rmkhome.UUCP frog!rmkhome!rmk rmk@frog.UUCP