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   Turn Just One $3.00 startup Fee Into Tho   
   02 May 06 21:10:54   
   
   XPost: akr.internet, alt.anti-ebay, alt.business.multilevel   
   XPost: alt.business.multilevel.exceltel   
   From: zinsavage@verizon.net   
      
   Hello to all of you!!!!   
      
   First of all, a note from me. Please read this e-mail fully before you   
   decide it's rubbish and delete it. It is not spam, it doesn't contain   
   viruses, and it IS from me, please reply and ask if you don't believe me.   
      
   I am sending you this email as you are a past contact of mine through eBay   
   or Pay pal, that is you've either bought something from me, or I have from   
   you. You may have received this before and if so I apologise.   
      
   On the face of it, this just looks like another 'get rich quick' pyramid   
   scheme, these are reasons why I believe this one will work where others   
   don't:   
      
   1. These things are usually localised within somebody's place of work,   
   meaning they collapse very quickly as there aren't enough people in the loop   
   to keep it going. This one has the potential to reach however many eBay   
   users there are worldwide, around 96 million, meaning this will be around   
   for a long time.   
      
   2. Due to the low volume of people, the amount required to buy yourself in   
   is very high - up to $1000 I have seen. This is not money people can spare,   
   and when the pyramid collapses, you lose that $1000. This one is only $3.   
      
   3. I took part in an identical scheme when I was a kid, I was sent a   
   postcard with a list of 5 addresses. I took the top one off, put mine on the   
   bottom and received over 30 postcards in return.   
      
   I don't know if the figures in the e-mail below are true or even if the   
   people actually exist, but this system does work, and if the absolute worst   
   happens, it's only 3 quid.   
      
   I have attached instructions on how to easily download your entire history   
   and turn it into a list of addresses in less than 5 mins.   
      
   Good luck!   
      
      
   >> ORIGINAL E-MAIL FOLLOWS <<   
      
   Yes, like myself you have no doubt had this idea put forward before, but not   
   in connection with 71 million Pay pal accounts. Pay pal have also admitted   
   that this is legal.   
      
   The person who sent me the email has already started benefiting from the   
   plan.   
      
   All it involves is a one off initial payment of $3.00 and approximately 20   
   to 30 minutes of your time. These are some of the e-mails and proof that I   
   came across which finally made me decide that I wanted to try this.   
      
   Some people who have already started making huge profits:   
      
   "What an amazing plan. I followed the instructions just 3 weeks ago, and   
   although I haven't made 10 grand yet, I am already up to $6,135. I am   
   absolutely gob smacked"   
      
   Alan Humphries, Leicester   
      
   "Well what can I say? I sent out 40 e-mails like the plan said then I just   
   forgot about the whole thing. To be honest, I didn't really think anything   
   would come of it, but I checked my Pay pal account a week later and there   
   was over $3000.00 in it!!! After 30 days I now have over $11,000 to spend".   
      
   Lisa McDonald, Northampton   
      
   "I was shocked when I saw how much money came flooding into my Pay pal   
   account. Within 3 weeks my account balance has ballooned to $7,449. At first   
   I thought there had been some kind of error!"   
      
   Richard Barrie, Cirencester   
      
   "I was very sceptical when I first read this e-mail, nearly deleted it but   
   then I thought about it & decided to give it a go! I spend more than $3 per   
   week on the lottery, so what's a one-off payment of $3 going to matter?!!   
      
   I've got my fingers crossed that I'll have some extra spending money in my   
   pay pal account, by the time I go away in July!"   
      
   Dawn Brown, Leicestershire. (PS.Wishing good luck & fortune to you all!)   
      
   If you are eager like I am by this stage, then read the instructions   
   outlined below that are from the original e-mail. It is really so easy to do   
      
   - then you can just sit back and wait for those payments to go into your   
   paypal account.   
      
   INSTRUCTIONS   
      
   The first thing you need to do is send a $3.00 payment from your Pay pal   
   account to the FIRST email address in the list below, along with a note   
   saying "PLEASE ADD ME TO YOUR LIST". Instructions on how to send a payment   
   are under "SEND MONEY" at the Pay pal site. It is very easy.   
      
   1 vaioman@blueyonder.co.UK   
      
   2 edgar@warblade.as   
      
   3 superman1@iprimus.com.au   
      
   4 chris@cmapeley.co.uk   
   5 zinsavage@yahoo.com   
      
   NEXT STEP -   
      
   1. Copy and paste this page (and make any necessary changes) do not just   
   forward as the email will have many arrows, and make it hard to read.   
      
   2. Remove the email address that you have paid from the number 1 spot, move   
   all the others up a space, and insert your own email address in the number 5   
   spot.   
      
   3. Then send the page to as many people as you can.   
      
   ***VERY IMPORTANT*** do not mess with the order do exactly as it says or it   
   will not work and you will not receive the full pay out.   
      
   A good way is to send it to all the people in your pay pal history as you   
   have a connection with them from previous transactions. To do this:   
      
   GO TO HISTORY TAB AND THEN DOWNLOAD COMPLETE LIST OF PEOPLE YOU HAVE TRADED   
   WITH   
      
   HERE'S HOW IT WORKS   
      
   When you send out your email, your email address will initially be at No 5   
   on the list. That is the best position that you can be in if you want to   
   earn serious money. The response rate for this program is much higher than   
   any typical email marketing campaign for a number of reasons, which are   
   explained later on.   
      
   As long as you send out your emails to people whom are likely to be   
   interested in this program, then on average you can expect a response of   
   around 25%. But let's be extremely conservative and assume that the average   
   response rate is 12.5%! If you send out your 40 emails, you can expect at   
   least 5 of those people to do exactly what you did (12.5% of 40 = 5 people).   
      
   By the time your email address will have moved up to No 4 in the list, and   
   this list will now have reached around 200 people (5 people x 40 emails =   
   200 people).   
   Out of those 200 people, you can expect at least 25 of them to participate   
   (12.5% of 200 = 25 people) so you are now reaching around 1000 people (25   
   people x 40 emails = 1000) and you are now at No 3 on the list.   
      
   Out of those 1000 people, you can expect at least 125 of them to participate   
   (12.5% of 1000 = 125 people) so you are now reaching around 5000 people (125   
   people x 40 emails = 5000) and you are now at No 2 on the list.   
   Out of those 5000 people, you can expect at least 625 of them to participate   
   (12.5% of 5000 = 625 people) so you are now reaching around 25000 people   
   (625 people x 40 emails = 25000) and you are now at No 1 on the list.   
   Out of 25000 people, you can expect at least 3125 of them to participate   
   (12.5% of 25000= 3125 people) so since you are at the No 1 spot you can   
   expect to receive around about $9,375 (3125 people x $3.00 = $9,375)   
   So when your name hit's the No 1 spot, it will be YOUR turn to collect the   
   money.   
      
   Over the course of 30 days, this money will be sent to you by a few thousand   
      
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