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      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              [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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