posted on April 12, 2001 02:49:12 PM new
Hey Damon -- I just received the following spam in my mailbox... a pyramid scheme involving PayPal. I edited out personally identifiable information (in italics).
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From: [email protected]
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 01 13:56:18 EST
To: [email protected]
Subject: try this too
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X-UIDL: 0310e9d921495db8a99bc5f979dc5e1f
If you need to make a few thousands dollars REALLY FAST, then please take a
moment to read this simple program I am sharing with you. THIS IS THE
FASTEST, EASIEST PROGRAM YOU WILL EVER DO!
Complete it in one hour and you will never forget the day you first
received it! Oh, Did I say FAST? "The Speed is the Internet." The
Newsletter and all Payments are made on the Internet by Email. The very
first thing you need to do is Go to Paypal and sign up. This is the most
important step because it starts the three-prong income stream. It takes
two minutes and Paypal will deposit $5.00 into your account. That makes
this program FREE!!! (If you already have an account with Paypal you don't
need to sign up again)
Here's the link: https://secure.paypal.com/refer/pal=email_address_edited_out
Then Email $3.00 of the $5.00 from your Paypal account to the First (#1) name on
the list,
along with a note to "Please add me to your mailing list and send me report
TWO."
Then send the remaining $2.00 to the Second (#2) along with a note to
"please send me report ONE."
BE PREPARED TO GET EXCITED. YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED!!!
Read the following and you will agree this is a very
exciting opportunity. Only invest a little bit of time, and your reward
could mean thousands of dollars!
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IT'S OUTRAGEOUS!!! With two hours of work I have made over US$11,000 in the
last three weeks. And my investment was just $5.00!! I LOVE IT! Thank You
Julie M., St. Louis
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ARE YOU IN NEED OF MONEY RIGHT NOW? HOW DOES $20,000 IN TWO WEEKS
SOUND?
Don't Laugh. Try this for a change while you wait for the others to start
working. One hour of work to get started and no mailing list! Esquire
Marketing Newsletter Gift Club This service is 100% legal (Refer to US
Postal and Lottery Laws, Title 18, Section 1302 and 1341, or Title 18,
Section 3005 in US Code, also in the code of federal regulations, Vol. 16,
Section 255 and 436, which state a product or service must be exchanged and
money received.)
-------------------Here's How It Works----------------
Unlike many other programs, this three level program is more realistic and
much faster. Because it is so easy, the response rate for this program is
VERY HIGH AND VERY FAST, Internet Email FAST, and you will see results in
two weeks or less! Just in time for next month's bills! You only send out
20 copies (If your ambitious send out more but you will see results from
20.) You should also send them to people who send you their programs,
because they know these programs work and they are already believers in the
system! Besides this program is MUCH, MUCH FASTER and has a HIGHER RESPONSE
RATE! Even if you're already in a program, stay with it, but do yourself a
favor and DO THIS ONE as well. START RIGHT NOW! It's simple and it takes NO
INVESTMENT!!! It will pay off long before other letters even begin to
trickle in. You will have US$20,000 in Your Bank Account! Because of, ZERO
INVESTMENT SPEED, AND HIGH PROFIT POTENTIAL, this program has a VERY HIGH
RESPONSE RATE!
Here's how you participate. Follow These Simple Instructions:
1. Use the link in this email to sign up for Paypal if you don't already
have a Paypal account and get $5.00 from Paypal for signing up!!!!
2. Email $3.00 from your Paypal account to the FIRST (#1) name on the list,
along with a note to "Please add me to your mailing list and send me report
TWO."
3. Email $2.00 to the Second (#2) along with a note to "please send me
report ONE."
4.After you have sent for both the reports and been added to the opt-in
list, place your name third (#3) in the list, removing the FIRST (#1) NAME
FROM THE LIST, moving the other two names up (i.e. Place the second (#2)
name in the first position then take the third(#3) name and place it in the
second position). Note: Do not forget to replace the Paypal referring URL
in the body of the letter with Your own Paypal referring URL (This is the
second most important thing to remember because Papal pays you $5.00 for
every person that you refer). This means you get $5.00 for every person
that signs up with your URL right off the bat put in your Paypal account).
5. Send out the copies of this letter. Note: By sending this letter and the
payments via Email, the response time is much faster; Internet Email FAST
and very IMPORTANT YOU are PROTECTED from FRAUD by PAYPAL. Consider this,
Millions of people surf the Internet everyday, all day, all over the world.
Fifty thousand new people get on the Internet every month! An excellent
source of names is the people who send you other programs, and the names
listed on the letter they send you. Your contact source is UNLIMITED! It
boggles my mind to think of all the possibilities! Mail, or should I say
Email, your letter and payments today! It's so easy. One hour of your time,
THAT'S IT!
To Send Your Newsletter by Email.
1. Go to "edit" and "Select All "
2. Go to "edit" and "Copy"
3. Start (Compose) for a new Email message
4. Address Your Email- - - To: and Subject: blocks
5. Go to "edit" and "paste"- - -Note: After you have pasted this article
to your Email, delete the old header and footer (Subject, Date, To, From, etc.)
Now you can edit the names and addresses with ease.
YOU HAVE TO DELETE the top name, AND ADD YOUR NAME and EMAIL ADRESS to
the
bottom (#3) position on the list, move the other names up one position, and
then simply change the numbers. Do not forget to replace the Paypal
referring URL in the body of the letter with your own Paypal referring URL
(VERY VERY IMPORTANT you don't want to lose $5.00). SEND OUT YOUR EMAILS
AND JUST WAIT FOR THE EMAILS TO ROLE IN ASKING FOR THE FIRST REPORT. At
that point you will already have collected $5.00 for the referral and now
you will be receiving $2.00 for the first of two reports. When your name
reaches the first position in a few days, you will be collecting the
$3.00 which bring you to a total of $10.00 per letter and the real prize at
the end of the tunnel is a SUPER OPT-IN LIST that you and only you can
email to, to repeat this process. Each time you repeat the program the
payout gets bigger and your opt-in list grows as well. 1,000 to 2,000
people like yourself, who are willing to invest one hour to receive
US$20,000 in CASH, will send the gifts to you! That's all! There will be a
total of US$20,000 in US$5.00 bills in your Papal account in two weeks.
US$20,000 for one hours work! I think it's worth it, don't you? GO AHEAD- -
- - -TRY IT. IT'S FREE EVEN IF YOU MAKE! JUST 3 or 4 Thousand, WOULDN'T
THAT BE NICE? IF YOU TRY IT, IT WILL PAY! - TRUE STORY
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Name Edited writes: I ran this gift summation four times last year. The
first time, I received over $7,000 in Cash in less than two weeks, and over
$20,000 in cash in the next three times I ran it. I can't begin to tell you
how great it feels not to have to worry about money anymore! I thank God
for the day I received this letter! It has truly changed my life! Don't be
afraid to make gifts to strangers- - - - - they will come back to you in
ten-fold. So, let's keep it going and help each other out in these tough
and uncertain times.
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CAN I DO IT AGAIN? -- OF COURSE YOU CAN!
This Plan is structured for everyone to send only 20 letters each. However,
you are certainly not limited to 20. Mail out as many as you can. Every 20
letters you send has a return of 20,000 or more. If you can email forty,
sixty, eighty, or whatever, GO FOR IT! THE MORE YOU PUT INTO IT, THE MORE
YOU GET OUT OF IT. Each time you run this program, just follow steps 1
through 5 and everyone on your list benefits! Simple enough? You bet it is!
Besides, there are no mailing lists to buy (and wait for), nor trips to the
printer or copier, and you can do it again and again with your regular
groups or gifters, or start up a new group. Be sure and pay the first two
people on the list. This is proof that you paid to get put on a mailing
list and save the two reports, which is the service rendered to make all
this legal.!!!!(IF YOU TRY AND CUT ANY CORNERS THIS BECOMES ILLEGAL) If
you follow this plan step by step it will work and you and every one that
is on the list will make a lot of money but if you get greedy the plan
won't work for you and you will fail. Why not? It beats working! Each time
you receive a MLM offer, respond with this letter! Your name will climb to
the number one position at dizzying rates.
Follow the simple instructions, and above all, PLEASE PLAY FAIR. That's the
key to this program's success. Your name must run the full gamut on the
list to produce the end results. Sneaking your name higher up on the list
will not produce the results you think, and it only cheats you out of all
the money you would have earned through each level. So please, play by the
rules and the $$$ will come to you!
*************** EMAIL YOUR LETTER OUT TODAY ***************
Here are your three Sponsors. Sign Up for PayPal, Send $3.00 to the first
person(#1) and $2.00 to the second person(#2)! Don't forget to ask for the
reports!
[Personal info deleted]
You probably are skeptical of this, especially with all the different
programs out there on the web, but if you don't try this you will never
know. That's the way I felt. I've been watching this type of program for
years and this is about as easy and fast as you can get it, and it can even
be FREE to try, now, with PayPal's help, no stamps, no envelopes, no copies
to be made. Just a little effort and faith!
