The last two messages posted on this list are IMHO completely inappropriate. Thanks all, lets try to keep genealogy first. Don, CC Fremont County ----- Original Message ----- From: <comand@house.com> To: <COFREMON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 11:33 AM Subject: [COFremont] Think about this... > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lY.2ADE/633 > > Message Board Post: > > I found a message similar to this one on a bulletin board recently and > decided to give it a shot... A little while ago, as I was browsing > through message boards like you are now, I came across an article that > said I could make thousands of dollars within a couple weeks with a tiny > investment of only $12.00!!! I thought, "This is just another stupid > scam...," but I was curious and naturally I wanted more money, that > resource we can't get enough of. So the post said that I was to send > $2.00 to each of the 6 names and addresses in the article. Then you put > your name at the bottom of the list at #6 and post the article in at > least 200 newsgroups. That was it. I was really skeptical, but then I > decided to try it just to see if it worked, because really, $12.00 is > surely less than I spend on the lottery (I routinely buy $20.00 > tickets!). So it was just the $12.00 and 6 postage stamps. So I sent > $2.00 to each of the 6 addresses and GUESS WHAT?!?! Within a week, I > started getting money in the mail!!! I was speechless!!! And the money > kept coming!!! In the first week, I got $53. On the second week, I got > over 2,000 beautiful green dollar bills!!! Come the third week and I got > almost $15,000! Now is near the end of the month since I started and > I've gotten over $56,000!!! I'm thinking about renting a PO Box because > my mailbox is full to the brim everyday!!!! I was more than worth the > initial $12.00 and postage stamps! > > > Are you still interested? Well, then print out this article right now > and save a copy for reference. Then if you want to make some money, > follow these steps very carefully, and you will be rewarded a > thousand-fold! > > > This is NOT a rip-off. It is not improper. It's not illegal either. It > has only a 1% chance for failure. What have you got to lose? It's only > the investment of $12.00 and postage stamps. > > > FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS EXACTLY: This program is so successful because > of the integrity of its participants. Continue its success by strictly > adhering to its instructions. > > > GUESS WHAT?! Now you are a member of the Mail Order business. It's a > $200 billion plus industry that's rapidly growing. Your product is not > tangible; you are providing a service to other companies by developing > mailing lists. Corporations pay huge amounts of money for people to make > these lists for them, however, that money is secondary. The real money > is from the people who ask to join in the mailing lists. > > > Here are your 4 steps to success: > > > Step #1: Get 6 separate pieces of paper. On each of these papers, write, > "PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR MAILING LIST." Then write your name and address > on the papers. Now get 12 US $1.00 bills and place TWO inside EACH of > the 6 pieces of paper so the bill will not be seen through the envelope > (to prevent thievery), better yet, maybe put the bills inside a folded > piece of dark paper before putting them in the envelope. Next, put the > papers inside the envelopes and seal the envelope. You should now have 6 > sealed envelopes with $2.00 in each and a paper stating the aforesaid > phrase, your name, and address. What you are doing is creating a > service. THIS IS LEGAL! You are requesting a service and paying for it! > If you have legal concerns or anxieties, call the US Post Office at > 1-800-725-2161 to check. They will tell you that it is indeed legal. > Mail the 6 envelopes to the following addresses: > > > #1) Wyldphyre Technologies > 10202 Aldgate Avenue > Garden Grove, CA 92840-1010 > > > > #2) Joe N. > 11370 Jane Way > Stanton, CA 90680-3305 > > #3) Cathy > 13026 Chapman Avenue > Garden Grove, CA 92840 > > #4) K. Nguyen > 11892 Bartlett Street > Garden Grove, CA 92845-1004 > > #5) Gabriel Coman > Str.Iancu Jianu Nr9 Bl.M180 > Ap.41 Sec.5 Bucharest > Romania Europe > > #6) Paul Martine > 10202 Aldgate Avenue > Garden Grove, CA 92804-1010 > > > Step #2: Now delete #1 from the list and move all the other names up 1 > place (#2 becomes #1, #3 becomes #2, etc., etc.) and add YOUR NAME and > ADDRESS in the #6 place. You don't have to put your real name in if you > want to be anonymous, just make sure the address is right so the postman > will deliver your mail. > > > Step #3: Now use this copy of the article and post it in at least 200 > newsgroups, message boards, bulletin boards (There are millions). The > more you post, the more people read your message and thus the more money > you get!! Post like crazy if possible, because that is how you will make > money... Propagating the message to other people who would like to sign > up for this job. > > KEEP A COPY OF THIS ARTICLE SO WHEN THE CASH FLOW TRICKLES, POST SOME > MORE!!! > > This program continues to be successful because of the integrity of its > members and the careful adhering to its directions. Think of it this > way, if you have integrity, money will continue to come your way. > > > Step #4: You have to retain every name and address sent to you, on > computer or a notebook. This VERIFIES that you are providing a service. > > > --- > > As each post is downloaded and its instructions followed, six members > will be reimbursed for their participation as Mailing List Developer > with $2.00 each. By the time your name gets to the #1 position, you will > be making thousands of dollars in hard cash. How great is this > investment of $12.00!!! > > Begin now! Choose success! Remember, Procrastination is a Sin! Just add > your name to the list and you're on the Mail Order Bandwagon! > > --- > > INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW TO POST IN NEWSGROUPS: > > Step #1: You do not need to retype the whole post! Simply put you cursor > at the beginning and drag to the end. Next, select "copy" from the EDIT > menu or right-click-COPY. > > Step #2: Next, save the copied text to a file for future reference. You > can use a text file (Notepad) or a Document file (MS Word). Then delete > the first name and address in the list and move the others up one. In > the empty #6 position, add your name and address. > > Step #3: Save your file so you can have it to look at if you decide to > post in different sittings. > > Step #4: Use Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator to search for > newsgroups (on-line forums, message boards, chat sites, discussions.). I > recommend using a scour search site like www.Google.com, > www.Altavista.com, www.Yahoo.com, www.MetaCrawler.com, etc. to find a > discussion page. Just type "message board" in the search box. > > Step #5: Goto these message boards and post your message. Make the > subject catchy so many people will notice it as they scroll through > discussions. When you are done, hit the post message button. It usually > takes about 30 seconds for each message post... That's it! Now just keep > searching for more groups to post your message. The more newsgroups you > post in, the more money you will receive!!! Just remember to post in at > least 200 newsgroups. Within days, you will be receiving money from > around the world!! You'll get so many pieces of mail that you'd probably > even want to rent your own PO Box!! > > --- > > This is where the odds play out though. If just 5 people reply to my > posts out of the 200 posts, I'd get $2.00 from each person, which makes > $10.00 on level #6. Then those 5 people will post their own messages > following the steps that were stated before. Then at the same odds, I'd > get 5 more people for each of the individuals who sent me money, and > that makes $50.00 on level #5. Then at the same odds I'd get $240.00 at > level #4, $1,250.00 at level #3, $6,250.00 at level #2, and $31,250.00 > at level #1. That's a total of $39,050.00 by the time your name gets > dropped out completely!!! Then you can start all over again and resume > your posts. > > > Do you know how many thousands of people are joining on the Internet > everyday? And how many people read message boards?! There must be > millions! Do you think you can shell out $12.00 to see if this really > works? Believe me, it will. Some people are thinking, "What if no one > sends me any money?" Although this is rather slim, so what? It was only > $12.00. Do you think there are others like you who are willing to give > this a try? Sure they are, just as you have!! Yahoo! Internet Life > reports that as much as 50,000 new Internet users sign on everyday!!! > Remember, play FAIRLY and HONESTLY and this will really work... Then the > money would keep on rolling so fast you won't even be able to count it > all! > > > ==== COFREMON Mailing List ==== > Fremont County, Colorado COGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~cofremon/ > ------------- Also list for ------------- > Custer County, Colorado COGenweb > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3456/custer1.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >