jones@uv4.eglin.af.mil (Calvin Jones, III) (03/22/91)
Bill Tway <tway@mwk.uucp> 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! --- Cal
rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) (03/24/91)
In article <48441@nigel.ee.udel.edu> jones@uv4.eglin.af.mil (Calvin Jones, III) writes: >Bill Tway <tway@mwk.uucp> 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