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"£3.00 and 6 stamps,What u got to loose?"

EARN LOADS OF MONEY HONESTLY,

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not only will this lark get you banned from sr sites (like our unfortunate friend newy) it'll get you banned from real life. in a prison for postal scams.

Had this thing come through the post a few weeks ago. Very funny. The idea is, it comes with a list of 5 names and addresses, and instructions.

so, what happens in theory is this:

your name gets sent out to 200 people at the bottom of the list, those 200 people cross out the top name, and put theirs on the bottom, putting you 4th. those 200 people than forward the letter to 200 more people each, whereby your name ends up 3rd on the list, these people (40,000 of them) then send the letter on to 200 more people (8,000,000) etc.

Even the instructions say it only expcts about 10% of the people involved to actually participate max, so the figures work as follows:

name 5th on list: 20 people involved
name 4th on list: 400 people involved
name 3rd on list: 8000 people involved
name 2nd on list: 160,000 people involved
name 1st on the list: 3,200,000 involved

of these, possibly 1% will actually send the cash to the name on top of the list, 32,000 people. each one sending you £10.

£320,000.

More realistic, perhaps only a tenth of those 1% of 10% send you cash, making it £32,000. Still respectable.

Did I do it you ask?

No.

I thought about it, and was thinking about sending out the 200 letters, but not forking out the £10 to the person atop the list.

Then it dawned on me that that is exactly what everyone else who gets this mail will do if they go on to do it.

So I threw it away...

Ooh ooh *puts up hand* I want to earn lots of money honestly!

Here's my email address, postal address and bank details.

*Waits by cash machine for cash to flow*

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bye
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EARN LOADS OF MONEY HONESTLY,

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