This Is Not A Chain Letter!

One of the problems MMFools face is the USPIS - the US Postal Inspection Service. The folks who work there are Postal Service employees who are actually allowed to carry guns. They handle complaints regarding mail fraud and the like, which is why MMFools don't like them.

So, the MMFools think, What if we can take the 'Mail' out of 'Mail Fraud'. Of course, it would still be 'Fraud', but MMFools tend to see things differently than normal people do. Anyway, some semi-bright bulb came up with the idea that if you used PayPal (or some other such service) to send the $$$$MONEY$$$$$ around, then the USPIS wouldn't get involved and it would then be 100% LEAGEL!!!1

One such dolt sent me the following email - or, to be technically correct, s/he/it sent it to my "webmaster" role address.

Well, I would hate to see the looks on his face when I disabused him of that notion -- so I will let the FTC or the FBI or their local law enforcement authorities do it, instead. In the meantime, we can 'have a bit of sport' with him first - then I will drop the heavy end of the hammer on his scamming [posterior] .

So, Without Further Ado: The Letter!

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Subject: $10 to make $20,000 Try it you will like it.
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Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 22:33:19 -0600

The email address belongs to an ISP in Brazil, yet the originating IP (64.212.123.12) belongs to an ISP out of New York. A quick check shows that the host at that IP is running a service on Port 80, and it appears to be a proxy. Another quick check confirms that it is indeed running an HTTP proxy service, and it is an OPEN proxy, meaning you don't have to authenticate yourself to use it. Mmmm, yummy, another candidate for the Open Relay RBLs...

People helping people. That's the most rewarding part of life. Helping others.

Actually, I always thought that "raising a child" and "thwacking scammy spammers" were more rewarding.

Follow the directions below and in two weeks you'll have at least $20,000.00 because most people respond due to low investment and high profit potential.

Wow, $20,000 in Two Weeks! That's a lot of $$$$MONEY$$$$$ !

Just donate ten dollars ($10.00) to one (1) PERSON. That's all. Don't worry about finance charges or repaying the money. After the first time, you'll see how easy it is and it does work!

You mean, all I have to do is to give a ten-spot to the first homeless person I see? If I donate $20 to two (2) PEOPLE, do I make more $$$$MONEY$$$$$ ?

Now let me tell the simple details.

I'm all eyes.

Log into your PayPal account and send the first (1st) person's email on the list a $10.00 donation.

What's a "PayPal"?

If you need a PayPal account, (You get $5.00 for signing up) go to :
https://www.paypal.com/refer/pal=AYYDLBKG9ASPE
PayPal will ask you to select type. Select: service and put "$10.00 donation" for the subject. Remember, only the first person on the list gets your $10.00 donation. Then send the first person an email saying I donated to #1.

So, I am actually only donating $5. Does that mean I get less $$$$MONEY$$$$$ ?

Then remove that person's name and e-mail from the list, and move the other name and e-mail to Position One.

Add your name and e-mail to Position Two.

After you have retyped the names in the the new order, send to as many people as possible immediately! That's all there is to it. When your name reaches the first position in about 2 days (or less), it will be your turn to receive Donations!

Hmmmm, this sounds like a pyramid scheme / chain letter.

These donations will be sent to you by approximately two thousand (2,000) people like yourself who are willing to invest $10.00 to receive $20,000.00.

"Donations" or "investments". It has to be one (1) or the other, it can't be both.

Because there are only two (2) names on the list, you can anticipate your donations coming incredibly fast- a lot faster than similar programs with 4, 5, or 6 names on the list.

You mean, a pyramid scheme with more levels...

So when you find yourself short on cash, just take out your $20,00.00 donation program and send it to (50) prospects. Imagine if you sent it to 100 or more...

You would just [urinate] off twice as many people?

Most people spend more than $10 on lottery every week or two with no real hope of ever winning. This is the answer to your prayers:

That is, if my prayer is to become a felon and spend time in prison as Big Bubba's bedtime toy...

Position 1: Suzanne* - mail to: <>

Position 2: Per* - >

Wait a sec: I don't see your email address, "", in either slot. Did you forget to follow the simple instructions? Is somebody else going to get your $$$$MONEY$$$$$ ?

Integrity and honesty make this plan work. At this time participants have been receiving an 80% return! The majority have received about $18,000 to $22,000 so far.

Integrity and honesty have nothing to do with this plan, I think, any more than they did with Enron's book-keeping practices.

This is not a chain letter. You can refer to title 18, Section 1302 of the Postal and Lottery Code.

Actually, 18USC Section 1302 doesn't apply, as this scheme doesn't use the US mails. However, you might want to look at what the FTC has to say on the subject, before you think you're out of the woods. Just because you don't use the US Mail, doesn't mean that a pyramid scheme is legal - in the US, or in Brazil.

Remember - TIME is of the essence. YOU can choose to live Paycheck to Paycheck or live FREE from FINANCAIL BONDAGE!

FINANCAIL BONDAGE! Is that some new kinky fetish?

GIVE IT A TRY! WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE?

$10. Years of my life. The structural integrity of my [rectum] . My self-respect.

Have a great day!!

For Easy removal email me at with
REMOVE
in the subject line and hit SEND.

Or, I could email "" and with REMOVE THIS IDIOT'S INTERNET ACCESS in the subject line and hit SEND.

This message is in compliance of the email bill section
301. Under Bill S.1618 TITLE III passed by the 105th U.S.
Congress this message CANNOT be Considered Spam as long
as we include the way to be removed. Per Section 301,
paragraph (a)(2)(C) of S. 1618, further transmissions to
you by the sender of this email may be stopped at no cost
to you by sending a request to be removed to the e-mail
address above.

S.1618 doesn't apply, either. That is because this bill never became a law, and only laws can be enforced. Of course, it does sound all official and stuff, so I bet you got a warm fuzzy feeling when you read it, didn't you? I mean, you can almost hear Marcia! Marcia! MARCIA! Clark reciting that very paragraph in her summation to the jury during the OJ trial. So, I bet you think you can get away with murder, too, don't you?

Now, wasn't that fun? And a lot cheaper than sending $10 to someone you have never met.

Eat More Spicey Chicken!

* "There is no Spicey Chicken Cartel."

The Spicey Chicken Cartel (TinSCC) does not engage in animal testing. All our tests are performed on human subjects (or a reasonable facsimile thereof).