SENTRA MAILING LIST ,does it ring a bell? >From: "Cool-D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Sentra Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Sentra Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: SML: Parents of 15 year old find $71,000 CASH in closet! > ( :-) ) >Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 20:18:40 -0400 > > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > > > Parents of 15 year old find $71,000 in CASH in closet! > > > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > > > Does this headline look familiar? Of course it does. You most likely > > have just seen this story recently featured on a major nightly news > > program (USA). > > > > His mother was cleaning and putting laundry away when she came across a >large brown paper bag that was suspiciously buried beneath some clothes and >a skateboard in the back of her son's closet. Nothing could have prepared >her for the shock she got when she opened the bag and found it was full of >cash. Five dollar bills, twenties, fifties and hundreds- all neatly >rubber-banded in labeled piles. "My first thought was that he had robbed a >bank", says the 41-year-old woman, "There was over $71,000 dollars in that >bag- that's more than my husband earns in a year." > > > > The woman immediately called her husband at the car-dealership where he >worked to tell him what she'd discovered. He came home right away and they >drove thogether to the boy's school and picked him up. Little did they >suspect that where the money came from was more shocking than actually >finding it in the closet. > > > > As it turns out, the boy had been sending out via E-mail on the > > internet a type of 'chain-letter' to E-mail addresses that he > > obtained off of the internet. Everyday after school for the past > > 2 months, he had been doing this right on his computer in his bedroom. > > > > "I just got the E-mail one day and I figured what the heck, I > > put my name on it like the instructions said and I started sending it > > out", says the clever 15-year-old. > > > > The E-mail letter listed 3 addresses and contained instructions to > > send three $5 dollar bills to the people on the list, then delete the >top >address and move the other 2 addresses up, and finally to add > > your name to the bottom of the list. The letter goes on to state > > that you would receive several thousand dollars in 5$ dollar > > bills within 2 weeks if you sent out the letter with your name at > > the bottom of the 3-address list "I get junk E-mail all the time, > > and I really didn't think it was gonna work", the boy continues. > > > > Within the first few days of sending out the E-mail, the Post Office > > Box that his parents had gotten for his video-game magazine > > subscriptions began to fill up with not magazines, but envelopes > > containing $5 dollar bills. "about a week later I rode (my bike) > > down to the post office and my box had 1 magazine and about 300 > > envelopes stuffed in it. There was a yellow slip that said I had > > to go up to the (post office) counter- I thought I was in trouble > > or something (laughs)". He goes on, "I went up to the counter and > > they had a whole box of more mail for me. I had to ride back home > > and empty out my backpack 'cause I couldn't carry it all". > > > > Over the next few weeks, the boy continued sending out the E-mail. > > "The money just kept coming in and I just kept sorting it and > > stashing it in the closet, I barely had time for my homework". > > He had also been riding his bike to several of the area's banks > > and exchanging the $5 bills for twenties, fifties and hundreds. > > "I didn't want the banks to get suspicious so I kept riding to > > different banks with like five thousand at a time in my backpack. > > I would usually tell the lady at the bank counter that my dad had > > sent me in (to exchange the money) and he was outside waiting for > > me. One time the lady gave me a really strange look and told me > > that she wouldn't be able to do it for me and my dad would have to > > come in and do it, but I just rode to the next bank down the street > > (laughs)". > > > > Surprisingly, the boy didn't have any reason to be afraid. The > > reporting news team examined and investigated the so-called > > 'chain-letter' the boy was sending out and found that it wasn't > > a chain-letter at all. In fact, it was completely legal according > > to US Postal and Lottery Laws, Title 18, Section 1302 and 1341, or > > Title 18, Section 3005 in the US code, also in the code of federal > > regulations, Volume 16, Sections 255 and 436, which states a product or >service must be exchanged for money received. > > > > Every five dollar bill that he received contained a little note that > > read, "Please add me to your mailing list". This simple note made > > the letter legal because he was exchanging a service (adding the > > purchasers name to his mailing list) for a five dollar fee. Here > > is the letter that the 15-year-old was sending out by E-mail, you > > can do the exact same thing he was doing, simply by following the > > instructions in the letter. > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------------------------------- > > > > Here are instructions on how to make $10,000 US cash in the next > > 2 weeks: > > > > There are 3 addresses listed below. > > > > Send the three people on the list a $5 bill wrapped in 2 pieces > > of paper (to securely hide it), along with a note that says: "Please > > add me to your list". > > > > Then delete the top name, move the other 2 up and put your name at the >bottom. > > > > Now start sending this ENTIRE E-mail back out to people. When 20 > > people receive it, those 20 people will send you $5 and move your > > name up to the middle position and they will each send out 20 emails. > > That totals 400 people that will receive this letter with your name in > > the middle. Then, those 400 people will send you $5 and move your > > name to the top! > > > > HERE IS WHERE IT GET'S VERY INTERSTING! > > > > When 400 people email it to 20 others, 8,000 will recieve the email > > with your namee at the top! 8,000 people each sending you a $5 bill > > = $40,000 cash. That's if everyone responds to this E-mail, but > > not everyone will, so you can expect more realistically to receive > > about $10,000 cash $5 bills in your mailbox. But some of you may > > receive A WHOLE LOT MORE! > > > > This will work for anyone, anywhere in the world in any country, but > > send only a US CASH $5 bill. > > > > The more E-mails you send out, the more cash you will receive. If > > each person sends out 100 E-mails, there will be 1,000,000 people > > that receive this letter when your name reaches the top. If only 1% of > > those people respond, you will get $50,000 cash. > > > > Here is the list: > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > 1) MP Chiro > > 310 N Springboro pk > > West Carrollton, Oh 45449 > > > > 2) P Vored > > 1628 Silverlake > > Dayton, Oh 45458 > > > > 3) D Pin > 135 SW 9th St > Hermiston, OR 97838> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > THERE'S NOTHING MORE TO DO! When your email reaches others. you will >start receiveing $5 bills from people just like yourself, who are willing >to >invest three $5 bills to receive $10,000 or more in cash! > > > > So get started right away! Put your name at the bottom, send the three >people $5 each, then send or email this to everyone you know! > > > > If you don't try it-you will never know! > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
