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AS SEEN ON NATIONAL TV: This is the one!

Parents of 15-year-old find $71,000 cash hidden in his
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 15-year-old sons
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
had discovered.He came home right away and they drove
together to the boys 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, a type of "Report" 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 5 addresses and contained
instructions to send one $5 dollar bill to each person
on the list, then delete the address at the top and
move the others addresses Down , and finally to add
your name to the top of the list.

The letter goes on to state that you would receive
several thousand dollars in five-dollar bills within 2
weeks if you sent out the letter with your name at the
top of the 5-address list. "I get junk E-mail all the
time, and really did not think it was going to work",
the boy continues.

Within the first few days of sending out the E-mail,
the Post Office Box that his parents had gotten him
for his video-game magazine subscriptions began to
fill up with not magazines, but envelopes containing
$5 bills.

"About a week later I rode [my bike] down to the post
office and my box had 1 magazine and about 300
envelops stuffed in it. There was also 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 because I could not 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,barely
had time for my homework".He had also been riding his
bike to several of the banks in his area 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 would not 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 did not 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 was not 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 state a product or service must be
exchanged for money received.

Every five-dollar bill that he received contained a
little note that read, "Please send me report number
XYX".This simple note made the letter legal because he
was exchanging a service (A Report on how-to) 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 this
letter.


Dear Friends & Future Millionaires:

AS SEEN ON NATIONAL TV:


Making over half million dollars every 4 to 5 months
from your home for an investment of only $25 U.S. 
Dollars expense one time
THANKS TO THE COMPUTER AGE AND THE INTERNET !

=======================================================================

BE A MILLIONAIRE LIKE OTHERS WITHIN A YEAR!!!

Before you say ''Bull'', please read the following.

This is the letter you have been hearing about on the
news lately. Due to the popularity of this letter on
the Internet, a national weekly news program recently
devoted an entire show to the investigation of this
program described below, to see if it really can make
people money. The show also investigated whether or not
the program was legal.

Their findings proved once and for all that there are
''absolutely NO Laws prohibiting the participation in
the program and if people can follow the simple
instructions, they are bound to make some mega bucks
with only $25 out of pocket cost. DUE TO THE RECENT
INCREASE OF POPULARITY & RESPECT THIS PROGRAM HAS
ATTAINED, IT IS CURRENTLY WORKING BETTER THAN EVER.

=======================================================================
PRINT THIS NOW FOR
YOUR FUTURE REFERENCE
========================================================

If you would like to make at least $500,000 every 4 to
5 months easily and comfortably, please read the
following...THEN READ IT AGAIN and AGAIN!!!  FOLLOW THE
SIMPLE INSTRUCTION BELOW AND YOUR FINANCIAL DREAMS WILL
COME TRUE, GUARANTEED!  
INSTRUCTIONS:

Order all 5 reports shown on the list below For each
report, send $5 CASH, THE NAME & NUMBER OF THE REPORT
YOU ARE ORDERING and YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS to the person
whose name appears ON THAT LIST next to the report.

MAKE SURE YOUR RETURN ADDRESS IS ON YOUR ENVELOPE TOP
LEFT CORNER in case of any mail problems.

When you place your order, make sure you order each of
the 5 reports.  You will need all 5 reports so that you
can save them on your computer and resell them. YOUR
TOTAL COST $5 X 5=$25.00.  Within a few days you will
receive, via e-mail, each of the 5 reports from these 5
different individuals. Save them on your computer so
they will be accessible for you to send to the 1,000's
of people who will order them from you. Also make a
floppy of these reports and keep it on your desk in
case something happen to your computer.  IMPORTANT - DO
NOT alter the names of the people who are listed next
to each report, or their sequence on the list, in any
way other than what is instructed below in step '' 1
through 6 '' or you will loose out on the majority of
your profits. Once you understand the way this works,
you will also see how it does not work if you change
it. Remember, this method has been tested, and if you
alter, it will NOT work !!! People have tried to put
their friends/relatives names on all five thinking they
could get all the money.

But it does not work this way. Believe us, we all have
tried to be greedy and then nothing happened. So Do Not
try to change anything other than what is instructed.
Because if you do, it will not work for you.

Remember, honesty reaps the reward!!!

1.... After you have ordered all 5 reports, take this
advertisement and
REMOVE the name & address of the person in REPORT # 5.

This person has made it through the cycle and is no
doubt counting their
fortune.

2.... Move the name & address in REPORT # 4 down TO
REPORT # 5.
3.... Move the name & address in REPORT # 3 down TO
REPORT # 4.
4.... Move the name & address in REPORT # 2 down TO
REPORT # 3.
5.... Move the name & address in REPORT # 1 down TO
REPORT # 2
6.... Insert YOUR name & address in the REPORT # 1
Position.

PLEASE MAKE SURE you copy every name & address
ACCURATELY!
========================================================================

Take this entire letter, with the modified list of
names, and save it on your computer. DO NOT MAKE ANY
OTHER CHANGES.  Save this on a disk as well just in
case you loose any data.  To assist you with marketing
your business on the internet, the 5 reports you
purchase will provide you with invaluable marketing
information which includes how to send bulk e-mails
legally, where to find thousands of free classified ads
and much more.

There are 2 Primary methods to get this venture going:
METHOD #1: BY SENDING BULK E-MAIL LEGALLY

========================================================================

Let's say that you decide to start small, just to see
how it goes, and we will assume You and those involved
send out only 5,000 e-mails each. Let's also assume
that the mailing receive only a 0.2% response (the
response could be much better but lets just say it is
only 0.2%. Also many people will send out hundreds of
thousands e-mails instead of only 5,000 each).

Continuing with this example, you send out only 5,000
e-mails. With a 0.2% response, that is only 10 orders
for report # 1. Those 10 people responded by sending
out 5,000 e-mail each for a total of 50,000. Out of
those 50,000 e-mails only 0.2% responded with orders.
That's=100 people responded and ordered Report # 2.
Those 100 people mail out 5,000 e-mails each for a
total of 500,000 e-mails.  The 0.2% response to that is
1000 orders for Report # 3.

Those 1000 people send out 5,000 e-mails each for a
total of 5 million e-mails sent out. The 0.2% response
to that is 10,000 orders for Report # 4.  Those 10,000
people send out 5,000 e-mails each for a total of
50,000 (50 million) e-mails. The 0.2% response to that
is 100,000 orders for Report # 5 THAT'S 100,000 ORDERS
TIMES $5 EACH=$500,000.00 (half million).

Your total income in this example is:
1..... $50 +
2..... $500 +
3..... $5,000 +
4..... $50,000 +
5..... $500,000
Grand Total=$555,550.00
NUMBERS DO NOT LIE. GET A PENCIL & PAPER AND FIGURE OUT
THE WORST POSSIBLE RESPONSES AND NO MATTER HOW YOU
CALCULATE IT, YOU WILL STILL MAKE A LOT OF MONEY !
========================================================================
REMEMBER FRIEND, THIS IS ASSUMING ONLY 10 PEOPLE
ORDERING OUT OF 5,000 YOU MAILED TO.
Dare to think for a moment what would happen if
everyone or half or even one 4th of those people mailed
100,000 e-mails each or more? There are over 150
million people on the Internet worldwide and counting.
Believe me, many people will do just that, and more!
METHOD # 2 : BY PLACING FREE ADS ON THE INTERNET
========================================================================

Advertising on the net is very inexpensive and there
are hundreds of FREE places to advertise. Placing a lot
of free ads on the Internet will easily get a larger
response. We strongly suggest you start with Method # 1
and METHOD # 2 as you go along. For every $5 you
receive, all you must do is e-mail them the Report they
ordered. That's it. Always provide same day service on
all orders.

This will guarantee that the e-mail they send out, with
your name and address on it, will be prompt because
they can not advertise until they receive the report.

AVAILABLE REPORTS
==============================================
ORDER EACH REPORT BY ITS NUMBER & NAME ONLY.  Notes:
Always send $5 cash (U.S. CURRENCY) for each Report.
Checks NOT accepted. Make sure the cash is concealed by
wrapping it in at least 2 sheets of paper. On one of
those sheets of paper, Write the NUMBER & the NAME of
the Report you are ordering, YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS and
your name and postal address.

If you are interested in taking part in this program,
please send an Email to ____________@yahoo.com with
'letter' in the subject line and I will send you more
details.

I have written several advertising courses to help
people promote this, If you take part in this, please
send me an Email and I will send you out the
advertising courses to get you started.




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