From: Jim MacLeod [jmacleod@western.wave.ca]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 1999 5:07 PM
To: chymes@ix.netcom.com
Subject: I'm not sure if this is a hoax

Hi I received this in my e-mail.  I highly doubt it's true i
just thought you might now because you never know!****Please
mail me back at this address Chrissy42@hotmail.com*****
>Need some extra $$$ for the summer? Sure,>>>>>> >>everyone
does.
This
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >program>>>>>> >>> >>>>has
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>been going on for 15 summers, by mail,
then
>>>>>>>>>> >>e-mail. It is really>>>>>> >>> >very>>>>>> >>>
>>>>simple.
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>Attatched to this message is a tracking
>>>>>>>>>> >>program. Every person you>>>>>> >>> >send>>>>>>
>>>
>>>>this
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>message to, you earn $10.00. If they
send it
>>>>>>>>>> >>to someone else, you>>>>>> >>> >earn>>>>>> >>>
>>>>another
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>$5.00, so on and so on. So basically,
the>>>>>more
>>>>>>>>>> >>people you send this>>>>>> >>> >to,>>>>>> >>>
>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>more $$$ you will earn. This is funded
by
>>>>>>>>>> >>National Banks everywhere,>>>>>> >>> >>>>that
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>believe that summers should be fun for
>>>>>>>>>> >>children, the world's future>>>>>> >>>
>and>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>should
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>learn how to manage $$$.>>>>>> >>> >>>>>

>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>> Real stories:
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>     "Okay, I was 19 when I recived this

>>>>>>>>>> >>letter two summers ago. I>>>>>> >>> >was>>>>>>
>>> >>>>just
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>starting up my own DJ business, and I
needed
>>>>>>>>>> >>some extra money to get>>>>>> >>> >my
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>buisness started. So I thought, 'What
the
>>>>>>>>>> >>heck, I'll send it to my>>>>>> >>>
>>>>friends'. I
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>sent it to only 10 of my friends, who
each
>>>>>>>>>> >>sent it to their friends.>>>>>> >>> >I>>>>>>
>>> >>>>never
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>send these letters, because I
don't>>>>>believe in
>>>>>>>>>> >>them. The next month,>>>>>> >>> >I>>>>>> >>>
>>>>recived
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>a check for $500.00 in the mail. Now my
DJ
>>>>>>>>>> >>buisness is well known>>>>>> >>> >>>>throughout

>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>Kentucky, and I've had a great life,
ever
>>>>>>>>>> >>since I sent this to my 10>>>>>> >>>
>>>>friends.
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>All it took was five minnutes!"
Russell>>>>>>
>>>>>>Wayman, age 21
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>     "I recived this
letter ten
years
>>>>ago. I
>>>>>>>>>> >>had just gotten my>>>>>> >>> >e-mail
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>account, and I hated these letters I
kept
>>>>>>>>>> >>getting, so I deleted this>>>>>> >>>
>>>>message.
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>In a week, my mother came down with
a>>>>>serious
>>>>>>>>>> >>case of skin cancer. I>>>>>> >>> >was
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>pretty poor at the time, and had just
gotten
>>>>>>>>>> >>fired from my job. My>>>>>> >>> >>>>mother
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>needed money for her operation, or
else>>>>>she'd
>>>>>>>>>> >>die from cancer. My>>>>>> >>> >>>>husband>>>>>>
>>> >>>>and
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>I didn't know what to do. His monthly
income
>>>>>>>>>> >>just paid our neccesary>>>>>> >>> >>>>bills,
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>like electricity and water. That day,
when I
>>>>>>>>>> >>checked my e-mail>>>>>> >>> >again,>>>>>> >>>
>>>>this
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>same letter had been sent to me again.
My>>>>>mom
>>>>>>>>>> >>was about to die, so I>>>>>> >>> >>>>decided
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>I'd try anything. So that day I sent
it>>>>>out to
>>>>>>>>>> >>100 people I had met>>>>>> >>> >>>>online,
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>and my friends. My mother had been
moved>>>>>into
>>>>>>>>>> >>critical condition,>>>>>> >>> >and>>>>>> >>>
>>>>was>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>at
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>the brink of death. A week later,
I>>>>>recived a
>>>>>>>>>> >>check in the mail for
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>$1,000,000.00, enough money for my
mothers
>>>>>>>>>> >>operation. She is well>>>>>> >>> >now,>>>>>>
>>> >>>>thanks
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>to this letter." Sarah Thomasman, age
43>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>> As you can see, all you need to do, is
send
>>>>>>>>>> >>this out to as many>>>>>> >>> >people>>>>>> >>>
>>>>as
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>you>>>>>> >>> >>>>>can. From a week to a
month later,
>>>>you will
>>>>>>>>>> >>recive a check in the>>>>>> >>> >mail>>>>>> >>>

>>>>>for>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>a
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>certain amount of money, depending on
how>>>>>many
>>>>>>>>>> >>people you sent it>>>>>> >>> >to,>>>>>> >>>
>>>>and>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>who
>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>they sent it to. Good luck, and await
the>>>>>>
>>>>>>check! >>