I found this on a bulletin board and decided to try it. A little while back, I was browsing through newsgroups, just like you are now, and came across an article similar to this that said you could make thousands of dollars within weeks with only an initial investment of $6.00! So I thought, Yeah right, this must be a scam,but like most of us, I was curious, so I kept reading. Anyway, it said that you send $1.00 to each of the 6 names and address stated in the article. You then place your own name and address in the bottom of the list at #6, and post the article in at least 200 newsgroups. (There are thousands) No catch, that was it. So after thinking it over, and talking to a few people first, I thought about trying it. I figured: what have I got to lose except 6 stamps and $6.00, right? Then I invested the measly $6.00. Well GUESS WHAT!!... within 7 days, I started getting money in the mail! I was shocked! I figured it would end soon, but the money just kept coming in. In my first week, I made about $25.00. By the end of the second week I had made a total of over $1,000.00! In the third week I had over $10,000.00 and it’s still growing. This is now my fourth week [edited out for religious purposes, Jaline. I don't stop people for playing the lottery, quick pick,...but this is a pyramid scheme!!! Christians should never participate in them. This is a total fraudulant activity.]

-- jaline Bass (jayar@email.com), September 29, 2004

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This sort of scheme violates the 10th commandment: You shall not covet your neighbor's.....Deut. 5:21, leviticus 19:11 You shall not steal or deal falsely...Deut. 27:18 cursed be he who misleads a blind man on the road...

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Right you are, Elpidio!

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