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Re: A free hard drive (off topic, but cool!)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Loofbourrow)
Wed Oct 4 02:17:01 1995

From: Nathan Loofbourrow <loofbour@cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 17:19:08 -0400
To: Reza Azarm <Reza_Azarm@discovery.com>
Cc: java-interest <java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM>,
        java-porting
 <java-porting@java.Eng.Sun.COM>,
        hotjava-interest <hotjava-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM>
In-Reply-To: <9510021651.AA26734@smtp.discovery.com>

Do not place your advertisements in email to me again.

Reza Azarm writes:
 > Well, it wasn't *quite* free... it cost me $1.50.
 > 
 > OK, so maybe this is a little off topic, but I was so damn stunned when I
 > tried this that I figured I had to share it with folks in the groups I
 > hang out in.
 > 
 > Like most of you, I have a lot of stuff on my hard drive -- so much cool
 > stuff from Usenet, in fact, that I really needed to get both a good T1
 > connection and a massive hard drive to manage it all.
 > 
 > Yeah, right -- like I had any money to do that!
 > 
 > Anyway, a guy I trust turned me onto a company called InterLink and told
 > me to call them at 011-24-831-3131 (it's a Canadian number). The call has a fee 
 > of $1.50, which irked me at first... until he explained how InterLink works.
 > 
 > A recording gives you instructions on what to to. When asked to enter the
 > account number of the person who gave you this number, enter 789418 --
 > that's my account number, and it's how I got my new T1 connection and 1GB
 > hard drive.
 > 
 > Let met explain. The recording will give you your own account number, then
 > it'll record your name and address. Here's where it gets VERY cool!
 > 
 > For every call made to this number, InterLink receives $1.50... 50 cents
 > goes to the account number you type in (in the case of your call, to me).
 > Of course, now that you've got YOUR OWN account number, you'll want to
 > have people call and type in YOUR account number -- get out there and
 > publicize this incredible system with YOUR account number, and start
 > making money!
 > 
 > It gets better. You get 50 cents for everyone who calls and types in your
 > account number, but when they get people to type in THEIR account number
 > you get 25 cents of that as well, PLUS 25 cents off everyone THEY get to
 > call.
 > 
 > Here's the math: If you get 100 people to call (damned easy to do), then
 > you get $50 dollars. If they each get 100 people to call, then you get
 > $2,500. If THEY each get 100 people to call then you get $250,000.
 > 
 > Honestly, I have never done a chain letter in my life. I don't
 > buy lottery tickets. I WOULD NEVER HAVE TRIED THIS IF A FRIEND HADN'T
 > SUGGESTED IT. But it works. I've made enough to get my coveted T1 internet
 > connection, my 1GB hard drive and a LOT of other cool stuff in just a few
 > weeks.
 > 
 > If you're over 18, try it -- hell, it's only $1.50 and it's absolutely the
 > best investment you'll ever make. The number is open 24 hours a day, so do
 > it now. 
 > 
 > Reza
 > razarm@discovery.com
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