[2534] in java-interest
Re: A free hard drive (off topic, but cool!)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phiber Optik)
Wed Oct 4 02:31:26 1995
From: Phiber Optik <phiber@inch.com>
To: Reza_Azarm@discovery.com (Reza Azarm)
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 15:56:00 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM, java-porting@java.Eng.Sun.COM
In-Reply-To: <9510021651.AA26734@smtp.discovery.com> from "Reza Azarm" at Oct 1, 95 00:27:31 am
It's called the pyramid scheme. It's old. It's tired. It's illegal.
Now go away.
P.S.: You don't dial "011" to call Canada. And that's NOT a Canadian #.
>
> 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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