Auwvax.225 net.misc utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!cbosg!harpo!uwvax!wel Thu Feb 18 16:00:29 1982 Re: This is not a chain letter Not too surprisingly, this sort of chain letter has been around for years. Almost exactly that wording showed up in one that hit my dorm in 1970. The only difference was that it dealt in $20 money orders, so at least frauds are keeping up with inflation. In case anyone missed the point: almost every- one who bought one lost his $20: no matter how motivated the buyer (also known, technically, as the sucker) is to resell the letter, he soon finds that every else in the dorm, etc., is also stuck with one HE's trying to sell. Your lucky friend's $1000 came from 20 unlucky suckers who were amazed when they didn't also get rich. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.