At 09:52 AM 6/9/99 -0400, Girish Patel wrote: >Another Big Scam ???!!!! >

NOPE! Not a scam but just ain't my cup of tea! Besides, it'll take you til the year 3000 to make any money. A penny here - a penny there... advertisements on my desktop...

Best... Faith > > >John Ao <john.ao@PRUDENTIAL.COM> on 06/09/99 08:46:18 AM > >Please respond to John Ao <john.ao@PRUDENTIAL.COM> > >To: SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU >cc: (bcc: Girish S Patel/TEB/CEC) >Subject: read about this ! > > > > >Hi, SAS_Lers, > >Check out this interesting e-mail my friend sent me. I believe all of us can >use some extra money. In my opinion, >the best part of this model is that it is totally hassle-free. If it makes >sense to you and you would like to try it out, >just refer my member id#CKR-810. > >Have fun! > >John >---------------------- Forwarded by John Ao/IIG/Prudential on 06/09/99 08:44 AM >--------------------------- > >Yingbo Jiang <yingbojiang@lucent.com> >Friday June 4, 1999 01:33 PM >To: See Below >cc: (bcc: John Ao/IIG/Prudential) >Subject: read about this ! > > > > >Hi folks, > >THIS IS A VERY SMART IDEA!!! > > I received this today from a frined of mine, and have checked out the >web site and discussed the offer with others. I know that we don't >have a >lot of extra time to be reading long emails and surfing the web, but I >don't > >think it will hurt to try this out. It costs nothing and there are no >obligations, so there isn't anything to lose. I myself have signed up >and will be watching to see what happens. Please take a minute or two to > >read >through the mail, and see what you think about it. > ____________ *** ____________ >This e-mail is about a new company that has a completely mind-blowing >business model. A friend of mine met with them a few weeks ago and >signed a non-disclosure agreement after reading the company's business >plan. >They are now launching their service tonight about a week ago. Without >sounding corny or sleazy, I want to encourage everyone to read this >e-mail as soon as possible, because you can make a lot of money and the >earlier >you sign up, the more you can make. This is not a joke or a trick, it's > >not play money or worthless stock. It's cash. The e-mail is a little >long, because the concept needs explaining, but once you read it, you'll > >be stunned at how simple this is. > >We've all witnessed how the Internet is changing the rules of the game. >Well a bunch of Stanford Computer Science PhDs are changing the way >advertisers pay to reach consumers. Throughout time, advertisers have >paid anyone who can aggregate a large quantity of people. TV Networks, >Radio >Stations, Magazine and Newspaper publishers, whoever can do it. The >consumers, who advertisers are paying to reach, never get a dime of that > >money. These guys are changing that. They're essentially going to >"unionize"consumers, so that consumers get paid by the advertisers, not >the companies who aggregate those consumers. This idea is so simple >that >it's crazy. But it will work and anyone can sign up for free and make >serious >money. The Associated Press and many major newspapers around the >country >have recently written articles praising this company and their idea. > >This company is called AllAdvantage. Just go to >http://alladvantage.com/. >Here's how it works. It's completely free to participate. You don't >have to buy anything, you don't have to sell anything, you don't have to > >change your web usage. If you go to their site and sign up, you'll have >to >enter you name, address, and the member number of who referred you >(CIR-675). > >You'll get your own Member ID number, and you'll soon be sent a little >Fileto download, which appears as a long thin window that'll be open >below Your web browser. In this window will be a standard online >advertisement, a rectangular banner like the one's you see on most web >sites. You can >open it or close the window whenever you'd like, but for every hour you >have that window open, you'll get $0.50. Up to 40 hours a month, so you > >could make $20 a month. Nice so far, but that's just the beginning. > >They are doing a pyramid payment plan to create a model where everyone >is >getting everyone else to sign up. Remember, it's completely free to >participate, and you can always choose whether or not you want the >window >open. They'll pay you 10 cents for every hour that a person you refer >has this window open. For anyone those people refer, you get a nickel >for >every hour. For everyone they refer, you get a nickel also, and so on >for 4 >levels. This will generate big money for people who get in early and >even a modest amount for those who don't. > >AN EXAMPLE > >Let's say everyone has 10 people who joined entering their Member ID >number. And let's also say everyone has this window open for 10 hours a >month. You could easily make over $50,000 a month! Here's how. > >--You're on the web with this window open for 10 hours a month. 50 >cents >an hour is $5.00. >--The ten people who were referred by you have it open for 10 hours a >month, that's 100 user-hours. 10 cents per hour is $10.00. >--Each of those 10 refer 10, that's 100 people, each on for 10 hours a >month, that's 1000 user hours. 5 cents per hour is $50.00 >--Each of those 100 refer 10, that's 1000 people, each on for 10 hours a > >month, that's 10,000 user hours. 5 cents per hour is $500.00 >--Each of those 1000 refer 10, that's 10,000 people, each on for 10 >hours >a month, that's 100,000 user hours. 5 cents per hour is $5,000.00 >--Each of those 10,000 refer 10, that's 100,000 people, each on for 10 >hours a month, that's 1,000,000 user hours. 5 cents per hour is >$50,000.00 > >That's it. $55,565.00 per month. Just for getting 10 people to sign up > >And put your number in as who referred them. And if you get more >people, >you make more money. There's no limit. They're counting on the fact >that you'll get tons of people. There are over 50 million internet >users, >and >many have multiple PCs. People who get in early, could literally >retire. > > >WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS? > >You're probably thinking that they'll have to pay out hundreds of >millions of dollars to people, and your right, they will have to pay out > >hundreds >of millions of dollars to consumers. But don't look at it from the >macro >level. Look at it from the micro level. It's so simple. AllAdvantage >is >paying 80 cents for every hour a user has this window open. (50 cents >to >the user, 10 cent to whoever referred them, 5 cents to the person who >referred them, 5 cents to the person who referred them, 5 cents to the >person who referred them, and 5 cents to the person who referred them). >Every 20 seconds, a different ad rotates into the window, so 3 ads ever >minute, 180 ads every hour. If they can sell the 180 ads for more than >80 cents they're instantly profitable, and they'll be able to sell the >ads >for more. That's it. That's the whole thing. If they sell $10 million >in >advertising, they'll distribute $9 million or so to the users, and keep >the rest. Everyone wins. Companies who rely on advertising spend a lot >of >money to attract an audience, and build and staff a product. >AllAdvantage is >just going to pay you as a valuable consumer and reward You for >attracting >an >audience. A TV Network might put 90% of their ad Revenue into >programming and operations, and keep 10% as profits. This company will > >give 90% of >their ad revenue to people who use them, and keep 10% for themselves. > >THE SOONER THE BETTER > >No matter when you sign up for this, you'll make some extra money. But >The people who sign up earliest, will make loads of money. People are >Probably going to get very creative about how to tell as many people as >quickly as >possible. Some people may rent out e-mail lists and send it out to >thousands of people at a time, or mention it in chat rooms or user >groups. Others are spreading the word on college campuses and >internationally. >Who knows? The more you sign up the more you make, and the more they >make. > >IS THIS A PYRAMID SCEME? >It's not. It's kind of built on a similar premise, but it's Totally >free. There's no scheme! You don't pay anything or sell anything or >spend >your >time any differently. In a pyramid scheme the last people in, lose. With > >this, the last person in still gets cash every month. Just not as much >as >the people who get in early. Just sign up, tell friends, and keep the >window open if you want to. Advertisers will pay money to be in that >window, and you'll get a very nice share of that money. >OK, you can join by doing the following: Please go to: >http://alladvantage.com and sign up using my member ID number CHO-298 >You'll be issued your own user number. Then cut and paste this email, >changing the member ID number to your user number, and e-mail it to as >many people as you can think of. Or mention this when you're talking to >friends, or in a chat room, or where ever! The more people who sign up, > >the more advertising revenue AllAdvantage generates, and the more we all > >get paid. > >Don't ignore this because it's "too simple" or "too good to be true". >If >you have any questions, please just go to the site and check it out. >It's >self-explanatory. Good luck! > >Please be sure to put my ID CIR-675 as your refeer, because you lose >nothing >and I may earn more money. Of course, I will buy dinner for your guys.

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