APPENDIX: DAVE RHODES CHAIN LETTER

I hope I don't need to tell anybody, but I will anyway: please do NOT forward this piece of junk mail.  It is spam, it doesn't work, it is illegal, and if you forward it then you will go to hell.  Or the nearest equivalent that may actually exist.  Detroit, maybe.

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Dear Friends,

     My name is Dave Rhodes.  In September 1988 my car was
reposessed and the bill collectors were hounding me like
you wouldn't believe.  I was laid off and my unemployment
checks had run out.  The only escape I had from the
pressure of failure was my computer and my modem.  I
longed to turn my advocation into my vocation.
     This January 1989 my family and I went on a ten day
cruise to the tropics.  I bought a Lincoln Town Car for
CASH in Feburary 1989.  I am currently building a home on
the West Coast of Florida, with a private pool, boat slip,
and a beautiful view of the bay from my breakfast room
table and patio.  I will never have to work again. Today I
am rich!  I have earned over $400,000.00 (Four Hundred
Thousand Dollars) to date and will become a millionaire
within 4 or 5 months.  Anyone can do the same.  This money
making program works perfectly every time, 100% of the
time.  I have NEVER failed to earn $50,000.00 or more
whenever I wanted.  Best of all you never have to leave
home except to go to your mailbox or post office.
     In October 1988, I received a letter in the mail
telling me how I could earn $50,000 dollars or more
whenever I wanted.  I was naturally very skeptical and
threw the letter on the desk next to my computer.  It's
funny though, when you are desperate, backed into a
corner, your mind does crazy things.  I spent a frustating
day looking through the want ads for a job with a future.
The pickings were sparse at best.  That night I tried to
unwind by booting up my computer and calling several
bulletin boards.  I read several of the message posts and
than glanced at the letter next to the computer.  All at
once it came to me, I now had the key to my dreams.
      I realized that with the power of the computer I
could expand and enhance this money making formula into
the most unbelievable cash flow generator that has ever
been created.  I substituted the computer bulletin boards
in place of the post office and electronically did by
computer what others were doing 100% by mail.  Now only a
few letters are mailed manually.  Most of the hard work is
speedily downloaded to other bulletin boards throughout
the world.  If you believe that someday you deserve that
lucky break that you have waited for all your life, simply
follow the easy instructions below.  Your dreams will come
true.

     Sincerely yours,

     Dave Rhodes

        INSTRUCTIONS
Follow these instructions EXACTLY, and in 20 to 60 days
you will have received well over $50,000.00 cash, all
yours.  This program has remained successful because of
the honesty and integrety of the participants.  Please
continue its success by carefully adhering to the
instructions.

Welcome to the world of Mail Order!  This little business
is a little different than most mail order houses.  Your
product is not solid and tangible, but rather a service.
You are in the business of developing Mailing lists.  Many
large corporations are happy to pay big bucks for quality
lists.

(The money made from the mailing lists are secondary to
the income which is made from people like yourself
requesting that they be included in that list.)

  1)  Immediately mail $1.00 to the first 5 (five) names
listed below starting at number 1 through number 5.  Send
CASH only please (total investment $5.00). Enclose a note
with each letter stating: "Please add my name to your
mailing list." For other countries the equvielent amount
may be sent, e.g. in Hong Kong Send HK$10 as this is the
lowest denomination note.

  (This is a legitimate service that you are requesting
and you are paying $1.00 for this service).

  2)  Remove the name that appears number 1 on the list.
Move the other 9 names up one position. (Number 2 will
become number 1 and number 3 will become number 2, etc.)
Place your name, address and zip code in the number 10
position.

  3)  Post the new letter with your name in the number 10
position into 10 (Ten) separate bulletin boards in the
message base or to the file section, call the file,
MAKE.MONEY.FAST.

  4)  Within 60 days you will receive over $50,000.00 in
CASH.  Keep a copy of this file for yourself so that you
can use it again and again whenever you need money. As
soon as you mail out these letters you are automatically
in the mail order business and people are sending you
$1.00 to be placed on your mailing list. This list can
than be rented to a list broker that can be found in the
Yellow Pages for additional income on a regular basis.
The list will become more valuable as it grows in size.
This is a service.  This is perfectly legal. If you have
any doubts, refer to Title 18, Sec. 1302 & 1341 of the
postal lottery laws.

       NOTE: Make sure you retain EVERY Name and Address
sent to you, either on computer or hard copy, but do not
discard the names and notes they send you.  This is PROOF
that you are truely providing a service and should the IRS
or some other Government Agency question you, you can
provide them with this proof!

   Remember as each post is downloaded and the
instructions carefully followed, five members will be
reimbursed for their participation as a List Developer
with one dollar each.  Your name will move up the list
geometrically so that when your name reaches the number
five position you will be receiving thousands of dollars
in cash.

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