Sure, but what if people enter more than once? Not giving you shit or
anything, just saying its possible. Of course this doesn't mean it should
be legal.
R. Scott Perry <rscott at fcc.com_> wrote in article
<3290f578.0 at 207.41.47.8>...
> In article <42.3531943699345 at news.nemonet.com>, sbolting at nemonet.com(Steve
> Boltinghouse of 1009 Bird St., Hannibal, MO 63401) says...
>> > Well, two weeks later, I began recieving bucks in the mail! I couldn't
> > believe it!
>> And you broke the law, and could be fined $1,000 and go to jail for 2
years
> for the first offense, 5 years for the second!
>> Not only are chain letters illegal in the U.S. (2 year jail term for
> first offence, see below), they CAN NOT WORK. There would have to be
> over 1,000,000,000,000 people participating for them to work. Here's
> PROOF:
>> ---
>> The chain letters claim that you will make at least $10,000 (often they
> claim $20,000 or $50,000), by people sending you $1 bills.
>> If the person who originally wrote the chain letter made $10,000 off of
> it, then there are at least 10,000 people who have joined so far. That's
> obvious; if someone made $10,000 from people sending him $1, then 10,000
> people have joined so far.
>> In order for each of those 10,000 people to make $10,000, there would
> need to be 100,000,000 people joining (10,000 people already in the
> program, each causing another 10,000 to join; 10,000 times 10,000 is
> 100,000,000). That, too, is quite obvious.
>> So, if you saw this chain letter and joined it, according to the way the
> chain letter claims it works, there would be 100,000,000 other people
> joining. For all of you to make your $10,000, you would each need to
> cause another 10,000 people to sign up. How many are we at now? It's
> simple: 100,000,000 people times 10,000 new people each. That's
> 1,000,000,000,000 (1 trillion) people joining. That's about 200 times as
> many people as there are on this planet.
>> Now do you understand why chain letters won't work?
>> ---
>> Chain letters are illegal if the chain letter or money is transferred
> via U.S. Mail, and can get you a $1,000 fine and a 2 YEAR jail sentence
> for your first offense. The second offence can get you in jail for
> 5 years. Even if transmitted via the Internet, they violate Title 18
> USC Section 1302, the Postal Lottery Statute. For verification, you
> can currently go to http://www.usps.gov/websites/depart/inspect/> chainlet.htm to see that it is illegal, and go to http://www.usps.gov/> websites/depart/inspect/usc18/lottery.htm for the text of the law).
>> ---
>> Feel free to copy this in response to any chain letters you see,
> hopefully as enough people see this, the chain letters will stop.
> -Scott
> RSP
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