-=> Quoting Rod Speed to Carl Trommel <=-



 CT> If you want to have FUN and earn LOTS OF $$US then it just takes

 CT> one phone call to the following number 0011 248 31 31 31  -  24 hour

 CT> service.  Listen to the instructions and quote this entry code - 717965.

 CT> There can be a 20 second break in the message so just be patient until

 CT> voice resumes.   In one week you can earn $1500 easily. ENJOY!



 RS> Might be handy to actually say what this is about Carl. Thats the

 RS> country code for the Seychelles, a tiny pimple off the coast of Africa,

 RS> which has just recently had a coup, mercenarys with guns no less.



 CT> You are write it is the Seychelles Islands.



 CT> I'm only posting this message for someone else.  Did you call the number?



 RS> Nope, I can smell a scam like this a mile off.



 CT> It sounds a bit suspect!



 RS> Yes, when that particular entry code is quoted, he gets some money for

 RS> having caused someone else to call that number and pay the cost of the

 RS> phone call. Sort of a kickback from the phone company, presumably the

 RS> one in the Seychelles

 RS> This is an absolutely classic pyramid marketing scheme, explicitly

 RS> illegal in every state of Australia as far as I know. It certainly is

 RS> in the main ones.

 RS> In the strictest sense you are personally liable for having been

 RS> involved too. You really should post that info into the echoes you

 RS> posted the original.



    Hi Rod,



    I phoned the number myself from a pay phone just in case there

    were hidden charges billed back to my phone account later.

    Unfortunately my $3.60 worth of credit ran out before I got the

    whole message.

    I've replied to every message I've received about it (most of them

    publically) I think people know the full story by now.



    I'm hoping that the lady who asked me to publish the message will

    be able to give me a full transcript that I can make available to

    whom it may concern.  (Mainly me I think!)



    Oh well Rod if I get sued they won't get much, I'm flat broke, I

    had a really bad year.  :-(



    BTW  Financially I have nothing to gain myself from this thingy.

         But I may be asking this lady for a hand out.

         It will be interesting to here if she actually makes money

         out of it.  She still claims it's legitimate!



    Cheers..... Carl



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