[Eug-lug] OT: Reverse Funneling?

[Ben Barrett]

What was the scam part?  All I saw was:

Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL
Mail<http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/index.htm?n=
cid=3DAOLAOF00020000000970>
> !
>

...and...

> Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel.
> http://travel.yahoo.com/
>

So when do *I* get paid for my participation in all this advertising?? :)

ben


On 10/6/07, Mr O <notanatheist at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Funny little pyramid schemes. :-) There is a $50 app fee to
> 'weed out the tire kickers'. Surely a portion of that goes to
> the person who suckered you and the person above them gets a
> cut. Then, you get a fancy webpage so you can sucker people too.
> There will ALWAYS be the person on the bottom who got suckered
> and didn't get a dime. While we're at it, could I interest you
> in some video email?
>
>
> --- erock23175 at aol.com wrote:
>
> > I got a weird email, it looks like a scam, but I thought I'd
> > let you guys decide for yourselves. I'm not promoting this
> > practice or anything, just curious to see what you guys have
> > to say on the matter.
> >
> > -E
> >
>
>
>
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