1. Another SPAM (must read)
Hey Euphorians, I know this is spam but you have to see this. After you=20
read this you'll thank me. I know everyone is so senstive to the word spam=20
b/c most spam is crap. NOT THIS!!! This service has been covered by the LA=20
Times, USA Today, BBC, etc, with no mention of a phoney scam. Below is a=20
letter that I show everyone about it:
How to Legally Make Money on the Internet
=09A few days ago a friend of mine sent me an email about a company who=20
is offering a kewl new service. What they're doing is selling advertising t=
o=20
companies, then paying members money to see the ads at the bottom of the=20
screen while they're on the Internet. The ads appear in a window called the=20
Viewbar. Members earn 50 cents each hour they're on the web, 10 cents for=20
each hour someone they directly referred (which is why I'm telling you), and=20
5 cents for each person, up to 4 levels, who was indirectly referred.
So Derek, what's the catch?
=09You can only earn a limit of $20 a month for your time (so after 40=20
hours you stop earning money that month). But you can still earn more than=20
that for the people under you. I guess they don't want lamers to leave it o=
n=20
overnight. Also, you can't earn more for people under you than what you're=20
on. Say you're only on for 10 hours in June. Then you can only earn money=20
for the first 10 hours that someone you referred was on that month. So I=20
recommend being a lamer and leaving it on all night if you need to so you ca=
n=20
earn as much as possible ; ). Finally, the third catch is that you have to=20
wait about a month before you can download the viewbar, and until then you=20
can't earn money.
This looks like a pyramid scheme
=09This is not a pyramid scheme. If you think this is you're only=20
insulting my intelligence. In a pyramid scheme you must send money, and the=20
person at the top makes all the money. This is not how All Advantage works. =20
First of all, it's free. Second, there really is no top person=85 it's a mo=
re=20
complicated web. It also doesn't matter when you join or who you're under,=20
everyone makes the same. If this was a pyramid scheme, I would have deleted=20
it.
How do they make money?
=09All Advantage works exactly like TV or magazines. Most of the income=20
comes from selling advertising slots to companies. The ads are shown to th=
e=20
user through the viewbar. All Advantage pays members this money as an=20
incentive to join. Obviously the more members it has the better it can sell=20
ads.
How do I join?
Go to www.alladvantage.com to join. The only thing that they'll ask for is=20
your name, email address, and address (where they'll send the checks). The=20
only thing I ask is that you put my id number when it asks if someone=20
referred you. My id number is BAX-063. Make the letters capital - it is no=
t=20
bax-063! Please write this on your hand so you won't forget. Please take=20
the effort to do that in return for me showing this to you. I need people t=
o=20
join under me b/c I only spend about one hour a week.
After you join, wait for them to tell you when you can download the viewbar. =20
In the meantime, get people to sign up under you so we can both make money=20
for their time online.
This still sounds too good to be true.
=09Sure does. I'm a pretty skeptical person and certainly I'm not sure=20
that this will work out. Maybe they'll go out of business or something. Bu=
t=20
I don't think it's a scam because there's no risk involved. It's free, and=20
all you have to tell them is your name, email address, and home address. I=20
don't think that can hurt. So that's why I'm giving it a shot. If you thin=
k=20
it sounds too good to be true, why not just join to find out? I'm sure=20
everyone was skeptical about buying Ebay stock too ; ). And if you're still=20
not sure, read this from USA Today:
Surfers getting paid to browse the Web
USA Today--March 31, 1999=20
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Mouse potatoes, rejoice. A new company is offering Web=20
surfers 50 cents an hour for their time online. In exchange for the loot, th=
e=20
Internet users must allow a bar of advertisements to move across the bottom=20
of their screen. AllAdvantage.com plans to launch the service Tuesday.=20
Members, who sign up for free, earn money anytime they are online and=20
displaying the so-called viewbar, which opens automatically whenever their=20
browser is launched. They can make up to $20 a month (that's 40 hours online=
)=20
and 5 cents an hour when people they referred are browsing online.=20
AllAdvantage.com, based in Los Altos, Calif., is run by Jim Jorgenson, who=20
co-founded Discovery Zone children's indoor playgrounds. He said the company=20
will not sell, rent or exchange identifiable personal information about=20
members.=20
