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Scams To Make Money Fast

alt.make.money.fast Mini FAQ
Explains the purpose of the newsgroup alt.make.money.fast, to make fun of MMF.

The Truth About Advance-Fee Loan Scams
The truth about advance-fee loan scams, where you pay first and get the loan later.
1999 article from the Federal Trade Commission.

Make Money Fast (MMF) Chain Letters
Be warned - you are likely to be harassed by angry recipients if you send on
chain emails, and your Internet account could be terminated.

Information Security: frauds and scams
People in academia can be targets of advance fee fraud schemes too. Sample letter,
bullet list of common features of a "419" scam, and FAQ.

Please, No More "Make Money Fast"
I may be Carl Winslow, but I'm not THAT Carl Winslow.

Chain letters
Description of chain letters, why people think they can work, why they can't work.
Extensive links.

Rediff Guide to the Net: Features: Making money online
Article which briefly discusses legitimate online researcher opportunities.

Dave Rhodes' Web Site
Site debunking chain letters, created by the spammer as a condition of his parole.

MAKE.MONEY.FAST and Other Internet Hoaxes
Here's your introduction to -- and warning about -- three of the most widely-known
Internet hoaxes which never seem to die out.

The Make Money Fast Hall of Humiliation
Dedicated to naming and shaming "Make money fast" fraudsters.

Here is where the word Scams To Make Money Fast was used by the major news organizations recently.
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\n"; return; } fputs($fp, "GET " . $url_parts['path'] . "?" . @$url_parts['query'] . " HTTP/1.0\r\n" ."Host: " . $url_parts['host'] . "\r\n" ."User-Agent: Drew's RSS Reader 0.1\r\n" ."Connection: Close\r\n\r\n"); while(!feof($fp)) { $rss_data .= @fgets($fp, 1024); } list(, $rss_data) = explode("\r\n\r\n", $rss_data, 2); $output = @fopen($this->data_directory . "/$filename", "w+"); if(!$output) { return $rss_data; } else { flock($output, LOCK_EX); fputs($output, $rss_data); flock($output, LOCK_UN); fclose($output); } } //update return file_get_contents($this->data_directory . "/$filename"); } /* void */ function parse_feed() { preg_match("/(.*?)<\/title>/", $this->content, $title); $this->feed_title = @$title[1]; preg_match("/<link>(.*?)<\/link>/", $this->content, $link); $this->feed_link = @$link[1]; preg_match("/<description>(.*?)<\/description>/", $this->content, $description); $this->feed_description = @$description[1]; preg_match_all("/<item[^>]*>(.*?)<\/item>/s", $this->content, $items); if (sizeof($items[0]) == 0) { echo "No item elements found in rss feed.<br />\n"; } for($i = 0; $i < sizeof($items[0]); ++$i) { preg_match_all("/(?:<([\w:]*)[^>]*>(?:<!\[CDATA\[)?(.*?)(?:]]>)?<\/\\1>)+?/si", preg_replace("/<item[^>]*>/", "", $items[0][$i]), $elements); for($j = 0; $j < sizeof($elements[0]); ++$j) { $elements[1][$j] = str_replace(":", "__", $elements[1][$j]); //regex fix for items with : like dc:date $this->rss[$i][$elements[1][$j]] = trim(html_entity_decode($elements[2][$j])); } } } /* void */ function show() { if($this->my_html == "") { $this->show_html(); } else { $this->show_user_html(); } } function show_html() { $show = (sizeof($this->rss) > $this->num_to_show ? $this->num_to_show : sizeof($this->rss)); for($i = 0; $i < $show; ++$i) { echo "- <a href=\"{$this->rss[$i]['link']}\" target=\"_new\">{$this->rss[$i]['title']}</a><br />\n"; } } function show_user_html() { $show = (sizeof($this->rss) > $this->num_to_show ? $this->num_to_show : sizeof($this->rss)); for($i = 0; $i < $show; ++$i) { extract($this->rss[$i]); $item = preg_replace("/#\{([^}]+)}/e", "$\\1", $this->my_html); echo $item; } } } // end class $url = "http://www.justinpfister.com/gnewsfeed.php?q=Work&lang=en&ned=us"; $show = 2; $html = "#{title}<br />#{description}<br />"; $update = 1; $rss = new rss_parser($url, $show, $html, $update); $url = "http://search.news.yahoo.com/usns/ynsearch/categories/47/index.html?p=Work"; $show = 2; $html = "#{title}<br />#{description}<br />"; $update = 1; $rss = new rss_parser($url, $show, $html, $update); ?> <p class="main"> </p> </td><td valign="top" align="left" width="18%"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="125"> <p align="center" Class="Heading"><b> <a href="http://www.work-tips.info/15">Sign up!</a> </b> </p> <hr> <form name="NEWSLETTER" action="http://www.work-tips.info/15/formmail.php" method="post"> <input type="hidden" value="shak" name="recipient"> <input type="hidden" value="newsletter" name="page"> <input type="hidden" value="Newsletter Signup" name="subject"> <input type="hidden" value="http://www.work-tips.info/15/newsletters/confirm.html" name="redirect"> <p class="Heading" align="center"><b><i>Sign up for the Work newsletter!</i></b><br> <p class="main" align="center">Enter Email Address Here:</p> <p align="center"> <input size="14" maxlength="59" name="email" class="textbox"> <input type="hidden" value="email" name="required"> <input id="submit1" type="submit" value=" Subscribe " name="submit1" class="boxlook"> </p> </p> </form> <hr> <p align="center"> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> <center> <p></p> <p class="nav"> <a href="http://www.work-tips.info/15"> Home </a> <a href="http://www.work-tips.info/15/newsletters/">Work Articles </a> <a href="http://www.work-tips.info/15/work/"> Work Links </a> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://www.clicktoys.co.uk/help/asrep/record.php"></script> <noscript><img width="1" height="1" border="0" src="http://www.clicktoys.co.uk/help/asrep/record.php?rep=v&transport=img"></noscript> </p> </center> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.work-tips.info">WORK Home</a></p> </body> </html>