Posted by wijytop on October 21, 2007, 5:13 pm
Ifyou play the McDonald's Monopoly Game then this is your chance to
make some money with me. And I am not kidding you. Below are the
ticketc that I already got. If you got the one I need let me know so
that we can talk business. I'll split 50/50 with you on all of them.
Igot "Atlantic Avenue $25,000 B15" And Marvin Gardens $25,000 B17" I
need B16 SO If you got it let me know.
I also got "B&0 Railroad $100 B25 And " Penn Railroad $100 B24" let
me know if you got B23 and B26 let me know.
I got Park Place $1,000,000 B21 I need B22 if you got it we can split
the money. No joke this is serious.
I got Pacific Avenue $50,000 B18 I need B19&B20 so if you got it let
me know so that we can split the money.
I got Indiana Avenue $10,000 B13 I need B12&B14 Let me know if you
got it.
I got St. Charles Place $1000 B06 I need B07&B08 Again let mem know
if you got them.
I got NEW YORK Avenue $5000 B11 Ineed B09&B10 LET ME KNOW IF YOU GOT
THEM. Let's make money together.
I'll split 50/50 on all of them. No kidding.
Thanks
Wijytop
Posted by George Grapman on October 21, 2007, 5:56 pm
And I have am almost ready to drive BMW. I just need the engine and body.
Have you considered why is is so hard to get that on piece?
Posted by Logan Shaw on October 21, 2007, 9:33 pm
George Grapman wrote:
> And I have am almost ready to drive BMW. I just need the engine and body.
> Have you considered why is is so hard to get that on piece?
IMHO, the scammer has considered how hard it is. The scam is that they
phrase their message so it looks like they have some pieces which are
hard to get. They're hoping some ignorant person who has a hard-to-get
piece but who doesn't know their piece is hard to get will say "Oh, I
have that piece! I can contact this guy and split the winnings, and it's
a done deal!" What they should really say is, "If that guy is asking for
that piece, it must be hard to get, so chances are the others are much
easier to get, and I should just go buy a bunch of stuff at McDonald's
until I get them."
The nice thing about this whole situation is that it's unlikely the
scammer will meet with any success. That's because the odds of any
random person getting the hard-to-get piece are low, and the odds of
any random person reading this message on Usenet are low as well.
Therefore, since those two probabilities are independent (as far as
I know), the chances of someone having the winning pieces *and*
reading that message on Usenet are quite slim indeed.
So the scammer has a plan which seems clever but which is almost
certainly a complete waste of time. But then that should come as no
surprise. If a scammer had brains and the ability to come up with a
plan that works, they'd get a real job.
- Logan
Posted by larry on October 21, 2007, 11:44 pm
Logan Shaw wrote:
> So the scammer has a plan which seems clever but which is almost
> certainly a complete waste of time. But then that should come as no
> surprise. If a scammer had brains and the ability to come up with a
> plan that works, they'd get a real job.
>
> - Logan
They only print the one missing piece per puzzle near the
end of the contest term ;-)
Several years ago, the printing company of one of the chains
running a contest printed 1000's of the missing piece. They
voided the contest and sent the "winners" a coupon for a burger.
-- larry/dallas
Posted by Lisa Drake on October 22, 2007, 6:52 pm
> Logan Shaw wrote:
>
> > So the scammer has a plan which seems clever but which is almost
> > certainly a complete waste of time. But then that should come as no
> > surprise. If a scammer had brains and the ability to come up with a
> > plan that works, they'd get a real job.
> >
> > - Logan
>
> They only print the one missing piece per puzzle near the
> end of the contest term ;-)
>
> Several years ago, the printing company of one of the chains
> running a contest printed 1000's of the missing piece. They
> voided the contest and sent the "winners" a coupon for a burger.
>
> -- larry/dallas
I'd like to see the article proving that...
> Have you considered why is is so hard to get that on piece?