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		<title>E-mail Offers that Will Set Me Up for Life!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've heard people say, "if something is too good to be true, it probably is," but that was before the interwebs. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a college student, which means I don&#8217;t have a full time job, I don&#8217;t have any money, and I have some sizable student loans.  However, all that is going to change, at least the part about not having any money.  Sure, I&#8217;ve heard people say, &#8220;if something is too good to be true, it probably is,&#8221; but that was before the interwebs.  I&#8217;ve recently gotten two great e-mails that I <em>know</em> are going to set me up for life!</p>
<p>Last month, I got this e-mail from Mr. Vincent Cheng, the Chairmain of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.  He sent me a confidential brief, which I&#8217;ve included below:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.telthorst.net/ext/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/confbrief1.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-916" title="Confidential Brief" src="http://www.telthorst.net/ext/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/confbrief1.png" alt="Confidential Brief" width="628" height="363" /></a></p>
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<p>I followed up with Mr. Cheng, and apparently I just needed to help with a legal bank transfer of 30.5 million dollars and would get to keep 60% of the funds!  I told him I was extremely interested in helping, and would do whatever he wanted.  I also told him that I didn&#8217;t need 60% of 30.5 million, I only wanted $30,000, and to be considered for an entry level postion at the Hong Kong and Shangahi Banking Corporation Limited.  But for some reason after I e-mailed him with that request, he never got back to me.  I can&#8217;t figure out why, I guess because I didn&#8217;t want 60% of the money and he was insulted?  I was disappointed at first, until I got another e-mail, and this one is even better!  A copy of it can be found below:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.telthorst.net/ext/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/billion1.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-917" title="$1.7 Billion for my Education" src="http://www.telthorst.net/ext/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/billion1.png" alt="$1.7 Billion for my Education" width="626" height="188" /></a></p>
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<p>More than $1.7 billion is a lot more than 60% of 30.5 million!  I just need to apply before the 27th of October and I&#8217;ll be set.  I&#8217;m going to take whatever they offer me this time, because I learned from last time, that people who are going to give you millions of dollars don&#8217;t want you to work for them, or have you take less than they offer, they just want you to keep the money.  I&#8217;ll let you know how it goes, and if I have time, I&#8217;ll have the butler I&#8217;m going to hire take a picture of the yacht I&#8217;m going to buy!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">*This is a <em>satirical</em> post.*</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I don&#8217;t actually think that these offers will make me rich.  I did e-mail &#8220;Mr. Cheng&#8221; to see what would happen.</p>
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