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Stock Market scams

It starts where a person sends out, say 32,000 letters to potential investors.  The letters show the company's elaborate computer model, its financial expertise and inside contacts.  In 16,000 of these letters he predicts that the index will rise, and in the other 16,000 he predicts a decline.  No matter whether the index rises or falls, a follow-up letter is sent, but only to the 16,000 people who initially received the correct "prediction."  To 8,000 of them, a rise is predicted for the next week; to the other 8,000, a decline. Whatever happens, 8,000 people will have received two correct predictions.  Again, to those 8,000 people only, letters are sent concerning the index's performance the following week: 4,000 predicting a rise; 4,000 a decline.  Whatever the outcome, 4,000 people have now received three straight correct predictions.  This is iterated a few more times, until 500 people have received six straight correct "predictions."  These 500 people are now reminded of this and told that in order to continue to receive this valuable information for the seventh week they must each contribute an amount.  If they all pay, the “advisor” will receive 50 times that amount.